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Episode 1: Mel and the Green Machine
1980-11-0230 min
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
Season guide
Alice Season 5 — Episodes and Where to Watch
20 episodes · first aired 1980-11-02
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Episode guide
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Episode 2: Dog Day Evening
1980-11-0930 min
After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs.
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Episode 3: Vegas (1)
1980-11-1630 min
Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck.
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Episode 4: Vegas (2)
1980-11-1630 min
Mel may get his diner back if Belle can get Robert Goulet to perform for a Las Vegas casino owner but when it seems she can't get him, Alice steps in and impersonates him.
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Episode 5: Vera's Aunt Agatha
1980-11-2330 min
Vera's Aunt Agatha, a freewheeling sexagenarian, makes a pit stop in Phoenix while motorcycling to Mexico. This prompts Vera to make a life altering decision, whether or not to ride off into the sunset with her aunt.
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Episode 6: Tommy's T.K.O.
1980-11-3030 min
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
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Episode 7: The New Improved Mel
1980-12-0730 min
The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.
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Episode 8: Carrie Sings the Blues
1980-12-2130 min
Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.
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Episode 9: Henry's Bitter Half
1981-01-0430 min
Henry's convinced that his wife of 20 years is suddenly being nice because she's having an affair, so he tells her he's having one too, with Alice.
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Episode 10: Alice Locks Belle Out
1981-01-1130 min
As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.
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Episode 11: Vera Goes Out On a Limb
1981-01-1830 min
Vera goes out on a limb to save a century old tree in front of the diner from being cut down for a road-widening project.
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Episode 12: The Jerry Reed Fish Story
1981-02-0130 min
The waitresses cut up a huge fish they find in the refrigerator, unaware that singer Jerry Reed had left it there until he could have it stuffed.
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Episode 13: Bye Bye, Birdie
1981-02-0830 min
Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.
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Episode 14: Alice's Son, the Drop-out
1981-02-1530 min
Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.
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Episode 15: Carrie Chickens Out
1981-02-2230 min
During a visit, Carrie plans to help out at the diner and cook but a fed up Mel kicks her out and she goes to work for a competitor.
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Episode 16: Macho, Macho Mel
1981-03-0830 min
When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.
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Episode 17: The Great Escape
1981-03-1530 min
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
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Episode 18: Alice Strikes Up the Band
1981-03-2930 min
Alice thinks she has found her main chance when she lands a gig singing at a big banquet with a 1940's theme and an influential audience of restaurant owners.
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Episode 19: Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?
1981-04-0530 min
Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend, Marie, jealous.
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Episode 20: Baby Makes Five
1981-05-0330 min
Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.
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