Alice season 4
| Alice | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 23, 1979 – April 6, 1980 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the fourth season of the CBS-TV series Alice.
Broadcast history[edit]
The season originally aired Sundays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST).[1][2]
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 73 | 1 | "Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs and Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | September 23, 1979 | 166936 |
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Vera quits when no one believes that Telly Savalas was in the diner. | ||||||
| 74 | 2 | "Mona Lisa Alice" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs | September 30, 1979 | 166932 |
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Mel wants the waitresses to smile in order for customers to pay, but Alice is feeling sour over Tommy's matchmaking. | ||||||
| 75 | 3 | "Mel Loves Marie" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 7, 1979 | 166931 |
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Mel gets engaged to a woman named Marie, then insists that she sign a pre-nup. | ||||||
| 76 | 4 | "Vera Robs the Cradle" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 21, 1979 | 166933 |
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Tommy falls for Vera as she teaches him how to dance. | ||||||
| 77 | 5 | "Flo's Chili Reception" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 28, 1979 | 166934 |
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Mel's rival courts Flo to get his chili recipe. | ||||||
| 78 | 6 | "Little Alice Bluenose" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs | November 4, 1979 | 166937 |
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Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketches of nude males in art class. | ||||||
| 79 | 7 | "Carrie Sharples Strikes Again" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | November 11, 1979 | 166940 |
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Mel's domineering mother returns. | ||||||
| 80 | 8 | "Mel's in the Kitchen with Dinah" | Norman Abbott | Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs | November 18, 1979 | 166938 |
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Dinah Shore invites Mel to cook his chili on her show, but he can only bring one waitress with him. | ||||||
| 81 | 9 | "Cabin Fever" | Marc Daniels | Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox | December 2, 1979 | 166935 |
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Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend stuck together in the same fishing cabin. | ||||||
| 82 | 10 | "My Cousin, Art Carney" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs | December 9, 1979 | 166942 |
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Vera asks her distant relative Art Carney to endorse Mel's chili so it can be on the market as a frozen product called "Chili con Carney". | ||||||
| 83 | 11 | "Mel, the Magi" | Marc Daniels | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | December 23, 1979 | 166945 |
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The waitresses chip in their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner. | ||||||
| 84 | 12 | "Good Buddy Flo" | Marc Daniels | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | January 6, 1980 | 166943 |
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Flo learns how to drive a truck when she learns her boyfriend has a female partner. | ||||||
| 85 | 13 | "Alice in TV Land" | Norman Abbott | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 13, 1980 | 166939 |
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Tommy causes trouble on TV when he gossips about the staff of Mel's Diner on a talk show. | ||||||
| 86 | 14 | "Alice Beats the Clock" | Marc Daniels | Katherine Green | January 27, 1980 | 166946 |
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When Mel installs a new time clock, the waitresses demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do at no extra charge. | ||||||
| 87 | 15 | "Carrie's Wedding" | Gary Shimokawa | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | February 3, 1980 | 166941 |
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Mel is happy for his mother getting remarried until he sees the man who will be his stepfather. | ||||||
| 88 | 16 | "My Funny Valentine Tux" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs | February 10, 1980 | 166947 |
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Tommy needs a tuxedo for a Valentine's Day dance with his date, Wanda (Kelly Parsons). | ||||||
| 89 | 17 | "Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | February 17, 1980 | 166944 |
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Mel takes in a friend whose wife has just left him. | ||||||
| 90 | 18 | "Flo's Farewell" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | February 24, 1980 | 166848 |
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Flo says goodbye to Mel's when she takes a job offer from a wealthy Houston restaurateur. This episode sets up the spin-off series Flo, which premiered the following month. NOTE: Polly Holliday's last episode. | ||||||
| 91 | 19 | "For Whom the Belle Toils" | Marc Daniels | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | March 2, 1980 | 166949 |
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Mel hires a new waitress from Mississippi named Belle, who has dreams of being a country-music writer. NOTE: Diane Ladd's first episode. Ladd, starred as Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | ||||||
| 92 | 20 | "One Too Many Girls" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 9, 1980 | 166950 |
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Although Belle is getting along fine with Mel, she's not doing so well with Alice and Vera. | ||||||
| 93 | 21 | "Vera, the Vamp" | Linda Lavin and Lee Lochhead | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | March 16, 1980 | 166951 |
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Vera asks Belle to help make her be more attractive to men. | ||||||
| 94 | 22 | "Profit Without Honor" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 23, 1980 | 166952 |
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Mel discovers how much he'll get for letting the city condemn his property when he signs an agreement to share his profits with the women. | ||||||
| 95 | 23 | "Cook's Tour" | Linda Lavin and Lee Lochhead | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | March 30, 1980 | 166953 |
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A tour guide (Pamela Myers) steers business towards the diner out of love for Mel. | ||||||
| 96 | 24 | "Here Comes Alice Cottontail" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | April 6, 1980 | 166954 |
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Alice bets that Mel will kick Tommy out, while Mel bets she will be snooping to check up on her son. | ||||||