8.3/1082 votesLoading...#1 - A Semi-Merry Christmas
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/18/1977
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 8.2/1079 votesLoading...
#2 - Block Those Kicks
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1978
The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1069 votesLoading...
#3 - What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1978
Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1063 votesLoading...
#4 - Vegas (1)
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/1980
Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1072 votesLoading...
#6 - The Eyes of Texas
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1978
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1063 votesLoading...
#7 - The Principal of the Thing
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1978
Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1059 votesLoading...
#8 - Tommy's T.K.O.
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/1980
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 8.0/1061 votesLoading...
#9 - Not with My Niece You Don't
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1982
Mel gives Tommy advice on how to charm the ladies, which Tommy promptly applies to Mel's niece.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1076 votesLoading...
#10 - Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1985
On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1095 votesLoading...#11 - A Piece of the Rock
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1976
Alice meets her late husband's beneficiary.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1081 votesLoading...
#12 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1978
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1089 votesLoading...
#13 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1979
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.9/1067 votesLoading...
#14 - Cabin Fever
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1979
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford
- 7.9/1064 votesLoading...
#15 - Mel, the Magi
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/1979
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1075 votesLoading...
#16 - Good Buddy Flo
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1980
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 7.9/1067 votesLoading...
#17 - Mel and the Green Machine
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1980
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 7.9/1060 votesLoading...
#18 - Guinness on Tap
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1981
Determined to leave her mark on the world, Vera sets out to break the tap dancing endurance record.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1072 votesLoading...
#19 - Alice's Halloween Surprise
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1981
On Halloween, Alice's latest heartthrob asks her to shepherd his four kids for the evening.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1066 votesLoading...
#20 - Sorry, Wrong Lips
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1982
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Director: Mel Ferber
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1058 votesLoading...
#21 - Vera, the Nightbird
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1985
Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
7.8/1076 votesLoading...#22 - Vera's Mortician
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1976
Vera's boyfriend might very well be a married man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1072 votesLoading...
#23 - Car Wars
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1978
Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1066 votesLoading...
#24 - Vera's Popcorn Romance
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1978
Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.8/1082 votesLoading...
#25 - Better Never Than Late
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1978
While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
The Best Episodes of Alice
Every episode of Alice ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alice!
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the...
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Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"A Semi-Merry Christmas" is the best rated episode of "Alice". It scored 8.3/10 based on 82 votes. Directed by Marc Daniels and written by Tom Whedon, it aired on 12/18/1977. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Block Those Kicks".
