Season 9

1. Romancing Mister Stone

October 14, 1984 · 30m

Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.

2. Space Sharples

October 28, 1984 · 30m

Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.

3. Big, Bad Mel

November 4, 1984 · 30m

Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.

4. Houseful of Hunnicutts

November 18, 1984 · 30m

Jolene 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.

5. Tommy's Lost Weekend

November 25, 1984 · 30m

Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.

6. Undercover Mel

December 16, 1984 · 30m

At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.

7. Footloose Mel

December 23, 1984 · 30m

Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.

8. Vera's Anniversary Blues

January 8, 1985 · 30m

Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.

9. Kiss the Grill Goodbye

January 15, 1985 · 30m

Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.

10. Vera, the Nightbird

January 22, 1985 · 30m

Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.

11. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

January 29, 1985 · 30m

A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.

12. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

February 5, 1985 · 30m

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.

13. The Night They Raided Debbie's

February 6, 1985 · 30m

Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.

14. One on One

March 5, 1985 · 30m

Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.

15. Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

March 12, 1985 · 30m

After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.

16. Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

March 19, 1985 · 30m

On 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.