Alice Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Alice: Season 9 (1984 - 1985)

• Season 9 Episode 16: Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks!

  Mel announces he has sold the diner to a developer.

• Season 9 Episode 15: Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

  Humiliated Elliot quits his job after wounding himself.

• Season 9 Episode 14: One on One

  Mel helps Jolene train for a pro-basketball tryout.

• Season 9 Episode 13: The Night They Raided Debbie's

  Debbie (Linda Lavin) becomes Vera and Elliot's tenant.

• Season 9 Episode 12: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore

  Nick and a singer vie for Alice's affections.

• Season 9 Episode 11: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore

  A country singer asks Alice to tour with him.

• Season 9 Episode 10: Vera, the Nightbird

  Vera secretly works as a sexy DJ to earn extra money.

• Season 9 Episode 9: Kiss the Grill Goodbye

  Mel is depressed when his regulars visit a hamburger joint.

• Season 9 Episode 8: Vera's Anniversary Blues

  Vera's anniversary plans do not turn out as expected.

• Season 9 Episode 7: Footloose Mel

  Mel unknowingly evicts a break-dancing group from the diner.

• Season 9 Episode 6: Undercover Mel

  Elliot asks Mel to help him catch cattle rustlers.

• Season 9 Episode 5: Tommy's Lost Weekend

  Tommy's drinking causes him to misplace Nick's sports car.

• Season 9 Episode 4: Houseful of Hunnicutts

  Jolene's entire family stays in her tiny apartment.

• Season 9 Episode 3: Big Bad Mel

  Mel wants to tear down a nursery school for parking.

• Season 9 Episode 2: Space Sharples

  Mel performs heroic deeds while dressed as Captain Galaxy.

• Season 9 Episode 1: Romancing Mr. Stone

  Vera and Jolene place a personal ad for Alice.

Alice: Season 8 (1983 - 1984)

• Season 8 Episode 23: Be It Ever So Crowded

  Vera and Elliot become landlords to a daffy minister.

• Season 8 Episode 22: Mel Spins His Wheels

  Mel learns a lesson in providing access for the disabled.

• Season 8 Episode 21: Don't Play It Again, Elliot

  A wedding-gift piano disrupts Elliot and Vera's marriage.

• Season 8 Episode 20: Jolene Is Stuck on Mel

  A handsome TV performer (John McCook) proposes to Jolene.

• Season 8 Episode 19: Vera's Fine Feathered Friends

  Everyone mistakes a bandaged woman for hospitalized Vera.

• Season 8 Episode 18: My Dinner With Debbie

  A good cook (Linda Lavin) falls for big-eater Mel.

• Season 8 Episode 17: Dollars to Donuts

  Tommy catches gambling fever at the racetrack with Carrie.

• Season 8 Episode 16: Alice's Hot Air Romance

  A hot-air balloonist (Jed Allan) challenges Alice to a ride.

• Season 8 Episode 15: Alice and the Devoted Dentist

  Mel's dentist (James Coco) falls in love with Alice.

• Season 8 Episode 14: Lies My Mother Told Me

  Guilty Carrie admits she lied about Mel's boyhood dog.

• Season 8 Episode 13: Jolene Throws a Curve

  Jolene is afraid to pitch softball against her boyfriend.

• Season 8 Episode 12: Vera, the Horse Thief

  Vera decides to rescue a miniature horse from the circus.

• Season 8 Episode 11: Tommy Goes Overboard

  Mel's friend recruits Tommy for the Navy.

• Season 8 Episode 10: 'Tis the Season to Be Jealous

  Undercover-Santa Elliot sees Vera kissing her ex-fiance.

• Season 8 Episode 9: The Robot Wore Pink

  Mel replaces departed Alice with an efficient robot.

• Season 8 Episode 8: Vera's Wedding

  Vera and Elliot's wedding is called off, then on again.

• Season 8 Episode 7: Vera Gets Engaged

  Vera agrees to marry a police officer.

• Season 8 Episode 6: The Over-the-Hill Girls

  Carrie is turned down for a singing job because of her age.

