Alice

Alice

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.

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Episodes

Romancing Mister Stone

1. Romancing Mister Stone

Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.

Space Sharples

2. Space Sharples

Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.

Big, Bad Mel

3. Big, Bad Mel

Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.

Houseful of Hunnicutts

4. Houseful of Hunnicutts

Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.

Tommy's Lost Weekend

5. Tommy's Lost Weekend

Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.

Undercover Mel

6. Undercover Mel

At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.

Footloose Mel

7. Footloose Mel

Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.

Vera's Anniversary Blues

8. Vera's Anniversary Blues

Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.

Kiss the Grill Goodbye

9. Kiss the Grill Goodbye

Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.

Vera, the Nightbird

10. Vera, the Nightbird

Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.

Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

11. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.

Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

12. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.

The Night They Raided Debbie's

13. The Night They Raided Debbie's

Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.

One on One

14. One on One

Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.

Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

15. Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.

Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

16. Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.

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