Alice season 8
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{{Infobox television season
| season_number = 8
| bgcolour = #FBEC5D
| num_episodes = 23
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|1983|10|02}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1984|05|20}}
| episode_list = List of Alice episodes
}}{{One source|date=November 2021}}This is a list of episodes from the eighth season of Alice.
Episodes
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 164
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Mel is Hogg-Tied
| DirectedBy = John Pasquin
| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|10|2}}
| ProdCode = 185206
| ShortSummary = 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.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 165
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Vera's Secret Lover
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Gail Honigberg
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|10|9}}
| ProdCode = 167624
| ShortSummary = Presents and love poems come Vera's way and everyone's trying to find out who's sending them.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 166
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Jolene Gets Her Wings
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|10|16}}
| ProdCode = 185204
| ShortSummary = Jolene realizes her childhood dream of becoming a flight attendant.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 167
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Alice's Blind Date
| DirectedBy = Dolores Ferraro
| WrittenBy = Bob Stevens
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|10|23}}
| ProdCode = 185203
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 168
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = It Had to Be Mel
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Lindsay Harrison
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|10|30}}
| ProdCode = 185205
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 169
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = The Over-the-Hill Girls
| DirectedBy = Tom Trbovich
| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|11|6}}
| ProdCode = 185208
| ShortSummary = Alice tries to help Mel's mother fight the tedium of old age by suggesting that she start a singing career.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 170
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Vera Gets Engaged
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|11|20}}
| ProdCode = 185210
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 171
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Vera's Wedding
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Mark Solomon|t=Gail Honigberg}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|11|20}}
| ProdCode = 185211
| ShortSummary = Vera's marriage plans take a detour when she and Mel mistakenly exchange wedding vows.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 172
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Robot Wore Pink
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Peter Noah
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|12|18}}
| ProdCode = 185212
| ShortSummary = When Alice quits, Mel replaces her with a robot that wins the customers' approval.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 173
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = 'Tis the Season to Be Jealous
| DirectedBy = Don Corbin & Linda Lavin
| WrittenBy = Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|12|25}}
| ProdCode = 185214
| ShortSummary = Vera's former boyfriend Steve (Kip Niven) stops by the diner and sparks Elliot's jealousy.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 174
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Tommy Goes Overboard
| DirectedBy = Oz Scott
| WrittenBy = Nick Gore & Jerry Jacobius
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|1|1}}
| ProdCode = 185201
| ShortSummary = 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.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 175
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Vera, the Horse Thief
| DirectedBy = John Pasquin
| WrittenBy = Bob Bendetson & Howard Bendetson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|1|8}}
| ProdCode = 185202
| ShortSummary = Vera kidnaps a circus horse when she believes it is being mistreated by its owner (Robert Englund).
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 176
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Jolene Throws a Curve
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|1|15}}
| ProdCode = 185213
| ShortSummary = Jolene's loyalty is put to the test when she pitches for the diner's softball team.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 177
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Lies My Mother Told Me
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Sid Dorfman & Harvey Weitzman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|1|29}}
| ProdCode = 185216
| ShortSummary = Mel's enraged when he learns that his mother Carrie told a white lie about his childhood pet.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 178
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Alice and the Devoted Dentist
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Duncan Scott McGibbon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|2|12}}
| ProdCode = 185209
| ShortSummary = Mel's dentist (James Coco) falls for Alice when she goes to have a chipped tooth repaired.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 179
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Alice's Hot Air Romance
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Michael Cassutt
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|3|4}}
| ProdCode = 185220
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 180
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Dollars to Donuts
| DirectedBy = Oz Scott
| WrittenBy = David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|3|11}}
| ProdCode = 185207
| ShortSummary = Tommy catches gambling fever when Mel's mother takes him to the race track.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 181
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = My Dinner with Debbie
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|3|18}}
| ProdCode = 185218
| ShortSummary = 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.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 182
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Vera's Fine Feathered Friends
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|3|25}}
| ProdCode = 185215
| ShortSummary = Vera ends up in the hospital when she attempts to save some baby birds.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 183
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Jolene is Stuck on Mel
| DirectedBy = Don Corvan & Linda Lavin
| WrittenBy = Gail Honigberg
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|4|1}}
| ProdCode = 185219
| ShortSummary = 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.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 184
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Don't Play it Again, Elliott
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels & Nancy Walker
| WrittenBy = Larry Balmagia
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|4|15}}
| ProdCode = 185221
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 185
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Mel Spins His Wheels
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = Richard Marcus & Michael Poryes
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|5|13}}
| ProdCode = 185217
| ShortSummary = Mel has always disliked the idea of providing handicap access, until he ends up in a wheelchair himself with two sprained ankles.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
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{{Episode list/sublist|Alice season 8
| EpisodeNumber = 186
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Be It Ever So Crowded
| DirectedBy = Marc Daniels
| WrittenBy = David Silverman & Stephen Sustarsic
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|5|20}}
| ProdCode = 185222
| ShortSummary = 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.
| LineColor = FBEC5D
}}
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Broadcast history
Alice began the season airing Sunday nights at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) from October 6 to October 2, 1983,[http://tvtango.com/listings/1983/10/02/alice_1976 TV Listings for October 2, 1983] before being moved to the 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) time slot on February 12, 1984,[http://tvtango.com/listings/1984/02/12/alice_1976 TV Listings for February 12, 1984] where it remained for the remainder of the TV season.[http://tvtango.com/listings/1984/05/20/alice_1976 TV Listings for May 20, 1984]