# List of Alice episodes

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*[Alice](/source/Alice_(American_TV_series))* is an American [sitcom](/source/Situation_comedy) [television series](/source/Television_series) that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on [CBS](/source/CBS), during which a total of 202 episodes were produced spanning nine seasons. Based on the 1974 film *[Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore](/source/Alice_Doesn't_Live_Here_Anymore)*, the series stars [Linda Lavin](/source/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](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona). Most of the episodes revolve around events at [Mel's Diner](/source/Mel's_Diner).

## Series overview

Season Episodes Originally released Rank Rating First released Last released 1 24 August 31, 1976 (1976-08-31) March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26) 30 20.0 2 24 October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02) April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) 8 23.2[a] 3 24 September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24) April 1, 1979 (1979-04-01) 13 23.2 4 24 September 23, 1979 (1979-09-23) April 6, 1980 (1980-04-06) 4 25.3[a] 5 20 November 2, 1980 (1980-11-02) May 3, 1981 (1981-05-03) 7 22.9 6 24 October 4, 1981 (1981-10-04) May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16) 5 22.7 7 23 October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) September 18, 1983 (1983-09-18) 41[1] —N/a 8 23 October 2, 1983 (1983-10-02) May 20, 1984 (1984-05-20) 25 17.2[b] 9 16 October 14, 1984 (1984-10-14) March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) 58 12.5

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MASH_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MASH_1-1) Tied with *[M*A*S*H](/source/M*A*S*H_(TV_series))*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Tied with The CBS Tuesday Night Movie, *[Webster](/source/Webster_(TV_series))*, *[Knight Rider](/source/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series))* and *[Hardcastle and McCormick](/source/Hardcastle_and_McCormick)*

## Episodes

### Season 1 (1976–77)

Main article: [Alice season 1](/source/Alice_season_1)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 1 1 "Pilot" Paul Bogart Robert Getchell August 31, 1976 (1976-08-31) 000001 2 2 "Alice Gets a Pass" Jim Drake Martin Donovan September 29, 1976 (1976-09-29) 166552 3 3 "A Piece of the Rock" Bill Persky Ben Joelson & Art Baer October 6, 1976 (1976-10-06) 166551 4 4 "Pay the Fifty Dollars" Bill Persky Lloyd Garver October 13, 1976 (1976-10-13) 166556 5 5 "A Call to Arms" Jim Drake Lloyd Garver October 20, 1976 (1976-10-20) 166554 6 6 "The Last Review" James Sheldon Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen October 27, 1976 (1976-10-27) 166557 7 7 "Sex Education" Bruce Bilson Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker November 6, 1976 (1976-11-06) 166558 8 8 "Big Daddy Dawson's Coming" Norman Abbott Arnold Kane & Bruce Johnson November 13, 1976 (1976-11-13) 166559 9 9 "Good Night, Sweet Vera" Norman Abbott Simon Muntner November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20) 166560 10 10 "The Dilemma" James Sheldon Martin Donovan November 27, 1976 (1976-11-27) 166561 11 11 "Who Killed Bugs Bunny?" Bruce Bilson Lloyd J. Schwartz December 4, 1976 (1976-12-04) 166562 12 12 "Mother-in-Law: Part 1" William P. D'Angelo Martin Donovan December 11, 1976 (1976-12-11) 166563 13 13 "Mother-in-Law: Part 2" William P. D'Angelo Arnold Kane & Bruce Johnson and R.S. Allen December 18, 1976 (1976-12-18) 166564 14 14 "Vera's Mortician" Bill Hobin Bruce Kane December 25, 1976 (1976-12-25) 166555 15 15 "Mel's in Love" Alan Rafkin Gary David Goldberg January 15, 1977 (1977-01-15) 166565 16 16 "The Accident" Alan Rafkin Roy Kammerman and Harvey Bullock January 22, 1977 (1977-01-22) 166566 17 17 "The Failure" William P. D'Angelo Art Baer & Ben Joelson January 29, 1977 (1977-01-29) 166567 18 18 "The Hex" Alan Rafkin R.S. Allen & Arnold Kane February 5, 1977 (1977-02-05) 166568 19 19 "The Pain of No Return" Alan Rafkin Rick Mittleman February 12, 1977 (1977-02-12) 166569 20 20 "The Odd Couple" William P. D'Angelo Story by : Roy Kammerman Teleplay by : Roy Kammerman & Arnold Kane & Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen February 26, 1977 (1977-02-26) 166570 21 21 "A Night to Remember" Alan Rafkin Arnold Kane and R.S. Allen March 5, 1977 (1977-03-05) 166571 22 22 "Mel's Cup" Norman Abbott Roy Kammerman and Harvey Bullock March 12, 1977 (1977-03-12) 166572 23 23 "The Bundle" Norman Abbott Ben Joelson & Art Baer March 19, 1977 (1977-03-19) 166573 24 24 "Mel's Happy Burger" Burt Brinckerhoff Arnold Kane March 26, 1977 (1977-03-26) 166553

