# Alice season 2

This is a list of episodes for the second season of the CBS-TV series Alice.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Sundays at 9:30-10:30 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 25 | 1 | "The Second Time 'Round" | Kim Friedman | Tom Whedon | October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02) | 166665 |
| Flo's third ex-husband comes to the diner along with a suspected flasher. |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "The Indian Taker" | Marc Daniels | Tom Whedon | October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09) | 166667 |
| A Native American refuses to leave the diner because he believes it lies on sacred Indian ground. |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "86 the Waitresses" | Marc Daniels | Sybil Adelman | October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23) | 166668 |
| The waitresses quit when Mel gives a new waiter more money than them. |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Alice by Moonlight" | Kim Friedman | Tom Whedon | October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30) | 166669 |
| Alice moonlights as a nightclub singer, which takes a toll on her waitressing job. |||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Single Belles" | Kim Friedman | Bruce Howard | November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06) | 166670 |
| The girls go to a singles bar. |||||||
| 30 | 6 | "The Sixty Minutes Man" | Kim Friedman | Story by : George Tibbles Teleplay by : George Tibbles, Warren S. Murray and Tom Whedon | November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13) | 166666 |
| Alice suspects a customer (Michael V. Gazzo) of being a gangster. |||||||
| 31 | 7 | "That Old Back Magic" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04) | 166671 |
| Mel is unable to move out of Alice's place when his bad back gets worse. |||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Love Is Sweeping the Counter" | Kim Friedman | Arthur S. Rabin | December 11, 1977 (1977-12-11) | 166672 |
| Flo and Mel's relationship improves after they go to an out-of-town game together. |||||||
| 33 | 9 | "A Semi-Merry Christmas" | Marc Daniels | Madelyn Pugh Davis & Bob Carroll, Jr. and Tom Whedon | December 18, 1977 (1977-12-18) | 166674 |
| Alice and the gang are snowbound on their way to spend Christmas with her cousin. |||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Oh! George Burns" | Marc Daniels | Seaman Jacobs & Fred S. Fox | January 1, 1978 (1978-01-01) | 166675 |
| When George Burns comes into Mel's, Vera thinks he's God after seeing the movie Oh, God! |||||||
| 35 | 11 | "The Eyes of Texas" | Kim Friedman | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 8, 1978 (1978-01-08) | 166673 |
| Flo refuses to get glasses even though she needs them. |||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Love Is a Free Throw" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 11, 1978 (1978-01-11) | 166676 |
| A high-school basketball star develops a crush on Alice. First appearance of Marvin Kaplan as Henry |||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Close Encounters of the Worst Kind" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | January 22, 1978 (1978-01-22) | 166677 |
| Everyone gets hostile at Mel's when the workers express their petty grievances. |||||||
| 38 | 14 | "The Pharmacist" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Michael Loman Teleplay by : Michael Loman and Chris Hayward | January 29, 1978 (1978-01-29) | 166661 |
| A pharmacist (Bob Dishy) threatens to commit suicide in Mel's Diner as he protests against food additives. |||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Love Me, Love My Horse" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05) | 166678 |
| Flo fixes Alice up with her cowboy brother. |||||||
| 40 | 17 | "Florence of Arabia" | Kim Friedman | Tom Whedon | February 19, 1978 (1978-02-19) | 166680 |
| Flo is courted by an Arab who already has three wives. |||||||
| 41 | 18 | "The Cuban Connection" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | February 26, 1978 (1978-02-26) | 166681 |
| Alice tries to settle an argument between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz) and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige). |||||||
| 42 | 19 | "Mel's Big Five-0" | William Asher | Warren S. Murray | March 5, 1978 (1978-03-05) | 166679 |
| Mel insists he does not want a party for his fiftieth birthday. |||||||
| 43 | 20 | "Don't Lock Now" | William Asher | Tom Whedon | March 12, 1978 (1978-03-12) | 166682 |
| Someone's stealing food and making long-distance calls from the diner. |||||||
| 44 | 21 | "The Star in the Storeroom" | Marc Daniels | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx | March 19, 1978 (1978-03-19) | 166683 |
| Flo is hounded for tickets to Jerry Reed's concert just because she was his babysitter. |||||||
| 45 | 23 | "Mel's Recession" | William Asher | Robert Fisher & Arthur Marx and Tom Whedon | April 2, 1978 (1978-04-02) | 166684 |
| Mel thinks about letting a waitress go to save money. |||||||
| 46 | 24 | "Earthquake" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Chris Hayward and Gary Markowitz | April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) | 166662 |
| A Native American predicts an earthquake will strike. |||||||
| 47 | 16 | "The Reporter" | Dennis Steinmetz | Michael Loman | Unaired | 166663 |
| An investigative reporter (Richard Erdman) hides out in Mel's Diner. |||||||
| 48 | 22 | "The Bus" | Marc Daniels | Story by : Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Erik Tarloff | Unaired | 166664 |
| The staff of Mel's Diner brace themselves for a busload of customers. |||||||