Alice season 8
| Alice | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 2, 1983 – May 20, 1984 |
| Season chronology | |
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2021) |
This is a list of episodes from the eighth season of Alice.
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | 1 | "Mel is Hogg-Tied" | John Pasquin | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | October 2, 1983 | 185206 |
| Boss Hogg (special guest star Sorrell Booke), who's a distant cousin of Jolene's, arrives from Hazzard County and tries to swindle Mel into selling his diner to him for $1. Sonny Shroyer also guest stars as Deputy Enos Strate. | ||||||
| 165 | 2 | "Vera's Secret Lover" | Marc Daniels | Gail Honigberg | October 9, 1983 | 167624 |
| Presents and love poems come Vera's way and everyone's trying to find out who's sending them. | ||||||
| 166 | 3 | "Jolene Gets Her Wings" | Marc Daniels | Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo | October 16, 1983 | 185204 |
| Jolene realizes her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant. | ||||||
| 167 | 4 | "Alice's Blind Date" | Dolores Ferraro | Bob Stevens | October 23, 1983 | 185203 |
| Alice's social life gets a lift when she makes a date with her old high-school flame (Dennis Holahan), who's in town on a business trip, and, as she then discovers, is now blind. | ||||||
| 168 | 5 | "It Had to Be Mel" | Marc Daniels | Lindsay Harrison | October 30, 1983 | 185205 |
| Mel falls for a famous singer (special guest star Florence Henderson) who stops in for directions. When she proposes, Mel accepts and prepares to move to Los Angeles. | ||||||
| 169 | 6 | "The Over-the-Hill Girls" | Tom Trbovich | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | November 6, 1983 | 185208 |
| Alice tries to help Mel's mother fight the tedium of old age by suggesting that she start a singing career. | ||||||
| 170 | 7 | "Vera Gets Engaged" | Marc Daniels | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | November 20, 1983 | 185210 |
| Vera falls for Eliott Novak (Charles Levin), a police officer who she met after jaywalking and within two weeks they are engaged and planning a wedding. | ||||||
| 171 | 8 | "Vera's Wedding" | Marc Daniels | Story by : Mark Solomon Teleplay by : Gail Honigberg | November 20, 1983 | 185211 |
| Vera's marriage plans take a detour when she and Mel mistakenly exchange wedding vows. | ||||||
| 172 | 9 | "The Robot Wore Pink" | Marc Daniels | Peter Noah | December 18, 1983 | 185212 |
| When Alice quits, Mel replaces her with a robot that wins the customers' approval. | ||||||
| 173 | 10 | "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" | Don Corbin & Linda Lavin | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | December 25, 1983 | 185214 |
| Vera's former boyfriend Steve (Kip Niven) stops by the diner and sparks Elliot's jealousy. | ||||||
| 174 | 11 | "Tommy Goes Overboard" | Oz Scott | Nick Gore & Jerry Jacobius | January 1, 1984 | 185201 |
| Tommy's home from college feeling down,due to bad grades and a failed romance. Also,Mel gets a visit,his old Navy buddy Frank (Donnelly Rhodes), who's a recruiter, who ends up inspiring Tommy to consider joining the Navy, which Alice isn't to thrilled about. | ||||||
| 175 | 12 | "Vera, the Horse Thief" | John Pasquin | Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson | January 8, 1984 | 185202 |
| Vera kidnaps a circus horse when she believes it is being mistreated by its owner (Robert Englund). | ||||||
| 176 | 13 | "Jolene Throws a Curve" | Marc Daniels | Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman | January 15, 1984 | 185213 |
| Jolene's loyalty is put to the test when she pitches for the diner's softball team. | ||||||
| 177 | 14 | "Lies My Mother Told Me" | Marc Daniels | Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman | January 29, 1984 | 185216 |
| Mel's enraged when he learns that his mother Carrie told a white lie about his childhood pet. | ||||||
| 178 | 15 | "Alice and the Devoted Dentist" | Marc Daniels | Duncan Scott McGibbon | February 12, 1984 | 185209 |
| Mel's dentist (James Coco) falls for Alice when she goes to have a chipped tooth repaired. | ||||||
| 179 | 16 | "Alice's Hot Air Romance" | Marc Daniels | Michael Cassutt | March 4, 1984 | 185220 |
| Alice's date with Zack (Jed Allan), a balloonist friend of Mel's, gets out of hand when she and the gang become trapped in a runaway balloon. | ||||||
| 180 | 17 | "Dollars to Donuts" | Oz Scott | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | March 11, 1984 | 185207 |
| Tommy catches gambling fever when Mel's mother takes him to the race track. | ||||||
| 181 | 18 | "My Dinner with Debbie" | Marc Daniels | Mark Egan & Mark Solomon | March 18, 1984 | 185218 |
| Ms. Walden (Linda Lavin in dual role), Vera and Elliott's landlady, falls in love with Mel after she invites him to her apartment for dinner. | ||||||
| 182 | 19 | "Vera's Fine Feathered Friends" | Marc Daniels | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | March 25, 1984 | 185215 |
| Vera ends up in the hospital when she attempts to save some baby birds. | ||||||
| 183 | 20 | "Jolene is Stuck on Mel" | Don Corvan & Linda Lavin | Gail Honigberg | April 1, 1984 | 185219 |
| Jolene's whirlwind plans to marry a TV game show host come unglued when she becomes stuck to Mel, which may threaten her impending nuptials, as she then begins to have second thoughts. | ||||||
| 184 | 21 | "Don't Play it Again, Elliott" | Marc Daniels & Nancy Walker | Larry Balmagia | April 15, 1984 | 185221 |
| Elliott ignores an already annoyed Vera when he becomes glued to the piano that his parents give them as a wedding gift all day and night, as he then tries to play it for his friends. | ||||||
| 185 | 22 | "Mel Spins His Wheels" | Marc Daniels | Richard Marcus & Michael Poryes | May 13, 1984 | 185217 |
| Mel has always disliked the idea of providing handicap access, until he ends up in a wheelchair himself with two sprained ankles. | ||||||
| 186 | 23 | "Be It Ever So Crowded" | Marc Daniels | David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic | May 20, 1984 | 185222 |
| Vera and Elliott buy a charming old house that comes complete with fireplace, furniture, antiques and a border, Rev. Bragg, the forgetful old minister who married them. Vera and Elliot soon must work up the nerve to kick him out. | ||||||
Broadcast history[edit]
Alice began the season airing Sunday nights at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) from October 6 to October 2, 1983,[1] before being moved to the 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) time slot on February 12, 1984,[2] where it remained for the remainder of the TV season.[3]