Alice

Alice Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1 Episode Guide

Episode 1 - Pilot

Linda Lavin stars as Alice Hyatt, a newly widowed mother, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and works as a waitress, determined to make it on her own and somehow manage to keep smiling.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Episode 1 - Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Linda Lavin stars as Alice Hyatta, newly widowed mother, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and works as a waitress, determined to make it on her own and somehow manage to keep smiling.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Episode 2 - Season 1, Episode 2: Alice Gets a Pass

When Mel (Vic Tayback) decides to go fishing with an old college buddy who turns out to be a handsome football player, Alice (Linda Lavin) decides it's time to get back in the game of love.

  

Episode 2 - Alice Gets a Pass

When Mel (Vic Tayback) decides to go fishing with an old college buddy who turns out to be a handsome football player, Alice (Linda Lavin) decides it's time to get back in the game of love.

  

Episode 3 - A Piece of the Rock

Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is surprised to learn that her husband had purchased a life insurance policy before his death and shocked when she finds out that the beneficiary is another woman!

  

Episode 3 - Season 1, Episode 3: A Piece of the Rock

Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is surprised to learn that her husband had purchased a life insurance policy before his death and shocked when she finds out that the beneficiary is another woman!

  

Episode 4 - Pay the Fifty Dollars

Alice (Linda Lavin) makes quite an impression after a one-night singing engagement in a local nightclub.

  

Episode 4 - Season 1, Episode 4: Pay the Fifty Dollars

Alice (Linda Lavin) makes quite an impression after a one-night singing engagement in a local nightclub.

  

Episode 5 - A Call to Arms

Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is plagued by obscene phone calls and reluctantly becomes a pistol-packing mama.

  

Episode 5 - Season 1, Episode 5: A Call to Arms

Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is plagued by obscene phone calls and reluctantly becomes a pistol-packing mama.

  

Episode 6 - The Last Review

While Mel is on vacation, Alice (Linda Lavin) takes charge of the diner and almost succeeds in burying the business.

  

Episode 6 - Season 1, Episode 6: The Last Review

While Mel is on vacation, Alice (Linda Lavin) takes charge of the diner and almost succeeds in burying the business.

  

Episode 7 - Sex Education

The time has come for Tommy (Philip McKeon) to learn the facts of life, and although Alice (Linda Lavin) knows the facts, she can't find the words.

  

Episode 7 - Season 1, Episode 7: Sex Education

The time has come for Tommy (Philip McKeon) to learn the facts of life, and although Alice (Linda Lavin) knows the facts, she can't find the words.

  

Episode 8 - Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

When Alice (Linda Lavin) tries to help Flo (Polly Holliday) capture the man of her dreams, the result is a hilarious nightmare of good and bad intentions.

  

Episode 8 - Season 1, Episode 8: Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

When Alice (Linda Lavin) tries to help Flo (Polly Holliday) capture the man of her dreams, the result is a hilarious nightmare of good and bad intentions.

  

Episode 9 - Good Night, Sweet Vera

Alice (Linda Lavin) and Flo (Polly Holliday) come to the rescue when Vera (Beth Howland) decides life isn't worth living.

  

Episode 9 - Season 1, Episode 9: Good Night Sweet Vera

Alice (Linda Lavin) and Flo (Polly Holliday) come to the rescue when Vera (Beth Howland) decides life isn't worth living.

  

Episode 10 - The Dilemma

When Alice (Linda Lavin) receives a proposal of marriage, Flo (Polly Holliday) tries to convince her friend that the only bed of roses in marriage is the one in your garden.

  

Episode 10 - Season 1, Episode 10: The Dilemma

When Alice (Linda Lavin) receives a proposal of marriage, Flo (Polly Holliday) tries to convince her friend that the only bed of roses in marriage is the one in your garden.

  

Episode 11 - Season 1, Episode 11: Who Killed Bugs Bunny?

Alice (Linda Lavin) is torn between letting her son be "one of the boys" and compromising her principles.

  

Episode 11 - Who Killed Bugs Bunny?

Alice (Linda Lavin) is torn between letting her son be "one of the boys" and compromising her principles.

  

Episode 12 - Mother-In-Law, Pt. 1

Alice (Linda Lavin) discovers that her mother-in-law's (Eileen Heckart) idea of a "short visit" is 20 or 30 years.

  

Episode 12 - Season 1, Episode 12: Mother-In-Law, Pt. 1

Alice (Linda Lavin) discovers that her mother-in-law's (Eileen Heckart) idea of a "short visit" is 20 or 30 years.

  

Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13: Mother-In-Law, Pt. 2

Alice (Linda Lavin) sends for reinforcements when she is unable to move her "live-in" mother-in-law.

  

Episode 13 - Mother-In-Law, Pt. 2

Alice (Linda Lavin) sends for reinforcements when she is unable to move her "live-in" mother-in-law.

  

Episode 14 - Vera's Mortician

Everyone believes it's wedding bells for Vera and the local mortician. Everyone, that is, except Alice, who thinks there's something strange about Vera's new beau.

  

Episode 14 - Season 1, Episode 14: Vera's Mortician

Everyone believes it's wedding bells for Vera and the local mortician. Everyone, that is, except Alice, who thinks there's something strange about Vera's new beau.

  

Episode 15 - Mel's In Love

Alice (Linda Lavin) is caught in the middle when Mel (Vic Tayback) falls in love--three times in one week!

  

Episode 15 - Season 1, Episode 15: Mel's In Love

Alice (Linda Lavin) is caught in the middle when Mel (Vic Tayback) falls in love--three times in one week!

  

Episode 16 - The Accident

No one is hurt when Flo (Polly Holliday) demolishes Mel's (Vic Tayback) car in a freak accident --at least not until Mel finds out!

  

Episode 16 - Season 1, Episode 16: The Accident

No one is hurt when Flo (Polly Holliday) demolishes Mel's (Vic Tayback) car in a freak accident--at least not until Mel finds out!

  

Episode 17 - The Hex

Alice catches a gypsy stealing silverware, and has a string of bad luck after the woman curses her.

