The BEST episodes of Alice season 5
Every episode of Alice season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alice season 5!
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 - Tommy's T.K.O.
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/1980
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
#2 - Too Many Robert Goulets (2)
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/1980
Mel may get his diner back if Belle can get Robert Goulet to perform for a Las Vegas casino owner but when it seems she can't get him, Alice steps in and impersonates him.
#3 - Bye Bye, Birdie
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/1981
Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.
#4 - Dog Day Evening
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/1980
After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs.
#5 - Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner (1)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/1980
Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck.
#6 - Carrie Chickens Out
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/1981
During a visit, Carrie plans to help out at the diner and cook but a fed up Mel kicks her out and she goes to work for a competitor.
#7 - Alice Strikes Up the Band
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1981
Alice thinks she has found her main chance when she lands a gig singing at a big banquet with a 1940's theme and an influential audience of restaurant owners.
#8 - Mel and the Green Machine
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1980
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
#9 - The Great Escape
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1981
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
#10 - Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1981
Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend, Marie, jealous.
#11 - Alice's Son, the Drop-out
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1981
Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.
#12 - Vera's Aunt Agatha
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/1980
Vera's Aunt Agatha, a freewheeling sexagenarian, makes a pit stop in Phoenix while motorcycling to Mexico. This prompts Vera to make a life altering decision, whether or not to ride off into the sunset with her aunt.
#13 - The New Improved Mel
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/1980
The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.
#14 - Carrie Sings the Blues
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1980
Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.
#15 - Henry's Bitter Half
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/4/1981
Henry's convinced that his wife of 20 years is suddenly being nice because she's having an affair, so he tells her he's having one too, with Alice.
#16 - Alice Locks Belle Out
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/1981
As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.
#17 - Vera Goes Out On a Limb
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1981
Vera goes out on a limb to save a century old tree in front of the diner from being cut down for a road-widening project.
#18 - The Jerry Reed Fish Story
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/1/1981
The waitresses cut up a huge fish they find in the refrigerator, unaware that singer Jerry Reed had left it there until he could have it stuffed.
#19 - Macho, Macho Mel
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1981
When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.
#20 - Baby Makes Five
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1981
Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.