Alice season 9
| Alice | |
|---|---|
| Season 9 | |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 14, 1984 – March 19, 1985 |
| Season chronology | |
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2021) |
This is a list of episodes from the ninth and final season of Alice.
Starring
[edit]Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt, Vic Tayback as Mel Sharples, Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman Novak, Phillip McKeon as Tommy Hyatt, Charles Levin as Elliott Novak and Celia Weston as Jolene Hunnicutt
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 187 | 1 | "Romancing Mister Stone" | Marc Daniels | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | October 14, 1984 | 185574 |
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Jolene and Vera try to help Alice's love life by placing an ad in the personals. | ||||||
| 188 | 2 | "Space Sharples" | Marc Daniels | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | October 28, 1984 | 185577 |
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Mel thwarts a bank robbery while dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween. He is hailed as a hero, and soon takes to dressing as the hero everyday. | ||||||
| 189 | 3 | "Big, Bad Mel" | Marc Daniels | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | November 4, 1984 | 185571 |
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Mel buys a nursery school and plans to tear it down to make a parking lot. Guest star: Rue McClanahan | ||||||
| 190 | 4 | "Houseful of Hunnicutts" | Don Corvan | Lisa A. Bannick & Jack Carrerow | November 18, 1984 | 185576 |
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Jolene gets a visit from her father Big Jake (Gregory Walcott), five brothers, grandmother, and the family dog, all staying in her small apartment. She turns to Alice for advice on how to get them to leave. | ||||||
| 191 | 5 | "Tommy's Lost Weekend" | Marc Daniels | Story by : Arnold Schmidt Teleplay by : Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | November 25, 1984 | 185578 |
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Alice becomes concerned that Tommy has a drinking problem after he comes home with a Mohawk and a hazy memory of the night. | ||||||
| 192 | 6 | "Undercover Mel" | Marc Daniels | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | December 16, 1984 | 185580 |
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Elliot and Officer Maxwell enlist Mel's help as a decoy as they try to catch cattle rustlers. The waitresses may ruin the mission as they try to help Mel. | ||||||
| 193 | 7 | "Footloose Mel" | Lee Shallat Chemel | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | December 23, 1984 | 185573 |
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Mel offers the use of his diner for a planned locally televised performance by a dance group. When he kicks a group of "hoodlums" out of the diner, not realizing that they were the dancers, he now must try to get them to come back to the diner to perform. | ||||||
| 194 | 8 | "Vera's Anniversary Blues" | Don Corvan | Lisa A. Bannick & Jack Carrerow | January 8, 1985 | 185579 |
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Vera and Elliot's first wedding anniversary takes an unexpected turn when she's arrested. | ||||||
| 195 | 9 | "Kiss the Grill Goodbye" | Nancy Walker | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | January 15, 1985 | 185582 |
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Mel is forced to close the diner when a new restaurant opens up down the street. | ||||||
| 196 | 10 | "Vera, the Nightbird" | Don Corvan | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | January 22, 1985 | 185581 |
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Vera, trying to save up enough money for a video camera for Elliot's birthday, lands a second job as a nighttime radio disc jockey named "Nightbird", who turns on all the men in Phoenix, including Mel, who's in for a surprise when he finds out the sultry female DJ's identity. | ||||||
| 197 | 11 | "Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 1" | Don Corvan | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | January 29, 1985 | 185583 |
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Travis Marsh (Kip Niven), a famous country-music singer, who's a cousin of Vera's ex-fiance Steve, asks Alice to join him on his tour. Part 1 of two-part story. | ||||||
| 198 | 12 | "Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore: Part 2" | Don Corvan | Story by : Mark Solomon & Mark Egan Teleplay by : Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | February 5, 1985 | 185584 |
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Country music singer Travis Marsh and her writer boyfriend Nick (Michael Durrell) compete for Alice's affection as Travis whisks her off with him to go on tour in the Southwest as she finds that she still has some unfinished business to take care of in Phoenix. Part 2 and conclusion of two-part story. | ||||||
| 199 | 13 | "The Night They Raided Debbie's" | Nancy Walker | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | February 6, 1985 | 185575 |
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Vera and Elliot rent their spare room to Ms. Walden (Linda Lavin in dual role), their tyrannical one-time landlady. | ||||||
| 200 | 14 | "One on One" | Don Corvan | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | March 5, 1985 | 185585 |
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Mel offers to train Jolene when she decides to try out for a spot on a women's basketball team. | ||||||
| 201 | 15 | "Vera's Grounded Gumshoe" | Marc Daniels | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | March 12, 1985 | 185572 |
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Elliot quits the police force after he accidentally shoots himself. After trying different jobs, when he tries to settle on being a stay-at-home "house husband", his puttering around the house begins to drive Vera up the wall. | ||||||
| 202 | 16 | "Th-th-th-that's All, Folks" | Don Corvan | Bob Carroll Jr. & Madelyn Davis | March 19, 1985 | 185586 |
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Season and series finale: Vera announces she's pregnant as husband Elliot gets promoted to police detective, Jolene decides to open a beauty shop, and Alice sets off to be a singer. Mel is offered a bundle from a land developer to sell the diner and he decides to jump at the chance, even though Mel's Diner will be demolished. After the diner is sold, in a series of flashbacks the characters reflect on old times. | ||||||
Broadcast history
[edit]Alice began the season airing Sunday nights at 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) on October 14, 1984,[1] before it was moved to the 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) Tuesday night time slot on January 8, 1985, where it remained through February 5.[2][3] In airing a two-part episode story, it also aired the next evening, Wednesday February 6, before returning to its Tuesday night timeslot, where it remained for the remainder of the TV season.[4]