Home / Series / Alice / Aired Order /

All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • August 31, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice gets her hopes up to be a big star when a talent agent comes to town.

  • S01E02 Alice Gets a Pass

    • September 29, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice falls for an ex-football player, who is now an actor.

  • S01E03 A Piece of the Rock

    • October 6, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice meets her late husband's beneficiary.

  • S01E04 Pay the Fifty Dollars

    • October 13, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice is mistakenly picked up by the five-0 for prostitution when she is performing in a nightclub.

  • S01E05 A Call to Arms

    • October 20, 1976
    • CBS

    A sleepless night of obscene phone calls prompts Alice into considering packing a piece.

  • S01E06 The Last Review

    • October 27, 1976
    • CBS

    A famous food critic dies in Mel's Diner, which freaks out everyone.

  • S01E07 Sex Education

    • November 6, 1976
    • CBS

    Aliec feels that Tommy is learning about sex too early when she finds a picture of a naked woman in Tommy's wallet.

  • S01E08 Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

    • November 13, 1976
    • CBS

    When Alice helps Flo get a man, the Man tries to help himself to Alice.

  • S01E09 Good Night Sweet Vera

    • November 20, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice and Flo try to keep Vera from O'Ding on sleeping pills.

  • S01E10 The Dilemma

    • November 27, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice is proposed marriage from an old boyfriend from the old neighborhood.

  • S01E11 Who Killed Bugs Bunny?

    • December 4, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice is thrilled that Mel is taking Tommy camping, until she finds out that it involves hunting as well. Alice refuses to let Tommy go, but he runs away to go camping anyway. It isn't until he shoots an animal that he realizes that his mother was right all along.

  • S01E12 Mother-in-Law (1)

    • December 11, 1976
    • CBS

    Rose Hyatt comes to visit Alice and Tommy, much to Alice's chagrin. And now she's talking about staying there....

  • S01E13 Mother-in-Law (2)

    • December 18, 1976
    • CBS

    Alice does all that she can to stop Rose from becoming a permanent Phoeniz resident.

  • S01E14 Vera's Mortician

    • December 25, 1976
    • CBS

    Vera's boyfriend might very well be a married man.

  • S01E15 Mel's in Love

    • January 15, 1977
    • CBS

    Mel falls in love with a young nature hiker from New Jersey.

  • S01E16 The Accident

    • January 22, 1977
    • CBS

    Mel leaves Alice and Flo his car when he goes on a trip, but Flo gets it totaled in an accident that is spread out over several blocks. Will they fix it time before Mel gets back? Nope, Mel comes home early and finds out about his car from an angry Hispanic neighbor!

  • S01E17 The Failure

    • January 29, 1977
    • CBS

    A robbery heist gets messed up when the cash register is stuck. The robber thinks he is a failure, but he gets a chance to redeem himself when he helps a lady deliver a baby in the diner.

  • S01E18 The Hex

    • February 5, 1977
    • CBS

    A fake Gypsy is caught stealing the silverware by Alice, and she puts a curse on the gang.

  • S01E19 The Pain of No Return

    • February 12, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice might be in trouble with Uncle Sam when she learns that her recently deceased husband never paid his back taxes.

  • S01E20 The Odd Couple

    • February 26, 1977
    • CBS

    Flo's trailer is stolen, and Alice has the heart to let her stay at her house for a spell. The spell is broken when Alice finds out that Flo is an all-out slob and have unwelcomed visitors (Flo's latest boyfriend, not roaches).

  • S01E21 A Night to Remember

    • March 5, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice and Flo try to find Vera a man.

  • S01E22 Mel's Cup

    • March 12, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice unknowingly donates Mel's old Navy Trophy to a rummage sale.

  • S01E23 The Bundle

    • March 19, 1977
    • CBS

    A Bag full of money is found in the diner, and Alice is the only one who wants to find the owner.

