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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!

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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Network:CBS

Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Romancing Mister Stone" is the best rated episode of "Alice" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Marc Daniels and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/1984. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Space Sharples".

  • Romancing Mister Stone
    7.5/1053 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

  • Space Sharples
    7.2/1055 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

  • Big, Bad Mel
    7.8/1056 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

  • Houseful of Hunnicutts
    6.7/1051 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

  • Tommy's Lost Weekend
    7.6/1056 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

  • Undercover Mel
    7.6/1053 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

  • Footloose Mel
    7.6/1056 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

  • Vera's Anniversary Blues
    6.5/1060 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

  • Kiss the Grill Goodbye
    7.5/1053 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

  • Vera, the Nightbird
    7.9/1057 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

  • Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
    7.6/1051 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

  • Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
    7.4/1053 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

  • The Night They Raided Debbie's
    6.5/1052 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

  • One on One
    6.5/1048 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

  • Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
    7.5/1047 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

  • Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
    8.0/1075 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