  

Episode 17 - Season 1, Episode 17: The Hex

Alice catches a gypsy stealing silverware, and has a string of bad luck after the woman curses her.

  

Episode 18 - The Failure

When Alice's (Linda Lavin) quick thinking prevents a bank robbery, Mel's (Vic Tayback) diner becomes the target for the inept, would-be bandit.

  

Episode 18 - Season 1, Episode 18: The Failure

When Alice's (Linda Lavin) quick thinking prevents a bank robbery, Mel's (Vic Tayback) diner becomes the target for the inept, would-be bandit.

  

Episode 19 - Season 1, Episode 19: The Pain of No Return

Alice owes the government $2,000 according to a Alice (Linda Lavin) meets an IRS agent who wants more in return than back taxes.

  

Episode 19 - The Pain of No Return

Alice owes the government $2,000 according to a Alice (Linda Lavin) meets an IRS agent who wants more in return than back taxes.

  

Episode 20 - The Odd Couple

When Alice (Linda Lavin) and Flo (PPolly Holliday) temporarily become roommates, they hilariously overturn the adage "opposites attract."

  

Episode 20 - Season 1, Episode 20: The Odd Couple

When Alice (Linda Lavin) and Flo (Polly Holliday) temporarily become roommates, they hilariously overturn the adage, opposites attract.

  

Episode 21 - Season 1, Episode 21: A Night to Remember

Alice and Flo (Linda Lavin and Polly Holliday) come to the aid of Vera's (Beth Howland) love life and send her off on a dangerous liaison.

  

Episode 21 - A Night to Remember

Alice and Flo (Linda Lavin and Polly Holliday) come to the aid of Vera's (Beth Howland) love life and send her off on a dangerous liaison.

  

Episode 22 - Mel's Cup

When Alice (Linda Lavin) can't convince Mel (Vic Tayback) that charity should begin at home, she resorts to burglary to correct an innocent mistake.

  

Episode 22 - Season 1, Episode 22: Mel's Cup

When Alice (Linda Lavin) can't convince Mel (Vic Tayback) that charity should begin at home, she resorts to burglary to correct an innocent mistake.

  

Episode 23 - The Bundle

Everyone tries to convince Alice (Linda Lavin) that "finders keepers, losers weepers" is their motto when Flo (Polly Holliday) find $40,000 under a chair in the diner.

  

Episode 23 - Season 1, Episode 23: The Bundle

Everyone tries to convince Alice (Linda Lavin) that "finders keepers, losers weepers" is their motto when Flo (Polly Holliday) find $40,000 under a chair in the diner.

  

Episode 24 - Season 1, Episode 24: Mel's Happy Burger

When Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is given the opportunity to star in a television commercial for Mel's Diner, her gold opportunity quickly turns to brass.

  

Episode 24 - Mel's Happy Burger

When Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin) is given the opportunity to star in a television commercial for Mel's Diner, her gold opportunity quickly turns to brass.

  

Episode 25 - Season 2, Episode 1: The Second Time 'Round

Alice is flashed outside Mel's Diner and Flo faces a handsome ex-husband who wants to get a divorce -- again.

  

Episode 26 - Season 2, Episode 2: The Indian Taker

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the gang at Mel's Diner meet an old Indian who claims the diner has been built on his ancestral burial grounds and who has returned there to die. Vera (BETH HOWLAND) dates a man who makes her forget Clint Eastwood.

  

Episode 27 - Season 2, Episode 3: 86 the Waitress

Labor relations become severely strained at Mel's Diner when he hires a man to work as a waiter -- at more money than he's paying Alice, Flo and Vera (LINDA LAVIN, POLLY HOLLIDAY and BETH ROWLAND) -- so the girls quit and leave Mel high and dry.

  

Episode 28 - Season 2, Episode 4: Alice by Moonlight

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) is moonlighting as a singer while Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is irate at her tardiness caused by lack of sleep.

  

Episode 29 - Season 2, Episode 5: Single Belles

Alice, Flo and Vera (LINDA LAVIN, POLLY HOLLIDAY and BETH HOWLAND) go to a new singles' bar in hopes of meetingMr. Wonderful, who turns out to be a rat.

  

Episode 30 - Season 2, Episode 6: Sixty Minutes Man

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the gang at the diner discover that one of their regular customers may be a notorious gangster and fugitive for the last 30 years -- who is now wanted by the FBI as a witness.

  

Episode 31 - Season 2, Episode 7: That Old Back Magic

At Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) for a brunch, Mel (VIC TAYBACK) injures his back and has to stay there for two weeks, so the girls bring his poker game to him -- with hilarious results.

  

Episode 32 - Season 2, Episode 8: Love Is Sweeping the Counter

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) finds herself in the middle of a miracle as Flo and Mel (POLLY HOLLIDAY and VIC TAYBACK) find themselves romantically attracted to each other.

  

Episode 33 - Season 2, Episode 9: A Semi-Merry Christmas

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) ruins everyone's holiday -- until he thinks of a unique scheme to provide Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the others a white Christmas. The problem istheir truck gets stuck in a snowstorm.

  

Episode 34 - Season 2, Episode 10: Oh, George Burns!

Vera (BETH ROWLAND) believes that God is visiting Mel's Diner when George Burns drops in. She has seen his movie, "OhGod!", three times and her faith is unshakable; until Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) intervenes as only Flo can.

  

Episode 35 - Season 2, Episode 11: The Eyes of Texas

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) causes chaos at the diner with her failing eyesight, and then causes almost as much of a stir when she gets -- and loses -- her contact lens.

  

Episode 36 - Season 2, Episode 12: Love Is a Free Throw

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) must delicately rebuff the romantic advances of basketball star Stretch Parker (BRAD GORMAN) -- a high-school senior.

  

Episode 37 - Season 2, Episode 13: Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) course in psychology causes a lot of friction in the diner, but with a happy ending.

  

Episode 38 - Season 2, Episode 14: The Pharmacist

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the gang at Mel's Diner are shocked when a young man voices his protest over food additives.

