Season 9

1984 · 16 episodes

Episodes

1Romancing Mister StoneJolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.
2Space SharplesMel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.
3Big, Bad MelMel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.
4Houseful of HunnicuttsJolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.
5Tommy's Lost WeekendAlice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.
6Undercover MelAt Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.
7Footloose MelMel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.
8Vera's Anniversary BluesVera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.
9Kiss the Grill GoodbyeJolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.
10Vera, the NightbirdVera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
11Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.
12Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.
13The Night They Raided Debbie'sAnswering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.
14One on OneMel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.
15Vera's Grounded GumshoeAfter getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.
16Th-th-th-that's All, FolksOn the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.