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The Best Episodes of Alice

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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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  1. Background image for A Semi-Merry Christmas
    8.1/10(86 votes)

    #1 - A Semi-Merry Christmas

    S2:E9

    Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Tom Whedon
  2. Background image for Block Those Kicks
    8.1/10(82 votes)

    #2 - Block Those Kicks

    S3:E5

    The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    #3 - What're You Doing New Year's Eve?

    S3:E13

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

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for A Piece of the Rock
    7.9/10(103 votes)

    #4 - A Piece of the Rock

    S1:E3

    Alice meets her late husband's beneficiary.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Principal of the Thing
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #5 - The Principal of the Thing

    S3:E12

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

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    #6 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Tom Whedon
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  8. Background image for Cabin Fever
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #7 - Cabin Fever

    S4:E9

    Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

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  9. Background image for My Cousin, Art Carney
    7.8/10(71 votes)

    #8 - My Cousin, Art Carney

    S4:E10

    Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tom Whedon
  10. Background image for Mel, the Magi
    7.8/10(69 votes)

    #9 - Mel, the Magi

    S4:E11

    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.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Mel and the Green Machine
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #10 - Mel and the Green Machine

    S5:E1

    An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.

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  12. Background image for Vegas (1)
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    #11 - Vegas (1)

    S5:E3

    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.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Tommy's T.K.O.
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    #12 - Tommy's T.K.O.

    S5:E6

    Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.

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  14. Background image for Alice's Halloween Surprise
    7.8/10(70 votes)

    #13 - Alice's Halloween Surprise

    S6:E4

    On Halloween, Alice's latest heartthrob asks her to shepherd his four kids for the evening.

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    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
    7.8/10(75 votes)

    #14 - Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

    S9:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Eyes of Texas
    7.7/10(74 votes)

    #15 - The Eyes of Texas

    S2:E11

    Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

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    Director:Kim Friedman
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
    7.7/10(84 votes)

    #16 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

    S2:E13

    Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Not with My Niece You Don't
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #17 - Not with My Niece You Don't

    S6:E12

    Mel gives Tommy advice on how to charm the ladies, which Tommy promptly applies to Mel's niece.

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    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Alice Gets a Pass
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #18 - Alice Gets a Pass

    S1:E2

    Alice falls for an ex-football player, who is now an actor.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Bundle
    7.6/10(80 votes)

    #19 - The Bundle

    S1:E23

    A Bag full of money is found in the diner, and Alice is the only one who wants to find the owner.

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    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Car Wars
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #20 - Car Wars

    S3:E2

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

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Better Never Than Late
    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #21 - Better Never Than Late

    S3:E7

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

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Tom Whedon
  23. Background image for Good Buddy Flo
    7.6/10(70 votes)

    #22 - Good Buddy Flo

    S4:E12

    Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

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  24. Background image for Sorry, Wrong Lips
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #23 - Sorry, Wrong Lips

    S7:E1

    Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.

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    Director:Mel Ferber
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Last Review
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #24 - The Last Review

    S1:E6

    A famous food critic dies in Mel's Diner, which freaks out everyone.

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  26. Background image for Vera's Mortician
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #25 - Vera's Mortician

    S1:E14

    Vera's boyfriend might very well be a married man.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"A Semi-Merry Christmas" is the best rated episode of "Alice". It scored 8.1/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Marc Daniels and written by Tom Whedon, it aired on 12/18/1977. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Block Those Kicks".