Mork first visited Earth from the Planet Ork on an episode of "Happy Days," but Robin Williams was such a sensation in the role that Gary Marshall gave the Orkan his own show. That first season, Mork tied "Happy Days" for third place in the Nielsen's, while another "Happy Days" spin-off, "Laverne & Shirley," finished number one.
But it didn't take Marshall long to go way out with this sitcom about an affable alien who lands in Boulder, Colorado and is taken in by a warm-hearted woman. The very first episode of the second season of "Mork & Mindy" has Mindy (Pam Dawber) giving Mork cold medicine to shrink his nasal membranes. But Shozbott, Orkans are ALL membrane, and so his whole body shrinks. Okay, nothing wrong with a little "Mork in Wonderland," as the one-hour episode is titled. But then Marshall and his crew get a little carried away, and we're given some silly-yet-serious nonsense about Mork ending up in a world the size of an atom where he meets doubles of everyone he knows on Earth. This planet is called Mirth, and humor there has been banished. Well, it's all pretty dumb, and surprising, given that the show's primary audience was families--and it's awfully traumatic having Mindy's double blown up and Mork crying at the end about wanting to die before Mindy because he just couldn't take it. Well, neither could the viewers. And the shift to this type of episode was hard to fathom, since the show succeeded its first season by following a simple formula.
With Williams' improvisational skills, it's hard to believe that the writers couldn't milk the fish-out-of-water, stranger-in-a-strange-land humor for at least another season before they had to resort to out-of-this-world gimmicks. Then again, maybe Marshall and his writers were giving fans what they thought viewers wanted. That's why, presumably, that sackcloth-and-ashes street prophet Exidor (Robert Donner) gets mega-air time this season, and why Mr. Bickley (Tom Poston), the crotchety neighbor in their old Victorian apartment house, was included in the credits this season. But viewers this season never knew what to expect from week to week: a sweet improvisational comedy along the lines of Season One, wild episodes like "Mork vs. the Necrotrons" (in which Raquel Welch is an agent sent to Earth to scout for an invasion), or socially relevant episodes like "Mork Learns to See" (in which Tom Sullivan stars as a visually-impaired singer). Maybe that's why "Mork & Mindy" slipped 24 places in the Nielsen's.
The strongest episodes are ones that return to the successful formula of the first season. In "A Mommy for Mindy," for example, her father (Conrad Janis) returns from a stint with a symphony orchestra with a new wife (Shelley Fabares). Mork, with his unflappable childlike exuberance, is ready to celebrate, but of course Mindy feels a little weirded-out--especially since her new step-mom is pretty darned close to her own age. It's Mork who embraces the idea of having a "mommy," and there are some pretty funny Williams' improv moments here. Same with "Clerical Error," when Mork wants to avoid being a "hickey on the neck of life" and contribute to society in a significant way. So he decides to be a priest, and you can imagine the routines that come out of his "counseling" sessions with unsuspecting parishioners. Had Marshall and his team created more episodes like this, it would have been another solid season. As it is, you'd think it was a flop the first season, the way they were tinkering with it. Jay Thomas and Gina Hecht were even added as a couple for Mork and Mindy to play off of.
Here's a rundown on the 24 episodes, which are contained on four single-sided discs and housed in a newly-designed clear plastic keep-case that's the same size as a regular DVD case, but which has a center "page" that holds two of the discs:
1) "Mork in Wonderland"-The one-hour season premier has Mork shrinking to the size of an atom and ending up in a topsy-turvy world called Mirth.
2) "Stark Raving Mork"-One of the episodes in the spirit of the first season has Mork thinking that fighting and making up is the best way to sustain a relationship-much to Mindy's dismay.
3) "Mork's Baby Blues"-In this okay episode a golddigger thinks Mork is a rich eccentric and tries to trick him into thinking she's having his baby.
