Season 5
Episodes
S5 · E1 · 2 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Mel and the Green Machine
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
S5 · E2 · 9 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Dog Day Evening
After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs.
S5 · E3 · 16 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Vegas (1)
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.
S5 · E4 · 16 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Vegas (2)
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.
S5 · E5 · 23 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Vera's Aunt Agatha
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.
S5 · E6 · 30 Nov 1980 · 30 min
Tommy's T.K.O.
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
S5 · E7 · 7 Dec 1980 · 30 min
The New Improved Mel
The sparsely attended funeral of a buddy persuade Mel to become Mr. Nice Guy and ensure a decent turnout at his own burial.
S5 · E8 · 21 Dec 1980 · 30 min
Carrie Sings the Blues
Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.
S5 · E9 · 4 Jan 1981 · 30 min
Henry's Bitter Half
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.
S5 · E10 · 11 Jan 1981 · 30 min
Alice Locks Belle Out
As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.
S5 · E11 · 18 Jan 1981 · 30 min
Vera Goes Out On a Limb
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.
S5 · E12 · 1 Feb 1981 · 30 min
The Jerry Reed Fish Story
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.
S5 · E13 · 8 Feb 1981 · 30 min
Bye Bye, Birdie
Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.
S5 · E14 · 15 Feb 1981 · 30 min
Alice's Son, the Drop-out
Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.
S5 · E15 · 22 Feb 1981 · 30 min
Carrie Chickens Out
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.
S5 · E16 · 8 Mar 1981 · 30 min
Macho, Macho Mel
When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.
S5 · E17 · 15 Mar 1981 · 30 min
The Great Escape
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
S5 · E18 · 29 Mar 1981 · 30 min
Alice Strikes Up the Band
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.
S5 · E19 · 5 Apr 1981 · 30 min
Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?
Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend, Marie, jealous.
S5 · E20 · 3 May 1981 · 30 min
Baby Makes Five
Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.
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