Alice
This sitcom spun off from the Martin Scorsese movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore deals with the misadventures and trials of aspiring singer Alice Hyatt, her son Tommy, and her co-workers at a greasy-spoon diner in Phoenix, Arizona.
Genre: Comedy
Cast:Linda Lavin , Vic Tayback , Beth Howland , Philip McKeon , Polly Holliday , Celia Weston , Marvin Kaplan , Duane R. Campbell , Dave Madden , Charles Levin , Diane Ladd , Ted Gehring , Douglas Robinson , Martha Raye , Patrick Cronin , Patrick Cranshaw , Victoria Carroll , Michael Alldredge
S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Alice works at Mel's Diner with Flo and Vera. A talent agent comes to town and Alice is hoping for a big break.
S1.E3 ∙ A Piece of the Rock
The beneficiary of her late husband's will pays a visit to Alice.
S1.E5 ∙ A Call to Arms
An obscene phone caller has Alice considering getting a gun.
S1.E9 ∙ Good Night, Sweet Vera
Flo and Alice struggle with Vera and her sleeping pills.
S1.E12 ∙ Mother-in-Law: Part 1
Alice's mother-in-law wants to take up permanent residence in Phoenix.
S1.E13 ∙ Mother-in-Law: Part 2
Alice's mother-in-law wants to take up permanent residence in Phoenix.
S1.E14 ∙ Vera's Mortician
Vera's new boyfriend is Jerry, a mortician 20 years her senior. But Alice - already creeped out by Jerry's profession - suspects that he hasn't told naive Vera everything about his personal life.
S1.E16 ∙ The Accident
Flo totals Mel's car after he entrusts it to the girls while he is away.
S1.E17 ∙ The Failure
After a botched robbery, the crook thinks that he is a failure.
S1.E19 ∙ The Pain of No Return
Alice's deceased husband may have never paid his taxes.
S1.E23 ∙ The Bundle
After a bag of money is found at the diner, Alice is the only one interested in returning it.
S2.E1 ∙ The Second Time 'Round
Alice gets flashed in the parking lot. Meanwhile Flo's third husband, Langley, arrives announcing that their divorce may not be final. Alice thinks that one of her diners is the flasher.
S2.E2 ∙ The Indian Taker
An Indian claims that Mel's Diner is on sacred Indian ground.
S2.E3 ∙ 86 the Waitresses
When a new waiter is making more than the waitresses, they quit.
S2.E4 ∙ Alice by Moonlight
Singing in a nightclub in addition to her day job may be too much for Alice.
S2.E6 ∙ The Sixty Minutes Man
One of the customers at the diner may be a famous gangster.
S2.E7 ∙ That Old Back Magic
Mel's back has gone bad and he can't be moved from Alice's apartment.
S2.E8 ∙ Love Is Sweeping the Counter
After attending an out-of-town game, Flo and Mel and getting along very well.
S2.E9 ∙ A Semi-Merry Christmas
The gang is snowbound on their way to an out-of-town Christmas.
S2.E10 ∙ Oh, George Burns!
George Burns stops by Mel's Diner for a meal. Later Vera who has seen the Oh God! movie goes to his hotel room ready to follow him as his disciple since she really believes that he is God.
S2.E11 ∙ The Eyes of Texas
There is no way that Flo is getting glasses even though she obviously needs them.
S2.E13 ∙ Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Little grips are causing big problems at Mel's Diner.
S2.E14 ∙ The Pharmacist
A protest against food additives could be fatal at Mel's Diner.
S2.E16 ∙ Florence of Arabia
Flo has been dating Ben, an Arab sheik. When he proposes marriage and gives her a diamond, he forgets to tell her that he already has three wives. It's left to Alice to break the news.
S2.E17 ∙ The Cuban Connection
Flo's friend Ruth leaves Paco, her Cuban, photographer, skirt-chasing husband. Although Mel warns Alice not to get involved, Alice try's to get Ruth and Paco back together. Alice finds out the hard way that Mel was right.
