Alice: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
Sorry, Wrong Lips
Oct 6, 1982 · 30 min
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Do You Take . . . ?
Oct 13, 1982 · 30 min
Mel tries to outdo an old buddy who shows up boasting a track record of fast living and sporting a blonde on his arm as proof.
The Secret of Mel's Diner
Oct 20, 1982 · 30 min
There's gold in them there walls, or so Mel reckons after learning that the eccentric who built his diner left $20,000 stashed in another building.
Alice at the Palace
Oct 27, 1982 · 30 min
Joel Grey offers his services gratis as the leading man in a musical revue bankrolled by Mel and featuring Alice. Mel, however, has never heard of Grey and gives the role to his b
Joel Grey Saves the Day
Nov 3, 1982 · 30 min
Joel Grey walks out after producer Mel turns a revue about New York into a desert musical with tunes like ""Two Tootsies from Tucson"" and ""Ramona from Arizona.""
Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving
Nov 10, 1982 · 30 min
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
Carrie on the Rebound
Jan 9, 1983 · 30 min
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
Jolene's Brother Jonas
Jan 16, 1983 · 30 min
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
Alice Sees the Light
Feb 28, 1983 · 30 min
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
Vera the Virtuoso
Mar 7, 1983 · 30 min
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
Alice Faces the Music
Mar 14, 1983 · 30 min
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
Tommy, the Jailbird
Mar 21, 1983 · 30 min
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
Jolene and the Night Watchman
Mar 28, 1983 · 30 min
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
Mel's Dream Car
Apr 11, 1983 · 30 min
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
Come Back Little Sharples
Apr 17, 1983 · 30 min
Mel has had it up to his keister with the way things are going so he absconds to his apartment for a beer and pizza binge.
Vera, the Torch
Apr 24, 1983 · 30 min
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
The Grass is Always Greener
May 1, 1983 · 30 min
In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.
Tommy Fouls Out
May 15, 1983 · 30 min
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
Vera on the Lam
May 22, 1983 · 30 min
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
Mel's Cousin Wendy?
May 29, 1983 · 30 min
To steal a competitor's secret sauce recipe, Mel persuades his cousin to pose as a woman and apply for a job as a Burger Baby.
Sweet Erasable Mel
Jun 5, 1983 · 30 min
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant
Jun 12, 1983 · 30 min
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Sep 18, 1983 · 30 min
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.