Season 8

Boss Hogg and Deputy Enos of ""The Dukes of Hazzard"" pay a surprise visit. Up to his usual low tricks, Boss makes an offer to lease the diner that Mel can't refuse but should.

A secret lover is sending Vera everything from poems to balloons.

Everyone's up in the air over Jolene's maiden flight as a part-time stewardess.

Alice's dinner date with a high-school flame who's now blind turns into a delightful trip down sensory lane.

A popular singer stops for directions at the diner and ends up proposing to Mel.

Both Carrie and Alice are turned down as singers by a supper club owner who thinks they're too old for the job.

Who would have thought Vera would find love in a greasy spoon? Especially with a cop who just ticketed her for jaywalking.

After a whirlwind courtship, Vera walks down the aisle with her intended.

After Alice quits in a huff, Mel replaces her with a very efficient and popular robot named Blanche.

Working undercover as Santa Claus, Vera's new husband spots her kissing her former fiance.

No one can corral Vera after she discovers that a miniature horse is being mistreated by its trainer.

Trophy winner Jolene throws Mel a curve when she won't pitch on his softball team.

After 40 years, Mel learns that his mother lied when she told him his dog was a war hero.

When Alice chips a tooth eating Mel's chili, he sends her to his dentist who takes one look at her X-rays and falls madly in love.

Alice gets a ride but hardly a rise out of a sexist ballonist whose hot air isn't confined to his balloon.

After a winning first day at the track, Tommy bets he'll score in the betting business.

By proving she's a better cook than Mel, Vera's acerbic landlady may have found the elusive way to his heart through his stomach.

Vera takes a tumble trying to rescue a nest of baby blue jays from the diner sign before Mel gets to them with a broom.

Jolene has second thoughts about marrying a TV game show host especially after a dab of permanent glue bonds her firmly to Mel.

A gift piano comes between Vera and Elliot when she can't pry him away from it.

Mel disdains accommodating the handicapped until two sprained ankles give him a different view, from a wheelchair.

Vera and Elliot buy a charming old house that comes complete with fireplace, furniture and antiques one of which is a shocking surprise.