 | 1x01 Pilot (Air Date: Aug. 31, 1976)
Alice Hyatt takes a job as a waitress at Mel & Ruby's Cafe, but remains hopeful of becoming a star as a piano bar singer some day. |  | 1x02 Alice Gets a Pass (Air Date: Sep. 29, 1976)
Alice falls for a handsome former quarterback turned actor after meeting him at the diner. |  | 1x03 A Piece of the Rock (Air Date: Oct. 06, 1976)
Alice finds out her late husband had another beneficiary for his insurance, and has hopes of meeting them in person. |  | 1x04 Pay the Fifty Dollars (Air Date: Oct. 13, 1976)
Alice is mistakingly picked up as a prostitute along with the other ladies during a raid at a disreputable nightclub where she was hired to sing. |  | 1x05 A Call to Arms (Air Date: Oct. 20, 1976)
Alice has had enough after a heavy breather continues to call her night after night, which leads her to purchasing a gun. |  | 1x06 The Last Review (Air Date: Oct. 27, 1976)
Alice invites a famous newspaper food critic to test Mel's famed chili. But trouble ensues when the gang feels the may have caused the critic to drop dead in his food. |  | 1x07 Sex Education (Air Date: Nov. 06, 1976)
Alice believes the time is right to have a facts of life talk with her 12 year old son after finding a picture of a naked woman inside his wallet. |  | 1x08 Big Daddy Dawson's Coming (Air Date: Nov. 13, 1976)
'Big Daddy', a race car driver and ex-husband of Flo has returned to Phoenix in hopes of remarrying her, but she refuses to believe that he has made a pass at Alice. | | 1x09 Good Night Sweet Vera (Air Date: Nov. 20, 1976)
Alice and Flo spend the night with Vera after they believe their disgruntled friend is committing suicide by taking a bottle of sleeping pills. | | 1x10 The Dilemma (Air Date: Nov. 27, 1976)
Alice is torn between marrying a man she doesn't love and being financially stable from now on for her and Tommy. | | 1x11 Who Killed Bugs Bunny? (Air Date: Dec. 04, 1976)
After convincing Mel to accompany Tommy on a father and son camp out sponsored by the community center, she then is upset to find out the event is really a hunting trip, which goes against ... | | 1x12 Mother-in-Law (1) (Air Date: Dec. 11, 1976)
Rose Hyatt, Alice's meddling, self centered mother-in-law is coming to Phoenix for a visit, much to Alice's disappointment. | | 1x13 Mother-in-Law (2) (Air Date: Dec. 18, 1976)
Alice's disappointment turns into a nitemare when her mother-in-law announces she wants to stay in Phoenix. | | 1x14 Vera's Mortician (Air Date: Dec. 25, 1976)
Vera falls in love with a mortician, but Alice has a bad feeling that he already has a wife. | | 1x15 Mel's in Love (Air Date: Jan. 15, 1977)
Alice has a visit from a young female hitchhiker from New Jersey who Mel has fallen head over heels in love with. | | 1x16 The Accident (Air Date: Jan. 22, 1977)
Flo borrows Mel's treasured classic automobile and brings it back in damaged condition after having an accident. | | 1x17 The Failure (Air Date: Jan. 29, 1977)
A bumbling robber has no luck when he stops by at Mel's Diner as a woman goes into labor while he is in the middle of the hold up, plus the cash register drawer won't open. | | 1x18 The Hex (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1977)
The gang believes Alice is a jinx after a she gets a hex put on her by a scary looking woman she had caught stealing from the diner. | | 1x19 The Pain of No Return (Air Date: Feb. 12, 1977)
Alice learns from an IRS agent that her late husband was delinquent on paying his taxes, and that she maybe left holding the bag. | | 1x20 The Odd Couple (Air Date: Feb. 26, 1977)
Alice takes in Flo as a roommate when her trailer is stolen, but her welcome is worn out quickly when a flurry of guests begin coming in at all hours of the night. | | 1x21 A Night to Remember (Air Date: Mar. 05, 1977)
A depressed Vera has disappeared, upset that she has only had three dates in the past three years and two had stood her up. So, Alice and Flo scour the city in search for her, searching ... | | 1x22 Mel's Cup (Air Date: Mar. 12, 1977)
When a woman comes by asking for donations for a church rummage sale, Alice gives away an old, dented loving cup that is on a shelf in the diner. Little does she know that Mel treasures ... | | 1x23 The Bundle (Air Date: Mar. 19, 1977)
Flo finds a bag filled with $40,000 left in the diner, and everyone feels they should keep the money, except for Alice, who is determined to find the rightful owner. | | 1x24 Mel's Happy Burger (Air Date: Mar. 26, 1977)
Mel wants Alice to star in a commercial for Mel's Diner, but she has second thoughts after seeing the hamburger costume he wants her to wear. |
| 2x01 The Second Time 'Round (Air Date: Oct. 02, 1977)