• Season 8 Episode 5: It Had to Be Mel

  Mel falls in love with a singer (Florence Henderson).

• Season 8 Episode 4: Alice's Blind Date

  Alice is reunited with a now-blind high-school friend.

• Season 8 Episode 3: Jolene Gets Her Wings

  Jolene takes a weekend job as a flight attendant.

• Season 8 Episode 2: Vera's Secret Lover

  Vera receives notes and gifts from a secret admirer.

• Season 8 Episode 1: Mel Is Hogg-Tied

  Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), Jolene's relative, visits.

Alice: Season 7 (1982 - 1983)

• Season 7 Episode 23: Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

  Jolene uncovers her new neighbor's (Doug Sheehan) secret.

• Season 7 Episode 22: Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant

  Tommy's computer graph shows Mel's impending bankruptcy.

• Season 7 Episode 21: Sweet Erasable Mel

  Mel decides to install a computer in the diner.

• Season 7 Episode 20: Mel's Cousin Wendy?

  Mel's cousin goes under cover at Barney's Burger Barn.

• Season 7 Episode 19: Vera on the Lam

  Vera flees when Mel announces everyone will be bonded.

• Season 7 Episode 18: Tommy Fouls Out

  Alice asks Meadowlark Lemon (as himself) to help Tommy.

• Season 7 Episode 17: The Grass Is Always Greener

  Mel takes a new job and sells the diner to the waitresses.

• Season 7 Episode 16: Vera, the Torch

  Vera is certain she is to blame for a fire.

• Season 7 Episode 15: Come Back Little Sharples

  Mel becomes depressed when Carrie demands grandchildren.

• Season 7 Episode 14: Mel's Dream Car

  Mel finally gets his dream Porsche for only $20.

• Season 7 Episode 13: Jolene and the Night Watchman

  A muscle-bound watchman falls for Jolene.

• Season 7 Episode 12: Tommy, the Jailbird

  Tommy is jailed after a new pal's pizza-parlor food fight.

• Season 7 Episode 11: Alice Faces the Music

  The waitresses face three plumbers on a TV game show.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Vera the Virtuoso

  Vera studies the cello so she can play in a string quartet.

• Season 7 Episode 9: Alice Sees the Light

  The diner overflows with the curious after Alice sees a UFO.

• Season 7 Episode 8: Jolene's Brother Jonas

  Jolene's ex-con-man brother sells Mel a worm ranch.

• Season 7 Episode 7: Carrie on the Rebound

  Depressed Carrie visits after getting a divorce.

• Season 7 Episode 6: Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving

  Alice's mother descends on her for Thanksgiving.

• Season 7 Episode 5: Joel Grey Saves the Day

  The show flops without Joel Grey (as himself).

• Season 7 Episode 4: Alice at the Palace

  Mel produces Alice's stage show; guest Joel Grey.

• Season 7 Episode 3: The Secret of Mel's Diner

  The waitresses find money hidden by the diner's builder.

• Season 7 Episode 2: Do You Take This Waitress?

  Mel passes off Jolene as his fiancee to impress an old pal.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Sorry, Wrong Lips!

  Mel claims he gave a movie star her most thrilling kiss.

Alice: Season 6 (1981 - 1982)

• Season 6 Episode 24: My Mother the Landlord

  Mel's new landlord, Carrie, announces a $50 rent increase.

• Season 6 Episode 23: Spell Mel's

  Mel increases a diner contest prize to $3,000.

• Season 6 Episode 22: Monty Falls for Alice

  A jilted man (George Wendt) falls for Alice.

• Season 6 Episode 21: Vera's Reunion Romance

  Vera falls in love at her high-school reunion.

• Season 6 Episode 20: Give My Regrets to Broadway

  Alice's producer friend encourages Tommy to become an actor.

• Season 6 Episode 19: Mel Wins by a Nose

  Mel considers having his nose changed.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker

  Jolene decides to deliver a load for her weary ex-partner.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Alice and the Acorns

  Alice's shy high-school friend arrives for a '50s dance.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Best Little Waitress in the World

  Mel leaves newly confident Vera in charge of the diner.