  

Episode 39 - Season 2, Episode 15: Love Me, Love My Horse

Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) rodeo-riding brother, Jimmy Joe (BURTON GILLIAM), has his heart set on marrying Alice (LINDA LAVIN), all to the distress of his horse, Beatrice, who becomes emotionally upset at the wedding plans.

  

Episode 40 - Season 2, Episode 16: The Reporter

An investigative reporter fears for his life and ducks into Mel's Diner.

  

Episode 41 - Season 2, Episode 17: Florence of Arabia

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) gets swept off her feet and almost into a Middle Eastern potentate's harem.

  

Episode 42 - Season 2, Episode 18: The Cuban Connection

Desi Arnaz guests as a famous philandering fashion photographer whose marriage is in trouble.

  

Episode 43 - Season 2, Episode 19: Mel's Big Five-O

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is celebrating his fiftieth birthday and is expecting a surprise party. When it seems it is not going to happen, he is disappointed; but Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the gang finally get him, and the party becomes aroast.

  

Episode 44 - Season 2, Episode 20: Don't Lock Now

The waitresses spend a holiday weekend locked up with Mel in the diner's storeroom.

  

Episode 45 - Season 2, Episode 21: Star in the Storeroom

Singing star Jerry Reed comes to Mel's Diner with some concert tickets and gets stuck there.

  

Episode 46 - Season 2, Episode 22: The Bus

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) wins a contract as a meal stop for a bus line. All goes well until the driver and the bus disappear.

  

Episode 47 - Season 2, Episode 23: Mel's Recession

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) tells Alice, Flo, and Vera (LINDA LAVIN, POLLY HOLLIDAY and BETH ROWLAND) he must fire one of them to cut overhead.

  

Episode 48 - Season 2, Episode 24: Earthquake

An earthquake shakes up Mel's Diner, but the girls recover quickly when a surprise savings account is disclosed.

  

Episode 49 - Season 3, Episode 1: Take Him, He's Yours

Alice's son, Tommy (PHILIP McKEON), is becoming a behavior problem at home. Mel (VIC TAYBACK) thinks he can raise him but finds their lifestyles collide, with a bang.

  

Episode 50 - Season 3, Episode 2: Car Wars

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) sells his old car to the girls, but the, "car wars" break out when Jason (PATRICK CRONIN) makes a higher offer.

  

Episode 51 - Season 3, Episode 3: Citizen Mel

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) witnesses a robbery and thinks the thief is after him.

  

Episode 52 - Season 3, Episode 4: Vera's Popcorn Romance

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) has a boyfriend (ALAN HAUFRECT) and Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Mel (VIC TAYBACK) can't wait to meet him.

  

Episode 53 - Season 3, Episode 5: Block Those Kicks

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) almost loses the diner in a bet, so Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND) all give up a bad habit to help Mel kick his.

  

Episode 54 - Season 3, Episode 6: Whatever Happened to the Class of '78?

When Vera (BETH HOWLAND) gets an invitation to a high school reunion, Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) decides it's time to get her diploma, but she can't stick to her studies long enough to pass.

  

Episode 55 - Season 3, Episode 7: Better Never Than Late

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) decides to open the diner on Saturday night, and the biggest customer is a gunman.

  

Episode 56 - Season 3, Episode 8: Mel's in a Family Way

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) feels glum -- he misses having a family -- so Alice (LINDA LAVIN) invites him to dinner, but Mel, misreading her intentions, all but moves in on her and Tommy (PHILIP McKEON).

  

Episode 57 - Season 3, Episode 9: Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) has trouble with turkeys when he decides to open for Thanksgiving.

  

Episode 58 - Season 3, Episode 10: The Happy Hoofers

Mel fires Alice when she takes a job as a singing messenger to help finance Tommy's education.

  

Episode 59 - Season 3, Episode 11: A Slight Case of Esp

Vera discovers that she has ESP, and no one believes her--until she successfully predicts five events, including a long-shot horse for Mel. But when she sees Mel being shot by a stranger, she sends Mel and the diner into a panic.

  

Episode 60 - Season 3, Episode 12: The Principal of the Thing

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) causes problems for Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) when she falls for his school principal (GARY COLLINS).

  

Episode 61 - Season 3, Episode 13: What Are You Doing New Years?

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) winds up without a date for New Year's Eve so Mel (VIC TAYBACK) recruits her to work in the diner. When she blurts out over the telephone to a radio show that she's alone, she suddenly has more company than anyone could bargain for.

  

Episode 62 - Season 3, Episode 14: Sweet Charity

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and her boyfriend (RON RIFKIN) are heroes when they offer Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND) tickets to the Charity Ball, but the friendships turn sour when there aren't enough tickets to go around.

  

Episode 63 - Season 3, Episode 15: Fourth Time Around

When Mel's brother Al (CARMINE CARIDI), an old flame of Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY), shows up in Phoenix after his third divorce, a wedding is held in Mel's Diner.

  

Episode 64 - Season 3, Episode 16: Tommy's First Love

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) is beside herself with worry when Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) runs away from home but with Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) help, Tommy realizes that his mother really isn't all bad.

  

Episode 65 - Season 3, Episode 17: Mel Grows Up

Martha Raye plays Carrie Sharples, Mel's mother, who shows up as a surprise to visit with her son in Phoenix. Mel must face up to Carrie and remind her he's no longer her little boy.

  

Episode 66 - Season 3, Episode 18: Vera's Broken Heart

Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) state of depression because of a broken heart is cured by her three friends and a young, attractive delivery boy.

  

Episode 67 - Season 3, Episode 19: Alice's Decision

Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) big break into show business is thwarted by a case of the hiccups.

  

Episode 68 - Season 3, Episode 20: The Last Stow It, Pt. 1

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) finds a buyer for the diner and retires, leaving Alice, Flo and Vera (LINDA LAVIN, POLLY HOLLIDAY and BETH HOWLAND) in the hands of an annoying perfectionist.

  

Episode 69 - Season 3, Episode 21: The Last Stow It, Pt. 2

When all else fails to convince Randolph Briggs (HANS CONRIED) that he should sell Mel's Diner back to Mel (VIC TAYBACK), Alice (LINDA LAVIN) has an, "old friend," tough-talking mobster Sam Butler (a disguise she's used before), pay Briggs a visit.