### Season 2 (1977–78)

Main article: [Alice season 2](/source/Alice_season_2)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 25 1 "The Second Time 'Round" Kim Friedman Tom Whedon October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02) 166665 26 2 "The Indian Taker" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09) 166667 27 3 "86 the Waitresses" Marc Daniels Sybil Adelman October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23) 166668 28 4 "Alice by Moonlight" Kim Friedman Tom Whedon October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30) 166669 29 5 "Single Belles" Kim Friedman Bruce Howard November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06) 166670 30 6 "The Sixty Minutes Man" Kim Friedman Story by : George Tibbles Teleplay by : George Tibbles, Warren S. Murray and Tom Whedon November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13) 166666 31 7 "That Old Back Magic" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04) 166671 32 8 "Love Is Sweeping the Counter" Kim Friedman Arthur S. Rabin December 11, 1977 (1977-12-11) 166672 33 9 "A Semi-Merry Christmas" Marc Daniels Madelyn Pugh Davis & Bob Carroll, Jr. and Tom Whedon December 18, 1977 (1977-12-18) 166674 34 10 "Oh! George Burns" Marc Daniels Seaman Jacobs & Fred S. Fox January 1, 1978 (1978-01-01) 166675 35 11 "The Eyes of Texas" Kim Friedman Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08) 166673 36 12 "Love Is a Free Throw" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 11, 1978 (1978-01-11) 166676 37 13 "Close Encounters of the Worst Kind" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 22, 1978 (1978-01-22) 166677 38 14 "The Pharmacist" Noam Pitlik Story by : Michael Loman Teleplay by : Michael Loman and Chris Hayward January 29, 1978 (1978-01-29) 166661 39 15 "Love Me, Love My Horse" William Asher Tom Whedon February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05) 166678 40 16 "The Reporter" Dennis Steinmetz Michael Loman February 12, 1978 (1978-02-12) 166663 41 17 "Florence of Arabia" Kim Friedman Tom Whedon February 19, 1978 (1978-02-19) 166680 42 18 "The Cuban Connection" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx February 26, 1978 (1978-02-26) 166681 43 19 "Mel's Big Five-0" William Asher Warren S. Murray March 5, 1978 (1978-03-05) 166679 44 20 "Don't Lock Now" William Asher Tom Whedon March 12, 1978 (1978-03-12) 166682 45 21 "The Star in the Storeroom" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx March 19, 1978 (1978-03-19) 166683 46 22 "The Bus" Marc Daniels Story by : Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Erik Tarloff March 26, 1978 (1978-03-26) 166664 47 23 "Mel's Recession" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02) 166684 48 24 "Earthquake" Noam Pitlik Story by : Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Chris Hayward and Gary Markowitz April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) 166662