4) "Dr. Morkenstein"-Roddy Mcdowall guests as Chuck, a sick robot that Mork tends to and then pals around with.
5) "Mork vs. Mindy"-Mork and Mindy vie for the same job with Mindy's cousin Nelson Flavor (Jim Stahl), who's running for city council.
6) "Mork Gets Mindy-itis"-The cure is worse than the disease in this episode about Mork's sudden allergy to his apartment-mate.
7) "A Morkville Horror"-It's hard to get a Halloween episode wrong when you have a sitcom featuring an alien, and this one hits the mark, with ghosts from Mindy's past on the loose.
8) "Mork's Health Hints"-This weaker episode finds Mork in a panic after he mistakently thinks Mindy is having brain surgery.
9) "Dial N for Nelson"-This pretty funny episode has Mork going undercover at the Bare Facts Club to find out who's trying to smear Nelson.
10) "Mork vs. The Necrotrons"-Okay, Trekkies and people who like their Mork far-out will like this one, but I thought it was stupid.
11) "Hold That Mork!"-Mork becomes the first male cheerleader for the Broncos in this dumb, exploitive beer-commercial of an episode.
12) "The Exidor Affair"-Georgia Engels guests as Exidor's love-interest, with Mork doing the coaxing and coaching.
13) "The Mork Syndrome"-Mork ends up joining the Air Force by mistake, which leads to him taking Mindy on a mission that's as far-fetched as anything this season. A stinker.
14) "Exidor's Wedding"-There are some funny moments in this show, in which Exidor's mother tries to keep him from getting married.
15) "A Mommy for Mindy"-Shelley Fabares guests as Mindy's new step-mom, who's pretty much adopted by Mork.
16) "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's"-Mork gets involved with an anti-eco group that's really targeting Mindy. A few funny moments, but a dumb episode overall.
17) "Mork Learns to See"-A touching episode, albeit a preachy and obvious one, about a different kind of seeing.
18) "Mork's Vacation"-Mork leaves on vacation to a few swinging planets, but the body he leaves behind ends up being big-time baggage for Mindy after it's inhabited by felines from one planet and smarmy swingers from another. Dumb-ass episode. What were these writers smoking?
19) "Jeanie Loves Mork"-When Mindy takes on the anonymous role of a newspaper lonely hearts columnist, she inadvertently advises her friend to seek Mr. Right in the wrong Orkan place. Okay episode.
20) "Little Orphan Morkie"-Mork is going to be deported unless he marries an American citizen or finds someone to adopt him. Another okay one.
21) "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies"-It's telethon time, cosmic style, as Mork tries to save Nelson Flavor from embarrassing himself on TV. Some funny moments.
22) "Clerical Error"-One of the funnier episodes has Mork dispensing advice as a priest.
23) "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers"-In a satire on TV commercials, Mork becomes possessed by the consumer impulse to buy, buy, buy. Again, some funny moments.
24) "The Way Mork Were"-The writers began the season in a clichéd, unimaginative way, so why wouldn't they end it that way with a reminiscing clip show? Or maybe they just knew that they needed to find a highlight reel, after taking so many missteps this season.
But it didn't take Marshall long to go way out with this sitcom about an affable alien who lands in Boulder, Colorado and is taken in by a warm-hearted woman. The very first episode of the second season of "Mork & Mindy" has Mindy (Pam Dawber) giving Mork cold medicine to shrink his nasal membranes. But Shozbott, Orkans are ALL membrane, and so his whole body shrinks. Okay, nothing wrong with a little "Mork in Wonderland," as the one-hour episode is titled. But then Marshall and his crew get a little carried away, and we're given some silly-yet-serious nonsense about Mork ending up in a world the size of an atom where he meets doubles of everyone he knows on Earth. This planet is called Mirth, and humor there has been banished. Well, it's all pretty dumb, and surprising, given that the show's primary audience was families--and it's awfully traumatic having Mindy's double blown up and Mork crying at the end about wanting to die before Mindy because he just couldn't take it. Well, neither could the viewers. And the shift to this type of episode was hard to fathom, since the show succeeded its first season by following a simple formula.