  

Episode 70 - Season 3, Episode 22: If the Shoe Fits

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) auditions for, "Cinderella" and falls in love with the 25-year-old director.

  

Episode 71 - Season 3, Episode 23: My Fair Vera

Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) attempt at show business fails, but she finds her waitress job at Mel's diner waiting for her.

  

Episode 72 - Season 3, Episode 24: Flo Finds Her Father

Flo's father finds her after being absent for 30 years, and Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) reception is not very warm.

  

Episode 73 - Season 4, Episode 1: Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

Telly Savalas (HIMSELF) surprises everyone by walking into Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) Diner and causes a lot of excitement and havoc.

  

Episode 74 - Season 4, Episode 2: Mona Lisa Alice

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) introduces "SMILE" buttons in his diner to increase business and offers customers a free meal if the waitress forgets to smile. Meanwhile, Tommy's (PHILIP McKEON) enthusiasm over Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) new boyfriend (ROBERT HOGAN) almost scares him away.

  

Episode 75 - Season 4, Episode 3: Mel Loves Marie

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) tries to save Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) "on-again-off-again" romance with Marie (VICTORIA CARROLL) but to no avail.

  

Episode 76 - Season 4, Episode 4: Vera Robs the Cradle

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) and Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) go to the movies together and before the evening is over Tommy has a crush on her.

  

Episode 77 - Season 4, Episode 5: Flo's Chili Reception

Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) romance turns sour when she refuses to give her new boyfriend Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) chili recipe.

  

Episode 78 - Season 4, Episode 6: Little Alice Bluenose

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) is in a state of shock when she finds out that her new beau is working his way through law school by posing in the nude for art classes.

  

Episode 79 - Season 4, Episode 7: Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

Mel's mother (MARTHA RAYE) takes over the running of Mel's Diner when Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) bad back keeps him home in bed, and much to Mel's dismay, she doubles his business.

  

Episode 80 - Season 4, Episode 8: Mel's in the Kitchen with Dinah

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is invited to prepare his famous chili on "The Dinah Shore Show," and the girls all want to go too.

  

Episode 81 - Season 4, Episode 9: Cabin Fever

Alice Flo and Vera retreat to a cabin for a weekend and are surprised by Mel and his date. A tornado warning almost ruins the weekend for all of them.

  

Episode 82 - Season 4, Episode 10: My Cousin, Art Carney

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) convinces Art Carney (HIMSELF) to endorse Mel's chili...until the profits are discussed and Mel (VIC TAYBACK) finds out he won't make any money.

  

Episode 83 - Season 4, Episode 11: Mel, the Magi

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) saves Christmas for all his friends when he turns into a real Santa Claus.

  

Episode 84 - Season 4, Episode 12: Good Buddy Flo

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) tries to prove to her new boyfriend that she can drive a big semitrailer, but it turns out to be a disaster for Mel (VIC TAYBACK) and his diner.

  

Episode 85 - Season 4, Episode 13: Alice in TV Land

When Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) admits on television that Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) is his favorite adult, Alice (LINDA LAVIN) wants to know why.

  

Episode 86 - Season 4, Episode 14: Alice Beats the Clock

When Mel (VIC TAYBACK) installs a time clock in the diner, he learns that time is money.

  

Episode 87 - Season 4, Episode 15: Carrie's Wedding

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is almost a "no-show" at his mother's (MARTHA RAYE) wedding but has a change of heart at the last minute.

  

Episode 88 - Season 4, Episode 16: My Funny Valentine Tux

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) saves the day for Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) when she outfits him with a tux for the Valentine's Day dance at his school.

  

Episode 89 - Season 4, Episode 17: Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) old Navy buddy (EDDIE BARTH) turns up at the diner after his wife (REVA ROSE) leaves him, and his visit turns into a nightmare for Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND).

  

Episode 90 - Season 4, Episode 18: Flo's Farewell

Until her friends tearfully tell her to go, Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) has mixed emotions about accepting a fantastic job in another city.

  

Episode 91 - Season 4, Episode 19: For Whom the Belle Toils

When Belle's (DIANE LADD) big break as a songwriter falls through, she accepts a job in Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) Diner, much to the relief of the overworked Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND).

  

Episode 92 - Season 4, Episode 20: One Too Many Girls

Belle (DIANE LADD) decides to take over Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) boyfriends and the running of the diner, but all her plans backfire.

  

Episode 93 - Season 4, Episode 21: Vera, the Vamp

Belle (DIANE LADD) turns Vera (BETH HOWLAND) into a sexpot only to find out that everyone loves the old Vera.

  

Episode 94 - Season 4, Episode 22: Profit Without Honor

Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) financial troubles almost cost his waitresses a salary cut until Alice (LINDA LAVIN) comes up with a profit sharing plan.

  

Episode 95 - Season 4, Episode 23: Cook's Tour

Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) greed for business gets him into a very dangerous situation with a pretty girl (PAMELA MYERS) and her bodybuilding brother (REB BROWN).

  

Episode 96 - Season 4, Episode 24: Here Comes Alice Cottontail

Alice (LINDA LAVIN), dressed as a rabbit decides to check up on Tommy (PHILIP McKEON), who is spending his Easter vacation at Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) apartment, and feels a little stupid when she is caught by Tommy and Mel.

  

Episode 97 - Season 5, Episode 1: Mel and the Green Machine

Mel (Vic Tayback) is $24.675 richer but, because of Alice (Linda Lavin), not for very long.

  

Episode 98 - Season 5, Episode 2: Dog Day Evening

Mel (Vic Tayback) hires guard dogs to protect his diner, and everyone gets trapped there overnight.

  

Episode 99 - Season 5, Episode 3: Vegas Pt. 1

Alice (Linda Lavin), Vera (Beth Howland) and Belle (Diane Ladd) are in a state of shock when Mel (Vic Tayback) tells them that he's gambled his life savings away, including the diner.

  

Episode 100 - Season 5, Episode 4: Vegas Pt. 2

Mel (Vic Tayback) can win back his diner if he can figure out a way of getting Robert Goulet to perform at a run-down Vegas motel.

