Alice (1976)
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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Episode 1 - The Second Time 'Round
Release Date: 1977-10-02A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.
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Episode 2 - The Indian Taker
Release Date: 1977-10-09A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.
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Episode 3 - 86 the Waitresses
Release Date: 1977-10-23Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.
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Episode 4 - Alice by Moonlight
Release Date: 1977-10-30Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.
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Episode 5 - Single Belles
Release Date: 1977-11-06The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.
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Episode 6 - The Sixty Minutes Man
Release Date: 1977-11-13Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.
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Episode 7 - That Old Back Magic
Release Date: 1977-12-04Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.
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Episode 8 - Love is Sweeping the Counter
Release Date: 1977-12-11Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.
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Episode 9 - A Semi-Merry Christmas
Release Date: 1977-12-18Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
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Episode 10 - Oh! George Burns
Release Date: 1978-01-01When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!
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Episode 11 - The Eyes of Texas
Release Date: 1978-01-08Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
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Episode 12 - Love is a Free Throw
Release Date: 1978-01-15An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.
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Episode 13 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Release Date: 1978-01-22Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
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Episode 14 - The Pharmacist
Release Date: 1978-01-29A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.
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Episode 15 - Love Me, Love My Horse
Release Date: 1978-02-05Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).
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Episode 16 - The Reporter
Release Date: 1978-02-12An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.
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Episode 17 - Florence of Arabia
Release Date: 1978-02-19Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.
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Episode 18 - The Cuban Connection
Release Date: 1978-02-26Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
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Episode 19 - Mel's Big Five-0
Release Date: 1978-03-05To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.
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Episode 20 - Don't Lock Now
Release Date: 1978-03-12Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.
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Episode 21 - The Star in the Storeroom
Release Date: 1978-03-19Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.
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Episode 22 - The Bus
Release Date: 1978-03-26Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.
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Episode 23 - Mel's Recession
Release Date: 1978-04-02Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.
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Episode 24 - Earthquake
Release Date: 1978-04-09Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.