Alice

Alice's son, Tommy, is becoming a behavior problem at home. Mel thinks he can raise him but finds their lifestyles collide, with a bang.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) sells his old car to the girls, but the "car wars" break out when Jason (PATRICK CRONIN) makes a higher offer.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) witnesses a robbery and thinks the thief is after him.

Vera (BETH HOWLAND) has a boyfriend (ALAN HAUFRECT) and Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Mel (VIC TAYBACK) can't wait to meet him.

Mel almost loses the diner in a bet, so Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND) all give up a bad habit to help Mel kick his.

When gets an invitation to a high school reunion, Flo decides it's time to get her diploma, but she can't stick to her studies long enough to pass.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) decides to open the diner on Saturday night, and the biggest customer is a gunman.

Mel feels glum --he misses having a family--so Alice invites him to dinner, but Mel, misreading her intentions, all but moves in on her and Tommy.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) has trouble with turkeys when he decides to open for Thanksgiving.

Mel fires Alice when she takes a job as a singing messenger to help finance Tommy's education.

Vera discovers that she has ESP, and no one believes her--until she successfully predicts five events, including a long-shot horse for Mel.

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) causes problems for Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) when she falls for his school principal (GARY COLLINS).

Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) winds up without a date for New Year's Eve so Mel (VIC TAYBACK) recruits her to work in the diner.

Alice and her boyfriend are heroes when they offer Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera tickets to the Charity Ball, but the friendships turn sour when there aren't enough tickets to go around.

When Mel's brother Al (CARMINE CARIDI), an old flame of Flo's(POLLY HOLLIDAY), shows up in Phoenix after his third divorce, a wedding is held in Mel's Diner.

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) is beside herself with worry when Tommy (PHILIP McKEON) runs away from home but with Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) help, Tommy realizes that his mother really isn't all bad.

Martha Raye plays Carrie Sharples, Mel's mother, who shows up as a surprise to visit with her son in Phoenix. Mel must face up to Carrie and remind her he's no longer her little boy.

Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) state of depression because of a broken heart is cured by her three friends and a young, attractive delivery boy.

Alice's (LINDA LAVIN) big break into show business is thwarted by a case of the hiccups.

Mel (VIC TAYBACK) finds a buyer for the diner and retires, leaving Alice, Flo and Vera (LINDA LAVIN, POLLY HOLLIDAY and BETH HOWLAND) in the hands of an annoying perfectionist.

When all else fails to convince Randolph Briggs that he should sell Mel's Diner back to Mel Alice has an "old friend," tough-talking mobster Sam Butler, pay Briggs a visit.

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) auditions for "Cinderella" and falls in love with the 25-year-old director.

Vera's (BETH HOWLAND) attempt at show business fails, but she finds her waitress job at Mel's diner waiting for her.

Flo's father finds her after being absent for 30 years, and Flo's (POLLY HOLLIDAY) reception is not very warm.