  

Episode 101 - Season 5, Episode 5: Vera's Aunt Agatha

Mel (Vic Tayback) messes up Vera's (Beth Howland) plans to take off for Mexico with her free-spirited aunt (Mildred Natwick).

  

Episode 102 - Season 5, Episode 6: Tommy's T.K.O.

After Mel (Vic Tayback) teaches Tommy (Philip McKeon) how to fight, Tommy is thrown out of school.

  

Episode 103 - Season 5, Episode 7: The New Improved Mel

After Mel (Vic Tayback) attends an old Navy buddy's funeral, he realizes that life is short. He decides to become a good guy, but not for long.

  

Episode 104 - Season 5, Episode 8: Carrie Sings the Blues

Because of Mel's (Vic Tayback) selfishness, Carrie's (Martha Raye) marriage is almost destroyed.

  

Episode 105 - Season 5, Episode 9: Henry's Bitter Half

Alice (Linda Lavin) steps in to resolve things when Henry (Marvin Kaplan) thinks his wife, Chloe (Ruth Buzzi), is having an affair.

  

Episode 106 - Season 5, Episode 10: Alice Locks Belle Out

Belle (Diane Ladd) finds herself on the doorstep until Alice's (Linda Lavin), "Sam Butler" saves the day.

  

Episode 107 - Season 5, Episode 11: Vera Goes Out On a Limb

Vera (Beth Howland) chains herself to a tree to save it from being chopped down, but Mel (Vic Tayback) has other ideas.

  

Episode 108 - Season 5, Episode 12: The Jerry Reed Fish Story

Mel's (Vic Tayback) chance to meet Dolly Parton is almost ruined because of a fish.

  

Episode 109 - Season 5, Episode 13: Bye Bye, Birdie

When Vera (Beth Howland) buys a parrot for a pet, an annoyed Mel (Vic Tayback) decides the whole situation is for the birds.

  

Episode 110 - Season 5, Episode 14: Alice's Son, the Drop-out

When Tommy (Philip McKeon) takes a night job to save money for college, he is too tired to attend his first class. Alice (Linda Lavin) steps in and saves the day by taking his job.

  

Episode 111 - Season 5, Episode 15: Carrie Chickens Out

Mel (Vic Tayback) is almost put out of business because of his mother (Martha Raye), but blood is still thicker than water.

  

Episode 112 - Season 5, Episode 16: Macho, Macho Mel

When Mel (Vic Tayback) is mugged by a little old lady, he almost ends up in jail trying to prove his manhood.

  

Episode 113 - Season 5, Episode 17: The Great Escape

When Jolene (Celia Weston), the partner of a cross-country truck driver, quits her job in Mel's Diner, she creates a crisis in the ladies' room but ends up with a job as the new waitress, despite Mel's (Vic Tayback) reservations.

  

Episode 114 - Season 5, Episode 18: Alice Strikes Up the Band

Alice's (Linda Lavin) instant success as a substitute band singer leaves her with a big decision: go on the road with the band or stay in Phoenix?

  

Episode 115 - Season 5, Episode 19: Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?

When Mel (Vic Tayback) and Vera (Beth Howland) go on a date, the results are exactly what might be expected--disastrous.

  

Episode 116 - Season 5, Episode 20: Baby Makes Five

Vera (Beth Howland) almost becomes an instant mother when she finds a baby in the laundromat.

  

Episode 117 - Season 6, Episode 1: Bet a Million Mel

A hot tip on a horse almost costs Mel (Vic Tayback) the diner, but Alice (Linda Lavin), Vera (Beth Howland) and Jolene (Celia Weston) come to the rescue.

  

Episode 118 - Season 6, Episode 2: Guinness On Tap

Vera (Beth Howland) wants to leave her mark on the world by trying to break the world record for nonstop tap dancing.

  

Episode 119 - Season 6, Episode 3: Comrade Mel

When a towel boy for the Russian Ballet defects while on tour in Phoenix, Mel (Vic Tayback) and the girls offer him asylum.

  

Episode 120 - Season 6, Episode 4: Alice's Halloween Surprise

Alice (Linda Lavin) takes her new boyfriend's four children trick-or-treating, but the trick is on Alice when she discovers she's brought home the wrong masked child.

  

Episode 121 - Season 6, Episode 5: Alice's Big Four-Oh!

Alice's nagging mother visits from New Jersey on the eve of Alice's 40th birthday and almost convinces Alice that her life in Phoenix is miserable.

  

Episode 122 - Season 6, Episode 6: Mel's Cousin, Wendell

Mel's shy cousin wants a date with Vera--but he listens to Mel's advice.

  

Episode 123 - Season 6, Episode 7: Vera's Bouncing Check

An old schoolmate of Vera's bounces a check at the diner.

  

Episode 124 - Season 6, Episode 8: After Mel's Gone

When Mel (Vic Tayback) wills his possessions to his family of friends at the diner, everyone becomes ungrateful and starts squabbling over one another's gifts.

  

Episode 125 - Season 6, Episode 9: Mel's Christmas Carol

When Mel (Vic Tayback), the Scrooge, fires the girls for refusing to work Christmas Eve, he receives a visit from the ghost of his ex-partner, Jake (Jack Gilford).

  

Episode 126 - Season 6, Episode 10: The Wild One

Alice's spirit inspires a biker to recruit her as his, "old lady." Jay Leno guest stars.

  

Episode 127 - Season 6, Episode 11: Alice Calls the Shots

At Mel (Vic Tayback) and Earl's (Dave Madden) urging, Tommy (Philip McKeon) disobeys Alice (Linda Lavin) and sneaks out to play in a championship basketball game.

  

Episode 128 - Season 6, Episode 12: Not With My Niece You Don't

When Tommy (Philip McKeon) dates Mel's (Vic Tayback) visiting niece after receiving some advice on women from Mel, both Alice (Linda Lavin) and Mel fear he will follow it.

  

Episode 129 - Season 6, Episode 13: Vera, Queen of the Soaps

When Vera (Beth Howland) becomes hooked on daytime soap operas and quits the diner to watch her favorite shows, Alice (Linda Lavin) must find a way to break her habit.

