E1 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

Aired: September 23, 1979

Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

E2 - Mona Lisa Alice

Aired: September 30, 1979

Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

E3 - Mel Loves Marie

Aired: October 07, 1979

Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.

E4 - Vera Robs the Cradle

Aired: October 21, 1979

Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.

E5 - Flo's Chili Reception

Aired: October 28, 1979

Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""

E6 - Little Alice Bluenose

Aired: November 04, 1979

Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

E7 - Carrie Sharples Strikes Again

Aired: November 11, 1979

The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.

E8 - Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

Aired: November 18, 1979

Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

E9 - Cabin Fever

Aired: December 02, 1979

Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

E10 - My Cousin, Art Carney

Aired: December 09, 1979

Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

E11 - Mel, the Magi

Aired: December 23, 1979

A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.

E12 - Good Buddy Flo

Aired: January 06, 1980

Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

E13 - Alice in TV Land

Aired: January 13, 1980

Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.

E14 - Alice Beats the Clock

Aired: January 27, 1980

Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

E15 - Carrie's Wedding

Aired: February 03, 1980

Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.

E16 - My Funny Valentine Tux

Aired: February 10, 1980

Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

E17 - Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot

Aired: February 17, 1980

Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.

E18 - Flo's Farewell

Aired: February 24, 1980

A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.

E19 - For Whom the Belle Toils

Aired: March 02, 1980

Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.

E20 - One Too Many Girls

Aired: March 09, 1980

The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.

E21 - Vera, the Vamp

Aired: March 16, 1980

Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.

E22 - Profit Without Honor

Aired: March 23, 1980

Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.

E23 - Cook's Tour

Aired: March 30, 1980

Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.

E24 - Here Comes Alice Cottontail

Aired: April 06, 1980

Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.