### Season 3 (1978–79)

Main article: [Alice season 3](/source/Alice_season_3)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 49 1 "Take Him, He's Yours" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx September 24, 1978 (1978-09-24) 166803 50 2 "Car Wars" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx October 1, 1978 (1978-10-01) 166801 51 3 "Citizen Mel" William Asher Charles Isaacs October 8, 1978 (1978-10-08) 166807 52 4 "Vera's Popcorn Romance" William Asher Tom Whedon October 15, 1978 (1978-10-15) 166808 53 5 "Block Those Kicks" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx October 22, 1978 (1978-10-22) 166804 54 6 "What Happened to the Class of '78?" William Asher Tom Whedon October 29, 1978 (1978-10-29) 166806 55 7 "Better Never Than Late" William Asher Tom Whedon November 5, 1978 (1978-11-05) 166802 56 8 "Mel's in a Family Way" William Asher Story by : Jerry Winnick Teleplay by : Jerry Winnick and Tom Whedon November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11) 166809 57 9 "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?" William Asher Tom Whedon November 19, 1978 (1978-11-19) 166810 58 10 "The Happy Hoofers" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx November 26, 1978 (1978-11-26) 166812 59 11 "A Slight Case of ESP" William Asher Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin December 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) 166811 60 12 "The Principal of the Thing" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx December 10, 1978 (1978-12-10) 166805 61 13 "What're You Doing New Year's Eve?" Marc Daniels Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman December 31, 1978 (1978-12-31) 166819 62 14 "Sweet Charity" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 14, 1979 (1979-01-14) 166813 63 15 "The Fourth Time Around" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 21, 1979 (1979-01-21) 166815 64 16 "Tommy's First Love" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 28, 1979 (1979-01-28) 166816 65 17 "Mel Grows Up" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx February 4, 1979 (1979-02-04) 166818 66 18 "Vera's Broken Heart" Lee Lochhead Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon February 18, 1979 (1979-02-18) 166814 67 19 "Alice's Decision" Lee Lochhead Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon February 25, 1979 (1979-02-25) 166817 68 20 "The Last Stow It" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx March 11, 1979 (1979-03-11) 166821 69 21 166822 70 22 "If the Shoe Fits" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon and Charles Isaacs March 18, 1979 (1979-03-18) 166820 71 23 "My Fair Vera" William Asher Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx March 25, 1979 (1979-03-25) 166823 72 24 "Flo Finds Her Father" William Asher Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman April 1, 1979 (1979-04-01) 166824

### Season 4 (1979–80)

Main article: [Alice season 4](/source/Alice_season_4)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 73 1 "Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs and Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx September 23, 1979 (1979-09-23) 166936 74 2 "Mona Lisa Alice" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs September 30, 1979 (1979-09-30) 166932 75 3 "Mel Loves Marie" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx October 7, 1979 (1979-10-07) 166931 76 4 "Vera Robs the Cradle" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx October 21, 1979 (1979-10-21) 166933 77 5 "Flo's Chili Reception" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx October 28, 1979 (1979-10-28) 166934 78 6 "Little Alice Bluenose" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs November 4, 1979 (1979-11-04) 166937 79 7 "Carrie Sharples Strikes Again" Lee Lochhead Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx November 11, 1979 (1979-11-11) 166940 80 8 "Mel's in the Kitchen with Dinah" Norman Abbott Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs November 18, 1979 (1979-11-18) 166938 81 9 "Cabin Fever" Marc Daniels Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox December 2, 1979 (1979-12-02) 166935 82 10 "My Cousin, Art Carney" Lee Lochhead Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs December 9, 1979 (1979-12-09) 166942 83 11 "Mel, the Magi" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon December 23, 1979 (1979-12-23) 166945 84 12 "Good Buddy Flo" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo January 6, 1980 (1980-01-06) 166943 85 13 "Alice in TV Land" Norman Abbott Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx January 13, 1980 (1980-01-13) 166939 86 14 "Alice Beats the Clock" Marc Daniels Katherine Green January 27, 1980 (1980-01-27) 166946 87 15 "Carrie's Wedding" Gary Shimokawa Mark Egan & Mark Solomon February 3, 1980 (1980-02-03) 166941 88 16 "My Funny Valentine Tux" Marc Daniels Tom Whedon & Charles Isaacs February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) 166947 89 17 "Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx February 17, 1980 (1980-02-17) 166944 90 18 "Flo's Farewell" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx February 24, 1980 (1980-02-24) 166948 91 19 "For Whom the Belle Toils" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo March 2, 1980 (1980-03-02) 166949 92 20 "One Too Many Girls" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx March 9, 1980 (1980-03-09) 166950 93 21 "Vera, the Vamp" Linda Lavin and Lee Lochhead Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo March 16, 1980 (1980-03-16) 166951 94 22 "Profit Without Honor" Lee Lochhead Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx March 23, 1980 (1980-03-23) 166952 95 23 "Cook's Tour" Linda Lavin and Lee Lochhead Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo March 30, 1980 (1980-03-30) 166953 96 24 "Here Comes Alice Cottontail" Marc Daniels Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx April 6, 1980 (1980-04-06) 166954

