Episodes
Romancing Mister Stone
October 14, 1984
Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.
Space Sharples
October 28, 1984
Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.
Big, Bad Mel
November 4, 1984
Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.
Houseful of Hunnicutts
November 18, 1984
Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.
Tommy's Lost Weekend
November 25, 1984
Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.
Undercover Mel
December 16, 1984
At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.
Footloose Mel
December 23, 1984
Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.
Vera's Anniversary Blues
January 8, 1985
Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.
Kiss the Grill Goodbye
January 15, 1985
Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.
Vera, the Nightbird
January 22, 1985
Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
January 29, 1985
A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.
Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
February 5, 1985
Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.
The Night They Raided Debbie's
February 6, 1985
Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.
One on One
March 5, 1985
Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.
Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
March 12, 1985
After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.
Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
March 19, 1985
On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.
