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Take Him, He's Yours

Episode number: 1

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

Car Wars

Episode number: 2

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

Citizen Mel

Episode number: 3

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

Vera's Popcorn Romance

Episode number: 4

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

Block Those Kicks

Episode number: 5

Overview: The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

What Happened to the Class of '78?

Episode number: 6

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

Better Never Than Late

Episode number: 7

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

Mel's in a Family Way

Episode number: 8

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

Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

Episode number: 9

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

The Happy Hoofers

Episode number: 10

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

A Slight Case of ESP

Episode number: 11

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

The Principal of the Thing

Episode number: 12

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

What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

Episode number: 13

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

Sweet Charity

Episode number: 14

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

The Fourth Time Around

Episode number: 15

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

Tommy's First Love

Episode number: 16

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

Mel Grows Up

Episode number: 17

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

Vera's Broken Heart

Episode number: 18

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

Alice's Decision

Episode number: 19

Overview: 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.

The Last Stow It (1)

Episode number: 20

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

The Last Stow It (2)

Episode number: 21

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

If the Shoe Fits

Episode number: 22

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

My Fair Vera

Episode number: 23

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

Flo Finds Her Father

Episode number: 24

Overview: 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.