With Williams' improvisational skills, it's hard to believe that the writers couldn't milk the fish-out-of-water, stranger-in-a-strange-land humor for at least another season before they had to resort to out-of-this-world gimmicks. Then again, maybe Marshall and his writers were giving fans what they thought viewers wanted. That's why, presumably, that sackcloth-and-ashes street prophet Exidor (Robert Donner) gets mega-air time this season, and why Mr. Bickley (Tom Poston), the crotchety neighbor in their old Victorian apartment house, was included in the credits this season. But viewers this season never knew what to expect from week to week: a sweet improvisational comedy along the lines of Season One, wild episodes like "Mork vs. the Necrotrons" (in which Raquel Welch is an agent sent to Earth to scout for an invasion), or socially relevant episodes like "Mork Learns to See" (in which Tom Sullivan stars as a visually-impaired singer). Maybe that's why "Mork & Mindy" slipped 24 places in the Nielsen's.
The strongest episodes are ones that return to the successful formula of the first season. In "A Mommy for Mindy," for example, her father (Conrad Janis) returns from a stint with a symphony orchestra with a new wife (Shelley Fabares). Mork, with his unflappable childlike exuberance, is ready to celebrate, but of course Mindy feels a little weirded-out--especially since her new step-mom is pretty darned close to her own age. It's Mork who embraces the idea of having a "mommy," and there are some pretty funny Williams' improv moments here. Same with "Clerical Error," when Mork wants to avoid being a "hickey on the neck of life" and contribute to society in a significant way. So he decides to be a priest, and you can imagine the routines that come out of his "counseling" sessions with unsuspecting parishioners. Had Marshall and his team created more episodes like this, it would have been another solid season. As it is, you'd think it was a flop the first season, the way they were tinkering with it. Jay Thomas and Gina Hecht were even added as a couple for Mork and Mindy to play off of.
Here's a rundown on the 24 episodes, which are contained on four single-sided discs and housed in a newly-designed clear plastic keep-case that's the same size as a regular DVD case, but which has a center "page" that holds two of the discs:
1) "Mork in Wonderland"-The one-hour season premier has Mork shrinking to the size of an atom and ending up in a topsy-turvy world called Mirth.
2) "Stark Raving Mork"-One of the episodes in the spirit of the first season has Mork thinking that fighting and making up is the best way to sustain a relationship-much to Mindy's dismay.
3) "Mork's Baby Blues"-In this okay episode a golddigger thinks Mork is a rich eccentric and tries to trick him into thinking she's having his baby.
4) "Dr. Morkenstein"-Roddy Mcdowall guests as Chuck, a sick robot that Mork tends to and then pals around with.
5) "Mork vs. Mindy"-Mork and Mindy vie for the same job with Mindy's cousin Nelson Flavor (Jim Stahl), who's running for city council.
6) "Mork Gets Mindy-itis"-The cure is worse than the disease in this episode about Mork's sudden allergy to his apartment-mate.
7) "A Morkville Horror"-It's hard to get a Halloween episode wrong when you have a sitcom featuring an alien, and this one hits the mark, with ghosts from Mindy's past on the loose.
8) "Mork's Health Hints"-This weaker episode finds Mork in a panic after he mistakently thinks Mindy is having brain surgery.
9) "Dial N for Nelson"-This pretty funny episode has Mork going undercover at the Bare Facts Club to find out who's trying to smear Nelson.
10) "Mork vs. The Necrotrons"-Okay, Trekkies and people who like their Mork far-out will like this one, but I thought it was stupid.
11) "Hold That Mork!"-Mork becomes the first male cheerleader for the Broncos in this dumb, exploitive beer-commercial of an episode.
