The BEST episodes of Alice
Every episode of Alice ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alice!
After her husband, Donald, was killed in a truck accident, Alice Hyatt and her 12-year-old son, Tommy, moved out of their home in New Jersey and headed for Hollywood. Alice's dream was to become a singer but for the time being she got work as a waitress in a greasy spoon, Mel's Diner after her car breaks down in Phoenix. Mel was gruff and demanding and constantly bossing his three waitresses around.
#1 - Flo's Farewell
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1980
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
#2 - The Cuban Connection
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1978
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
#3 - The Night They Raided Debbie's
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1985
Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.
#4 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1985
Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.
#5 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1985
A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.
#6 - Vera, the Nightbird
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1985
Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
#7 - Kiss the Grill Goodbye
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1985
Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.
#8 - Vera's Anniversary Blues
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/1985
Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.
#9 - Footloose Mel
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/1984
Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.
#10 - Undercover Mel
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/1984
At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.
#11 - Tommy's Lost Weekend
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/1984
Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.
#12 - Houseful of Hunnicutts
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1984
Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.
#13 - Romancing Mister Stone
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1984
Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.
#14 - Be It Ever So Crowded
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1984
Vera and Elliot buy a charming old house that comes complete with fireplace, furniture and antiques one of which is a shocking surprise.
#15 - Mel Spins His Wheels
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1984
Mel disdains accommodating the handicapped until two sprained ankles give him a different view, from a wheelchair.
#16 - Jolene is Stuck on Mel
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1984
Jolene has second thoughts about marrying a TV game show host especially after a dab of permanent glue bonds her firmly to Mel.
#17 - The Grass is Always Greener
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/1/1983
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 - Vera's Fine Feathered Friends
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/1984
Vera takes a tumble trying to rescue a nest of baby blue jays from the diner sign before Mel gets to them with a broom.
#19 - Alice at the Palace
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1982
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.
#20 - Joel Grey Saves the Day
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1982
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.""
#21 - Alice Sees the Light
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/1983
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
#22 - Tommy, the Jailbird
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/1983
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
#23 - Jolene and the Night Watchman
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/1983
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
#24 - Mel's Cousin Wendy?
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/29/1983
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.
#25 - Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/12/1983
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
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