• Season 6 Episode 15: The Valentine's Day Massacre

  Everyone's St. Valentine's Day plans undergo changes.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Sharples vs. Sharples

  Carrie threatens to publish Mel's secret chili recipe.

• Season 6 Episode 13: Vera, Queen of the Soaps

  Addicted Vera quits her job to watch soap operas.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Not With My Niece, You Don't

  Tommy uses Mel's romantic advice on Mel's own niece.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Alice Calls the Shots

  Alice bans Tommy from basketball after his grades slip.

• Season 6 Episode 10: The Wild One

  A rough motorcyclist (Jay Leno) takes a liking to Alice.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Mel's Christmas Carol

  Mel is visited by his partner's ghost on Christmas Eve.

• Season 6 Episode 8: After Mel's Gone

  Conflict results when Mel announces the terms of his will.

• Season 6 Episode 7: Vera and the Bouncing Check

  Vera's old high-school classmate passes a bad check.

• Season 6 Episode 6: Mel's Cousin, Wendell

  Mel gives his shy cousin advice for a date with Vera.

• Season 6 Episode 5: Alice's Big Four-Oh!

  A visit from her mother upsets Alice on her 40th birthday.

• Season 6 Episode 4: Alice's Halloween Surprise

  Alice thinks she has lost her new beau's son on Halloween.

• Season 6 Episode 3: Comrade Mel

  The Soviet ballet's towel boy defects in the diner.

• Season 6 Episode 2: Guiness on Tap

  Vera tries to break a tap-dancing endurance record.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Bet a Million Mel

  The waitresses try to prevent Mel from making a $10,000 bet.

Alice: Season 5 (1980 - 1981)

• Season 5 Episode 20: Baby Makes Five

  Vera finds an abandoned baby in the launderette.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?

  Mel kisses Vera to make girlfriend Marie jealous.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Alice Strikes Up the Band

  Alice is a singing sensation at a restaurateur's convention.

• Season 5 Episode 17: The Great Escape

  A loud argument brings a new waitress to the diner.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Macho, Macho Mel

  A little old lady (Florence Halop) mugs Mel in the alley.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Carrie Chickens Out

  Carrie plans to cook at the diner during an extended visit.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Alice's Son the Drop-Out

  Tommy's night job begins to affect his schoolwork.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Bye Bye Birdie

  Mel's yell makes Vera's parrot drop dead.

• Season 5 Episode 12: The Jerry Reed Fish Story

  The waitresses turn Jerry Reed's prize fish into fillets.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Vera Goes Out on a Limb

  Vera chains herself to a tree scheduled to be cut down.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Alice Locks Belle Out

  Alice dons her gangster disguise to save locked-out Belle.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Henry's Bitter Half

  Upset Henry tells his wife he's having an affair with Alice.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Carrie Sings the Blues

  Carrie comes to the diner after arguing with her husband.

• Season 5 Episode 7: The New Improved Mel

  A friend's death makes Mel try to improve his attitude.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Tommy's T.K.O.

  Mel's advice on handling a bully gets Tommy suspended.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Vera's Aunt Agatha

  Vera announces she is leaving with her free-spirited aunt.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner

  Mel risks it all during a trip to Las Vegas.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Dog Day Evening

  The staff is trapped in the diner with two guard dogs.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Mel and the Green Machine

  An automatic teller machine spews $24,675 at hapless Mel.

Alice: Season 4 (1979 - 1980)

• Season 4 Episode 24: Here Comes Alice Cottontail

  Alice bets she won't check on Tommy while he is at Mel's.

• Season 4 Episode 23: Cook's Tour

  Mel leads on a woman tour-guide to get her bus's business.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Profit Without Honor

  Alice proposes profit-sharing as part of a new contract.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Vera, the Vamp

  Vera wants Belle to teach her how to be attractive to men.

• Season 4 Episode 20: One Too Many Girls

  Belle's suggestions irritate her co-workers.

