Robert Getchell
Director
Alice (1976)
Season 2
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
Released Aug. 31, 1976
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Second Time 'Round
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.
Oct. 2, 1977, midnight
S2E2 - The Indian Taker
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.
Oct. 9, 1977, midnight
S2E3 - 86 the Waitresses
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.
Oct. 23, 1977, midnight
S2E4 - Alice by Moonlight
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.
Oct. 30, 1977, midnight
S2E5 - Single Belles
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.
Nov. 6, 1977, midnight
S2E6 - The Sixty Minutes Man
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.
Nov. 13, 1977, midnight
S2E7 - That Old Back Magic
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.
Dec. 4, 1977, midnight
S2E8 - Love is Sweeping the Counter
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.
Dec. 11, 1977, midnight
S2E9 - A Semi-Merry Christmas
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
Dec. 18, 1977, midnight
S2E10 - Oh! George Burns
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!
Jan. 1, 1978, midnight
S2E11 - The Eyes of Texas
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
Jan. 8, 1978, midnight
S2E12 - Love is a Free Throw
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.
Jan. 15, 1978, midnight
S2E13 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
Jan. 22, 1978, midnight
S2E14 - The Pharmacist
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.
Jan. 29, 1978, midnight
S2E15 - Love Me, Love My Horse
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).
Feb. 5, 1978, midnight
S2E16 - The Reporter
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.
Feb. 12, 1978, midnight
S2E17 - Florence of Arabia
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.
Feb. 19, 1978, midnight
S2E18 - The Cuban Connection
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
Feb. 26, 1978, midnight
S2E19 - Mel's Big Five-0
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.
March 5, 1978, midnight
S2E20 - Don't Lock Now
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.
March 12, 1978, midnight
S2E21 - The Star in the Storeroom
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.
March 19, 1978, midnight
S2E22 - The Bus
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.
March 26, 1978, midnight
S2E23 - Mel's Recession
Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.
April 2, 1978, midnight
S2E24 - Earthquake
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.
April 9, 1978, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 31, 1976
Last Air Date: March 19, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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