Alice

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is $24,675 richer but, because of Alice (LINDA LAVIN), not for very long.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) hires guard dogs to protect his diner, and everyone gets trapped there overnight.

Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Vera (BETH HOWLAND) and Belle (DIANE LADD) are in a state of shock when Mel (VIC TAYBACK) tells them that he's gambled his life savings away, including the diner. Part one of a two-part episode that concludes with "Too Many Robert Goulets."

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) can win back his diner if he can figure out a way of getting Robert Goulet to perform at a run-down Vegas motel. Part two of a two-part episode that begins with "Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner."

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) messes up Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) plans to take off for Mexico with her free-spirited aunt (MILDRED NATWICK).

After Mel (VIC TAYBACK) teaches Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) how to fight, Tommy is thrown out of school.

After Mel (VIC TAYBACK) attends an old Navy buddy's funeral, he realizes that life is short. He decides to become a good guy, but not for long.

Because of Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) selfishness, Carrie's (MARTHA RAYE) marriage is almost destroyed.

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) steps in to resolve things when Henry (MARVIN KAPLAN) thinks his wife, Chloe (RUTH BUZZI), is having an affair.

Belle (DIANE LADD) finds herself on the doorstep, until Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) "Sam Butler" saves the day.

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) chains herself to a tree to save it from being chopped down, but Mel (VIC TAYBACK) has other ideas.

Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) chance to meet Dolly Parton is almost ruined because of a fish.

When Vera (BETH HOWLAND) buys a parrot for a pet, an annoyed Mel (VIC TAYBACK) decides the whole situation is for the birds.

When Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) takes a night job to save money for college, he is too tired to attend his first class. Alice (LINDA LAVIN) steps in and saves the day by taking his job.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is almost put out of business because of his mother (MARTHA RAYE), but blood is still thicker than water.

When Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is mugged by a little old lady, he almost ends up in jail trying to prove his manhood.

When Jolene (CELIA WESTON), the partner of a cross-country truck driver, quits her job in Mel's Diner, she creates a crisis in the ladies' room but ends up with a job as the new waitress, despite Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) reservations.

Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) instant success as a substitute band singer leaves her with a big decision: go on the road with the band or stay in Phoenix?

When Mel (VIC TAYBACK) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND) go on a date, the results are exactly what might be expected--disastrous.

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) almost becomes an instant mother when she finds a baby in the Laundromat.