Alice

September 24, 1978

Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.

October 1, 1978

Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.

October 8, 1978

Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.

October 15, 1978

Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.

October 22, 1978

The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

October 29, 1978

Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.

November 5, 1978

While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.

November 11, 1978

Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.

November 19, 1978

Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.

November 26, 1978

Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.

December 3, 1978

Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

December 10, 1978

Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).

December 31, 1978

Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.

January 14, 1979

Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.

January 21, 1979

Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.

January 28, 1979

Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.

February 5, 1979

Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.

February 18, 1979

Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.

February 25, 1979

Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.

March 11, 1979

Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.

March 11, 1979

Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.

March 18, 1979

Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).

March 25, 1979

Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.

April 1, 1979

Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.