12) "The Exidor Affair"-Georgia Engels guests as Exidor's love-interest, with Mork doing the coaxing and coaching.
13) "The Mork Syndrome"-Mork ends up joining the Air Force by mistake, which leads to him taking Mindy on a mission that's as far-fetched as anything this season. A stinker.
14) "Exidor's Wedding"-There are some funny moments in this show, in which Exidor's mother tries to keep him from getting married.
15) "A Mommy for Mindy"-Shelley Fabares guests as Mindy's new step-mom, who's pretty much adopted by Mork.
16) "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's"-Mork gets involved with an anti-eco group that's really targeting Mindy. A few funny moments, but a dumb episode overall.
17) "Mork Learns to See"-A touching episode, albeit a preachy and obvious one, about a different kind of seeing.
18) "Mork's Vacation"-Mork leaves on vacation to a few swinging planets, but the body he leaves behind ends up being big-time baggage for Mindy after it's inhabited by felines from one planet and smarmy swingers from another. Dumb-ass episode. What were these writers smoking?
19) "Jeanie Loves Mork"-When Mindy takes on the anonymous role of a newspaper lonely hearts columnist, she inadvertently advises her friend to seek Mr. Right in the wrong Orkan place. Okay episode.
20) "Little Orphan Morkie"-Mork is going to be deported unless he marries an American citizen or finds someone to adopt him. Another okay one.
21) "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies"-It's telethon time, cosmic style, as Mork tries to save Nelson Flavor from embarrassing himself on TV. Some funny moments.
22) "Clerical Error"-One of the funnier episodes has Mork dispensing advice as a priest.
23) "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers"-In a satire on TV commercials, Mork becomes possessed by the consumer impulse to buy, buy, buy. Again, some funny moments.
24) "The Way Mork Were"-The writers began the season in a clichéd, unimaginative way, so why wouldn't they end it that way with a reminiscing clip show? Or maybe they just knew that they needed to find a highlight reel, after taking so many missteps this season.
Mork first visited Earth from the Planet Ork on an episode of "Happy Days," but Robin Williams was such a sensation in the role that Gary Marshall gave the Orkan his own show. That first season, Mork tied "Happy Days" for third place in the Nielsen's, while another "Happy Days" spin-off, "Laverne & Shirley," finished number one.
But it didn't take Marshall long to go way out with this sitcom about an affable alien who lands in Boulder, Colorado and is taken in by a warm-hearted woman. The very first episode of the second season of "Mork & Mindy" has Mindy (Pam Dawber) giving Mork cold medicine to shrink his nasal membranes. But Shozbott, Orkans are ALL membrane, and so his whole body shrinks. Okay, nothing wrong with a little "Mork in Wonderland," as the one-hour episode is titled. But then Marshall and his crew get a little carried away, and we're given some silly-yet-serious nonsense about Mork ending up in a world the size of an atom where he meets doubles of everyone he knows on Earth. This planet is called Mirth, and humor there has been banished. Well, it's all pretty dumb, and surprising, given that the show's primary audience was families--and it's awfully traumatic having Mindy's double blown up and Mork crying at the end about wanting to die before Mindy because he just couldn't take it. Well, neither could the viewers. And the shift to this type of episode was hard to fathom, since the show succeeded its first season by following a simple formula.
With Williams' improvisational skills, it's hard to believe that the writers couldn't milk the fish-out-of-water, stranger-in-a-strange-land humor for at least another season before they had to resort to out-of-this-world gimmicks. Then again, maybe Marshall and his writers were giving fans what they thought viewers wanted. That's why, presumably, that sackcloth-and-ashes street prophet Exidor (Robert Donner) gets mega-air time this season, and why Mr. Bickley (Tom Poston), the crotchety neighbor in their old Victorian apartment house, was included in the credits this season. But viewers this season never knew what to expect from week to week: a sweet improvisational comedy along the lines of Season One, wild episodes like "Mork vs. the Necrotrons" (in which Raquel Welch is an agent sent to Earth to scout for an invasion), or socially relevant episodes like "Mork Learns to See" (in which Tom Sullivan stars as a visually-impaired singer). Maybe that's why "Mork & Mindy" slipped 24 places in the Nielsen's.
