The series opens with innocent Vicki contemplating going out on a date with a pilot. She's even more worried about what's going to happen after the dinner, since she still is a virgin.

While her husband and children are away on a camping trip, Lois has Jan stay overnight due to the fact that a burglar has been terrorizing her neighborhood. It turns into a slumber party when Dot and Vicki insist on sleeping over as well but the fun quickly is dampened when the burglar makes an appearance.

Vicki's plans are ruined when tenants change their minds about moving out of an apartment which is to be hers. This prompts the other waitresses to talk Cassie into putting her up for a few days.

Vicki's father comes to town for a visit and Vicki is worried about his reaction to the skimpy outfits she must wear for work. However this worry pales in comparison to her discovering her dad and Nancy having a one night stand.

After having a big argument with her husband, Lois runs into her high school sweetheart who wants to pick up where they left off. When he gives Lois his hotel key, a concerned Dot and Vicki follow her and try to stop her from making what could be the biggest mistake of her life.

Jan wants to be able to afford to pay for ballet lessons for her daughter, so she picks up a second job, preparing invitations. However, her second job begins to interfere with her job at the restaurant which prompts Nancy to fire her.

Cassie is reluctant to stay with her latest boyfriend since falling in love is something that she is uncomfortable with. Meanwhile to impress him, she decides to cook a meal, with a little help from her fellow waitresses.

The staff must stay calm when a fire breaks out in the hotel a few floor below the restaurant. They must also try to keep the customers as calm as possible which proves difficult at times since the customers include a bickering married couple, a money grubbing televangilist and a man who's having an affair on his wife.

Jan makes a mistake when she accepts her economics professor's offer to go out on a date. However, when she tries to break off their romance, he hands her an ultimatum: sleep with me or I'll give you an F in the course.

Dot and Vicki begin dating the same man which only aggravates the situation at the restaurant where Nancy imposes a crash diet on Cassie and Jan.

Lois learns that an invitation to speak to her daughter's class about working mothers was prompted by her daughter's essay describing her as vice president of a bank. Meanwhile, Dot tries to cheer up an impotent Sonny.

Jan and Lois have a ongoing debate over the discovery of a girlie magazine in the possesion of Lois's son.

Nancy is unexpectedly fired from her hostess position at the restaurant. Her firing is not the only surprise as is the reason she was fired which forces her to come face to face with age discrimination.

The staff becomes infected with baseball fever, after a baseball team invades the restaurant.

Sonny is surprised when a woman from his past surprises him with news that she's been thinking about him for the past 10 years. However, he is flabbergasted to learn the reason she been thinking of him, he's the father of her 10-year-old child.

After Maggie is mugged, the waitress go to lengths to protect themselves and begin carrying mace. However, after Dot is targeted in the parking garage, she defends herself, but the mugger responds by taking her to court.

A wedding being held at the restaurant is interrupted when the groom spots an old flame across the room, Cassie.

Jan's ex-husband re-enters her life and fans an old flame in Jan, that she thought went out years ago.

The entire staff gets disheartening news when it is announced that the restaurant has been sold and will be turned into a fitness center. This leads everyone to face the reality and depression of unemployment lines, job applications and interviews. That is except Sonny, who has seemingly been hired at another restaurant.

Sonny's brother, Buddy, flies into town and instantly disrupts Sonny's life when he moves in with him. Buddy quickly becomes an unwelcome houseguest, one whom Sonny is hesitant to kick out.

The girls and especially Nancy make strenuous efforts to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wife leaves him.

A romance develops between 33 year old Jan and Maggie's 23 year old brother.

Dot's new play opens and the rest of the staff have no good reviews to give her.

Maggie is consumed with guilt after she begins a romance with a man, who happens to be the first man she's dated since her husband died. Meanwhile, cops stakeout the restaurant for bandits.

Gambling fever strikes after Jan overhears a tip from a jockey eating at the restaurant and her and Maggie begin betting. The others quickly become miffed at not being let in. Later, the jockey returns and Maggie overhears him order the special (number 7) and mistakes that number for the winner of the next race. All is well as that horse wins.

Dot's in the hospital with a relentless cheery roommate while the hotel is swamped with WWII veterans.

On the day of the biggest date of her life, Jan literally gets stuck at Maggie's garage sale.

New to the big city, Amy begins receiving a series of threatening messages from a stalker, something she is totally unprepared for after living her life in the country.

Cassie falls in love with a cowboy who is a millionaire and is shocked when she learns she also has to like him to be with him.

Amy gets a surprise visit from her father who has come to California to take his little girl back to Texas and away from her new city life.

Terrorists from a Third World country take the restaurant hostage.

Sonny thinks he has struck gold with a record company and quits his job at the restaurant in a big way.

Jan hits it off with a fan repair man who whisks her off her feet. Their relationship goes faster then she expected when he suddenly proposes.

A Russian, while visiting California, defects and locks himself in Cassie's locker, claiming he loves her.

A prom is scheduled to take place at the restaurant but when the entertainment doesn't show up, Dot takes over as the entertainment committee. Meanwhile, Jan has second thoughts about her engagement to Richie.

Jan and Richie's wedding may be postponed when the judge fails to appear and it seems that the honeymoon may be a threesome.

The President may visit the restaurant and everyone passes the security check, that is except Howard.

Dot serves jury duty and becomes the hold out juror. Meanwhile, Nancy and the other waitresses must deal with Dot's absence from work.

A sex discrimination suit is brought against the restaurant which forces Nancy to hire a obnoxious waiter.

Cassie's one night stand is a dream for her but it turns into a nightmare when she is publicly humiliated by the man's wife in the restaurant.

During a date, Nancy suffers a hernia and when her physician discovers it, he insists that she have it operated on immediately. However, an old phobia about hospitals surfaces and she flat out refuses treatment. Meanwhile, Amy tries to get the girls to go in on a shady vacation property venture.

A visiting princess becomes the target of terrorists who plan to make off with her extravagant diamond necklace. However, Dot accidentally intercepts a drugged napkin intended for the princess.

The girls are forced to stay late and take inventory. This leads each girl to tell a story about the worst date they ever had.

Cassie, desperate for a new place to live, temporarily moves in with Sonny, and the rumors fly.

Dot gets a noisy puppy after her cat dies and Sonny quits rather than miss a date with a roller derby queen.

Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her in every aspect of life.

Cassie questions a man for the reason why he constantly refuses to leave her a tip only to discover he works for the IRS and serves her with an audit. Meanwhile, Dot's latest boyfriend makes a public appeal for her love, keep seeing him or he will jump from the roof.

Dot's relationship with a cartoonist makes the papers when he uses her as a model for a new character in his comic strip.

Sonny contemplates his final days after dating a mobster's moll. The mobster found out and has made an appointment to visit Sonny.