The Best Episodes of Alice Season 9

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.8/10(47 votes)

   #1 - Romancing Mister Stone

   S9:E110/14/1984

   Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Unknown

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2. 

   6.6/10(50 votes)

   #2 - Space Sharples

   S9:E210/28/1984

   Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Bob Bendetson

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Bob Bendetson
3. 

   7.4/10(51 votes)

   #3 - Big, Bad Mel

   S9:E311/4/1984

   Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
4. 

   5.9/10(45 votes)

   #4 - Houseful of Hunnicutts

   S9:E411/18/1984

   Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Lisa A. Bannick, Jack Carrerow

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   Writers:Lisa A. Bannick, Jack Carrerow
5. 

   7.4/10(51 votes)

   #5 - Tommy's Lost Weekend

   S9:E511/25/1984

   Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Bob Bendetson

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writer:Bob Bendetson
6. 

   7.1/10(47 votes)

   #6 - Undercover Mel

   S9:E612/16/1984

   At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.

   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo

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   Director:Marc Daniels

   Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
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7. 

   7.3/10(50 votes)

   #7 - Footloose Mel

   S9:E712/23/1984

   Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.

   Director:Lee Shallat Chemel

   Writer:Bob Bendetson

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   Director:Lee Shallat Chemel

   Writer:Bob Bendetson
8. 

   5.6/10(55 votes)

   #8 - Vera's Anniversary Blues

   S9:E81/8/1985

   Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Lisa A. Bannick, Jack Carrerow

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   Writers:Lisa A. Bannick, Jack Carrerow
9. 

   7.2/10(48 votes)

   #9 - Kiss the Grill Goodbye

   S9:E91/15/1985

   Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.

   Director:Nancy Walker

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Nancy Walker

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10. 

    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #10 - Vera, the Nightbird

    S9:E101/22/1985

    Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo

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    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
11. 

    6.9/10(45 votes)

    #11 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

    S9:E111/29/1985

    A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman

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    Writers:Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
12. 

    6.6/10(48 votes)

    #12 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

    S9:E122/5/1985

    Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Bob Bendetson

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    Writer:Bob Bendetson
13. 

    5.6/10(45 votes)

    #13 - The Night They Raided Debbie's

    S9:E132/6/1985

    Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.

    Director:Nancy Walker

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Nancy Walker

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14. 

    5.3/10(41 votes)

    #14 - One on One

    S9:E143/5/1985

    Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo

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    Writers:Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
15. 

    7.0/10(40 votes)

    #15 - Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

    S9:E153/12/1985

    After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.

    Director:Marc Daniels

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Marc Daniels

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16. 

    7.9/10(79 votes)

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

    S9:E163/19/1985

    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.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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