  • S01E24 Mel's Happy Burger

    • March 26, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice gets her chance at stardom as a hamburger on a TV commercial for the diner.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Second Time 'Round

    • October 2, 1977
    • CBS

    A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

  • S02E02 The Indian Taker

    • October 9, 1977
    • CBS

    A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

  • S02E03 86 the Waitresses

    • October 23, 1977
    • CBS

    Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

  • S02E04 Alice by Moonlight

    • October 30, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

  • S02E05 Single Belles

    • November 6, 1977
    • CBS

    The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

  • S02E06 The Sixty Minutes Man

    • November 13, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

  • S02E07 That Old Back Magic

    • December 4, 1977
    • CBS

    Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

  • S02E08 Love is Sweeping the Counter

    • December 11, 1977
    • CBS

    Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

  • S02E09 A Semi-Merry Christmas

    • December 18, 1977
    • CBS

    Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

  • S02E10 Oh! George Burns

    • January 1, 1978
    • CBS

    When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

  • S02E11 The Eyes of Texas

    • January 8, 1978
    • CBS

    Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

  • S02E12 Love is a Free Throw

    • January 11, 1978
    • CBS

    An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

  • S02E13 Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

    • January 22, 1978
    • CBS

    Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

  • S02E14 The Pharmacist

    • January 29, 1978
    • CBS

    A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

  • S02E15 Love Me, Love My Horse

    • February 5, 1978
    • CBS

    Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

  • S02E16 Florence of Arabia

    • February 19, 1978
    • CBS

    Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

  • S02E17 The Cuban Connection

    • February 26, 1978
    • CBS

    Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

  • S02E18 Mel's Big Five-0

    • March 5, 1978
    • CBS

    To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

  • S02E19 Don't Lock Now

    • March 12, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

  • S02E20 The Star in the Storeroom

    • March 19, 1978
    • CBS

    Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

  • S02E21 Mel's Recession

    • April 2, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

  • S02E22 Earthquake

    • April 9, 1978
    • CBS

    Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

  • S02E23 The Reporter

    An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.

  • S02E24 The Bus

    Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Take Him, He's Yours

    • September 24, 1978
    • CBS

    Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.

  • S03E02 Car Wars

    • October 1, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.

  • S03E03 Citizen Mel

    • October 8, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.

  • S03E04 Vera's Popcorn Romance

    • October 15, 1978
    • CBS

    Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.

  • S03E05 Block Those Kicks

    • October 22, 1978
    • CBS

    The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

  • S03E06 Whatever Happened to the Class of '78?

    • October 29, 1978
    • CBS

    Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.

  • S03E07 Better Never Than Late

    • November 5, 1978
    • CBS

    While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.

  • S03E08 Mel's in a Family Way

    • November 11, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.

  • S03E09 Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

    • November 19, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.

  • S03E10 The Happy Hoofers

    • November 26, 1978
    • CBS

    Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.

  • S03E11 A Slight Case of ESP

    • December 3, 1978
    • CBS

    Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

  • S03E12 The Principal of the Thing

    • December 10, 1978
    • CBS

    Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).

  • S03E13 What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

    • December 31, 1978
    • CBS

    Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.

  • S03E14 Sweet Charity

    • January 14, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.

  • S03E15 The Fourth Time Around

    • January 21, 1979
    • CBS

    Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.

  • S03E16 Tommy's First Love

    • January 28, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.

  • S03E17 Mel Grows Up

    • February 5, 1979
    • CBS

    Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.

  • S03E18 Vera's Broken Heart

    • February 18, 1979
    • CBS

    Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.

  • S03E19 Alice's Decision

    • February 25, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.

  • S03E20 The Last Stow It (1)

    • March 11, 1979
    • CBS

    Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.

  • S03E21 The Last Stow It (2)

    • March 11, 1979
    • CBS

    Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.

  • S03E22 If the Shoe Fits

    • March 18, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).

  • S03E23 My Fair Vera

    • March 25, 1979
    • CBS

    Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.

  • S03E24 Flo Finds Her Father

    • April 1, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

    • September 23, 1979
    • CBS

    Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

  • S04E02 Mona Lisa Alice

    • September 30, 1979
    • CBS

    Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

  • S04E03 Mel Loves Marie

    • October 7, 1979
    • CBS

    Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.

  • S04E04 Vera Robs the Cradle

    • October 21, 1979
    • CBS

    Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.

  • S04E05 Flo's Chili Reception

    • October 28, 1979
    • CBS

    Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""

  • S04E06 Little Alice Bluenose

    • November 4, 1979
    • CBS

    Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

  • S04E07 Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

    • November 11, 1979
    • CBS

    The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.

