24 episodesFirst aired 24 September 1978
Sept 197830m
Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.
Oct 197830m
Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.
Oct 197830m
Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.
Oct 197830m
Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.
Oct 197830m
The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.
Oct 197830m
Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.
Nov 197830m
While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.
Nov 197830m
Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.
Nov 197830m
Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.
Nov 197830m
Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.
Dec 197830m
Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.
Dec 197830m
Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).
Dec 197830m
Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.
Jan 197930m
Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.
Jan 197930m
Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.
Jan 197930m
Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.
Feb 197930m
Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.
Feb 197930m
Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.
Feb 197930m
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.
Mar 197930m
Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.
Mar 197930m
Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.
Mar 197930m
Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).
Mar 197930m
Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.
Apr 197930m
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.