Flo's third ex-husband pays her a visit at the diner and he claims they were never legally divorced. Meanwhile, Alice serves a man who might be a flasher. | | 2x02 The Indian Taker (Air Date: Oct. 09, 1977)
An elderly Native American claims that Mel's Diner is located on sacred Native American burial grounds. | | 2x03 86 the Waitresses (Air Date: Oct. 23, 1977)
Mel hires a male waiter for the diner and proceeds to pay him more than his three female waitresses. Needless to say, the gals aren't happy about this. | | 2x04 Alice by Moonlight (Air Date: Oct. 30, 1977)
Alice takes a job moonlighting as a singer in a dive called Herman's Hitching Post. | | 2x05 Single Belles (Air Date: Nov. 06, 1977)
Flo talks Alice and Vera into taking a trip to a single's bar. | | 2x06 The Sixty Minutes Man (Air Date: Nov. 13, 1977)
Alice recognizes a customer as a retired mobster she just saw on an episode of 60 Minutes. | | 2x07 That Old Back Magic (Air Date: Dec. 04, 1977)
It's shades of The Man Who Came to Dinner when Mel injures his back at Alice's apartment and can't be moved. | | 2x08 Love is Sweeping the Counter (Air Date: Dec. 11, 1977)
Romance seems to flair between Mel and Flo after they attend a football game together. | | 2x09 A Semi-Merry Christmas (Air Date: Dec. 18, 1977)
The gang gets snowbound on the highway while on their way to an out of town Christmas party. | | 2x10 Oh! George Burns (Air Date: Jan. 01, 1978)
George Burns stops by the diner for a meal but Vera, having just seen Oh! God, thinks he's the real thing not an entertainer. | | 2x11 The Eyes of Texas (Air Date: Jan. 08, 1978)
The gang tries to convince the vain Flo to get a pair of glasses that she obviously needs. | | 2x12 Love is a Free Throw (Air Date: Jan. 15, 1978)
A high school basketball player develops a huge crush on Alice. | | 2x13 Close Encounters of the Worst Kind (Air Date: Jan. 22, 1978)
The employees of Mel's Diner decide to vent their petty grievances against each other. Bad move because they end up at each other's throats. | | 2x14 The Pharmacist (Air Date: Jan. 29, 1978)
A mob gathers outside the doors of Mel's Diner to protest the usage of food preservatives. | | 2x15 Love Me, Love My Horse (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1978)
Flo's cowboy brother arrives in town and immediately attempts to sweep Alice off her feet. | | 2x16 The Reporter (Air Date: N/A)
An investigative reporter seeks refuge inside the friendly confines of Mel's Diner. | | 2x17 Florence of Arabia (Air Date: Feb. 19, 1978)
An Arabian sheik falls for Flo and wants to make her wife number four in his harem. | | 2x18 The Cuban Connection (Air Date: Feb. 26, 1978)
A couple who are old friends of Alice pay her a visit but she finds herself playing marriage counselor when the two have a major spat. | | 2x19 Mel's Big Five-0 (Air Date: Mar. 05, 1978)
The waitresses decide to throw Mel a surprise party for his 50th birthday. | | 2x20 Don't Lock Now (Air Date: Mar. 12, 1978)
The gang plays detective to try and discover who is stealing food and making long distance phone calls from the diner. | | 2x21 The Star in the Storeroom (Air Date: Mar. 19, 1978)
Flo mentions that she used to babysit country music singer Jerry Reed when he was a young lad. So naturally everyone wants her to get them tickets to his concert. | | 2x22 The Bus (Air Date: N/A)
A busload of passengers pulls into Mel's Diner. | | 2x23 Mel's Recession (Air Date: Apr. 02, 1978)
Due to declining revenues at the diner, Mel announces that he's considering laying off one of the waitresses. | | 2x24 Earthquake (Air Date: Apr. 09, 1978)
The gang gets worried when a Native American seer predicts that an earthquake will soon strike Phoenix. |
| 3x01 Take Him, He's Yours (Air Date: Sep. 24, 1978)
Tommy's working his way through puberty and making his mother Alice miserable. When she complains at work, wiseacre Mel shoots off his mouth, and pretty soon finds himself raising Tommy ... | | 3x02 Car Wars (Air Date: Oct. 01, 1978)
Mel sells the girls his car, a Volkswagon Bug which they soon discover does not run. He thinks he's put one over on them, until someone approaches him offering more money. | | 3x03 Citizen Mel (Air Date: Oct. 08, 1978)
Mel identifies a crook, only later learning the man already served time for assaulting and pistol whipping a previous witness. Pretty soon Mel's sure the man is after him and jumping at ... | | 3x04 Vera's Popcorn Romance (Air Date: Oct. 15, 1978)
The more secretive Vera gets about her new boyfriend, the more everyone else wants to find out about him. So they hatch a plan to follow her to a movie theatre... | | 3x05 Block Those Kicks (Air Date: Oct. 22, 1978)
