Season 4

Sep 23, 1979 · 30 min

Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

Sep 30, 1979 · 30 min

Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

Oct 7, 1979 · 30 min

Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.

Oct 21, 1979 · 30 min

Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.

Oct 28, 1979 · 30 min

Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""

Nov 4, 1979 · 30 min

Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

Nov 11, 1979 · 30 min

The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.

Nov 18, 1979 · 30 min

Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

Dec 2, 1979 · 30 min

Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.

Dec 9, 1979 · 30 min

Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

Dec 23, 1979 · 30 min

A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.

Jan 6, 1980 · 30 min

Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.

Jan 13, 1980 · 30 min

Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.

Jan 27, 1980 · 30 min

Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

Feb 3, 1980 · 30 min

Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.

Feb 10, 1980 · 30 min

Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

Feb 17, 1980 · 30 min

Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.

Feb 24, 1980 · 30 min

A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.

Mar 2, 1980 · 30 min

Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.

Mar 9, 1980 · 30 min

The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.

Mar 16, 1980 · 30 min

Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.

Mar 23, 1980 · 30 min

Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.

Mar 30, 1980 · 30 min

Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.

Apr 6, 1980 · 30 min

Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.