7.7/10 73 votes#1 - Take Him, He's Yours
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1978
Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 73 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.7/10 65 votes
#3 - Citizen Mel
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1978
Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 67 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.2/10 80 votes
#5 - 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
- 7.3/10 61 votes
#6 - What Happened to the Class of '78?
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1978
Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.9/10 83 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.6/10 62 votes
#8 - Mel's in a Family Way
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1978
Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.2/10 75 votes
#9 - Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1978
Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.3/10 57 votes
#10 - The Happy Hoofers
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1978
Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 69 votes
#11 - A Slight Case of ESP
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1978
Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 64 votes
#12 - 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
- 8.2/10 69 votes
#13 - 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
- 6.8/10 65 votes
#14 - Sweet Charity
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1979
Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 64 votes
#15 - The Fourth Time Around
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1979
Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 63 votes
#16 - Tommy's First Love
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1979
Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 60 votes
#17 - Mel Grows Up
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1979
Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 59 votes
#18 - Vera's Broken Heart
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1979
Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 62 votes
#19 - Alice's Decision
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.8/10 59 votes
#20 - The Last Stow It (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1979
Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 59 votes
#21 - The Last Stow It (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1979
Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 58 votes
#22 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1979
Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Tom Whedon
- 7.0/10 58 votes
#23 - My Fair Vera
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/25/1979
Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 66 votes
#24 - Flo Finds Her Father
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 4/1/1979
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.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Alice Season 3
Every episode of Alice Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alice Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Take Him, He's Yours" is the best rated episode of "Alice" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1978. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Car Wars".