  • S04E08 Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

    • November 18, 1979
    • CBS

    Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

  • S04E09 Cabin Fever

    • December 2, 1979
    • CBS

    Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

  • S04E10 My Cousin, Art Carney

    • December 9, 1979
    • CBS

    Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

  • S04E11 Mel, the Magi

    • December 23, 1979
    • CBS

    A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.

  • S04E12 Good Buddy Flo

    • January 6, 1980
    • CBS

    Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

  • S04E13 Alice in TV Land

    • January 13, 1980
    • CBS

    Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.

  • S04E14 Alice Beats the Clock

    • January 27, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

  • S04E15 Carrie's Wedding

    • February 3, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.

  • S04E16 My Funny Valentine Tux

    • February 10, 1980
    • CBS

    Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

  • S04E17 Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

    • February 17, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.

  • S04E18 Flo's Farewell

    • February 24, 1980
    • CBS

    A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.

  • S04E19 For Whom the Belle Toils

    • March 2, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.

  • S04E20 One Too Many Girls

    • March 9, 1980
    • CBS

    The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.

  • S04E21 Vera, the Vamp

    • March 16, 1980
    • CBS

    Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.

  • S04E22 Profit Without Honor

    • March 23, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.

  • S04E23 Cook's Tour

    • March 30, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.

  • S04E24 Here Comes Alice Cottontail

    • April 6, 1980
    • CBS

    Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Mel and the Green Machine

    • November 2, 1980
    • CBS

    An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.

  • S05E02 Dog Day Evening

    • November 9, 1980
    • CBS

    After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs.

  • S05E03 Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner (1)

    • November 16, 1980
    • CBS

    Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck.

  • S05E04 Too Many Robert Goulets (2)

    • November 16, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel may get his diner back if Belle can get Robert Goulet to perform for a Las Vegas casino owner but when it seems she can't get him, Alice steps in and impersonates him.

  • S05E05 Vera's Aunt Agatha

    • November 23, 1980
    • CBS

    Vera's Aunt Agatha, a freewheeling sexagenarian, makes a pit stop in Phoenix while motorcycling to Mexico. This prompts Vera to make a life altering decision, whether or not to ride off into the sunset with her aunt.

  • S05E06 Tommy's T.K.O.

    • November 30, 1980
    • CBS

    Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.

  • S05E07 The New Improved Mel

    • December 7, 1980
    • CBS

    The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.

  • S05E08 Carrie Sings the Blues

    • December 21, 1980
    • CBS

    Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.

  • S05E09 Henry's Bitter Half

    • January 4, 1981
    • CBS

    Henry's convinced that his wife of 20 years is suddenly being nice because she's having an affair, so he tells her he's having one too, with Alice.

  • S05E10 Alice Locks Belle Out

    • January 11, 1981
    • CBS

    As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.

  • S05E11 Vera Goes Out On a Limb

    • January 18, 1981
    • CBS

    Vera goes out on a limb to save a century old tree in front of the diner from being cut down for a road-widening project.

  • S05E12 The Jerry Reed Fish Story

    • February 1, 1981
    • CBS

    The waitresses cut up a huge fish they find in the refrigerator, unaware that singer Jerry Reed had left it there until he could have it stuffed.

  • S05E13 Bye Bye, Birdie

    • February 8, 1981
    • CBS

    Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.

  • S05E14 Alice's Son, the Drop-out

    • February 15, 1981
    • CBS

    Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.

  • S05E15 Carrie Chickens Out

    • February 22, 1981
    • CBS

    During a visit, Carrie plans to help out at the diner and cook but a fed up Mel kicks her out and she goes to work for a competitor.

  • S05E16 Macho, Macho Mel

    • March 8, 1981
    • CBS

    When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.

  • S05E17 The Great Escape

    • March 15, 1981
    • CBS

    A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.

  • S05E18 Alice Strikes Up the Band

    • March 29, 1981
    • CBS

    Alice thinks she has found her main chance when she lands a gig singing at a big banquet with a 1940's theme and an influential audience of restaurant owners.

  • S05E19 Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?

    • April 5, 1981
    • CBS

    Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend, Marie, jealous.

