The last episode of ALF was a cliffhanger. In the episode, ALF's family from the planet Melmac come to pick him up. At the end of the episode ALF was about to board the space ship but then a government agency appears too! The episode ends and it was 'To Be Continued'.
After that the show was canceled and unfortunately we were never told if he made it home, got captured or went back to the Tanners. (ALF Tanners, not Full House Tanners)
As a kid I didn't understand season finales, show cancellations etc. That whole summer I'd watch the next episode of ALF every Monday but it was just a repeat. I didn't know how to find out what happened to ALF. I wondered all summer... I would seriously be going to bed, ALF would come to mind and I'd wonder if he made it home or got captured. I had no idea and I needed closure.
That Fall, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air took ALF's time slot. I didn't know what happened to ALF. All I knew was that Monday's at 7pm CST ALF wasn't around and Will Smith was.
Years later a made for TV movie came on with ALF.
SPOILER ALERT. READ NO FURTHER IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING ALF ON DVD
ALF had been with the government since then, but there were no Tanners! This wasn't the ALF I knew and loved. I stopped watching about a half hour into the made for TV movie.
Thanks for ruining my childhood ALF.
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