The strongest episodes are ones that return to the successful formula of the first season. In "A Mommy for Mindy," for example, her father (Conrad Janis) returns from a stint with a symphony orchestra with a new wife (Shelley Fabares). Mork, with his unflappable childlike exuberance, is ready to celebrate, but of course Mindy feels a little weirded-out--especially since her new step-mom is pretty darned close to her own age. It's Mork who embraces the idea of having a "mommy," and there are some pretty funny Williams' improv moments here. Same with "Clerical Error," when Mork wants to avoid being a "hickey on the neck of life" and contribute to society in a significant way. So he decides to be a priest, and you can imagine the routines that come out of his "counseling" sessions with unsuspecting parishioners. Had Marshall and his team created more episodes like this, it would have been another solid season. As it is, you'd think it was a flop the first season, the way they were tinkering with it. Jay Thomas and Gina Hecht were even added as a couple for Mork and Mindy to play off of.
Here's a rundown on the 24 episodes, which are contained on four single-sided discs and housed in a newly-designed clear plastic keep-case that's the same size as a regular DVD case, but which has a center "page" that holds two of the discs:
1) "Mork in Wonderland"-The one-hour season premier has Mork shrinking to the size of an atom and ending up in a topsy-turvy world called Mirth.
2) "Stark Raving Mork"-One of the episodes in the spirit of the first season has Mork thinking that fighting and making up is the best way to sustain a relationship-much to Mindy's dismay.
3) "Mork's Baby Blues"-In this okay episode a golddigger thinks Mork is a rich eccentric and tries to trick him into thinking she's having his baby.
4) "Dr. Morkenstein"-Roddy Mcdowall guests as Chuck, a sick robot that Mork tends to and then pals around with.
5) "Mork vs. Mindy"-Mork and Mindy vie for the same job with Mindy's cousin Nelson Flavor (Jim Stahl), who's running for city council.
6) "Mork Gets Mindy-itis"-The cure is worse than the disease in this episode about Mork's sudden allergy to his apartment-mate.
7) "A Morkville Horror"-It's hard to get a Halloween episode wrong when you have a sitcom featuring an alien, and this one hits the mark, with ghosts from Mindy's past on the loose.
8) "Mork's Health Hints"-This weaker episode finds Mork in a panic after he mistakently thinks Mindy is having brain surgery.
9) "Dial N for Nelson"-This pretty funny episode has Mork going undercover at the Bare Facts Club to find out who's trying to smear Nelson.
10) "Mork vs. The Necrotrons"-Okay, Trekkies and people who like their Mork far-out will like this one, but I thought it was stupid.
11) "Hold That Mork!"-Mork becomes the first male cheerleader for the Broncos in this dumb, exploitive beer-commercial of an episode.
12) "The Exidor Affair"-Georgia Engels guests as Exidor's love-interest, with Mork doing the coaxing and coaching.
13) "The Mork Syndrome"-Mork ends up joining the Air Force by mistake, which leads to him taking Mindy on a mission that's as far-fetched as anything this season. A stinker.
14) "Exidor's Wedding"-There are some funny moments in this show, in which Exidor's mother tries to keep him from getting married.
15) "A Mommy for Mindy"-Shelley Fabares guests as Mindy's new step-mom, who's pretty much adopted by Mork.
16) "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's"-Mork gets involved with an anti-eco group that's really targeting Mindy. A few funny moments, but a dumb episode overall.
17) "Mork Learns to See"-A touching episode, albeit a preachy and obvious one, about a different kind of seeing.