• Season 4 Episode 19: For Whom the Belle Toils

  Mel's old waitress, an aspiring songwriter, visits.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Flo's Farewell

  Flo receives a lucrative offer to work in Dallas.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

  Mel's old buddy arrives after separating from his wife.

• Season 4 Episode 16: My Funny Valentine Tux

  Tommy needs a tuxedo for a St. Valentine's Day party.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Carrie's Wedding

  Carrie announces her upcoming wedding to a younger man.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Alice Beats the Clock

  A time clock causes labor problems in the diner.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Alice in TV Land

  Tommy's appearance on a talk show raises controversy.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Good Buddy Flo

  Flo wants to learn to drive a truck to impress a new man.

• Season 4 Episode 11: Mel, the Magi

  Everyone sacrifices to buy each other Christmas gifts.

• Season 4 Episode 10: My Cousin, Art Carney

  Vera asks a relative, Art Carney, to promote Mel's chili.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Cabin Fever

  The waitresses, Mel and Marie wind up together in a cabin.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

  Mel cooks his chili on Dinah Shore's show.

• Season 4 Episode 7: Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

  Carrie takes over the diner when Mel injures his back.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Little Alice Bluenose

  Alice discovers her boyfriend is a nude model.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Flo's Chili Reception

  Mel thinks a rival is dating Flo to get a chili recipe.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Vera Robs the Cradle

  Rejected Tommy becomes infatuated with Vera.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Mel Loves Marie

  Mel and Marie have an on-and-off engagement.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Mona Lisa Alice

  Mel orders smiles all around; Alice quarrels with her beau.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

  No one believes Vera met Telly Savalas.

Alice: Season 3 (1978 - 1979)

• Season 3 Episode 24: Flo Finds Her Father

  Flo's long-lost father returns after 30 years.

• Season 3 Episode 23: My Fair Vera

  Vera is called to appear in a supermarket's TV commercial.

• Season 3 Episode 22: If the Shoe Fits

  Alice falls for a 25-year-old off-Broadway director.

• Season 3 Episode 21: The Last Stow It

  Alice assumes an old disguise to get the diner back.

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Last Stow It

  Mel sells the diner to an elegant snob (Hans Conried).

• Season 3 Episode 19: Alice's Decision

  Alice gets a chance to tour with a singing group.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Vera's Broken Heart

  Vera becomes depressed after Brian claims he loves another.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Mel Grows Up

  Mel is unable to confront his domineering mother.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Tommy's First Love

  Alice and Tommy clash over his new girlfriend.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Fourth Time Around

  Flo's old flame, Mel's brother, returns after a divorce.

• Season 3 Episode 14: Sweet Charity

  Tickets to a charity ball cause rifts among the waitresses.

• Season 3 Episode 13: What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

  Flo finds herself running the diner alone on New Year's Eve.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Principal of the Thing

  Alice dates Tommy's handsome school principal.

• Season 3 Episode 11: A Slight Case of ESP

  Vera seems to be able to predict the future.

• Season 3 Episode 10: The Happy Hoofers

  Alice takes a second job to pay for college for Tommy.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

  Mel's Thanksgiving dinner for orphans runs into problems.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Mel's in a Family Way

  Mel becomes overly attached to Alice and Tommy.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Better Never Than Late

  A robber arrives after Alice takes over for sleeping Mel.

• Season 3 Episode 6: What Happened to the Class of '78?

  Dating interferes with Flo's night-school studies.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Block Those Kicks

  The waitresses and Mel all decide to give up bad habits.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Vera's Popcorn Romance

  The gang tries to meet Vera's new boyfriend.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Citizen Mel

  Witness Mel thinks the released criminal is after him.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Car Wars

  Mel gets a better offer after the waitresses buy his car.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Take Him, He's Yours

  Frustrated Alice decides to let Mel take Tommy for a while.

Alice: Season 2 (1977 - 1978)

• Season 2 Episode 24: Earthquake

  The diner staff and customers await a predicted earthquake.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Mel's Recession

  Mel announces he must fire one of his waitresses.

