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24 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 2, 197730 mins
Alice gets flashed in the parking lot. Meanwhile Flo's third husband, Langley, arrives announcing that their divorce may not be final. Alice thinks that one of her diners is the flasher.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 9, 197730 mins
An Indian claims that Mel's Diner is on sacred Indian ground.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 23, 197730 mins
A series of conventions in town has worn out everyone at Mel's. Mel's solution is hiring new waiter Kenny. The problem is Kenny makes a quarter an hour more than the girls. When Alice confronts Mel, she is told that men need more money. That's it, Alice quits for all of them. The girls go on the offensive to get their jobs back.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 30, 197730 mins
Singing in a nightclub in addition to her day job may be too much for Alice.
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 6, 197730 mins
For the first time in 22 years Flo doesn't have a date on a Saturday night; in fact, none of girls do. They decide to all go to a new singles bar called "Leo's Roaside Rest." The girls encounter an assortment of barflys including Rocky who looks a lot like Mel!
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 13, 197730 mins
One of the customers at the diner may be a famous gangster.
Episode 7
Sun, Dec 4, 197730 mins
Mel's back has gone bad and he can't be moved from Alice's apartment.
Episode 8
Sun, Dec 11, 197730 mins
After attending an out-of-town game, Flo and Mel and getting along very well.
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 18, 197730 mins
Alice has made Xmas plans to take Tommy to her cousin's house in Colorado Springs. Relying on Mel's annual Xmas bonus, she is devastated when Mel announces no bonus due to inflation. When a regular diner bemoans having to spend Xmas driving his rig, Mel offers to do it for him. Soon the entire gang of Mel's embark on a fun filled and slightly perilous trip on the road.
Episode 10
Sun, Jan 1, 197830 mins
George Burns stops by Mel's Diner for a meal. Later Vera who has seen the Oh God! movie goes to his hotel room ready to follow him as his disciple since she really believes that he is God.
Episode 11
Sun, Jan 8, 197830 mins
After she misreads the menu, can't see to dial the phone and can't see the dials on her watch, Flo is convinced to get glasses. Flo soon loses confidence in herself. When long time boyfriend, JW, breaks up with her telling her that he is married, she thinks it's because of her glasses. When she gets contacts, she fears she loses one in the gelatin.
Episode 12
Wed, Jan 11, 197830 mins
A high schooler has a crush on Alice.
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 22, 197830 mins
Alice is taking night school psychology. After explaining "repression" to Flo and Vera, Alice makes the mistake of pointing out things that Flo does that irritates her. Soon everyone at Mel's have expressed their peeves, resulting in no one talking to each other.
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 29, 197830 mins
Howard Gillespie a pharmacist at the Canyon Drugstore has had a bad two weeks. His wife left him and his dog died. He is now fixated on all the additives in the food. Coming into Mel's he calls the White House on the pay phone. Claiming he has a cyanide pill, he says he will take it unless the president calls him back.
Episode 15
Sun, Feb 5, 197830 mins
Flo's brother, Jimmy Joe, has come to town as a rider in the rodeo. Alice discovers that she is to go on a date with Jimmy Joe. The flashy dressing Jimmy Joe tells Alice that he just knows that are going to get along like two hogs in a wallow. Moonshine and out door range cooking in the chilly night desert leaves Alice cold. Although she turns down his proposal, Jimmy Joe just won't take no for an answer.
Episode 16
Sun, Feb 19, 197830 mins
Flo has been dating Ben, an Arab sheik. When he proposes marriage and gives her a diamond, he forgets to tell her that he already has three wives. It's left to Alice to break the news.
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 26, 197830 mins
Flo's friend Ruth leaves Paco, her Cuban, photographer, skirt-chasing husband. Although Mel warns Alice not to get involved, Alice try's to get Ruth and Paco back together. Alice finds out the hard way that Mel was right.
Episode 18
Sun, Mar 5, 197830 mins
Mel SAYS that he doesn't want a 50th birthday party.
Episode 19
Sun, Mar 12, 197830 mins
Mel gets worked up because someone has been stealing can goods and making long distance calls. The girls volunteer to come in to take inventory on Sunday while Mel changes all the locks and puts a block on the phone. Trouble ensues when they all get locked in the storeroom with no key. Monday is a holiday so it maybe Tuesday before they are rescued.
Episode 20
Sun, Mar 19, 197830 mins
Jerry Reed is coming to town! Flo tells the gang at Mel's that she used to babysit Jerry when he was 4. Flo is pressured into calling Jerry's hotel room in hopes of snagging tickets. Although at first he doesn't recall her, a guilty Jerry decides to go to Mel's to make amends. Ketchup & chocolate syrup will make Jerry a prisoner of Mel's storeroom.
Episode 21
Sun, Apr 2, 197830 mins
Mel considers cutting back on the staff.
Episode 22
Sun, Apr 9, 197830 mins
When a Native American elder predicts an earthquake at 11:37 AM, most of Mel's regulars stay away. A cop with ulcers brings his prisoner in for an early lunch. A tremor unnerves Alice. Now everyone is worried about whether the big quake will come. Someone has been taking money out of the tip jar.
Episode 23
Fri, Feb 3, 197830 mins
A reporter is hiding out at Mel's Diner.
Episode 24
Fri, Feb 3, 197830 mins
Mel is not happy that Union organizers are talking to his waitresses. Later a bus comes in loaded with tourists. Mel gives advise to an AWOL sailor. When the bus and the bus driver vanish, the girls want overtime to stay with the stranded tourists.