Aired: 10/6/1982
Debbie Reynolds plays an actress whose torrid memoirs convince Mel he's the one she remembers as the greatest kisser in her life.
Aired: 10/13/1982
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.
Aired: 10/20/1982
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.
Aired: 10/27/1982
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 bookie.
Aired: 11/3/1982
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.""
Aired: 11/10/1982
Alice's meddlesome mother knocks the stuffing out of her daughter's Thanksgiving dinner.
Aired: 1/9/1983
Carrie is slow to come out of a depression after a quickie divorce.
Aired: 1/16/1983
Jolene's brother pays a surprise visit, but the surprise is on him, he gets an icy reception from his sister.
Aired: 2/28/1983
Everyone takes with a grain of salt Alice's claim that she saw a UFO.
Aired: 3/7/1983
Vera, whose cello playing can reduce a virtuoso to tears, is asked to play in a local string quartet.
Aired: 3/14/1983
The waitresses pit their musical knowledge against that of three plumbers on a TV quiz show.
Aired: 3/21/1983
Alice fears that freshman Tommy is abusing his new freedom away from home by majoring in extracurricular activities.
Aired: 3/28/1983
Jolene can't bring herself to bruise the tender feelings of a bruiser who saved her life and now considers her his girl.
Aired: 4/11/1983
Mel is stripping his gears over his jazzy new Porsche he purchased for a measly $20.
Aired: 4/17/1983
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.
Aired: 4/24/1983
Vera wishes her landlady the worst for evicting her pets then feels responsible when the old crank's apartment catches on fire.
Aired: 5/1/1983
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.
Aired: 5/15/1983
Afraid that he's lost the ""right stuff,"" Tommy quits the basketball team.
Aired: 5/22/1983
After Mel decides to have the waitresses bonded, Vera owns up to a criminal past and takes it on the lam.
Aired: 5/29/1983
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.
Aired: 6/5/1983
Mel's experiment with a computer goes well until Vera enters a transaction and erases every trace of Mel's financial existance.
Aired: 6/12/1983
Using Tommy's marketing advice, Mel increases his business but also learns he's heading for bankruptcy.
Aired: 9/18/1983
Jolene's hair is standing on end with a cat burglar prowling her neighborhood.