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Mel's Recession

April 2, 1978

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Alice - S2 - E23

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Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

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Alice: Season 2 - 24 Episode s

2x1 - The Second Time 'Round
October 2, 1977
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.
2x2 - The Indian Taker
October 9, 1977
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.
2x3 - 86 the Waitresses
October 23, 1977
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.
2x4 - Alice by Moonlight
October 30, 1977
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.
2x5 - Single Belles
November 6, 1977
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.
2x6 - The Sixty Minutes Man
November 13, 1977
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.
2x7 - That Old Back Magic
December 4, 1977
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.
2x8 - Love is Sweeping the Counter
December 11, 1977
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.
2x9 - A Semi-Merry Christmas
December 18, 1977
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.
2x10 - Oh! George Burns
January 1, 1978
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!
2x11 - The Eyes of Texas
January 8, 1978
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.
2x12 - Love is a Free Throw
January 15, 1978
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.
2x13 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
January 22, 1978
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.
2x14 - The Pharmacist
January 29, 1978
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.
2x15 - Love Me, Love My Horse
February 5, 1978
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).
2x16 - The Reporter
February 12, 1978
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.
2x17 - Florence of Arabia
February 19, 1978
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.
2x18 - The Cuban Connection
February 26, 1978
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).
2x19 - Mel's Big Five-0
March 5, 1978
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.
2x20 - Don't Lock Now
March 12, 1978
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.
2x21 - The Star in the Storeroom
March 19, 1978
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.
2x22 - The Bus
March 26, 1978
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.
2x23 - Mel's Recession
April 2, 1978
Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.
2x24 - Earthquake
April 9, 1978
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

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