  • S05E20 Baby Makes Five

    • May 3, 1981
    • CBS

    Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Bet a Million, Mel

    • October 4, 1981
    • CBS

    Mel borrows $10,000 against the diner to bet on a 90-to-1 nag.

  • S06E02 Guinness on Tap

    • October 11, 1981
    • CBS

    Determined to leave her mark on the world, Vera sets out to break the tap dancing endurance record.

  • S06E03 Comrade Mel

    • October 18, 1981
    • CBS

    A towel boy from the Russian ballet takes refuge in Mel's storeroom.

  • S06E04 Alice's Halloween Surprise

    • October 25, 1981
    • CBS

    On Halloween, Alice's latest heartthrob asks her to shepherd his four kids for the evening.

  • S06E05 Alice's Big Four-Oh!

    • November 8, 1981
    • CBS

    It's Alice's 40th birthday, and for the milestone she gets a millstone, a visit from her meddling mother.

  • S06E06 Mel's Cousin, Wendell

    • November 15, 1981
    • CBS

    Smooth operator Mel teaches his shy cousin, Wendell, how to score with Vera.

  • S06E07 Vera's Bouncing Check

    • November 29, 1981
    • CBS

    Against Mel's orders, Vera cashes a check for an old flame, who's nowhere to be found when it bounces.

  • S06E08 After Mel's Gone

    • December 6, 1981
    • CBS

    Mel becomes despondent when he realizes he has no heirs.

  • S06E09 Mel's Christmas Carol

    • December 20, 1981
    • CBS

    The ghost of a partner past gives Mel the dickens on Christmas Eve after Mel fired Alice, Jolene and Vera.

  • S06E10 The Wild One

    • December 27, 1981
    • CBS

    Alice's spirit inspires a biker to recruit her as his ""old lady.""

  • S06E11 Alice Calls the Shots

    • January 3, 1982
    • CBS

    Alice blows the whistle on Tommy's basketball playing when his grades start to slip.

  • S06E12 Not with My Niece You Don't

    • January 17, 1982
    • CBS

    Mel gives Tommy advice on how to charm the ladies, which Tommy promptly applies to Mel's niece.

  • S06E13 Queen of Soaps

    • January 31, 1982
    • CBS

    After getting hooked on soap operas, Vera becomes a washout at work and later quits.

  • S06E14 Sharples vs. Sharples

    • February 7, 1982
    • CBS

    Mel has a beef with his mother who wants to publish his secret chili recipe in her new cookbook.

  • S06E15 Valentine's Day Massacre

    • February 14, 1982
    • CBS

    Valentine's Day promises anything but hearts and flowers for the diner staff, who all quarrel with their dates.

  • S06E16 The Best Little Waitress in the World

    • February 21, 1982
    • CBS

    A book on building self-confidence inspires Vera to become ""the best little waitress in the world!"" Later, Mel leaves a newly confident Vera in charge of the diner.

  • S06E17 Alice and the Acorns

    • March 7, 1982
    • CBS

    Alice is visited by a high-school chum who's still suffering from her teenage inferiority complex.

  • S06E18 Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker

    • March 14, 1982
    • CBS

    To help Jolene's exhausted good buddy, the girls drive his rig to a mining town, blissfully unaware that they're hauling dynamite.

  • S06E19 Mel Wins By a Nose

    • March 21, 1982
    • CBS

    Mel considers getting a nose job while undergoing surgery for a deviated septum.

  • S06E20 Give My Regrets to Broadway

    • April 4, 1982
    • CBS

    Alice's actress friend from New York persuades Tommy that he has a brilliant future on Broadway.

  • S06E21 Vera's Reunion Romance

    • April 11, 1982
    • CBS

    Vera returns from her high-school reunion with stars in her eyes and a sparkler on her finger.

  • S06E22 Monty Falls for Alice

    • April 18, 1982
    • CBS

    A jilted acquaintance flips for Alice on the first bounce and when she doesn't reciprocate his feelings he threatens to jump from the Mel's Diner sign.

  • S06E23 Spell Mel's

    • May 2, 1982
    • CBS

    To counter a competitor whose contest is drawing customers, Mel launches one too and ups the ante to $3000.

  • S06E24 My Mother the Landlord

    • May 16, 1982
    • CBS

    Mel happily envisions a rent-free future when his mother buys his apartment building but surprises him when she announces a $50 rent increase.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Sorry, Wrong Lips

    • October 6, 1982
    • CBS

    Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.

