Alice season 3
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| Alice | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 24, 1978 – April 1, 1979 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the third season of Alice.
Broadcast history[edit]
The season originally aired Sundays at 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) from September 24[1] to October 8, 1978,[2] at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) from October 15, 1978[3] to February 25, 1979[4] and at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) from March 11[5] to April 1, 1979.[6]
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | "Take Him, He's Yours" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | September 24, 1978 | 166803 | ||||||
| Mel bets Alice he can raise Tommy better than she can. | ||||||||||||
| 50 | 2 | "Car Wars" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 1, 1978 | 166801 | ||||||
| The girls buy a car from Mel that doesn't start. | ||||||||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Citizen Mel" | William Asher | Charles Isaacs | October 8, 1978 | 166807 | ||||||
| Mel identifies a criminal who assaulted his last witness. | ||||||||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Vera's Popcorn Romance" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | October 15, 1978 | 166808 | ||||||
| Vera is unwilling to let everyone meet the guy she met at the movies. | ||||||||||||
| 53 | 5 | "Block Those Kicks" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 22, 1978 | 166804 | ||||||
| Everyone at the diner tries to kick their bad habits. | ||||||||||||
| 54 | 6 | "What Happened to the Class of '78?" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | October 29, 1978 | 166806 | ||||||
| Flo attends night school, but her night life gets in the way of her studies. | ||||||||||||
| 55 | 7 | "Better Never Than Late" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | November 5, 1978 | 166802 | ||||||
| The diner is robbed while Mel sleeps in the storeroom. | ||||||||||||
| 56 | 8 | "Mel's in a Family Way" | William Asher | Story by : Jerry Winnick Teleplay by : Jerry Winnick and Tom Whedon | November 11, 1978 | 166809 | ||||||
| Alice invites Mel to dinner with her family, but he misinterprets his intentions. | ||||||||||||
| 57 | 9 | "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | November 19, 1978 | 166810 | ||||||
| Mel discovers that the turkeys he bought for Thanksgiving dinner at an orphanage are stolen. Guest starring James Cromwell, Joyce Bulifant and Corey Feldman & Nancy McKeon (Phillip McKeon's real life sister) as two of the orphans. | ||||||||||||
| 58 | 10 | "The Happy Hoofers" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | November 26, 1978 | 166812 | ||||||
| Alice gets a second job delivering singing telegrams, but it's making her late for the diner. | ||||||||||||
| 59 | 11 | "A Slight Case of ESP" | William Asher | Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin | December 3, 1978 | 166811 | ||||||
| Although he's skeptic about it, Mel looks for a way to exploit Vera's ability to predict the future. | ||||||||||||
| 60 | 12 | "The Principal of the Thing" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | December 10, 1978 | 166805 | ||||||
| Tommy does not approve of his mother dating his principal (Gary Collins). | ||||||||||||
| 61 | 13 | "What're You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Marc Daniels | Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman | December 31, 1978 | 166819 | ||||||
| Flo doesn't have a date for New Year's Eve. | ||||||||||||
| 62 | 14 | "Sweet Charity" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 14, 1979 | 166813 | ||||||
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Alice's date (Ron Rifkin) has two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants them. Note: This episode was supposed to air one week earlier, but due to CBS's coverage of the 1978 NFC Championship running long, it was pushed back one week later, despite CBS running promotions for the episode during the game. | ||||||||||||
| 63 | 15 | "The Fourth Time Around" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 21, 1979 | 166815 | ||||||
| Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) think about getting married, even though it would be the fourth marriage for both of them. | ||||||||||||
| 64 | 16 | "Tommy's First Love" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 28, 1979 | 166816 | ||||||
| Alice is upset with Tommy for using the phone too much to speak with his first crush (Olivia Barash). Guest starring Bruce Kirby as Mr. Lloyd, Melissa's father. | ||||||||||||
| 65 | 17 | "Mel Grows Up" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | February 4, 1979 | 166818 | ||||||
| Mel's pushy mother (Martha Raye) spends the winter near him. | ||||||||||||
| 66 | 18 | "Vera's Broken Heart" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon | February 18, 1979 | 166814 | ||||||
| Vera is left with a broken heart when her boyfriend says he's marrying someone else. | ||||||||||||
| 67 | 19 | "Alice's Decision" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon | February 25, 1979 | 166817 | ||||||
| Alice must decide what to do with Tommy when she's offered a chance at singing on the road. | ||||||||||||
| 68 | 20 | "The Last Stow It" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 11, 1979 | 166821 | ||||||
| 69 | 21 | 166822 | ||||||||||
| Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment after selling the diner to a humorless restaurateur (Hans Conried). | ||||||||||||
| 70 | 22 | "If the Shoe Fits" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon and Charles Isaacs | March 18, 1979 | 166820 | ||||||
| Alice and Vera are up for the same part in a play being cast by a handsome director. | ||||||||||||
| 71 | 23 | "My Fair Vera" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 25, 1979 | 166823 | ||||||
| Vera is asked to audition for a supermarket commercial. The Lennon Sisters make a cameo. | ||||||||||||
| 72 | 24 | "Flo Finds Her Father" | William Asher | Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman | April 1, 1979 | 166824 | ||||||
| Flo's father (Forrest Tucker) comes back into her life long after abandoning her when she was a child. | ||||||||||||