18) "Mork's Vacation"-Mork leaves on vacation to a few swinging planets, but the body he leaves behind ends up being big-time baggage for Mindy after it's inhabited by felines from one planet and smarmy swingers from another. Dumb-ass episode. What were these writers smoking?
19) "Jeanie Loves Mork"-When Mindy takes on the anonymous role of a newspaper lonely hearts columnist, she inadvertently advises her friend to seek Mr. Right in the wrong Orkan place. Okay episode.
20) "Little Orphan Morkie"-Mork is going to be deported unless he marries an American citizen or finds someone to adopt him. Another okay one.
21) "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies"-It's telethon time, cosmic style, as Mork tries to save Nelson Flavor from embarrassing himself on TV. Some funny moments.
22) "Clerical Error"-One of the funnier episodes has Mork dispensing advice as a priest.
23) "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers"-In a satire on TV commercials, Mork becomes possessed by the consumer impulse to buy, buy, buy. Again, some funny moments.
24) "The Way Mork Were"-The writers began the season in a clichéd, unimaginative way, so why wouldn't they end it that way with a reminiscing clip show? Or maybe they just knew that they needed to find a highlight reel, after taking so many missteps this season.
But it didn't take Marshall long to go way out with this sitcom about an affable alien who lands in Boulder, Colorado and is taken in by a warm-hearted woman. The very first episode of the second season of "Mork & Mindy" has Mindy (Pam Dawber) giving Mork cold medicine to shrink his nasal membranes. But Shozbott, Orkans are ALL membrane, and so his whole body shrinks. Okay, nothing wrong with a little "Mork in Wonderland," as the one-hour episode is titled. But then Marshall and his crew get a little carried away, and we're given some silly-yet-serious nonsense about Mork ending up in a world the size of an atom where he meets doubles of everyone he knows on Earth. This planet is called Mirth, and humor there has been banished. Well, it's all pretty dumb, and surprising, given that the show's primary audience was families--and it's awfully traumatic having Mindy's double blown up and Mork crying at the end about wanting to die before Mindy because he just couldn't take it. Well, neither could the viewers. And the shift to this type of episode was hard to fathom, since the show succeeded its first season by following a simple formula.
With Williams' improvisational skills, it's hard to believe that the writers couldn't milk the fish-out-of-water, stranger-in-a-strange-land humor for at least another season before they had to resort to out-of-this-world gimmicks. Then again, maybe Marshall and his writers were giving fans what they thought viewers wanted. That's why, presumably, that sackcloth-and-ashes street prophet Exidor (Robert Donner) gets mega-air time this season, and why Mr. Bickley (Tom Poston), the crotchety neighbor in their old Victorian apartment house, was included in the credits this season. But viewers this season never knew what to expect from week to week: a sweet improvisational comedy along the lines of Season One, wild episodes like "Mork vs. the Necrotrons" (in which Raquel Welch is an agent sent to Earth to scout for an invasion), or socially relevant episodes like "Mork Learns to See" (in which Tom Sullivan stars as a visually-impaired singer). Maybe that's why "Mork & Mindy" slipped 24 places in the Nielsen's.
The strongest episodes are ones that return to the successful formula of the first season. In "A Mommy for Mindy," for example, her father (Conrad Janis) returns from a stint with a symphony orchestra with a new wife (Shelley Fabares). Mork, with his unflappable childlike exuberance, is ready to celebrate, but of course Mindy feels a little weirded-out--especially since her new step-mom is pretty darned close to her own age. It's Mork who embraces the idea of having a "mommy," and there are some pretty funny Williams' improv moments here. Same with "Clerical Error," when Mork wants to avoid being a "hickey on the neck of life" and contribute to society in a significant way. So he decides to be a priest, and you can imagine the routines that come out of his "counseling" sessions with unsuspecting parishioners. Had Marshall and his team created more episodes like this, it would have been another solid season. As it is, you'd think it was a flop the first season, the way they were tinkering with it. Jay Thomas and Gina Hecht were even added as a couple for Mork and Mindy to play off of.
