The BEST episodes of Alice season 2

Every episode of Alice season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alice season 2!

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.

Last Updated: 4/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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#1 - 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).

Directors: William Asher
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9.33
3 votes

#2 - Mel's Big Five-0

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1978

To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

Directors: William Asher
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8.60
5 votes

#3 - Love is Sweeping the Counter

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/1977

Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

Directors: Kim Friedman
Writer: Arthur Rabin
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8.50
4 votes

#4 - Single Belles

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1977

The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

Writer: Bruce Howard
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8.33
3 votes

#5 - That Old Back Magic

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/4/1977

Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

Directors: William Asher
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8.11
9 votes

#6 - 86 the Waitresses

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1977

Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

Directors: Marc Daniels
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8.00
4 votes

#7 - The Indian Taker

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1977

A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

Directors: Marc Daniels
Writer: Tom Whedon
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8.00
2 votes

#8 - The Sixty Minutes Man

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1977

Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

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8.00
1 votes

#9 - A Semi-Merry Christmas

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/1977

Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

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8.00
2 votes

#10 - Oh! George Burns

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/1978

When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

Directors: Marc Daniels
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8.00
1 votes

#11 - The Eyes of Texas

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1978

Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

Directors: Kim Friedman
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7.67
9 votes

#12 - The Second Time 'Round

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1977

A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

Directors: Kim Friedman
Writer: Tom Whedon
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7.67
3 votes

#13 - The Star in the Storeroom

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1978

Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

Directors: Marc Daniels
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7.50
4 votes

#14 - Alice by Moonlight

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1977

Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

Directors: Kim Friedman
Writer: Tom Whedon
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7.40
5 votes

#15 - The Pharmacist

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/1978

A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

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6.75
4 votes

#16 - Mel's Recession

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/1978

Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

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6.50
2 votes

#17 - Don't Lock Now

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1978

Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
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6.00
2 votes

#18 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1978

Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

Directors: William Asher
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6.00
2 votes

#19 - Earthquake

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/9/1978

Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

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3.00
1 votes

#20 - Florence of Arabia

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1978

Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

Directors: Kim Friedman
Writer: Tom Whedon
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0.00
0 votes

#21 - Love is a Free Throw

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1978

An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

Directors: Marc Daniels
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0.00
0 votes

#22 - Love Me, Love My Horse

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1978

Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

Directors: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
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