S2.E19 ∙ Don't Lock Now
Someone is stealing food and making long distance phone calls at Mel's Diner.
S2.E20 ∙ The Star in the Storeroom
Flo knows Jerry Reed and everyone wants tickets to his concert.
S3.E3 ∙ Citizen Mel
Mel identifies a crook for the police who is known to rough up witnesses against him.
S3.E4 ∙ Vera's Popcorn Romance
Vera meets someone at the movies that she doesn't want the others to meet.
S3.E6 ∙ What Happened to the Class of '78?
Flo loves to party, but its hurting her night classes.
S3.E7 ∙ Better Never Than Late
Mel's Diner is robbed with Alice at the register and Mel sleeping in the storeroom.
S3.E8 ∙ Mel's in a Family Way
Mel thinks Alice's dinner invitation is more than just a family meal.
S3.E9 ∙ Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
The turkeys Mel bought are hot even before they're put in the oven.
S3.E11 ∙ A Slight Case of ESP
Vera has a series of premonitions that come true. Mel asks Vera for a tip on the horses. Lucky Esmeralda wins at 20 to 1. Mel's happiness is cut short when Vera discloses a complicated dream that ends in Mel's doom.
S3.E12 ∙ The Principal of the Thing
Alice is dating Tommy's principal much to his annoyance.
S3.E13 ∙ What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
Can Flo really be without a date on New Year's Eve?
S3.E14 ∙ Sweet Charity
Alice has extra tickets to a celebrity ball and no end of interested parties.
S3.E15 ∙ The Fourth Time Around
Flo and Mel's brother think about getting hitched; marriage number four for each.
S3.E17 ∙ Mel Grows Up
Mel's mother is spending the winter in Phoenix. OOH BBBOY! It's Martha Raye!
S3.E19 ∙ Alice's Decision
Alice has an offer to sing on the road, but what can she do with Tommy?
S3.E20 ∙ The Last Stow It: Part 1
Mel wants to take it easy, so he sells out to no-nonsense restaurateur Randolph Briggs. When the girls begin to protest his overbearing ways, he fires each of them, one by one.
S3.E21 ∙ The Last Stow It: Part 2
When humorless restaurateur Randolph Briggs refuses Mel's offer to buy back the diner, he opens an eatery in Alice's apartment. Alice decides that she needs to help Mel get his diner back.
S4.E1 ∙ Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
No one believes Vera when she tells them that Telly Savalas stopped by.
S4.E2 ∙ Mona Lisa Alice
Mel wants his waitresses to smile or else the meal is on the house just when Alice is very unhappy.
S4.E3 ∙ Mel Loves Marie
Mel gets engaged, but wants his fiancée, Marie, to sign a prenuptial.
S4.E5 ∙ Flo's Chili Reception
Barney owner of Barney's Burger Barn takes Flo out. Mel thinks Barney is trying to get his chili recipe. When Barney & Mel comes to blows at Mel's, Flo gets fired & goes to work at the Burger Barn.
S4.E7 ∙ Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
Mel's mother is cooking at the diner and the customers roll in.
S4.E8 ∙ Mel's in the Kitchen with Dinah
Mel is preparing his chili on Dinah Shore's show, but can only bring one waitress.
S4.E9 ∙ Cabin Fever
The gang and Mel's girlfriend are packed into a cabin on a fishing weekend.
S4.E10 ∙ My Cousin, Art Carney
Vera is Art Carney's cousin and she gets him to endorse Mel's chili.
S4.E11 ∙ Mel, the Magi
It's Christmas and the gang is preparing Christmas dinner at the diner with meager resources.
S4.E12 ∙ Good Buddy Flo
In the first show broadcast in the 1980's, Flo is dating a big rig trucker named Sy. When she finds out that he's taken on a young, female driving partner,she becomes jealous. She then asks Alice to teach her how to drive a semi-truck. Alice's late husband was a driver as well. Along with Vera, they pile into Sy's rig while he and his partner are in Mel's eating. What follows is a very funny driving lesson, Flo honking and yelling out the window at guys and then the big finish. When returning to Mel's diner, Flo goes to step on the break but instead hits the gas pedal! The semi plows straight through the front of Mel's Diner! The audience loved it, as did I, it's my favorite of the whole series.
