The WORST episodes of Alice
Every episode of Alice ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - Not with My Niece You Don't
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1982
Mel gives Tommy advice on how to charm the ladies, which Tommy promptly applies to Mel's niece.
#3 - Alice Calls the Shots
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/1982
Alice blows the whistle on Tommy's basketball playing when his grades start to slip.
#4 - Mel's Christmas Carol
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/1981
The ghost of a partner past gives Mel the dickens on Christmas Eve after Mel fired Alice, Jolene and Vera.
#5 - Vera's Bouncing Check
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1981
Against Mel's orders, Vera cashes a check for an old flame, who's nowhere to be found when it bounces.
#6 - Mel's Cousin, Wendell
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1981
Smooth operator Mel teaches his shy cousin, Wendell, how to score with Vera.
#7 - Comrade Mel
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1981
A towel boy from the Russian ballet takes refuge in Mel's storeroom.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Don't Play It Again, Elliot
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/15/1984
A gift piano comes between Vera and Elliot when she can't pry him away from it.
#13 - 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.
#14 - For Whom the Belle Toils
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1980
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
#15 - Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1980
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
#16 - My Funny Valentine Tux
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1980
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
#17 - Carrie's Wedding
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1980
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
#18 - Alice Beats the Clock
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1980
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
#19 - Little Alice Bluenose
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1979
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
#20 - Flo's Chili Reception
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1979
Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - Valentine's Day Massacre
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1982
Valentine's Day promises anything but hearts and flowers for the diner staff, who all quarrel with their dates.
#24 - My Dinner with Debbie
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/1984
By proving she's a better cook than Mel, Vera's acerbic landlady may have found the elusive way to his heart through his stomach.
#25 - Vera, the Horse Thief
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1984
No one can corral Vera after she discovers that a miniature horse is being mistreated by its trainer.