September 23, 1979 • 30m
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes he...Read more
September 30, 1979 • 30m
Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if h...Read more
October 7, 1979 • 30m
Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
October 21, 1979 • 30m
Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
October 28, 1979 • 30m
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 cr...Read more
November 4, 1979 • 30m
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
November 11, 1979 • 30m
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.
November 18, 1979 • 30m
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.
December 2, 1979 • 30m
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
December 9, 1979 • 30m
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.
December 23, 1979 • 30m
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.
January 6, 1980 • 30m
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
January 13, 1980 • 30m
Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
January 27, 1980 • 30m
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
February 3, 1980 • 30m
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
February 10, 1980 • 30m
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
February 17, 1980 • 30m
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
February 24, 1980 • 30m
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
March 2, 1980 • 30m
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is no...Read more
March 9, 1980 • 30m
The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
March 16, 1980 • 30m
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
March 23, 1980 • 30m
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.
March 30, 1980 • 30m
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
April 6, 1980 • 30m
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 th...Read more