S4.E14 ∙ Alice Beats the Clock
Mel puts in a time clock so now the waitresses want overtime.
S4.E15 ∙ Carrie's Wedding
Mel's mother is getting remarried, but Mel is not happy about the groom.
S4.E17 ∙ Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
Mel takes in a friend whose wife just left him.
S4.E18 ∙ Flo's Farewell
Flo gets a wonderful job offer in Houston and says goodbye to Mel's Diner.
S4.E19 ∙ For Whom the Belle Toils
Mel hires former waitress Belle who wants to be a country song writer.
S4.E20 ∙ One Too Many Girls
Belle is just too friendly with Mel and Alice and Vera aren't happy about it.
S4.E22 ∙ Profit Without Honor
Mel starts a profit sharing plan until he learns how much he might get for the diner.
S4.E23 ∙ Cook's Tour
Mel is giving a tour guide a lot of attention as long as her buses keep stopping at his place.
S4.E24 ∙ Here Comes Alice Cottontail
Alice bets Mel that if he takes in Tommy, he'll kick him out. Mel is sure that Alice will be snooping just to check up on him.
S5.E3 ∙ Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner
The gang follows Vera to Las Vegas after she wins a trip.
S5.E4 ∙ Too Many Robert Goulets
After Mel loses the diner, the casino owner will let him keep it if he can get Robert Goulet to sing at his club. When Mel can't get him, Alice does her best to do him.
S5.E5 ∙ Vera's Aunt Agatha
Vera's aunt rides in on her motorcycle on her way to Mexico and Vera wants to leave with her.
S5.E6 ∙ Tommy's T.K.O.
Mel is giving Tommy advice on how to deal with a local bully.
S5.E7 ∙ The New Improved Mel
Mel doesn't want to go like his friend who had no mourners at his funeral, so he turns into a nice guy.
S5.E8 ∙ Carrie Sings the Blues
Mel's mother shows up after her new husband left her.
S5.E9 ∙ Henry's Bitter Half
When Henry's wife starts being nice to him, he thinks she is having an affair. Now he claims he's having one with Alice.
S5.E10 ∙ Alice Locks Belle Out
Alice is managing her apartment building and Belle isn't paying her rent.
S5.E11 ∙ Vera Goes Out on a Limb
Vera wants to save the old tree in front of Mel's Diner.
S5.E12 ∙ The Jerry Reed Fish Story
When a fish won't fit in the freezer, the waitresses cut it up unaware that is was left by Jerry Reed to be stuffed.
S5.E15 ∙ Carrie Chickens Out
When Mel won't let his mother cook, she goes to work for a competitor.
S5.E16 ∙ Macho, Macho Mel
Mel is mugged by a little old lady who suddenly becomes four armed crooks.
S5.E17 ∙ The Great Escape
A trucker stops at Mel's and tells his female partner to hit the road without him.
S5.E18 ∙ Alice Strikes Up the Band
Alice is singing forties tunes at a big banquet and hopes that this is her big break.
S5.E19 ∙ Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?
Mel is showing interest in Vera, but its just to make his girlfriend jealous.
S6.E2 ∙ Guinness on Tap
Vera makes plans to set the world's record for tap dancing.
S6.E4 ∙ Alice's Halloween Surprise
Alice has her boyfriend's four kids for treat or treating on Halloween.
S6.E5 ∙ Alice's Big Four-Oh!
On Alice's 40th birthday she gets a visit from her meddlesome mother.
S6.E6 ∙ Mel's Cousin, Wendell
Mel gives his shy cousin pointers on going out with Vera.
S6.E7 ∙ Vera's Bouncing Check
Vera cashes a check for an old boyfriend that bounces.
