Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.

Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.

Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.

Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.

The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.

Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.

While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.

Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.

Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.

Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.

Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).

Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.

Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.

Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.

Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.

Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.

Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.

Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.

Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.

Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).

Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.

Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.