Duane R. Campbell

Alice (LINDA LAVIN) is moonlighting as a singer while Mel (VIC TAYBACK) is irate at her tardiness caused by lack of sleep.

When Mel (VIC TAYBACK) installs a time clock in the diner, he learns that time is money.

Until her friends tearfully tell her to go, Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) has mixed emotions about accepting a fantastic job in another city.

Mel's (VIC TAYBACK) old Navy buddy (EDDIE BARTH) turns up at the diner after his wife (REVA ROSE) leaves him, and his visit turns into a nightmare for Alice (LINDA LAVIN), Flo (POLLY HOLLIDAY) and Vera (BETH HOWLAND).

When all else fails to convince Randolph Briggs (HANS CONRIED) that he should sell Mel's Diner back to Mel (VIC TAYBACK), Alice (LINDA LAVIN) has an, "old friend," tough-talking mobster Sam Butler (a disguise she's used before), pay Briggs a visit.