S6.E8 ∙ After Mel's Gone
Mel is worried that he has no heirs or line to pass things on to.
S6.E9 ∙ Mel's Christmas Carol
On Christmas Eve Mel is haunted by a former partner after he fires the waitresses.
S6.E11 ∙ Alice Calls the Shots
Alice wants Tommy to cut out the basketball when his grades suffer.
S6.E12 ∙ Not with My Niece, You Don't
Mel gives Tommy romantic advice and then he uses it on his niece.
S6.E13 ∙ Vera, Queen of the Soaps
Vera gets an addiction to soap operas and her work suffers.
S6.E14 ∙ Sharples vs. Sharples
Mel's mother plans to publish his secret chili recipe in her cookbook.
S6.E15 ∙ The Valentine's Day Massacre
The girls are all quarreling with their Valentine's Day dates.
S6.E16 ∙ The Best Little Waitress in the World
Vera decides to become the world's best waitress and then Mel leaves her in charge of the diner.
S6.E17 ∙ Alice and the Acorns
An old friend of Alice's visits who has an inferiority complex.
S6.E18 ∙ Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker
The girls help Jolene's buddy drive his rig unaware that it contains dynamite.
S6.E20 ∙ Give My Regrets to Broadway
An actress friend from New York wants Tommy to head to Broadway with her.
S6.E21 ∙ Vera's Reunion Romance
After a high school reunion, Vera returns with an engagement ring on her finger.
S6.E22 ∙ Monty Falls for Alice
After Alice spurns a suitor, he threatens to jump from the Mel's Diner sign.
S6.E23 ∙ Spell Mel's
In response to a competitor, Mel runs a contest with a $3000 prize.
S6.E24 ∙ My Mother the Landlord
Mel's mother buys his apartment building. Mel thinks he'll get his rent free and he ends up with an increase.
S7.E1 ∙ Sorry, Wrong Lips!
Mel thinks he is responsible for the best kiss a famous actress ever had as described in her memoirs.
S7.E2 ∙ Do You Take This Waitress?
Competition abounds when an old buddy of Mel's shows up.
S7.E3 ∙ The Secret of Mel's Diner
Mel thinks there's money stashed in his diner by the builder of his building.
S7.E4 ∙ Alice at the Palace
Joel Grey offers to be in a local musical, but Mel casts his bookie.
S7.E5 ∙ Joel Grey Saves the Day
Joel Grey walks out when the theme of the musical changes from New York to Arizona with songs to match.
S7.E6 ∙ Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving
Alice's Thanksgiving dinner is ruined by her mother.
S7.E10 ∙ Vera the Virtuoso
Vera is asked to play the cello in a local string quartet.
S7.E12 ∙ Tommy, the Jailbird
Alice is worried that Tommy is spending too much time on his extra curricular activities while away at college.
S7.E13 ∙ Jolene and the Night Watchman
Jolene can't let down a guy who thinks that she is his girl.
S7.E15 ∙ Come Back Little Sharples
Mel gives up and retreats to his apartment consuming nothing but beer and pizza.
S7.E16 ∙ Vera, the Torch
Vera is angry at her landlady for evicting her pets. She wishes her ill and then she has an apartment fire.
S7.E17 ∙ The Grass Is Always Greener
Mel joins a catering firm and the girls buy the diner.
S7.E19 ∙ Vera on the Lam
Mel wants to have the waitresses bonded, so Vera runs away after admitting her criminal past.
S7.E20 ∙ Mel's Cousin Wendy?
Mel has his cousin get a job at a competitor's restaurant to get their secret sauce recipe.
S7.E21 ∙ Sweet Erasable Mel
Using Mel's new computer, Vera accidentally erases Mel's total existence.
S7.E22 ∙ Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Tommy's business advice increases Mel's business, but heads him into bankruptcy.
S7.E23 ∙ Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
A burglar is going around Jolene's neighborhood and she is scared.
