Alice: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Alice Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
Sep 23, 1979
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
Mona Lisa Alice
Sep 30, 1979
Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.
Mel Loves Marie
Oct 7, 1979
Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
Vera Robs the Cradle
Oct 21, 1979
Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
Flo's Chili Reception
Oct 28, 1979
Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
Little Alice Bluenose
Nov 4, 1979
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
Nov 11, 1979
The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.
Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
Nov 18, 1979
Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.
Cabin Fever
Dec 2, 1979
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
My Cousin, Art Carney
Dec 9, 1979
Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.
Mel, the Magi
Dec 23, 1979
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
Good Buddy Flo
Jan 6, 1980
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
Alice in TV Land
Jan 13, 1980
Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
Alice Beats the Clock
Jan 27, 1980
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
Carrie's Wedding
Feb 3, 1980
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
My Funny Valentine Tux
Feb 10, 1980
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
Feb 17, 1980
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
Flo's Farewell
Feb 24, 1980
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
For Whom the Belle Toils
Mar 2, 1980
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music wr
One Too Many Girls
Mar 9, 1980
The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
Vera, the Vamp
Mar 16, 1980
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
Profit Without Honor
Mar 23, 1980
Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
Cook's Tour
Mar 30, 1980
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
Here Comes Alice Cottontail
Apr 6, 1980
Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.