Season 5 (1980)
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Episodes 20
Mel and the Green Machine
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
Read MoreDog Day Evening
After his safe is stolen, Mel rents the services of two very efficient guard dogs.
Read MoreVera'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.
Read MoreTommy's T.K.O.
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreCarrie Sings the Blues
Mel's mother is singing the blues because her husband of six months has just left her.
Read MoreHenry'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.
Read MoreAlice Locks Belle Out
As the new manager of her apartment building, Alice has the unenviable task of locking out a delinquent fellow tenant, Belle.
Read MoreVera 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreBye Bye, Birdie
Mel gets into a nose-to-beak yelling match with Vera's new pet parrot.
Read MoreAlice's Son, the Drop-out
Tommy is cutting classes to pursue a singing career and his first job is singing at a juice saloon.
Read MoreCarrie 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.
Read MoreMacho, Macho Mel
When, Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.
Read MoreThe Great Escape
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
Read MoreAlice 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.
Read MoreWho'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.
Read MoreBaby Makes Five
Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.
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