### Season 5 (1980–81)

Main article: [Alice season 5](/source/Alice_season_5)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 97 1 "Mel and the Green Machine" Lee Lochhead Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo November 2, 1980 (1980-11-02) 167201 98 2 "Dog Day Evening" Marc Daniels George Arthur Bloom November 9, 1980 (1980-11-09) 167202 99 3 "Hello Vegas, Goodbye Diner" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon (part 1) November 16, 1980 (1980-11-16) 167203–167204 100 4 Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo (part 2) 101 5 "Vera's Aunt Agatha" Marc Daniels Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx November 23, 1980 (1980-11-23) 167205 102 6 "Tommy's TKO" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo November 30, 1980 (1980-11-30) 167206 103 7 "The New Improved Mel" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon December 7, 1980 (1980-12-07) 167207 104 8 "Carrie Sings the Blues" Christine Ballard & Linda Lavin Mark Egan & Mark Solomon December 21, 1980 (1980-12-21) 167208 105 9 "Henry's Bitter Half" Lee Lochhead Mark Egan & Mark Solomon January 4, 1981 (1981-01-04) 167209 106 10 "Alice Locks Belle Out" Nick Havinga Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) 167210 107 11 "Vera Goes Out on a Limb" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo January 18, 1981 (1981-01-18) 167211 108 12 "The Jerry Reed Fish Story" Marc Daniels Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx February 1, 1981 (1981-02-01) 167214 109 13 "Bye Bye, Birdie" Marc Daniels George Arthur Bloom February 8, 1981 (1981-02-08) 167213 110 14 "Alice's Son, the Drop-Out" Marc Daniels Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx February 15, 1981 (1981-02-15) 167212 111 15 "Carrie Chickens Out" Marc Daniels Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx February 22, 1981 (1981-02-22) 167215 112 16 "Macho, Macho Mel" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon March 8, 1981 (1981-03-08) 167216 113 17 "The Great Escape" Marc Daniels Vic Rauseo & Linda Morris and Mark Egan & Mark Solomon March 15, 1981 (1981-03-15) 167217 114 18 "Alice Strikes Up the Band" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon March 29, 1981 (1981-03-29) 167218 115 19 "Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?" Marc Daniels Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx April 5, 1981 (1981-04-05) 167219 116 20 "Baby Makes Five" Christine Ballard & Linda Lavin Charles Isaacs & Tom Whedon May 3, 1981 (1981-05-03) 167220

### Season 6 (1981–82)

Main article: [Alice season 6](/source/Alice_season_6)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 117 1 "Bet a Million, Mel" Nick Havinga Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx October 4, 1981 (1981-10-04) 167462 118 2 "Guinness on Tap" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11) 167467 119 3 "Comrade Mel" Marc Daniels Prudence Fraser & Robert Sternin October 18, 1981 (1981-10-18) 167466 120 4 "Alice's Halloween Surprise" Marc Daniels Gail Honigberg October 25, 1981 (1981-10-25) 167464 121 5 "Alice's Big Four-Oh!" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo November 8, 1981 (1981-11-08) 167463 122 6 "Mel's Cousin, Wendell" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo & Mark Solomon November 15, 1981 (1981-11-15) 167222 123 7 "Vera's Bouncing Check" Marc Daniels Bob Brunner & Ken Hecht November 29, 1981 (1981-11-29) 167221 124 8 "After Mel's Gone" Stockton Briggle Bob Bruner & Ken Hecht December 6, 1981 (1981-12-06) 167465 125 9 "Mel's Christmas Carol" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo December 20, 1981 (1981-12-20) 167474 126 10 "The Wild One" Marc Daniels Mike Weinberger December 27, 1981 (1981-12-27) 167461 127 11 "Alice Calls the Shots" Marc Daniels Gail Honigberg January 3, 1982 (1982-01-03) 167469 128 12 "Not with My Niece You Don't" John Pasquin Chet Dowling & Sandy Krinsky January 17, 1982 (1982-01-17) 167473 129 13 "Vera, Queen of Soaps" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon January 31, 1982 (1982-01-31) 167475 130 14 "Sharples vs. Sharples" Linda Day Mark Egan & Mark Solomon February 7, 1982 (1982-02-07) 167472 131 15 "The Valentine's Day Massacre" John Pasquin Mark Egan & Mark Solomon February 14, 1982 (1982-02-14) 167479 132 16 "The Best Little Waitress in the World" Mel Ferber Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo February 21, 1982 (1982-02-21) 167471 133 17 "Alice and the Acorns" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon March 7, 1982 (1982-03-07) 167470 134 18 "Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker" Marc Daniels Chet Dowling & Sandy Krinski March 14, 1982 (1982-03-14) 167476 135 19 "Mel Wins By a Nose" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo March 21, 1982 (1982-03-21) 167480 136 20 "Give My Regrets to Broadway" John Pasquin Gail Honigberg April 4, 1982 (1982-04-04) 167482 137 21 "Vera's Reunion Romance" Christine Ballard & Linda Lavin Mark Egan & Gail Honigberg & Mark Solomon April 11, 1982 (1982-04-11) 167485 138 22 "Monty Falls for Alice" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo & Mark Solomon April 18, 1982 (1982-04-18) 167468 139 23 "Spell Mel's" Marc Daniels Chet Dowling & Sandy Krinski May 2, 1982 (1982-05-02) 167477 140 24 "My Mother the Landlord" Marc Daniels Chet Dowling & Sandy Krinski May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16) 167481

