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After going out one evening to a social event, Dot and Howard begin a series of dates that everyone becomes convinced that Dot and Howard's relationship has turned into something other then platonic.

The hotel hosts a murder mystery but things turn surprisingly real when Sonny becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Vicki's father comes to town for a visit and Vicki is worried about his reaction to the skimpy outfits she must wear for work. However this worry pales in comparison to her discovering her dad and Nancy having a one night stand.

Amy is feeling lonely so to pick up her spirits, the girls take her out to a singles bar. However, each one of the girls encounter a man who is far from Mr. Right.

Amy anguishes over what she should do with her Valentine's Day present from Bobby Lee, the key to his hotel room.

Sonny is ecstatic when his sexy hairdresser agrees to move in with him. However, getting to first base gets a bit hard when his father shows up for a visit. Meanwhile, Jan discovers that someone in her home has been dialing 900 numbers.

Nancy's cousin, Grace, stops by for a visit but that's not the only surprise for Nancy, her cousin is covered from head to toe in tatoos.

When Ellen, Jan's daughter, has a date with a senior, all the waitresses worry. Meanwhile, Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.

Dot quits to become a full-time unemployed actress. Meanwhile, Sonny writes a musical based on Attila the Hun and Ginger's footwear fetish spreads to Amy.

Howard's naive niece visits and begins dating Sonny. Something Howard is determind to put an end to.

Ginger babysits for a friend who later strands Ginger with the baby who takes him to work. Meanwhile, Sonny car-sits for a friend, but picks up the wrong the wrong car, one that belongs to a gangster.

Nancy drops heavy hints about her upcoming birthday and expects a party to be thrown. Meanwhile, Jan and Richie fight and Sonny pleads to join Dot's car pool.

Richie's new sculpture is a smash success and agrees to let it be displayed in the restaurant. His success crumbles, however, when Jan allows the sculpture to be sold to a tourist, only later Jan learns it isn't his sculpture.

A long time rival and food critic of Howard's visits the hotel which puts Howard's job and relationship with Nancy in jeopardy.

Divorcees are coming out of the wood work when Dot's mother and Jan's father come for a visit and hit it off.

On a night when everyone wants to leave early, the majority of the staff systematically becomes trapped on the roof, leaving Amy, Nancy and Howard to deal with a mob of customers.

Sonny contemplates his final days after dating a mobster's moll. The mobster found out and has made an appointment to visit Sonny.

Dot's relationship with a cartoonist makes the papers when he uses her as a model for a new character in his comic strip.

Cassie questions a man for the reason why he constantly refuses to leave her a tip only to discover he works for the IRS and serves her with an audit. Meanwhile, Dot's latest boyfriend makes a public appeal for her love, keep seeing him or he will jump from the roof.

Jan is not looking forward to a visit from an old friend who has always outclassed her in every aspect of life.

Dot gets a noisy puppy after her cat dies and Sonny quits rather than miss a date with a roller derby queen.

The girls are forced to stay late and take inventory. This leads each girl to tell a story about the worst date they ever had.

A visiting princess becomes the target of terrorists who plan to make off with her extravagant diamond necklace. However, Dot accidentally intercepts a drugged napkin intended for the princess.

Cassie's one night stand is a dream for her but it turns into a nightmare when she is publicly humiliated by the man's wife in the restaurant.

A sex discrimination suit is brought against the restaurant which forces Nancy to hire a obnoxious waiter.

Dot serves jury duty and becomes the hold out juror. Meanwhile, Nancy and the other waitresses must deal with Dot's absence from work.

The President may visit the restaurant and everyone passes the security check, that is except Howard.

A prom is scheduled to take place at the restaurant but when the entertainment doesn't show up, Dot takes over as the entertainment committee. Meanwhile, Jan has second thoughts about her engagement to Richie.

A Russian, while visiting California, defects and locks himself in Cassie's locker, claiming he loves her.

Jan hits it off with a fan repair man who whisks her off her feet. Their relationship goes faster then she expected when he suddenly proposes.

Sonny thinks he has struck gold with a record company and quits his job at the restaurant in a big way.

Amy gets a surprise visit from her father who has come to California to take his little girl back to Texas and away from her new city life.

Cassie falls in love with a cowboy who is a millionaire and is shocked when she learns she also has to like him to be with him.

New to the big city, Amy begins receiving a series of threatening messages from a stalker, something she is totally unprepared for after living her life in the country.

Nancy is unexpectedly fired from her hostess position at the restaurant. Her firing is not the only surprise as is the reason she was fired which forces her to come face to face with age discrimination.