S8.E2 ∙ Vera's Secret Lover
Vera's ecstatic. She has a secret admirer sending gifts, love poems and balloons. Like Vera, Alice and Jolene, wonder who it is. Mel "does" know who it is, but is tight lipped. Will the mystery man make his move and be unmasked?
S8.E4 ∙ Alice's Blind Date
Alice accepts a date from an old friend who is now blind.
S8.E5 ∙ It Had to Be Mel
A famous singer stops by Mel's Diner and ends up proposing to Mel.
S8.E6 ∙ The Over-the-Hill Girls
Alice and Carrie don't get local singing jobs because they are considered too old.
S8.E7 ∙ Vera Gets Engaged
Vera finds love with the policeman who ticketed her for jaywalking.
S8.E8 ∙ Vera's Wedding
Vera has a whirlwind courtship and wedding with her policeman fiancee.
S8.E9 ∙ The Robot Wore Pink
The girls ask Mel for better working conditions but he refuses and they quit. So he invests in a robot server named Blanche. Will Blanche compute or short circuit,bringing the ladies back home?
S8.E10 ∙ Tis the Season to Be Jealous
It's Vera's 1st Christmas with Eliot, but Eliot's busy as an "undercover" mall Santa. He later spots Vera there, kissing her ex Steve Marsh, which makes him feel his marriage is already in trouble. Will their marriage survive the holiday?
S8.E11 ∙ Tommy Goes Overboard
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.
S8.E12 ∙ Vera, the Horse Thief
Vera takes up the cause of an abused miniature horse.
S8.E13 ∙ Jolene Throws a Curve
Jolene doesn't want to pitch on Mel's softball team.
S8.E14 ∙ Lies My Mother Told Me
Mel's mother finally confesses that his dog was not a war hero.
S8.E17 ∙ Dollars to Donuts
After one good day at the track, Tommy decides to become a professional gambler.
S8.E18 ∙ My Dinner with Debbie
Vera's landlady wants to prove she's a better cook than Mel.
S8.E19 ∙ Vera's Fine Feathered Friends
Vera plans to rescue the bird's nest from Mel's sign before Mel gets rid of it.
S8.E20 ∙ Jolene Is Stuck on Mel
Jolene is stuck on Mel though being glued together is more like it.
S8.E21 ∙ Don't Play It Again, Elliot
Vera and Elliot receive a piano and Elliot won't stop playing it.
S8.E22 ∙ Mel Spins His Wheels
Mel's prejudice against the handicapped is tested when he is confined to a wheelchair.
S9.E2 ∙ Space Sharples
Mel stops a bank robbery dressed as a superhero for Halloween.
S9.E4 ∙ Houseful of Hunnicutts
Jolene has family overload when seven of them take up residence in her one bedroom apartment.
S9.E5 ∙ Tommy's Lost Weekend
Alice suspects that Tommy is developing a drinking problem.
S9.E6 ∙ Undercover Mel
Mel has gone undercover to stop some beef rustlers and collect the reward.
S9.E7 ∙ Footloose Mel
Mel throws out a bunch of break dancers whom he thinks are nothing but a gang of hoodlums.
S9.E8 ∙ Vera's Anniversary Blues
Vera and Elliot's romantic first anniversary celebration is a bust.
S9.E9 ∙ Kiss the Grill Goodbye
A television appearance by Jolene doesn't help business at Mel's Diner.
S9.E10 ∙ Vera, the Nightbird
In her second job as a night DJ, Vera is taking Phoenix by storm.
S9.E11 ∙ Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 1
Alice gets an offer to sing with a country music group.
S9.E12 ∙ Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 2
Alice gets an offer to sing with a country music group.
S9.E13 ∙ The Night They Raided Debbie's
Vera's landlady tries to horn in on her and Elliot's lives.
S9.E14 ∙ One on One
Jolene has Mel as a trainer to get on a professional basketball team.
S9.E15 ∙ Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
A shooting accident has Vera's husband looking for another profession.
S9.E16 ∙ Th-th-th-that's All Folks
On the last show the gang reminisces before closing up Mel's Diner.
