E1 - Take Him, He's Yours

Aired: September 24, 1978

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

E2 - Car Wars

Aired: October 01, 1978

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

E3 - Citizen Mel

Aired: October 08, 1978

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

E4 - Vera's Popcorn Romance

Aired: October 15, 1978

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

E5 - Block Those Kicks

Aired: October 22, 1978

The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

E6 - What Happened to the Class of '78?

Aired: October 29, 1978

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

E7 - Better Never Than Late

Aired: November 05, 1978

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

E8 - Mel's in a Family Way

Aired: November 11, 1978

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

E9 - Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

Aired: November 19, 1978

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

E10 - The Happy Hoofers

Aired: November 26, 1978

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

E11 - A Slight Case of ESP

Aired: December 03, 1978

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

E12 - The Principal of the Thing

Aired: December 10, 1978

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

E13 - What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

Aired: December 31, 1978

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

E14 - Sweet Charity

Aired: January 14, 1979

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

E15 - The Fourth Time Around

Aired: January 21, 1979

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

E16 - Tommy's First Love

Aired: January 28, 1979

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

E17 - Mel Grows Up

Aired: February 05, 1979

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

E18 - Vera's Broken Heart

Aired: February 18, 1979

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

E19 - Alice's Decision

Aired: February 25, 1979

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.

E20 - The Last Stow It (1)

Aired: March 11, 1979

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

E21 - The Last Stow It (2)

Aired: March 11, 1979

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

E22 - If the Shoe Fits

Aired: March 18, 1979

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

E23 - My Fair Vera

Aired: March 25, 1979

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

E24 - Flo Finds Her Father

Aired: April 01, 1979

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.