  • S07E02 Do You Take This Waitress?

    • October 13, 1982
    • CBS

    Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof.

  • S07E03 The Secret of Mel's Diner

    • October 20, 1982
    • CBS

    There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building.

  • S07E04 Alice at the Palace

    • October 27, 1982
    • CBS

    Joel Grey offers his services gratis as the leading man in a musical revue bankrolled by Mel and featuring Alice. Mel, however, has never heard of Grey and gives the role to his bookie.

  • S07E05 Joel Grey Saves the Day

    • November 3, 1982
    • CBS

    Joel Grey walks out after producer Mel turns a revue about New York into a desert musical with tunes like ""Two Tootsies from Tucson"" and ""Ramona from Arizona.""

  • S07E06 Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving

    • November 10, 1982
    • CBS

    Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.

  • S07E07 Carrie on the Rebound

    • January 9, 1983
    • CBS

    Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.

  • S07E08 Jolene's Brother Jonas

    • January 16, 1983
    • CBS

    Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.

  • S07E09 Alice Sees the Light

    • February 28, 1983
    • CBS

    Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.

  • S07E10 Vera the Virtuoso

    • March 7, 1983
    • CBS

    Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.

  • S07E11 Alice Faces the Music

    • March 14, 1983
    • CBS

    The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.

  • S07E12 Tommy, the Jailbird

    • March 21, 1983
    • CBS

    Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.

  • S07E13 Jolene and the Night Watchman

    • March 28, 1983
    • CBS

    Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.

  • S07E14 Mel's Dream Car

    • April 11, 1983
    • CBS

    Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.

  • S07E15 Come Back Little Sharples

    • April 17, 1983
    • CBS

    Mel has had it up to his keister with the way things are going so he absconds to his apartment for a beer and pizza binge.

  • S07E16 Vera, the Torch

    • April 24, 1983
    • CBS

    Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.

  • S07E17 The Grass is Always Greener

    • May 1, 1983
    • CBS

    In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.

  • S07E18 Tommy Fouls Out

    • May 15, 1983
    • CBS

    Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.

  • S07E19 Vera on the Lam

    • May 22, 1983
    • CBS

    After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.

  • S07E20 Mel's Cousin Wendy?

    • May 29, 1983
    • CBS

    To steal a competitor's secret sauce recipe, Mel persuades his cousin to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a Burger Baby.

  • S07E21 Sweet Erasable Mel

    • June 5, 1983
    • CBS

    Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.

  • S07E22 Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant

    • June 12, 1983
    • CBS

    Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.

  • S07E23 Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

    • September 18, 1983
    • CBS

    Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Mel is Hogg-Tied

    • October 2, 1983
    • CBS

    Boss Hogg and Deputy Enos of ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" pay a surprise visit. Up to his usual low tricks, Boss makes an offer to lease the diner that Mel can't refuse but should.

  • S08E02 Vera's Secret Lover

    • October 9, 1983
    • CBS

    A secret lover is sending Vera everything from poems to balloons.

  • S08E03 Jolene Gets Her Wings

    • October 16, 1983
    • CBS

    Everyone's up in the air over Jolene's maiden flight as a part-time stewardess.

  • S08E04 Alice's Blind Date

    • October 23, 1983
    • CBS

    Alice's dinner date with a high-school flame who's now blind turns into a delightful trip down sensory lane.

  • S08E05 It Had to Be Mel

    • October 30, 1983
    • CBS

    A popular singer stops for directions at the diner and ends up proposing to Mel.

  • S08E06 The Over-the-Hill Girls

    • November 6, 1983
    • CBS

    Both Carrie and Alice are turned down as singers by a supper club owner who thinks they're too old for the job.

  • S08E07 Vera Gets Engaged

    • November 20, 1983
    • CBS

    Who would have thought Vera would find love in a greasy spoon? Especially with a cop who just ticketed her for jaywalking.

  • S08E08 Vera's Wedding

    • November 20, 1983
    • CBS

    After a whirlwind courtship, Vera walks down the aisle with her intended.

  • S08E09 The Robot Wore Pink

    • December 18, 1983
    • CBS

    After Alice quits in a huff, Mel replaces her with a very efficient and popular robot named Blanche.

