The BEST episodes of Alice season 3
Every episode of Alice season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alice season 3!
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 - The Principal of the Thing
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1978
Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).
#2 - A Slight Case of ESP
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1978
Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.
#3 - Alice's Decision
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1979
Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.
#4 - Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1978
Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.
#5 - Car Wars
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1978
Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.
#6 - Mel's in a Family Way
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1978
Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.
#7 - The Happy Hoofers
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1978
Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.
#8 - The Fourth Time Around
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1979
Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.
#9 - Tommy's First Love
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1979
Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.
#10 - Whatever Happened to the Class of '78?
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1978
Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.
#11 - What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1978
Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.
#12 - Sweet Charity
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1979
Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.
#13 - Block Those Kicks
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1978
The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.
#14 - Take Him, He's Yours
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1978
Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.
#15 - Citizen Mel
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1978
Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.
#16 - Vera's Popcorn Romance
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1978
Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.
#17 - Mel Grows Up
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1979
Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.
#18 - Vera's Broken Heart
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1979
Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.
#19 - The Last Stow It (1)
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1979
Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.
#20 - The Last Stow It (2)
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1979
Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.
#21 - My Fair Vera
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/25/1979
Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.
#22 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1979
Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).
#23 - Flo Finds Her Father
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/1/1979
Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.
#24 - Better Never Than Late
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1978
While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.