Jan makes a mistake when she accepts her economics professor's offer to go out on a date. However, when she tries to break off their romance, he hands her an ultimatum: sleep with me or I'll give you an F in the course.

The series opens with innocent Vicki contemplating going out on a date with a pilot. She's even more worried about what's going to happen after the dinner, since she still is a virgin.

While her husband and children are away on a camping trip, Lois has Jan stay overnight due to the fact that a burglar has been terrorizing her neighborhood. It turns into a slumber party when Dot and Vicki insist on sleeping over as well but the fun quickly is dampened when the burglar makes an appearance.

Jan's ex-husband re-enters her life and fans an old flame in Jan, that she thought went out years ago.

Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyfriends.

Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down.

Dot's habit of neighbor watching entangles her in what appears to be a woman's murder.

The waitresses wax philosophic when a journalist interviews them about the pros and cons of their careers.

Richie's aspiration to move to North Dakota is put to a halt by Jan who announces she's pregnant.

Jan tries to ward off a developer's plans to build a mini-mall in her neighborhood and Ginger uses a book of voodoo spells to conjure up a perfect date.

The entire staff gets disheartening news when it is announced that the restaurant has been sold and will be turned into a fitness center. This leads everyone to face the reality and depression of unemployment lines, job applications and interviews. That is except Sonny, who has seemingly been hired at another restaurant.

Nancy reviews her relationships with her employees during a visit to her psychiatrist.

Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard contemplate taking seperate vacations.

Nancy and Howard's marriage is put to the test when Nancy falls for Howard's old navy buddy.

Dot and Sonny are both feeling lonely, so thet stay late at the restaurant to cry on each other's shoulder.

Ginger weighs the merits of two boyfriends while Howard weighs offers from other restaurants.

A romantic evening alone in the hotel is anything but for Jan and Richie, who weather interruptions from the restaurant staff.

Fur flies after Ginger buys Jan's car and Amy asks Dot to act as a go-between with a handsome new employee.

After having a big argument with her husband, Lois runs into her high school sweetheart who wants to pick up where they left off. When he gives Lois his hotel key, a concerned Dot and Vicki follow her and try to stop her from making what could be the biggest mistake of her life.

Dot and Vicki begin dating the same man which only aggravates the situation at the restaurant where Nancy imposes a crash diet on Cassie and Jan.

Lois learns that an invitation to speak to her daughter's class about working mothers was prompted by her daughter's essay describing her as vice president of a bank. Meanwhile, Dot tries to cheer up an impotent Sonny.

The staff becomes infected with baseball fever, after a baseball team invades the restaurant.

Sonny is surprised when a woman from his past surprises him with news that she's been thinking about him for the past 10 years. However, he is flabbergasted to learn the reason she been thinking of him, he's the father of her 10-year-old child.

After Maggie is mugged, the waitress go to lengths to protect themselves and begin carrying mace. However, after Dot is targeted in the parking garage, she defends herself, but the mugger responds by taking her to court.

A wedding being held at the restaurant is interrupted when the groom spots an old flame across the room, Cassie.

Sonny's brother, Buddy, flies into town and instantly disrupts Sonny's life when he moves in with him. Buddy quickly becomes an unwelcome houseguest, one whom Sonny is hesitant to kick out.

The girls and especially Nancy make strenuous efforts to keep Dennis from falling apart when his wife leaves him.

A romance develops between 33 year old Jan and Maggie's 23 year old brother.

Dot's new play opens and the rest of the staff have no good reviews to give her.

Maggie is consumed with guilt after she begins a romance with a man, who happens to be the first man she's dated since her husband died. Meanwhile, cops stakeout the restaurant for bandits.

Gambling fever strikes after Jan overhears a tip from a jockey eating at the restaurant and her and Maggie begin betting. The others quickly become miffed at not being let in. Later, the jockey returns and Maggie overhears him order the special (number 7) and mistakes that number for the winner of the next race. All is well as that horse wins.

Jan and Richie's wedding may be postponed when the judge fails to appear and it seems that the honeymoon may be a threesome.

Sonny's in love and plans to marry if his fiancee can get to the church on time. Meanwhile, Howard prepares for a visit from his high-school sweetheart.

As the staff prepares for a wedding reception, Nancy dozes off and has a bizarre dream about her own marriage, ten years in the future to Sonny.

Dot's in charge of a children's play ""Little Red Riding Hood"" but when the cast is quarentined with the chicken pox, the restaurant staff is asked to fill the roles.

Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent danger of being killed off.

Nancy has just the solution to Howard's mid-life crisis: she invites him to a square dance, and she won't take no for an answer.