### Season 7 (1982–83)

Main article: [Alice season 7](/source/Alice_season_7)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 141 1 "Sorry, Wrong Lips" Mel Ferber Howard Liebling & Lloyd Turner October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) 167625 142 2 "Do You Take This Waitress?" Christine Ballard & Linda Lavin Gail Honigberg October 13, 1982 (1982-10-13) 167478 143 3 "The Secret of Mel's Diner" Marc Daniels Chet Dowling & Sandy Krinski October 20, 1982 (1982-10-20) 167484 144 4 "Alice at the Palace" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon October 27, 1982 (1982-10-27) 167621 145 5 "Joel Grey Saves the Day" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon November 3, 1982 (1982-11-03) 167622 146 6 "Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving" Mel Ferber Gail Honigberg November 10, 1982 (1982-11-10) 167630 147 7 "Carrie on the Rebound" Marc Daniels Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson January 9, 1983 (1983-01-09) 167628 148 8 "Jolene's Brother Jonas" John Pasquin David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic January 16, 1983 (1983-01-16) 167626 149 9 "Alice Sees the Light" Marc Daniels Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28) 167637 150 10 "Vera the Virtuoso" Linda Lavin & John Pasquin Robert Getchell & David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic March 7, 1983 (1983-03-07) 167634 151 11 "Alice Faces the Music" Marc Daniels & Vic Tayback Robert Getchell & David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic March 14, 1983 (1983-03-14) 167639 152 12 "Tommy, the Jailbird" Mel Ferber Robert Getchell & David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic March 21, 1983 (1983-03-21) 167631 153 13 "Jolene and the Night Watchman" John Pasquin Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson March 28, 1983 (1983-03-28) 167641 154 14 "Mel's Dream Car" John Pasquin Barry Gold April 11, 1983 (1983-04-11) 167627 155 15 "Come Back Little Sharples" Mel Ferber Gail Honigberg April 17, 1983 (1983-04-17) 167638 156 16 "Vera, The Torch" John Pasquin Mark Egan & Mark Solomon April 24, 1983 (1983-04-24) 167642 157 17 "The Grass is Always Greener" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo May 1, 1983 (1983-05-01) 167629 158 18 "Tommy Fouls Out" Marc Daniels Michael Cassutt & Lew Levy May 15, 1983 (1983-05-15) 167623 159 19 "Vera on the Lam" Marc Daniels Barry Gold May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) 167632 160 20 "Mel's Cousin Wendy?" John Pasquin Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo May 29, 1983 (1983-05-29) 167640 161 21 "Sweet Erasable Mel" John Pasquin Betty Yahr June 5, 1983 (1983-06-05) 167635 162 22 "Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant" Mel Ferber Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson June 12, 1983 (1983-06-12) 167633 163 23 "Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag" Don Corvan & Linda Lavin Gail Honigberg September 18, 1983 (1983-09-18) 167636

