The Best Episodes of Alice Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.4/10(77 votes)

   #1 - The Second Time 'Round

   S2:E110/2/1977

   A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

   Director:Kim Friedman

   Writer:Tom Whedon

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   Director:Kim Friedman

   Writer:Tom Whedon
2. 

   5.8/10(78 votes)

   #2 - The Indian Taker

   S2:E210/9/1977

   A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Tom Whedon

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Tom Whedon
3. 

   6.5/10(74 votes)

   #3 - 86 the Waitresses

   S2:E310/23/1977

   Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Unknown
4. 

   6.8/10(68 votes)

   #4 - Alice by Moonlight

   S2:E410/30/1977

   Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

   Director:Kim Friedman

   Writer:Tom Whedon

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   Director:Kim Friedman

   Writer:Tom Whedon
5. 

   7.0/10(74 votes)

   #5 - Single Belles

   S2:E511/6/1977

   The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown
6. 

   7.3/10(67 votes)

   #6 - The Sixty Minutes Man

   S2:E611/13/1977

   Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

   Directors:George Tibbles, Kim Friedman

   Writers:George Tibbles, Tom Whedon

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   Directors:George Tibbles, Kim Friedman

   Writers:George Tibbles, Tom Whedon
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   7.6/10(76 votes)

   #7 - That Old Back Magic

   S2:E712/4/1977

   Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

   Director:William Asher

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:William Asher

   Writer:Unknown
8. 

   6.8/10(75 votes)

   #8 - Love is Sweeping the Counter

   S2:E812/11/1977

   Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

   Director:Kim Friedman

   Writer:Unknown

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   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   8.3/10(100 votes)

   #9 - A Semi-Merry Christmas

   S2:E912/18/1977

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

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Tom Whedon

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Tom Whedon
10. 

    7.4/10(78 votes)

    #10 - Oh! George Burns

    S2:E101/1/1978

    When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Seaman Jacobs

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    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Seaman Jacobs
11. 

    8.1/10(83 votes)

    #11 - The Eyes of Texas

    S2:E111/8/1978

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

    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
12. 

    6.0/10(73 votes)

    #12 - Love is a Free Throw

    S2:E121/15/1978

    An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Unknown
13. 

    8.2/10(88 votes)

    #13 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

    S2:E131/22/1978

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

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown
14. 

    6.5/10(71 votes)

    #14 - The Pharmacist

    S2:E141/29/1978

    A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

    Director:Noam Pitlik

    Writer:Chris Hayward

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    Director:Noam Pitlik

    Writer:Chris Hayward
15. 

    6.3/10(65 votes)

    #15 - Love Me, Love My Horse

    S2:E152/5/1978

    Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon
16. 

    6.9/10(71 votes)

    #16 - The Reporter

    S2:E162/12/1978

    An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
17. 

    6.8/10(73 votes)

    #17 - Florence of Arabia

    S2:E172/19/1978

    Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writer:Tom Whedon

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    Director:Kim Friedman

    Writer:Tom Whedon
18. 

    7.7/10(70 votes)

    #18 - The Cuban Connection

    S2:E182/26/1978

    Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown
19. 

    7.1/10(68 votes)

    #19 - Mel's Big Five-0

    S2:E193/5/1978

    To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Unknown
20. 

    7.2/10(84 votes)

    #20 - Don't Lock Now

    S2:E203/12/1978

    Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon
21. 

    6.5/10(62 votes)

    #21 - The Star in the Storeroom

    S2:E213/19/1978

    Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Unknown
22. 

    7.1/10(62 votes)

    #22 - The Bus

    S2:E223/26/1978

    Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Erik Tarloff
23. 

    7.1/10(65 votes)

    #23 - Mel's Recession

    S2:E234/2/1978

    Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Tom Whedon
24. 

    7.0/10(72 votes)

    #24 - Earthquake

    S2:E244/9/1978

    Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

    Director:Noam Pitlik

    Writers:Chris Hayward, Gary Markowitz

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    Director:Noam Pitlik

    Writers:Chris Hayward, Gary Markowitz