  

Episode 130 - Season 6, Episode 14: Sharples vs. Sharples

When Mel's mother, Carrie, announces she is publishing a cookbook with his chili recipe, Mel explodes. And as the chili battle heats up, Mel has Carrie and the girls thrown in jail. Edie McClurg guest stars.

  

Episode 131 - Season 6, Episode 15: Valentine's Day Massacre

It's Valentine's Day, and everyone in the diner is looking forward to spending the evening with their dates until they each have fights and break up, leaving them to spend Valentine's Day by themselves.

  

Episode 132 - Season 6, Episode 16: The Best Little Waitress in the World

After reading a self-help book, Vera (Beth Howland) feels ready to prove she's responsible. But when Mel (Vic Tayback) leaves her in charge of the diner for a few minutes, all hell breaks loose.

  

Episode 133 - Season 6, Episode 17: Alice and the Acorns

When Alice's (Linda Lavin) best friend from high school pays a visit, Alice helps her overcome her shyness and boost her self-confidence.

  

Episode 134 - Season 6, Episode 18: Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker

When Jolene's (Celia Weston) one-time trucking partner, Burt (Robert Carnegie), shows up at the diner too tired to complete his haul, Jolene decides to finish the job, aided by Alice (Linda Lavin) and Vera (Beth Howland). They are on a treacherous, unpaved canyon road when they find out they are hauling dynamite.

  

Episode 135 - Season 6, Episode 19: Mel Wins By a Nose

When Mel (Vic Tayback) finds out he has a deviated septum and needs an operation to correct it, he must also decide if he wants a nose job.

  

Episode 136 - Season 6, Episode 20: Give My Regrets to Broadway

When Tommy (Philip McKeon) wins a part in a play being directed by Alice's (Linda Lavin) old friend, Julia (Gail Strickland), he decides he's not attending college, but rather going to New York to become an actor.

  

Episode 137 - Season 6, Episode 21: Vera's Reunion Romance

Vera (Beth Howland) attends her class reunion in Boston and returns to Mel's Diner engaged to be married.

  

Episode 138 - Season 6, Episode 22: Monty Falls for Alice

When Monty (George Wendt), a busboy Alice (Linda Lavin) and Vera (Beth Howland) met in Las Vegas, comes to Phoenix after breaking up with his fiance, he falls in love with Alice. When she rejects him, Monty threatens to jump off the roof of Mel's Diner.

  

Episode 139 - Season 6, Episode 23: Spell Mel's

After losing customers to a competitor who's giving away cash prizes, Mel (Vic Tayback) stages his own contest offering $3,000 to the winner. Mel thinks he has the game rigged, but when he finds out that's not so, he becomes frantic.

  

Episode 140 - Season 6, Episode 24: My Mother the Landlord

Mel's mother, Carrie (Martha Raye), buys the apartment building Mel (Vic Tayback) lives in and seeks a $50 rent increase. When Mel refuses to pay it, he finds himself evicted.

  

Episode 141 - Season 7, Episode 1: Sorry, Wrong Lips

In her memoirs, a famous actress (Debbie Reynolds) writes that one of the best kisses she ever got was from someone named Mel back in her old neighborhood. Mel (Vic Tayback) thinks he's the one because he grew up in the same area.

  

Episode 142 - Season 7, Episode 2: Do You Take This Waitress?

Mel (Vic Tayback) bribes Jolene (Celia Weston) to pretend to be his girlfriend when he receives a surprise visit from an old school chum, and things get out of hand.

  

Episode 143 - Season 7, Episode 3: The Secret of Mel's Diner

When Mel (Vic Tayback) and the girls suspect the diner may be the location of a buried treasure, they tear the place apart searching for the money.

  

Episode 144 - Season 7, Episode 4: Alice at the Palace

Mel (Vic Tayback) wins at the track and is persuaded to invest his winnings in a musical in which Alice (Linda Lavin) is starring. Mel, now producer of the show, decides to fire Joel Grey (Himself) and hire his bookie (Tom Williams) as the male lead.

  

Episode 145 - Season 7, Episode 5: Joel Grey Saves the Day

Mel (Vic Tayback), now producer of the musical Alice (Linda Lavin) is featured in, changes the entire show. On opening night, when the audience begins to walk out, only Joel Grey (Himself) can save the show.

  

Episode 146 - Season 7, Episode 6: Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving

Alice's mother (Doris Roberts) pays a visit on Thanksgiving and drives Alice (Linda Lavin) crazy when she starts running her life. Alice is further upset when her mother announces she's selling her house in New Jersey and moving in with Alice.

  

Episode 147 - Season 7, Episode 7: Carrie on the Rebound

Mel's (Vic Tayback) mother, Carrie (Martha Raye), pays a visit to the diner after getting a "quickie" Mexican divorce. On the rebound, she falls for Earl (Dave Madden) and becomes the cheerleader for his high school basketball team.

  

Episode 148 - Season 7, Episode 8: Jolene's Brother Jonas

When her brother Jonas (Guich Koock) pays a visit and sells Mel (Vic Tayback) a worm ranch, Jolene thinks her brother is pulling another one of his cons.

  

Episode 149 - Season 7, Episode 9: Alice Sees the Light

Mel's diner is the "hot" place to go after Alice (Linda Lavin) sees a UFO.

  

Episode 150 - Season 7, Episode 10: Vera the Virtuoso

When Vera (Beth Howland) pursues her dream of playing cello with a string quartet, the results could set musicianship back decades.

  

Episode 151 - Season 7, Episode 11: Alice Faces the Music

Alice's (Linda Lavin) compassionate nature is put to the test when she, Vera (Beth Howland) and Jolene (Celia Weston) compete on a local television game show.

  

Episode 152 - Season 7, Episode 12: Tommy, the Jailbird

Tommy (Philip McKeon) joins a college friend in a round of partying that eventually puts them on the wrong side of the law.

  

Episode 153 - Season 7, Episode 13: Jolene and the Night Watchman

Jolene (Celia Weston) can't bring herself to hurt the feelings of the muscle-bound night watchman (Tony Longo) who saves her life and now considers her his girl.

