About this season
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
Episodes (24)
1. The Second Time 'Round
Aired 2 October 1977 • 30 min
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.
2. The Indian Taker
Aired 9 October 1977 • 30 min
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.
3. 86 the Waitresses
Aired 23 October 1977 • 30 min
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.
4. Alice by Moonlight
Aired 30 October 1977 • 30 min
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.
5. Single Belles
Aired 6 November 1977 • 30 min
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.
6. The Sixty Minutes Man
Aired 13 November 1977 • 30 min
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.
7. That Old Back Magic
Aired 4 December 1977 • 30 min
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.
8. Love is Sweeping the Counter
Aired 11 December 1977 • 30 min
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.
9. A Semi-Merry Christmas
Aired 18 December 1977 • 30 min
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
10. Oh! George Burns
Aired 1 January 1978 • 30 min
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!
11. The Eyes of Texas
Aired 8 January 1978 • 30 min
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
12. Love is a Free Throw
Aired 15 January 1978 • 30 min
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.
13. Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Aired 22 January 1978 • 30 min
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
14. The Pharmacist
Aired 29 January 1978 • 30 min
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.
15. Love Me, Love My Horse
Aired 5 February 1978 • 30 min
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).
16. The Reporter
Aired 12 February 1978 • 30 min
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.
17. Florence of Arabia
Aired 19 February 1978 • 30 min
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.
18. The Cuban Connection
Aired 26 February 1978 • 30 min
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
19. Mel's Big Five-0
Aired 5 March 1978 • 30 min
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.
20. Don't Lock Now
Aired 12 March 1978 • 30 min
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.
21. The Star in the Storeroom
Aired 19 March 1978 • 30 min
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.
22. The Bus
Aired 26 March 1978 • 30 min
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.
23. Mel's Recession
Aired 2 April 1978 • 30 min
Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.
24. Earthquake
Aired 9 April 1978 • 30 min
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.