Season 3

E1. Take Him, He's Yours

Sep 24, 1978 · 30m

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

E2. Car Wars

Oct 1, 1978 · 30m

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

E3. Citizen Mel

Oct 8, 1978 · 30m

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

E4. Vera's Popcorn Romance

Oct 15, 1978 · 30m

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

E5. Block Those Kicks

Oct 22, 1978 · 30m

The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

E6. What Happened to the Class of '78?

Oct 29, 1978 · 30m

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

E7. Better Never Than Late

Nov 5, 1978 · 30m

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

E8. Mel's in a Family Way

Nov 11, 1978 · 30m

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

E9. Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

Nov 19, 1978 · 30m

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

E10. The Happy Hoofers

Nov 26, 1978 · 30m

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

E11. A Slight Case of ESP

Dec 3, 1978 · 30m

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

E12. The Principal of the Thing

Dec 10, 1978 · 30m

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

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

Dec 31, 1978 · 30m

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

E14. Sweet Charity

Jan 14, 1979 · 30m

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

E15. The Fourth Time Around

Jan 21, 1979 · 30m

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

Jan 28, 1979 · 30m

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

E17. Mel Grows Up

Feb 5, 1979 · 30m

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

E18. Vera's Broken Heart

Feb 18, 1979 · 30m

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

E19. Alice's Decision

Feb 25, 1979 · 30m

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)

Mar 11, 1979 · 30m

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)

Mar 11, 1979 · 30m

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

E22. If the Shoe Fits

Mar 18, 1979 · 30m

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

E23. My Fair Vera

Mar 25, 1979 · 30m

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

Apr 1, 1979 · 30m

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.