Season 5

1980-11-02 · 30m

An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.

1980-11-16 · 30m

Robert Goulet makes an appearance when Vera wins a free trip to Las Vegas and Alice, Mel and Belle tag along to try their luck.

1980-11-16 · 30m

Mel may get his diner back if Belle can get Robert Goulet to perform for a Las Vegas casino owner but when it seems she can't get him, Alice steps in and impersonates him.

1980-11-23 · 30m

Vera's Aunt Agatha, a freewheeling sexagenarian, makes a pit stop in Phoenix while motorcycling to Mexico. This prompts Vera to make a life altering decision, whether or not to ride off into the sunset with her aunt.

1980-11-30 · 30m

Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.

1980-12-07 · 30m

The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.

1980-12-21 · 30m

Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.

1981-01-04 · 30m

Henry's convinced that his wife of 20 years is suddenly being nice because she's having an affair, so he tells her he's having one too, with Alice.

1981-01-11 · 30m

As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.

1981-01-18 · 30m

Vera goes out on a limb to save a century old tree in front of the diner from being cut down for a road-widening project.

1981-02-01 · 30m

The waitresses cut up a huge fish they find in the refrigerator, unaware that singer Jerry Reed had left it there until he could have it stuffed.

1981-02-08 · 30m

Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.

1981-02-15 · 30m

Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.

1981-02-22 · 30m

During a visit, Carrie plans to help out at the diner and cook but a fed up Mel kicks her out and she goes to work for a competitor.

1981-03-08 · 30m

When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.

1981-03-15 · 30m

A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.

1981-03-29 · 30m

Alice thinks she has found her main chance when she lands a gig singing at a big banquet with a 1940's theme and an influential audience of restaurant owners.

1981-04-05 · 30m

Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend, Marie, jealous.

1981-05-03 · 30m

Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.