  • S08E10 'Tis the Season to Be Jealous

    • December 25, 1983
    • CBS

    Working undercover as Santa Claus, Vera's new husband spots her kissing her former fiance.

  • S08E11 Tommy Goes Overboard

    • January 1, 1984
    • CBS

    Tommy's home from college feeling down,due to bad grades & a failed romance. Also,Mel gets a visit,his old Navy buddy Frank. Who ends up inspiring Tommy to consider a change,that Alice may not be crazy about.

  • S08E12 Vera, the Horse Thief

    • January 8, 1984
    • CBS

    No one can corral Vera after she discovers that a miniature horse is being mistreated by its trainer.

  • S08E13 Jolene Throws a Curve

    • January 15, 1984
    • CBS

    Trophy winner Jolene throws Mel a curve when she won't pitch on his softball team.

  • S08E14 Lies My Mother Told Me

    • January 29, 1984
    • CBS

    After 40 years, Mel learns that his mother lied when she told him his dog was a war hero.

  • S08E15 Alice and the Devoted Dentist

    • February 12, 1984
    • CBS

    When Alice chips a tooth eating Mel's chili, he sends her to his dentist who takes one look at her X-rays and falls madly in love.

  • S08E16 Alice's Hot Air Romance

    • March 4, 1984
    • CBS

    Alice gets a ride but hardly a rise out of a sexist ballonist whose hot air isn't confined to his balloon.

  • S08E17 Dollars to Donuts

    • March 11, 1984
    • CBS

    After a winning first day at the track, Tommy bets he'll score in the betting business.

  • S08E18 My Dinner with Debbie

    • March 18, 1984
    • CBS

    By proving she's a better cook than Mel, Vera's acerbic landlady may have found the elusive way to his heart through his stomach.

  • S08E19 Vera's Fine Feathered Friends

    • March 25, 1984
    • CBS

    Vera takes a tumble trying to rescue a nest of baby blue jays from the diner sign before Mel gets to them with a broom.

  • S08E20 Jolene is Stuck on Mel

    • April 1, 1984
    • CBS

    Jolene has second thoughts about marrying a TV game show host especially after a dab of permanent glue bonds her firmly to Mel.

  • S08E21 Don't Play It Again, Elliot

    • April 15, 1984
    • CBS

    A gift piano comes between Vera and Elliot when she can't pry him away from it.

  • S08E22 Mel Spins His Wheels

    • May 13, 1984
    • CBS

    Mel disdains accommodating the handicapped until two sprained ankles give him a different view, from a wheelchair.

  • S08E23 Be It Ever So Crowded

    • May 20, 1984
    • CBS

    Vera and Elliot buy a charming old house that comes complete with fireplace, furniture and antiques one of which is a shocking surprise.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Romancing Mister Stone

    • October 14, 1984
    • CBS

    Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.

  • S09E02 Space Sharples

    • October 28, 1984
    • CBS

    Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.

  • S09E03 Big, Bad Mel

    • November 4, 1984
    • CBS

    Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.

  • S09E04 Houseful of Hunnicutts

    • November 18, 1984
    • CBS

    Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.

  • S09E05 Tommy's Lost Weekend

    • November 25, 1984
    • CBS

    Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.

  • S09E06 Undercover Mel

    • December 16, 1984
    • CBS

    At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.

  • S09E07 Footloose Mel

    • December 23, 1984
    • CBS

    Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.

  • S09E08 Vera's Anniversary Blues

    • January 8, 1985
    • CBS

    Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.

  • S09E09 Kiss the Grill Goodbye

    • January 15, 1985
    • CBS

    Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.

  • S09E10 Vera, the Nightbird

    • January 22, 1985
    • CBS

    Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.

  • S09E11 Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

    • January 29, 1985
    • CBS

    A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.

  • S09E12 Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

    • February 5, 1985
    • CBS

    Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.

  • S09E13 The Night They Raided Debbie's

    • February 6, 1985
    • CBS

    Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.

  • S09E14 One on One

    • March 5, 1985
    • CBS

    Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.

  • S09E15 Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

    • March 12, 1985
    • CBS

    After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.

  • S09E16 Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

    • March 19, 1985
    • CBS

    On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.