Alice plot
After her husband, Donald, was killed in a truck accident, Alice Hyatt and her 12-year-old son, Tommy, move out of their New Jersey home and head for Hollywood. It has always been Alice's dream to become a singer, but for now she has to make do with work as a waitress in a cafeteria: Mel's Diner. Her boss, Mel, is a gruff and demanding man who constantly bosses around his three waitresses.