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

The Second Time 'Round

1. The Second Time 'Round

A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

The Indian Taker

2. The Indian Taker

A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

86 the Waitresses

3. 86 the Waitresses

Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

Alice by Moonlight

4. Alice by Moonlight

Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

Single Belles

5. Single Belles

The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

The Sixty Minutes Man

6. The Sixty Minutes Man

Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

That Old Back Magic

7. That Old Back Magic

Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

Love is Sweeping the Counter

8. Love is Sweeping the Counter

Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

A Semi-Merry Christmas

9. A Semi-Merry Christmas

Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

Oh! George Burns

10. Oh! George Burns

When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

The Eyes of Texas

11. The Eyes of Texas

Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

Love is a Free Throw

12. Love is a Free Throw

An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

13. Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

The Pharmacist

14. The Pharmacist

A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

Love Me, Love My Horse

15. Love Me, Love My Horse

Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

The Reporter

16. The Reporter

An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.

Florence of Arabia

17. Florence of Arabia

Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

The Cuban Connection

18. The Cuban Connection

Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

Mel's Big Five-0

19. Mel's Big Five-0

To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

Don't Lock Now

20. Don't Lock Now

Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

The Star in the Storeroom

21. The Star in the Storeroom

Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

The Bus

22. The Bus

Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.

Mel's Recession

23. Mel's Recession

Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

Earthquake

24. Earthquake

Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

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