### Season 8 (1983–84)

Main article: [Alice season 8](/source/Alice_season_8)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 164 1 "Mel is Hogg-Tied" John Pasquin Mark Egan & Mark Solomon October 2, 1983 (1983-10-02) 185206 165 2 "Vera's Secret Lover" Marc Daniels Gail Honigberg October 9, 1983 (1983-10-09) 167624 166 3 "Jolene Gets Her Wings" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo October 16, 1983 (1983-10-16) 185204 167 4 "Alice's Blind Date" Dolores Ferraro Bob Stevens October 23, 1983 (1983-10-23) 185203 168 5 "It Had to Be Mel" Marc Daniels Lindsay Harrison October 30, 1983 (1983-10-30) 185205 169 6 "The Over-the-Hill Girls" Tom Trbovich Mark Egan & Mark Solomon November 6, 1983 (1983-11-06) 185208 170 7 "Vera Gets Engaged" Marc Daniels Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson November 20, 1983 (1983-11-20) 185210 171 8 "Vera's Wedding" Marc Daniels Story by : Mark Solomon Teleplay by : Gail Honigberg November 20, 1983 (1983-11-20) 185211 172 9 "The Robot Wore Pink" Marc Daniels Peter Noah December 18, 1983 (1983-12-18) 185212 173 10 "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" Don Corbin & Linda Lavin Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson December 25, 1983 (1983-12-25) 185214 174 11 "Tommy Goes Overboard" Oz Scott Nick Gore & Jerry Jacobius January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) 185201 175 12 "Vera, the Horse Thief" John Pasquin Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson January 8, 1984 (1984-01-08) 185202 176 13 "Jolene Throws a Curve" Marc Daniels Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman January 15, 1984 (1984-01-15) 185213 177 14 "Lies My Mother Told Me" Marc Daniels Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman January 29, 1984 (1984-01-29) 185216 178 15 "Alice and the Devoted Dentist" Marc Daniels Duncan Scott McGibbon February 12, 1984 (1984-02-12) 185209 179 16 "Alice's Hot Air Romance" Marc Daniels Michael Cassutt March 4, 1984 (1984-03-04) 185220 180 17 "Dollars to Donuts" Oz Scott David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic March 11, 1984 (1984-03-11) 185207 181 18 "My Dinner with Debbie" Marc Daniels Mark Egan & Mark Solomon March 18, 1984 (1984-03-18) 185218 182 19 "Vera's Fine Feathered Friends" Marc Daniels David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic March 25, 1984 (1984-03-25) 185215 183 20 "Jolene is Stuck on Mel" Don Corvan & Linda Lavin Gail Honigberg April 1, 1984 (1984-04-01) 185219 184 21 "Don't Play it Again, Elliott" Marc Daniels & Nancy Walker Larry Balmagia April 15, 1984 (1984-04-15) 185221 185 22 "Mel Spins His Wheels" Marc Daniels Richard Marcus & Michael Poryes May 13, 1984 (1984-05-13) 185217 186 23 "Be It Ever So Crowded" Marc Daniels David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic May 20, 1984 (1984-05-20) 185222

### Season 9 (1984–85)

Main article: [Alice season 9](/source/Alice_season_9)

No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date Prod. code 187 1 "Romancing Mister Stone" Marc Daniels Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite October 14, 1984 (1984-10-14) 185574 188 2 "Space Sharples" Marc Daniels Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson October 28, 1984 (1984-10-28) 185577 189 3 "Big, Bad Mel" Marc Daniels David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic November 4, 1984 (1984-11-04) 185571 190 4 "Houseful of Hunnicutts" Don Corvan Lisa A. Bannick & Jack Carrerow November 18, 1984 (1984-11-18) 185576 191 5 "Tommy's Lost Weekend" Marc Daniels Story by : Arnold Schmidt Teleplay by : Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson November 25, 1984 (1984-11-25) 185578 192 6 "Undercover Mel" Marc Daniels Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo December 16, 1984 (1984-12-16) 185580 193 7 "Footloose Mel" Lee Shallat Chemel Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson December 23, 1984 (1984-12-23) 185573 194 8 "Vera's Anniversary Blues" Don Corvan Lisa A. Bannick & Jack Carrerow January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) 185579 195 9 "Kiss the Grill Goodbye" Nancy Walker Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) 185582 196 10 "Vera, the Nightbird" Don Corvan Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo January 22, 1985 (1985-01-22) 185581 197 11 "Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 1" Don Corvan David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) 185583 198 12 "Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 2" Don Corvan Story by : Mark Solomon & Mark Egan Teleplay by : Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson February 5, 1985 (1985-02-05) 185584 199 13 "The Night They Raided Debbie's" Nancy Walker Mark Egan & Mark Solomon February 6, 1985 (1985-02-06) 185575 200 14 "One on One" Don Corvan Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo March 5, 1985 (1985-03-05) 185585 201 15 "Vera's Grounded Gumshoe" Marc Daniels Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12) 185572 202 16 "Th-th-th-that's All, Folks" Don Corvan Bob Carroll Jr. & Madelyn Davis March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) 185586

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["1982-83 Ratings History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180118134355/http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/07/1982-83-top-30-soap-bubbles-rise.html). *TV Rating Guide (www.tvratingsguide.com)*. October 2017. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2019.

## External links

- [*Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071115/episodes) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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