The BEST episodes written by Mark Egan
#4 - The Great Escape
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 17
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
#5 - Alice Strikes Up the Band
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 18
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.
#6 - Guinness on Tap
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 2
Determined to leave her mark on the world, Vera sets out to break the tap dancing endurance record.
#7 - The Over-the-Hill Girls
Alice - Season 8 - Episode 6
Both Carrie and Alice are turned down as singers by a supper club owner who thinks they're too old for the job.
#9 - Old Yeller
Becker - Season 2 - Episode 16
On the heels of being slapped with a traffic citation for reckless driving, a broken tail light and missing rear view mirror, Becker takes Margaret's advice when she suggests that he turn his jalopy into a potted plant. Although he doesn't get rid of his car, he does buy a motorcycle from one of his patients, causing everyone around him to agree that the doctor is suffering a mid-life crisis.
#10 - Alice at the Palace
Alice - Season 7 - Episode 4
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.
#11 - Margaret's Dream
Becker - Season 3 - Episode 10
Margaret has an erotic dream about Becker; Jake accidentally signs for a keg of beer, so Reggie can't return it. Since Reggie also doesn't have a liquor license and therefore can't sell it, she, Jake, and Bob decide to drink it all.
#12 - Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner (1)
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 3
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.
#13 - This Blood's For You
Newhart - Season 7 - Episode 3
Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
#14 - Cupcake on My Back
Newhart - Season 7 - Episode 12
Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
#15 - Lights! Camera! Contractions!
Newhart - Season 8 - Episode 12
It's baby time for the Harris' as Steph's baby is about to be born. Michael is determined to capture the birth on tape over Stephanie's objections.
#17 - Ramblin' Michael Harris
Newhart - Season 8 - Episode 5
Michael quits his job at Menkey's grocery to become a lounge singer.
#18 - Mel, the Magi
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 11
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
#19 - Sharples vs. Sharples
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 14
Mel has a beef with his mother who wants to publish his secret chili recipe in her new cookbook.
#20 - Mel is Hogg-Tied
Alice - Season 8 - Episode 1
Boss Hogg and Deputy Enos of ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" pay a surprise visit. Up to his usual low tricks, Boss makes an offer to lease the diner that Mel can't refuse but should.
#21 - Carrie's Wedding
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 15
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
#22 - The New Improved Mel
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 7
The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.
#23 - Carrie Sings the Blues
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 8
Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.
#24 - Henry's Bitter Half
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 9
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.
#25 - Mel's Cousin, Wendell
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 6
Smooth operator Mel teaches his shy cousin, Wendell, how to score with Vera.
#26 - Queen of Soaps
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 13
After getting hooked on soap operas, Vera becomes a washout at work and later quits.
#27 - Valentine's Day Massacre
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 15
Valentine's Day promises anything but hearts and flowers for the diner staff, who all quarrel with their dates.
#28 - Alice and the Acorns
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 17
Alice is visited by a high-school chum who's still suffering from her teenage inferiority complex.
#29 - Vera's Reunion Romance
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 21
Vera returns from her high-school reunion with stars in her eyes and a sparkler on her finger.
#30 - Monty Falls for Alice
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 22
A jilted acquaintance flips for Alice on the first bounce and when she doesn't reciprocate his feelings he threatens to jump from the Mel's Diner sign.
#31 - Vera, the Torch
Alice - Season 7 - Episode 16
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
#32 - My Dinner with Debbie
Alice - Season 8 - Episode 18
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.