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24 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 2, 1977 30 mins
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner. Alice: Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Mel: Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland. Policeman: Ned York.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 9, 1977 30 mins
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave. Alice: Linda Lavin. Mel: Vic Tayback. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Fred: Larry Hovis. Tad: Don Chastain.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 23, 1977 30 mins
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs. Alice: Linda Lavin. Kenny: Bill Fiore. Fred: Dave Shelley. Customer: Joe S. Young. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 30, 1977 30 mins
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job. Alice: Linda Lavin. Mel: Vic Tayback. Herman: Morey Amsterdam. Buster: Norman Alden. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon.
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 6, 1977 30 mins
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar. Alice: Linda Lavin. Greg: Robert Hogan. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Mel: Vic Tayback. Men: Charles Thomas Murphy, John Welsh.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 13, 1977 30 mins
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster. Flo: Polly Holliday. Joe: Michael V. Gazzo. Mel: Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland. Carl: David Ketchum. Vinnie: Bruce Kimmel. Henderson: John H. Lawlor. Andy: Pat Cranshaw.
Episode 7
Sun, Dec 4, 1977 30 mins
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place. Linda Lavin. Jack: Edward Winter. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon.
Episode 8
Sun, Dec 11, 1977 30 mins
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together. Flo: Polly Holliday. Mel: Vic Tayback. Alice: Linda Lavin. Vera: Beth Howland. Whizzer Wallace: Clifford A. Pellow.
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 18, 1977 30 mins
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas. Flo: Polly Holliday. Mel: Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon. Andy: Pat Cranshaw. Jason: Patrick J. Cronin.
Episode 10
Sun, Jan 1, 1978 30 mins
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie "Oh, God!" Alice: Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday.
Episode 11
Sun, Jan 8, 1978 30 mins
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs. Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Harleigh: John Myhers. J.W.: Ron Masak. Mel: Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon.
Episode 12
Sun, Jan 15, 1978 30 mins
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice (Linda Lavin). Vic Tayback, Polly Holliday.
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 22, 1978 30 mins
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances. Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Dr. Turner: Avery Schreiber. Bill: Larry Hovis. Helen: Barbara Sharma. Sam: Boyd Bodwell. Allen: Charles Cyphers. Mel: Vic Tayback.
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 29, 1978 30 mins
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner. Linda Lavin. Mel: Vic Tayback. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Frank: Peter Hobbs. Iris: Florida Friebus.
Episode 15
Sun, Feb 5, 1978 30 mins
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam). Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland.
Episode 16
Sun, Feb 12, 1978 30 mins
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner. Alice: Linda Lavin. Mel: Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland.
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 19, 1978 30 mins
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives. Linda Lavin, Vic Tayback. Vera: Beth Howland.
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 26, 1978 30 mins
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz) and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige). Polly Holliday, Beth Howland. Mel: Vic Tayback. Henry: Marvin Kaplan.
Episode 19
Sun, Mar 5, 1978 30 mins
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party. Vic Tayback, Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Cecil: Bob McClure. Andy: Pat Cranshaw. Jason: Patrick J. Cronin. Sergeant: Noble Willingham. Vera: Beth Howland. Tommy: Philip McKeon. Henry: Marvin Kaplan.
Episode 20
Sun, Mar 12, 1978 30 mins
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner. Alice: Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Esther: Nedra Volz. Farley: Bill McLean.
Episode 21
Sun, Mar 19, 1978 30 mins
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself. Alice: Linda Lavin. Vera: Beth Howland. Mel: Vic Tayback. Cappy: Graham Jarvis. Tommy: Philip McKeon. Henry: Marvin Kaplan.
Episode 22
Sun, Mar 26, 1978 30 mins
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers. Mel: Vic Tayback. Alice: Linda Lavin. Vera: Beth Howland.
Episode 23
Sun, Apr 2, 1978 30 mins
Mel considers firing a waitress to save money. Alice: Linda Lavin. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland.
Episode 24
Sun, Apr 9, 1978 30 mins
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake. Linda Lavin. Mel: Vic Tayback. Reese: J.J. Barry. Driscoll: Edward Binns. Flo: Polly Holliday. Vera: Beth Howland. Gus: Gordon Hurst. Harry: Ancel Cook.