7.5/10 55 votes#1 - Romancing Mister Stone
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1984
Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 57 votes
#2 - Space Sharples
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/1984
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
- 7.8/10 58 votes
#3 - Big, Bad Mel
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/1984
Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
- 6.8/10 53 votes
#4 - Houseful of Hunnicutts
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1984
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: N/A
Writer: Jack Carrerow, Lisa A. Bannick
- 7.7/10 58 votes
#5 - Tommy's Lost Weekend
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/1984
Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 7.6/10 55 votes
#6 - Undercover Mel
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/1984
At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 7.6/10 57 votes
#7 - Footloose Mel
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/1984
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
- 6.5/10 62 votes
#8 - Vera's Anniversary Blues
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/1985
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: N/A
Writer: Jack Carrerow, Lisa A. Bannick
- 7.5/10 55 votes
#9 - Kiss the Grill Goodbye
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1985
Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.
Director: Nancy Walker
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 59 votes
#10 - Vera, the Nightbird
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/1985
Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 7.6/10 53 votes
#11 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1985
A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
- 7.4/10 55 votes
#12 - Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1985
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: N/A
Writer: Bob Bendetson
- 6.5/10 54 votes
#13 - The Night They Raided Debbie's
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1985
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: N/A
- 6.5/10 50 votes
#14 - One on One
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/1985
Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo
- 7.4/10 49 votes
#15 - Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/1985
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: N/A
- 8.1/10 77 votes
#16 - Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/1985
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Alice Season 9
Every episode of Alice Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Alice Season 9!
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Romancing Mister Stone" is the best rated episode of "Alice" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Marc Daniels and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/1984. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Space Sharples".