Here's a rundown on the 24 episodes, which are contained on four single-sided discs and housed in a newly-designed clear plastic keep-case that's the same size as a regular DVD case, but which has a center "page" that holds two of the discs:
1) "Mork in Wonderland"-The one-hour season premier has Mork shrinking to the size of an atom and ending up in a topsy-turvy world called Mirth.
2) "Stark Raving Mork"-One of the episodes in the spirit of the first season has Mork thinking that fighting and making up is the best way to sustain a relationship-much to Mindy's dismay.
3) "Mork's Baby Blues"-In this okay episode a golddigger thinks Mork is a rich eccentric and tries to trick him into thinking she's having his baby.
4) "Dr. Morkenstein"-Roddy Mcdowall guests as Chuck, a sick robot that Mork tends to and then pals around with.
5) "Mork vs. Mindy"-Mork and Mindy vie for the same job with Mindy's cousin Nelson Flavor (Jim Stahl), who's running for city council.
6) "Mork Gets Mindy-itis"-The cure is worse than the disease in this episode about Mork's sudden allergy to his apartment-mate.
7) "A Morkville Horror"-It's hard to get a Halloween episode wrong when you have a sitcom featuring an alien, and this one hits the mark, with ghosts from Mindy's past on the loose.
8) "Mork's Health Hints"-This weaker episode finds Mork in a panic after he mistakently thinks Mindy is having brain surgery.
9) "Dial N for Nelson"-This pretty funny episode has Mork going undercover at the Bare Facts Club to find out who's trying to smear Nelson.
10) "Mork vs. The Necrotrons"-Okay, Trekkies and people who like their Mork far-out will like this one, but I thought it was stupid.
11) "Hold That Mork!"-Mork becomes the first male cheerleader for the Broncos in this dumb, exploitive beer-commercial of an episode.
12) "The Exidor Affair"-Georgia Engels guests as Exidor's love-interest, with Mork doing the coaxing and coaching.
13) "The Mork Syndrome"-Mork ends up joining the Air Force by mistake, which leads to him taking Mindy on a mission that's as far-fetched as anything this season. A stinker.
14) "Exidor's Wedding"-There are some funny moments in this show, in which Exidor's mother tries to keep him from getting married.
15) "A Mommy for Mindy"-Shelley Fabares guests as Mindy's new step-mom, who's pretty much adopted by Mork.
16) "The Night They Raided Mind-ski's"-Mork gets involved with an anti-eco group that's really targeting Mindy. A few funny moments, but a dumb episode overall.
17) "Mork Learns to See"-A touching episode, albeit a preachy and obvious one, about a different kind of seeing.
18) "Mork's Vacation"-Mork leaves on vacation to a few swinging planets, but the body he leaves behind ends up being big-time baggage for Mindy after it's inhabited by felines from one planet and smarmy swingers from another. Dumb-ass episode. What were these writers smoking?
19) "Jeanie Loves Mork"-When Mindy takes on the anonymous role of a newspaper lonely hearts columnist, she inadvertently advises her friend to seek Mr. Right in the wrong Orkan place. Okay episode.
20) "Little Orphan Morkie"-Mork is going to be deported unless he marries an American citizen or finds someone to adopt him. Another okay one.
21) "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies"-It's telethon time, cosmic style, as Mork tries to save Nelson Flavor from embarrassing himself on TV. Some funny moments.
22) "Clerical Error"-One of the funnier episodes has Mork dispensing advice as a priest.
23) "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers"-In a satire on TV commercials, Mork becomes possessed by the consumer impulse to buy, buy, buy. Again, some funny moments.
24) "The Way Mork Were"-The writers began the season in a clichéd, unimaginative way, so why wouldn't they end it that way with a reminiscing clip show? Or maybe they just knew that they needed to find a highlight reel, after taking so many missteps this season.
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