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Wanted: Dead or Alive is the third episode of ALF's fourth and final season. It originally aired on Oct. 2, 1989.
Plot Summary[]
ALF sees criminal resembling Willie is featured on an America's Most Wanted style show and tries to hide Willie while the Ochmoneks turn him in.
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Lynn is watching TV and ALF comes in and badgers her into leaving so he can watch his show, Crimestoppers,
When ALF pits the show on, a polygamist resembling Willie who stole money from his wives in Tallahassee Florida is featured.
Act One[]
At the Ochmoneks 's house, they are watching the show too, and Trevor immediately suspects it's Willie and wants to turn him in. Raquel tells him not to because Willie is a friend. ALF continues to watch the show, and ponders what to do if it is Willie. Brian walks in and ALF asks him questions about Willie. Lynn comes in and presses her about Willie too. The next day Willie is trying to nap on the couch and ALF puts a wig on his head. Willie asks him why ALF did that and tells him he doesn't want to wear it. ALF then hands him Groucho Marx glasses and pointy ears, and that he's won a cruise to the Bahamas.
Willie leaves the room so he can nap in his bedroom. The phone rings and ALF answers. The caller, asks to speak to Willie, but ALF tells him he's gone to the Bahamas. It's revealed that it's Trevor calling. He hangs up and calls Crimestoppers. ALF then calls a plastic surgeon to inquire about face transplants and Kate asks why. He gives a silly answer. Willie comes in to ask where all his shoes are. The doorbell rings and it's the FBI who has come to take Willie to the police station for an interrogation. Kate tells them it's a mistake and Willie asks why. They reveal that someone who looks like him was featured on crimestoppers. Brian asks if it has anything to do with Tallahassee, and that someone asked him if Willie has ever been there. Kate then suspects this may have something to do with ALF. The FBI then demand he come down and they know about the Bahamian getaway. He walks out with them and asked why he's not bringing his shoes, to which he says he has none
Act Two[]
At the FBI office, the two agents are talking about bad movies they've seen. Willie is then put into a room with many other suspects who also look like him. He also steps on some gum on the floor in his bare feet.
Kate then finds ALF hiding in a box outside the garage, and chides ALF about turning Willie in who denies it. Kate doesn't believe him and is furious. In the room of suspects one of them asks Willie if he wants to buy in on a betting pool about which one of them if any is guilty. He's hesitant until one of them asks if people can vote for themselves. Everyone then buys in. One of the agents then comes in to tell Willie he's free to. One of the suspects, Mr. Fusco then fakes being Willie but is stopped. When Willie comes out, he sees Trevor and Raquel waiting for him. The other agent then tells Trevor that they got the wrong guy. Willie is furious about them turning him in for a few thousand dollars to which Trevor corrects him as being $10,000 They offer a him a ride home. Brian is on the phone with a friend telling him what happened just as Willie is brought home. Willie tells the family that ALF didn't do anything and that the Ochmoneks were responsible,
Willie asks ALF why he didn't come to him, and ALF says the show said that could leave the suspect to run. Willie then realizes that the disguises ALF put on him were to hide him and ALF says it was in gratitude for the family hiding him
Epillgue[]
Kate is giggling while reading the newspaper and Willie asks him why, and Kate admits it has to do with the thought of him having been the guilty party. ALF the puts on the wig the gave Willie and says he's going out to listen to rap music. Willie stops him saying the disguise isn't good enough
Willie is released once they have verified his background. Upon his release he runs into Trevor at the eadquarters and finds out that he turned him in. The Ochmoneks give Willie a ride home, but an displeased Willie kicks over their lawn ornaments before coming back to his house.
Title Reference[]
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" is a song by Bon Jovi.