Episode 1
Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.
Episode 2
Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.
Episode 3
Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.
Episode 4
Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.
Episode 5
The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.
Episode 6
Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.
Episode 7
While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.
Episode 8
Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.
Episode 9
Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.
Episode 10
Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.
Episode 11
Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.
Episode 12
Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).
Episode 13
Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.
Episode 14
Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.
Episode 15
Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.
Episode 16
Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.
Episode 17
Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.
Episode 18
Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.
Episode 19
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.
Episode 20
Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.
Episode 21
Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.
Episode 22
Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).
Episode 23
Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.
Episode 24
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.