Alice: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Alice Season 1.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Second Time 'Round
Oct 2, 1977 · 30 min
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.
The Indian Taker
Oct 9, 1977 · 30 min
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.
86 the Waitresses
Oct 23, 1977 · 30 min
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.
Alice by Moonlight
Oct 30, 1977 · 30 min
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.
Single Belles
Nov 6, 1977 · 30 min
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.
The Sixty Minutes Man
Nov 13, 1977 · 30 min
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.
That Old Back Magic
Dec 4, 1977 · 30 min
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.
Love is Sweeping the Counter
Dec 11, 1977 · 30 min
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.
A Semi-Merry Christmas
Dec 18, 1977 · 30 min
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
Oh! George Burns
Jan 1, 1978 · 30 min
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!
The Eyes of Texas
Jan 8, 1978 · 30 min
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
Love is a Free Throw
Jan 15, 1978 · 30 min
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Jan 22, 1978 · 30 min
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
The Pharmacist
Jan 29, 1978 · 30 min
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.
Love Me, Love My Horse
Feb 5, 1978 · 30 min
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).
The Reporter
Feb 12, 1978 · 30 min
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.
Florence of Arabia
Feb 19, 1978 · 30 min
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.
The Cuban Connection
Feb 26, 1978 · 30 min
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
Mel's Big Five-0
Mar 5, 1978 · 30 min
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.
Don't Lock Now
Mar 12, 1978 · 30 min
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.
The Star in the Storeroom
Mar 19, 1978 · 30 min
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.
The Bus
Mar 26, 1978 · 30 min
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.
Earthquake
Apr 9, 1978 · 30 min
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.