Wisecracking Florence Jean Castleberry was heading for a posh job in Houston when she left Mel's Diner on the Alice show. But in the opener of her own series, Flo gets no farther than her home town, where she buys a rundown roadhouse on a dare.

Earl has to fight a man who's come to get even for having his girlfriend stolen 17 years ago.

When Bull, a wild and crazy miner, comes to town on his annual binge, seeking a good drink, bath and a pretty woman, not neccsarily in that order, he goes wild for Flo.

Flo sacrifices a dream trip to keep Miriam's marriage together.

Flo fantasizes the Yellow Rose as a roaring saloon in the 1880s.