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Lies is the second episode of ALF's fourth and final season. It originally aired on Sept. 25, 1989.
Plot Summary[]
ALF is mad that a tabloid edited an article he submitted to them. They later come over for an interview and Willie has to stall them while ALF sabotages their film after his picture was taken
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Kate and Willie are talking about Brian's upcoming baseball game. ALF comes into the room. He is frustrated with The National Inquisitor over an article on Amazon women being found on Alpha Centauri because it's only bowling alleys and divorced guys.
Act One[]
ALF is coaching Brian on his history exam and incorrectly tells him that Colonel Klink or Sargent Schultz the German leader who started World War II. Lynn comes in with the mail and it includes a letter from the Inquisitor. He's worried it might be a letter bomb because he wrote them a critical letter, saying that the Amazon women live on Xerxes IV. The letter was actually an offer to pay him to write an article. Lynn is on the phone with her friend Joanie who just broke up with her boyfriend. ALF barges in to have her read his article and badgers her into doing it. Lynn tells ALF to send it in. Kate and Willie speak to Brian about a poor grade on his history exam and find out it's because ALF misinformed him. Lynn comes home with a copy of the Inquisitor containing ALF's article who he wrote under the nom de plume Mr. Universe. Lynn then asks him about when he added the part about them riding on the backs of two-headed lizards, which he says he didn't and that they edited his submission.
ALF gets make a phone call to Marilyn the editor about the change, and based on what he says, she thinks he was abducted by aliens. She then offers him $250 for an interview and when ALF says no she raises the offer to $500 and when ALF accepts assuming it would be over the phone she says, she'll be right over to the house and hangs up
Act Two[]
ALF speaks to Willie and tells him that the tabloid people are on their way over. The doorbell rings and it's Marylin. She brought along her photographer Phil, who snaps a photo while ALF is peeking in from the kitchen. Willie sends them away and threatens to call the police if they don't leave. ALF then comes in and tells Willie to get them back because they took his picture. Willie runs out to chase them down. Lynn and Brian come in and ALF tells them what's happened. Marylin comes back in and tells Willie the photographer is in the van, and Willie has her tell Phil to come back
Phil is reloading his camera, and Willie loudly has Phil confirm that his old roll of film is in their van. ALF, Lynn and Brian then head to the van to expose the film. Meanwhile Willie is speaking to Marylin telling her and Phil a fake abduction story about being examined by telepaths to stall them while ALF and Brian are sabotaging the film. Willie then says he's not got enough Star Trek episodes left to steal stories from and Lynn then suggests he tell the story about them going to the planet where all their wishes come true (Shore Leave) ALF is in the van while Brian is standing guard. ALF finds a nude picture of Rosanne Barr which he plans to keep and then finds the camera film in the van's refrigerator. He starts to eat the film.
Willie continues his interview talking about being in a dense fog. Marylin asks about the article mentioning him being part of a love feast to which Willie says lacked much affection. Kate comes home and asks what's going on. He mentions what's going on. The interview continues and Willie tells another story. Meanwhile ALF continues eating film, Marylin then tells Willie that this is too big for an interview and offers an advance of $1,500 Kate and Willie then chide them for twisting stories around, and that they failed to know that all his stories came from Star Trek episodes. They leave and Phil brags he has a photo of Rosanne that will make him rich. Willie then tells Brian he wants to talk to ALF but he's still in the van. Willie runs out to catch them and ALF comes back. Kate tries to stop Willie
Epilogue[]
ALF as a dream that he's Mork and talking to Orson. He wakes up saying he shouldn't eat film before going to bed
ALF has to go out to the van to retrieve the film, while Willie makes up stories in order to stall them.
Title Reference[]
”Lies” is a song by synthpop group Thompson Twins from their 1983 album “Quick Step & Side Kick”.