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Bus

  A busload of passengers becomes stranded at the diner.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Star in the Storeroom

  Flo calls her old baby-sitting charge, singer Jerry Reed.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Don't Lock Now

  Mel and the waitresses become locked in the storeroom.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Mel's Big Five-O

  The gang throws a surprise 50th-birthday party for Mel.

• Season 2 Episode 18: The Cuban Connection

  A woman becomes convinced her husband is dating Alice.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Florence of Arabia

  A Middle Eastern oil baron sweeps Flo off her feet.

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Reporter

  A Washington reporter tries to wait unseen in the diner.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Love Me, Love My Horse

  Flo's rodeo-rider brother falls madly in love with Alice.

• Season 2 Episode 14: The Pharmacist

  A man threatens suicide if the president does not call back.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

  Alice's amateur psychology causes trouble among her friends.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Love Is a Free Throw

  Tommy's high-school basketball hero falls for Alice.

• Season 2 Episode 11: The Eyes of Texas

  Flo's new glasses spark suggestions she try contact lenses.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Oh, George Burns!

  Vera thinks visitor George Burns (as himself) is God.

• Season 2 Episode 9: A Semi-Merry Christmas

  A Christmas trip in a tractor trailer runs into trouble.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Love Is Sweeping the Counter

  Alice finds herself between disgruntled lovers Flo and Mel.

• Season 2 Episode 7: That Old Black Magic

  Injured Mel moves in with Alice for two weeks.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Sixty Minutes Man

  Alice realizes a diner regular is a long-missing mobster.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Single Belles

  The waitresses all meet the same 'Mr. Wonderful.'

• Season 2 Episode 4: Alice by Moonlight

  Alice loses sleep while moonlighting as a singer.

• Season 2 Episode 3: 86 the Waitresses

  Mel hires a male waiter at a higher rate of pay.

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Indian Taker

  An Indian says the diner is on ancestral burial ground.

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Second Time 'Round

  Alice serves a flasher; Flo learns she is still married.

Alice: Season 1 (1976 - 1977)

• Season 1 Episode 24: Mel's Happy Burger

  Alice is asked to star in a TV commercial for the diner.

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Bundle

  Flo finds $40,000 in a paper bag under one of the chairs.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Mel's Cup

  Alice unknowingly donates Mel's cherished cup to charity.

• Season 1 Episode 21: A Night to Remember

  Alice and Flo play Cupid for lonely Vera.

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Odd Couple

  Flo, homeless after her trailer is stolen, rooms with Alice.

• Season 1 Episode 19: The Pain of No Return

  Alice is told she owes the government $2000 in back taxes.

• Season 1 Episode 18: The Hex

  A charlatan Gypsy (Kay Ballard) puts a curse on Alice.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Failure

  Alice finds a holdup note on the diner floor.

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Accident

  Flo borrows Mel's treasured car and has an accident.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Mel's in Love

  Alice tries to comfort twice-jilted Mel.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Vera's Mortician

  Alice suspects Vera's new beau may be a married man.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Mother-in-Law

  Alice's mother-in-law intends to move in.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Mother-in-Law

  Alice's mother-in-law comes for a visit.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Who Killed Bugs Bunny?

  Alice forbids Tommy to go on a camp-out featuring hunting.

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Dilemma

  An old boyfriend of Alice's arrives and proposes.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Good Night Sweet Vera

  Heartbroken Vera decides to overdose on sleeping pills.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

  Flo tries to rekindle the flame with her first husband.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Sex Education

  Alice prepares to tell Tommy the facts of life.

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Last Review

  Temporary boss Alice asks a food critic to sample the chili.

• Season 1 Episode 5: A Call to Arms

  Obscene phone calls frighten Alice into getting a gun.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Pay the Fifty Dollars

  Nightclub singer Alice is arrested for soliciting.

• Season 1 Episode 3: A Piece of the Rock

  Alice sets off to meet her spouse's insurance beneficiary.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Alice Gets a Pass

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

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  A determined suitor tells Alice he is a theatrical agent.