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The Best Episodes of Alice Season 3

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Network:CBS

Every episode of Alice Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alice Season 3!

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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  • Block Those Kicks
    8.2/10(81)
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    #1 - 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

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  • What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
    8.2/10(72)
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    #2 - 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

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  • The Principal of the Thing
    8.0/10(65)
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    #3 - 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

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  • Car Wars
    7.8/10(72)
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    #4 - 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

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  • Vera's Popcorn Romance
    7.8/10(65)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Better Never Than Late
    7.8/10(82)
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    #6 - 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

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  • Take Him, He's Yours
    7.7/10(71)
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    #7 - 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

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  • A Slight Case of ESP
    7.7/10(67)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Alice's Decision
    7.7/10(60)
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    #9 - 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

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  • The Last Stow It (1)
    7.7/10(56)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Citizen Mel
    7.6/10(63)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Last Stow It (2)
    7.6/10(56)
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    #12 - 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

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  • Mel's in a Family Way
    7.5/10(60)
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    #13 - 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

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  • Mel Grows Up
    7.5/10(58)
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    #14 - 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

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  • Flo Finds Her Father
    7.4/10(65)
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    #15 - 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

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  • What Happened to the Class of '78?
    7.3/10(59)
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    #16 - 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

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  • Vera's Broken Heart
    7.3/10(56)
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    #17 - 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

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  • If the Shoe Fits
    7.2/10(56)
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    #18 - 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

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  • Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
    7.1/10(74)
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    #19 - 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

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  • The Happy Hoofers
    7.1/10(55)
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    #20 - 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

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  • The Fourth Time Around
    7.1/10(62)
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    #21 - 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

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  • Tommy's First Love
    7.1/10(61)
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    #22 - 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

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  • Sweet Charity
    6.8/10(64)
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    #23 - 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

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  • My Fair Vera
    6.8/10(55)
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    #24 - 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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Block Those Kicks" is the best rated episode of "Alice" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by N/A, it aired on 10/22/1978. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "What're You Doing New Year's Eve?".