| Alice: Season 3 | ||||
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| Season 3 box cover | ||||
| First episode aired: | ||||
| "Car Wars", aired October 1, 1978 | ||||
| Season finale aired: | ||||
| "Flo Finds Her Father", on April 1, 1979 | ||||
| Episodes aired: | ||||
| 24 aired during Season 3 | ||||
| Network | ||||
| CBS-TV | ||||
| Previous Season: | ||||
| Season 2 | ||||
| Next Season: | ||||
| Season 4 | ||||
This is a list of episodes for the third season of Alice.
Broadcast history[]
The season originally aired Sundays at 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) from September 24[1] to October 8, 1978,[2] at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) from October 15, 1978[3] to February 25, 1979[4] and at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) from March 11[5] to April 1, 1979.[6]
Season 3 (1978-79)[]
| Season 3 episodes | ||||||
| No. | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod.code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | "Take Him, He's Yours" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | September 24, 1978 | 166803 |
| Mel bets Alice he can raise Tommy better than she can. | ||||||
| 50 | 2 | "Car Wars" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 1, 1978 | 166801 |
| The girls buy a car from Mel that doesn't start. | ||||||
| 51 | 3 | "Citizen Mel" | William Asher | Charles Isaacs | October 8, 1978 | 166807 |
| Mel identifies a criminal who assaulted his last witness. | ||||||
| 52 | 4 | "Vera's Popcorn Romance" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | October 15, 1978 | 166808 |
| Vera is unwilling to let everyone meet the guy she met at the movies. | ||||||
| 53 | 5 | "Block Those Kicks" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | October 22, 1978 | 166804 |
| Everyone at the diner tries to kick their bad habits. | ||||||
| 54 | 6 | "What Happened to the Class of '78?" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | October 29, 1978 | 166806 |
| Flo attends night school, but her night life gets in the way of her studies. | ||||||
| 55 | 7 | "Better Never Than Late" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | November 5, 1978 | 166802 |
| The diner is robbed while Mel sleeps in the storeroom. | ||||||
| 56 | 8 | "Mel's in a Family Way" | William Asher | Teleplay: Jerry Winnick and Tom Whedon
Story: Jerry Winnick |
November 12, 1978 | 166809 |
| Alice invites Mel to dinner with her family, but he misinterprets his intentions. | ||||||
| 57 | 9 | "Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | November 19, 1978 | 166810 |
| Mel discovers that the turkeys he bought for Thanksgiving dinner at an orphanage are stolen. Guest starring James Cromwell, Joyce Bulifant and Corey Feldman & Nancy McKeon as two of the orphans. | ||||||
| 58 | 10 | "The Happy Hoofers" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | November 26, 1978 | 166812 |
| Alice gets a second job delivering singing telegrams, but it's making her late for the diner. | ||||||
| 59 | 11 | "A Slight Case of ESP" | William Asher | Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin | December 3, 1978 | 166811 |
| Although he's skeptic about it, Mel looks for a way to exploit Vera's ability to predict the future. | ||||||
| 60 | 12 | "The Principal of the Thing" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | December 10, 1978 | 166805 |
| Tommy does not approve of his mother dating his principal (Gary Collins). | ||||||
| 61 | 13 | "What're You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Marc Daniels | Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman | December 31, 1978 | 166819 |
| Flo doesn't have a date for New Year's Eve. | ||||||
| 62 | 14 | "Sweet Charity" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 14, 1979 | 166813 |
| Alice's date (Ron Rifkin) has two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants them. | ||||||
| 63 | 15 | "The Fourth Time Around" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 21, 1979 | 166815 |
| Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) think about getting married, even though it would be the fourth marriage for both of them. | ||||||
| 64 | 16 | "Tommy's First Love" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 28, 1979 | 166816 |
| Alice is upset with Tommy for using the phone too much to speak with his first crush (Olivia Barash). Guest starring Bruce Kirby as Mr. Lloyd, Melissa's father. | ||||||
| 65 | 17 | "Mel Grows Up" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | February 4, 1979 | 166818 |
| Mel's pushy mother Carrie (Martha Raye) spends the winter near him. | ||||||
| 66 | 18 | "Vera's Broken Heart" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon | February 18, 1979 | 166814 |
| Vera is left with a broken heart when her boyfriend says he's marrying someone else. | ||||||
| 67 | 19 | "Alice's Decision" | Lee Lochhead | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon | February 25, 1979 | 166817 |
| Alice must decide what to do with Tommy when she's offered a chance at singing on the road. | ||||||
| 68 69 |
20 21 |
"The Last Stow It" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 11, 1979 | 166821 166822 |
| Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment after selling the diner to a humorless restaurateur (Hans Conried). | ||||||
| 70 | 22 | "If the Shoe Fits" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon and Charles Isaacs | March 18, 1979 | 166820 |
| Alice and Vera are up for the same part in a play being cast by a handsome director. | ||||||
| 71 | 23 | "My Fair Vera" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 25, 1979 | 166823 |
| Vera is asked to audition for a supermarket commercial. | ||||||
| 72 | 24 | "Flo Finds Her Father" | William Asher | Dawn Aldredge & Marion C. Freeman | April 1, 1979 | 166824 |
| Flo's father (Forrest Tucker) comes back into her life long after abandoning her when she was a child. | ||||||
References[]
| Alice (TV series) | |
| Seasons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 | |
| Flo (TV series) | |
| Seasons: 1 - 2 |