The Best Episodes of Alice Season 7

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

Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Michael Cassutt

There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: N/A

Joel Grey walks out after producer Mel turns a revue about New York into a desert musical with tunes like ""Two Tootsies from Tucson"" and ""Ramona from Arizona.""

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: N/A

In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo

Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Bob Bendetson

The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: N/A

Joel Grey offers his services gratis as the leading man in a musical revue bankrolled by Mel and featuring Alice. Mel, however, has never heard of Grey and gives the role to his bookie.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: N/A

Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: Bob Bendetson

Mel has had it up to his keister with the way things are going so he absconds to his apartment for a beer and pizza binge.

Director: Mel Ferber

Writer: N/A

After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: N/A

Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: N/A

Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: N/A

Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.

Director: Mel Ferber

Writer: N/A

Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.

Director: Mel Ferber

Writer: Bob Bendetson

To steal a competitor's secret sauce recipe, Mel persuades his cousin to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a Burger Baby.

Director: John Pasquin

Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo

Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Bob Bendetson

Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.

Director: Mel Ferber

Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman