Mork & Mindy
Season 4
22 listed hours · 1978–1982 · ABC
From the desk
How this season is filed
Robin Williams lands an Orkan in Boulder and bends sitcom form through improvisational voltage, with Pam Dawber as the human stabilizer. Happy Days cameo turned ABC star vehicle: nanu nanu, rainbow suspenders, network gimmicks chasing lightning. Comic electricity before the Oscar reels.
TV Flash files Season 4 of Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) on ABC as the last listed season of 4 — 22 listed hours, 1981-10-08–1982-05-27 from “Limited Engagement (1)” (S04E01) to “The Mork Report” (S04E22). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S04E22 The Mork Report
The Mork Report is the 1982 closer. Four seasons of comic electricity before the later film saint: a field report bow from the alien who broke sitcom timing on network air.
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S04E01 Limited Engagement (1)
Mork proposes to Mindy on bended knee.
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S04E02 The Wedding (2)
Opposed to Mork's marriage, Orson decides to stop it by turning him into a dog.
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S04E03 The Honeymoon (3)
Mindy and Mork take an interplanetary honeymoon.
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S04E04 Three the Hard Way
Mork tries to hide the egg he laid when he thinks that Mindy doesn't want to start a family.
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S04E05 Mama Mork, Papa Mindy
The newborn Mearth seems to show more affection for Mork than for Mindy.
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S04E06 My Dad Can't Beat Up Anyone
Mork pretends to be a superhero for Mearth's sake.
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S04E07 Long Before We Met...
Mork fantasizes about competing for Mindy in high school.
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S04E08 Rich Mork, Poor Mork
Mork makes an investment in a boutique of Exidor "originals".
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S04E09 Alienation
Mearth runs away upon realizing he's an alien.
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S04E10 P.S. 2001
Mearth attends school on Ork where he's teased for being an "Earth-head".
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S04E11 Pajama Game II
Mearth is allowed to have some of his Orkan friends over and Zelka ends up spending the night.
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S04E12 Present Tense
Mork and Mindy are unable to have a conversation while Mearth is away.
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S04E13 Metamorphosis, the TV Show
A short circuit causes Mork and Mearth to switch minds.
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S04E14 Drive, She Said
Mindy is tired of coming from work and then having to go out on errands in the evening, so Mork takes driving lessons.
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S04E15 I Don't Remember Mama
Orson erases Mork's family from Mork's memory in order for Mork to focus on his work.
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S04E16 Mork, Mindy and Mearth Meet MILT
Following a brief visit from a space traveler, Mork builds a home computer that subsequently takes over.
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S04E17 Midas Mork
Mork learns the secret of turning polyester into gold.
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S04E18 Cheerleaders in Chains
Mindy is held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal a source of news.
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S04E19 Gotta Run - Part 1
Mork befriends a Neptunian who has an Earth wife of his own.
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S04E20 Gotta Run - Part 2
In attempt to stop Kalnik, Mork decides to tell the world he's an alien.
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S04E21 Gotta Run - Part 3
As a result of his notoriety, Mork is faced with fans, marketing executives and Kalnik. Note: This was intended to be the season finale, ending with a cliffhanger to be resolved in season 5. ABC decided to cancel the show and opted to air The Mork Report as the final episode instead to give it a sense of closure.
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S04E22 The Mork Report
Mork bucks hard for a promotion from leader Orson on planet Ork, and unintentionally comes up with a report on how to stay happily married on Earth. Note: This episode was filmed before "Gotta Run", but was aired last because of the show's cancellation and to give the series appropriate closure.
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