Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.

Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.

Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.

Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.

The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.

While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.

Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.

Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.

Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.

Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).

Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.

Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.

Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.

Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.

Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.

Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.

Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.

Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.