Alice

Alice is not happy when she receives word that her mother-in-law, Rose Hyatt, is coming for a visit. She quickly gets annoyed at Rose's overbearing nature.

Alice is torn between letting her son be ``one of the boys`` and compromising her principles.

Alice and Flo play cupid for Vera when she becomes depressed that she is alone as her birthday approaches.

Alice resorts to burglary when she can't convince Mel that charity begins at home.

Mel falls for a hitchhiker, who decides to continue on to California, leaving Alice to console Mel. She soon finds that Mel may have moved on -- to her.

When Mel takes a trip to Las Vegas, he leaves the keys to his treasured car. Flo borrows the car for a quick errand, but gets in an accident. The waitresses try to hide the fact from Mel when he returns early.

A robbery heist goes awry for a clumsy inept robber must contend with a pregnant woman going into labor in the diner, a stuck cash register and a police stakeout.

Mel fires Alice when she takes a job as a singing messenger to finance Tommy's education.

Alice confronts a woman who has been stealing silverware form the diner, who puts a hex on her. Alice laughs it off at first, but then begins to question if there could be something to it.

Circumstances force Flo and Alice to temporarily become roommates.

Alice is shocked when an IRS agent shows up to tell her that her deceased husband owed back taxes and that she must pay them back in a week.

Alice discovers that Vera's new beau is married with a child, before she can tell Vera, she announces her engagement.

Mel has troubles with turkeys when he stays open on Thanksgiving.

Mel hires a man to work at the diner for more money than he is paying the waitresses.

Alice is moonlighting as a singer, and the lack of sleep is making her tardy.

Alice is given the chance to star in a television commercial for Mel's diner.

Alice, Flo, and Vera have a girls night out. At a singles bar Alice and Flo each meet a great guy, only to discover they have been talking to the same guy.

Alice discovers that one of the diner's regulars may be a gangster.

Alice must scrimp to come up with money for Tommy's braces and Mel needs a new refrigerator. Flo finds a paper bag with $40,000 cash in it and it seems everyone's money woes are over.

An elderly American Indian claims that the diner is built on his tribal burial grounds and announces that he has come there to die.

Alice encounters a flasher and Flo faces a handsome ex-husband who wants another divorce.