  

Episode 154 - Season 7, Episode 14: Mel's Dream Car

Mel's (Vic Tayback) dream of owning a Porsche comes true but turns into a nightmare when the car is stolen, and Mel becomes a broken man.

  

Episode 155 - Season 7, Episode 15: Come Back Little Sharples

Under pressure from everyone including his mother (Martha Raye), Mel (Vic Tayback) goes into a funk and refuses to leave his apartment.

  

Episode 156 - Season 7, Episode 16: Vera, the Torch

When a fire sweeps through her landlady's apartment, Vera (Beth Howland) is sure it's all her fault.

  

Episode 157 - Season 7, Episode 17: The Grass Is Always Greener

When Mel gets a job offer he can't refuse, he sells the diner to the girls, then finds he hates his new job.

  

Episode 158 - Season 7, Episode 18: Tommy Fouls Out

Tommy (Philip McKeon) is ready to quit the basketball team and forfeit his college scholarship, until a talk with a professional basketball player Meadowlark Lemon changes his mind.

  

Episode 159 - Season 7, Episode 19: Vera on the Lam

When Mel (Vic Tayback) decides to have his waitresses bonded, Vera (Beth Howland) confesses her criminal past and flees.

  

Episode 160 - Season 7, Episode 20: Mel's Cousin Wendy?

Mel (Vic Tayback) enlists the aid of his cousin Wendell (David Rounds), who becomes "Wendy," to help crush a competitor.

  

Episode 161 - Season 7, Episode 21: Sweet Erasable Mel

Mel (Vic Tayback) is persuaded to install a computer to handle his bookkeeping, and he is wiped out financially overnight.

  

Episode 162 - Season 7, Episode 22: Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant

Tommy (Philip McKeon) learns there's more to marketing than charts and graphs when Mel (Vic Tayback), following Tommy's advice to "cut back," almost fires Alice (Linda Lavin).

  

Episode 163 - Season 7, Episode 23: Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

Vera (Beth Howland) teaches Jolene (Celia Weston) a self-defense technique that proves valuable when a cat burglar is on the prowl in her neighborhood.

  

Episode 164 - Season 8, Episode 1: Mel Is Hogg-Tied

Hazzard County's Boss Hogg (SORRELL BOOKE) pays a visit to Mel's Diner and tricks Mel (VIC TAYBACK) into signing away his diner for one dollar.

  

Episode 165 - Season 8, Episode 2: Vera's Secret Lover

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) is besieged with presents and love poems from a secret admirer, and everyone in the diner is guessing who he is.

  

Episode 166 - Season 8, Episode 3: Jolene Gets Her Wings

Jolene (CELIA WESTON) fulfills her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant but really wins her wings on a comically disastrous maiden voyage.

  

Episode 167 - Season 8, Episode 4: Alice's Blind Date

A date with an old high school flame (DENNIS HOLAHAN) livens up Alice's bland love life and serves as a real eye-opener when Alice (LINDA LAVIN) learns the now-successful businessman is blind.

  

Episode 168 - Season 8, Episode 5: It Had to Be Mel

The love of his life enters Mel's Diner in the stunning form of a recording star named Sarah James (FLORENCE HENDERSON), who enraptures Mel (VIC TAYBACK) and winds up proposing to him.

  

Episode 169 - Season 8, Episode 6: The Over-the-Hill Girls

While helping Mel's mom, Carrie (MARTHA RAYE), battle the boredom of getting old by launching a singing career, Alice (LINDA LAVIN) learns that she herself is older than she thinks.

  

Episode 170 - Season 8, Episode 7: Vera Gets Engaged

Dire complications arise at the rehearsal for Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) impending wedding to her "Mr. Right," a uniformed cop named Elliot (CHARLES LEVIN). First of a two-part episode.

  

Episode 171 - Season 8, Episode 8: Vera's Wedding

After the mistaken marriage of Mel (VIC TAYBACK) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND), the romance between Vera and Elliot (CHARLES LEVIN) travels a rocky road to the altar. Second of a two-part episode.

  

Episode 172 - Season 8, Episode 9: The Robot Wore Pink

After Mel refuses to listen to Alice's ideas on improving working conditions, she quits her job at the diner and is promptly replaced by Blanche, a prototype food-service robot, whose charm and efficiency impress the customers.

  

Episode 173 - Season 8, Episode 10: Tis the Season to Be Jealous

The holiday spirit takes a backseat to Elliot's (CHARLES LEVIN) rising jealousy when Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) former boyfriend arrives unexpectedly at the diner, just days before Elliot and Vera's first Christmas together.

  

Episode 174 - Season 8, Episode 11: Tommy Goes Overboard

After being regaled by ex-Navy buddies Mel (VIC TAYBACK) and Frank (DONNELLY RHODES) with stories of their exploits in exotic ports, Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) enlists.

  

Episode 175 - Season 8, Episode 12: Vera, the Horse Thief

When the circus comes to town, Vera (BETH HOWLAND) hijacks Sparky The Wonder Horse, who she believes is being mistreated.

  

Episode 176 - Season 8, Episode 13: Jolene Throws a Curve

When she's asked to pitch for Mel in a softball game between Mel's Diner and Lenny's Deli, Jolene (CELIA WESTON) is torn between loyalty to her co-workers and affection for a slugger on Lenny's team.

  

Episode 177 - Season 8, Episode 14: Lies My Mother Told Me

Mel flies into a rage when he learns from his mom that his childhood pet dog, Buster, never got closer to World War II heroism than a farm in New Jersey.

  

Episode 178 - Season 8, Episode 15: Alice and the Devoted Dentist

It's love at first bite when Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) dentist, Dr. Harvey Gordon (JAMES COCO), meets Alice (LINDA LAVIN), who has cracked a tooth on some of Mel's chili.

  

Episode 179 - Season 8, Episode 16: Alice's Hot Air Romance

Her date with a swaggering, hot-air balloonist (JED ALLAN) ends up with Alice (LINDA LAVIN) and the Mel's Diner gang flying off in the guy's runaway balloon.