Mel might lose the diner if he cannot get his gambling habit under control. To support him, Alice, Flo and Vera try to shed their own vices. | | 3x06 What Happened to the Class of '78? (Air Date: Oct. 29, 1978)
Flo wants to better herself, so she starts taking night classes. But she likes to party, and that's keeping her from studying. She's going to fail, so she asks Alice for help, but can even ... | | 3x07 Better Never Than Late (Air Date: Nov. 05, 1978)
Mel decides to keep the diner open all night. While he catches a nap in the storeroom, someone enters the diner who doesn't want food. He wants money - everything in the cash register. Alice ... | | 3x08 Mel's in a Family Way (Air Date: Nov. 11, 1978)
Alice invites Mel over for a family dinner, but Mel misunderstands her intentions, and starts bonding to her and Tommy. | | 3x09 Who Ordered the Hot Turkey? (Air Date: Nov. 19, 1978)
Mel decides to host a Thanksgiving dinner for some of the children from a local orphanage. Before he can serve it, a police detective appears with some unhappy news. | | 3x10 The Happy Hoofers (Air Date: Nov. 26, 1978)
Alice realizes Tommy's college days are fast approaching. To earn money for tuition, she takes a second job as a singing telegram girl. But when she shows up for work four hours late, Mel's ... | | 3x11 A Slight Case of ESP (Air Date: Dec. 03, 1978)
Mel scoffs at extra-sensory perception, until he realizes that Vera does have a knack for predicting things that will happen. At that point his greed chases away his skepticism and he begins ... | | 3x12 The Principal of the Thing (Air Date: Dec. 10, 1978)
It's just creepy. Well, that's what Tommy thinks when he discovers his mother Alice is dating the principal of his school, Mr. Thornton. | | 3x13 What're You Doing New Year's Eve? (Air Date: Dec. 31, 1978)
[add summary] | | 3x14 Sweet Charity (Air Date: Jan. 14, 1979)
Alice's date manages to score an extra pair of tickets to a celebrity dance. Trouble is, there are way more than two interested parties, and that causes some friction. | | 3x15 The Fourth Time Around (Air Date: Jan. 21, 1979)
Flo considers marriage to Al Sharples, Mel's recently divorced brother. It would be the fourth marriage for each of them. | | 3x16 Tommy's First Love (Air Date: Jan. 28, 1979)
Tommy falls in love for the first time. But he's spending too much time on the phone with Melissa, and Alice isn't pleased about it. | | 3x17 Mel Grows Up (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1979)
Mel's never had a problem holding his own in any confrontation, until now. When his mother Carrie decides to spend the winter nearby, Mel can't handle it. | | 3x18 Vera's Broken Heart (Air Date: Feb. 18, 1979)
Vera's boyfriend tells her that he plans to marry someone else, leaving her heartbroken. | | 3x19 Alice's Decision (Air Date: Feb. 25, 1979)
A departing member leaves a vacancy in a singing trio that Alice might just fill. But they tour, and Alice cannot bring Tommy with her. Is he old enough to take care of himself? Does she ... | | 3x20 The Last Stow It (1) (Air Date: Mar. 11, 1979)
Mel's tired of running the diner, so he sells it to restaurateur Randolph Briggs. Briggs has his own ideas about how to run the diner, and as each waitress complains, he fires her. | | 3x21 The Last Stow It (2) (Air Date: Mar. 11, 1979)
The easy-going life doesn't agree with Mel, after all. So he tries to buy his diner back from Briggs, but Briggs isn't selling. Mel's answer? He opens a rival eatery in Alice's apartmen ... | | 3x22 If the Shoe Fits (Air Date: Mar. 18, 1979)
Off-Broadway director Tony comes to town, and Alice very much wants a part in the play he's casting. Trouble is, so does Vera. But is it the play, or the fact that Tony is handsome? | | 3x23 My Fair Vera (Air Date: Mar. 25, 1979)
Vera's work as "Cinderella" draws the attention of people casting for a supermarket commercial. | | 3x24 Flo Finds Her Father (Air Date: Apr. 01, 1979)
Thirty years later, Edsel Castleberry, Flo's father, wants to apologize for deserting the family when Flo was just a child. Flo wants nothing to do with him until Alice steps in and tries ... |
| 4x01 Has Anyone Here Seen Telly? (Air Date: Sep. 23, 1979)
Everyone is incredulous when Alice swears Telly Savalas stopped by the café while she was working there alone. | | 4x02 Mona Lisa Alice (Air Date: Sep. 30, 1979)
Mel comes up with a new selling gimmick: waitresses must smile all the time or the customer gets his meals for free. At the same time Alice is breaking up with her boyfriend. | | 4x03 Mel Loves Marie (Air Date: Oct. 07, 1979)
Mel learns the hard way that you can't impose conditions on love when he gives Marie an engagement ring along with a prenuptial agreement. |
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