Marge and Homer make whoopee while Bart and Lisa attend summer camp. Lisa is crowned Little Miss Springfield. Marge puts her charm and smarts to work in the power plant and when Mr. Burns notices, it leads to a cozy dinner for two. Home becomes the power plant's union negotiator and tries to bargain away the dental plan for beer.

Mork, an alien from the planet Ork, was sent off to study Earthlings, landing in an eggshell near Boulder, Colorado. He was soon befriended by pretty Mindy McConnell, a music store clerk, who helped him adjust to Earth's "strange" ways. In this season, Mork's adventures include protecting Grandma Cora from muggers, racing a championship roller skater, coming face to face with the real Robin Williams and helping Mindy become an Orkan.