  

Episode 180 - Season 8, Episode 17: Dollars to Donuts

Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) gets a bad case of gambling fever when Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) zany mother (MARTHA RAYE) takes Tommy with her to the racetrack.

  

Episode 181 - Season 8, Episode 18: My Dinner with Debbie

Mrs. Debbie Walden (LINDA LAVIN in a dual role), Vera and Elliot's (BETH HOWLAND and CHARLES LEVIN) feisty landlady, falls madly in love with Mel (VIC TAYBACK) after she invites him to dinner at her apartment and discovers his hearty appetite for her home-cooked meals.

  

Episode 182 - Season 8, Episode 19: Vera's Fine Feathered Friends

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) winds up in the hospital after trying to save some baby birds, and the rest of the Mel's Diner crew learn that bandages can cover up a lot of things--including Vera.

  

Episode 183 - Season 8, Episode 20: Jolene Is Stuck on Mel

Jolene (CELIA WESTON) decides to marry a popular game show host (JOHN McCOOK), who's ready to whisk her off to Hollywood, but wedding plans come unglued when Jolene gets stuck to Mel (VIC TAYBACK) when he attempts to repair her broken fingernail.

  

Episode 184 - Season 8, Episode 21: Don't Play It Again, Elliot

A piano given as a wedding gift strikes a discordant note in Vera and Elliot's marriage and turns their homelife into one big party.

  

Episode 185 - Season 8, Episode 22: Mel Spins His Wheels

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) refuses to make alterations at the diner to accommodate the handicapped--until he learns firsthand what it's like to be helpless when a sprained ankle puts him in a wheelchair.

  

Episode 186 - Season 8, Episode 23: Be It Ever So Crowded

An absentminded preacher (DAVID BOND) marries Vera (BETH HOWLAND) and Elliot (CHARLES LEVIN) but refuses to disappear when the honeymoon begins.

  

Episode 187 - Season 9, Episode 1: Romancing Mr. Stone

When Alice's (Linda Lavin) love life seems to be in a slump, Jolene (Celia Weston) and Vera (Beth Howland) attempt to help by placing a "personals" ad for her in a local magazine.

  

Episode 188 - Season 9, Episode 2: Space Sharples

Halloween brings out the superhero in Mel (Vic Tayback) when he dresses as Captain Galaxy and wards off a real-life bank robber (Dan Gilvezan).

  

Episode 189 - Season 9, Episode 3: Big Bad Mel

Cries of protest do no good when Mel (Vic Tayback) buys a nursery school so that he can tear it down and create a parking lot for his customers.

  

Episode 190 - Season 9, Episode 4: Houseful of Hunnicutts

When Jolene's (Celia Weston) family members come to Phoenix for a visit and overstay their welcome, Mel (Vic Tayback) intervenes, causing Jolene to be disowned by her father (Gregory Walcott).

  

Episode 191 - Season 9, Episode 5: Tommy's Lost Weekend

Tommy's (Philip McKeon) partying in college causes concern for Alice (Linda Lavin) and real problems for her boyfriend, Nick (Michael Durrell), after Tommy gets so drunk that he forgets where he left Nick's expensive sports car.

  

Episode 192 - Season 9, Episode 6: Undercover Mel

Alice (Linda Lavin), Vera (Beth Howland) and Jolene (Celia Weston) try to "save" Mel (Vic Tayback) from being arrested when he goes undercover to help Elliot (Charles Levin) apprehend a gang of cattle rustlers.

  

Episode 193 - Season 9, Episode 7: Footloose Mel

Mel (Vic Tayback) volunteers the use of his diner for a performance by a dance group, only to oust the entertainers when he mistakes them for hoodlums.

  

Episode 194 - Season 9, Episode 8: Vera's Anniversary Blues

To celebrate their first wedding anniversary, Vera and Elliot (Beth Howland and Charles Levin) plan to reconstruct the day they met, but their plans fall apart when Vera is arrested.

  

Episode 195 - Season 9, Episode 9: Kiss the Grill Goodbye

When a fast-food hamburger restaurant opens down the street, Mel's (Vic Tayback) customers flock to the new eatery, and Mel is forced to close his diner.

  

Episode 196 - Season 9, Episode 10: Vera, the Nightbird

Mel (Vic Tayback) falls hopelessly in love with the sultry voice of nighttime radio disc jockey "Nightbird," not realizing it's Vera (Beth Howland), who's moonlighting so she can buy a special present for her husband.

  

Episode 197 - Season 9, Episode 11: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore, Pt. 1

A famous country music performer (Kip Niven) falls in love with Alice (Linda Lavin), and after hearing her sing, invites her to join him on the road. First of a two-part episode.

  

Episode 198 - Season 9, Episode 12: Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore, Pt. 2

While a country singer (Kip Niven) and a writer (Michael Durrell) simultaneously vie for Alice's (Linda Lavin) affections, the gang at the diner fears she has been kidnapped. Second of a two-part episode.

  

Episode 199 - Season 9, Episode 13: The Night They Raided Debbie's

Vera (Beth Howland) and Elliot (Charles Levin) seek a tenant for their spare room, only to have the room rented by their onetime landlady, Debbie Walden (Linda Lavin in a dual role), a certified tyrant, who all but drives them from their little love nest.

  

Episode 200 - Season 9, Episode 14: One on One

A romantic relationship unexpectedly develops when Jolene (Celia Weston) decides to try out for a women's professional basketball team, and Mel (Vic Tayback) offers to be her trainer.

  

Episode 201 - Season 9, Episode 15: Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

Elliot (Charles Levin), Vera's (Beth Howland) police officer husband, is so ashamed of accidentally shooting himself that he quits his job.

  

Episode 202 - Season 9, Episode 16: Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks!

When Mel (Vic Tayback) sells his diner to a land developer, he, Alice (Linda Lavin), Vera (Beth Howland), Tommy (Philip McKeon), Jolene (Celia Weston) and the diner's faithful customers reflect on the good times and bad, and how the diner and its "family" has affected their lives. Series finale.

  



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