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 (23)
1. Sorry, Wrong Lips
Aired 6 October 1982 • 30 min
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
2. Do You Take . . . ?
Aired 13 October 1982 • 30 min
Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof.
3. The Secret of Mel's Diner
Aired 20 October 1982 • 30 min
There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building.
4. Alice at the Palace
Aired 27 October 1982 • 30 min
Joel Grey offers his services gratis as the leading man in a musical revue bankrolled by Mel and featuring Alice. Mel, however, has never heard of Grey and gives the role to his bookie.
5. Joel Grey Saves the Day
Aired 3 November 1982 • 30 min
Joel Grey walks out after producer Mel turns a revue about New York into a desert musical with tunes like ""Two Tootsies from Tucson"" and ""Ramona from Arizona.""
6. Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving
Aired 10 November 1982 • 30 min
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
7. Carrie on the Rebound
Aired 9 January 1983 • 30 min
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
8. Jolene's Brother Jonas
Aired 16 January 1983 • 30 min
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
9. Alice Sees the Light
Aired 28 February 1983 • 30 min
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
10. Vera the Virtuoso
Aired 7 March 1983 • 30 min
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
11. Alice Faces the Music
Aired 14 March 1983 • 30 min
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
12. Tommy, the Jailbird
Aired 21 March 1983 • 30 min
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
13. Jolene and the Night Watchman
Aired 28 March 1983 • 30 min
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
14. Mel's Dream Car
Aired 11 April 1983 • 30 min
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
15. Come Back Little Sharples
Aired 17 April 1983 • 30 min
Mel has had it up to his keister with the way things are going so he absconds to his apartment for a beer and pizza binge.
16. Vera, the Torch
Aired 24 April 1983 • 30 min
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
17. The Grass is Always Greener
Aired 1 May 1983 • 30 min
In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.
18. Tommy Fouls Out
Aired 15 May 1983 • 30 min
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
19. Vera on the Lam
Aired 22 May 1983 • 30 min
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
20. Mel's Cousin Wendy?
Aired 29 May 1983 • 30 min
To steal a competitor's secret sauce recipe, Mel persuades his cousin to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a Burger Baby.
21. Sweet Erasable Mel
Aired 5 June 1983 • 30 min
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
22. Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Aired 12 June 1983 • 30 min
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
23. Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Aired 18 September 1983 • 30 min
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.