The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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1. Love is All Around

19 Sep 1970 · 25m

The classic series begins its classic 7-year run in Mary's apartment. Mary Richards, a 30-year-old single woman, has left her long-time boyfriend, Bill, to be with her old friend, Phyllis Lindstrom, in Minneapolis. (Mary originally lived in Roseburg, MN.) Why did Mary leave Bill? After promising to her that he would marry her right after his internship at the hospital, he said, ""Why rush into things???"" Meanwhile, she's already having troubles with her new apartment--a bitter upstairs neightbor, Rhoda Morgenstern, insists that she owns Mary's apartment!

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2. Today I Am a Ma'am

26 Sep 1970 · 25m

Mary is worried now that she's outside the 15-29 demographic group which the station classifies as 'young', and the mailboy has called her 'Ma'am'. Rhoda persuades her into calling an old boyfriend for a get-together.

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3. Bess, You is My Daughter Now

3 Oct 1970 · 25m

When Phyllis's husband Lars takes ill, she asks Mary to babysit Bess for a few days. Bess decides she wants to stay permanently with Mary, to Phyllis's dismay.

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4. Divorce Isn't Everything

10 Oct 1970 · 25m

Mary and Rhoda find out that divorcees at the Better Luck Next Time club can get group rates on cruises and decide to join. However, Mary proves a hit with the club's members and gets elected to its board.

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5. Keep Your Guard Up

17 Oct 1970 · 25m

A football player turned insurance salesman applies for a job as a sportscaster and attaches himself to Mary. Mary and Rhoda discover that he hasn't had much success at anything and encourage him to pursue his dreams.

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6. Support Your Local Mother

24 Oct 1970 · 25m

Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes visiting and Rhoda refuses to see her. Ida stays with Mary but drives her crazy.

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7. Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists

31 Oct 1970 · 26m

Mary begins seeing an author who appeared as a guest on WJM-TV's Scrutiny, and becomes extremely self-conscious after discovering he is several inches shorter than her.

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8. The Snow Must Go On

7 Nov 1970 · 25m

A snowstorm leaves Mary producing her first program, broadcasting the results of the local elections. The show has to remain on until a winner is declared and no word is received at the newsroom.

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9. Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary

14 Nov 1970 · 25m

Mary is nominated for her first Television Editors' Award (the ""Teddies""), but at home Rhoda's boyfriend Bob takes more of an interest in Mary than in Rhoda.

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10. Assistant Wanted, Female

21 Nov 1970 · 25m

Mary's workload gets too much so Lou allows her to hire an assistant. She chooses Phyllis who hinders more than she helps.

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11. 1040 or Fight

28 Nov 1970 · 25m

Mary is audited by the IRS, and the shy auditor takes an interest in her. Unfortunately, he has great difficulty telling her how he feels.

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12. Anchorman Overboard

5 Dec 1970 · 25m

Ted loses his self-confidence after speaking at Phyllis's club and Mary has to find a way to get Ted back on a high.

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13. He's All Yours

12 Dec 1970 · 25m

After Mary invites Lou's nephew home for dinner, she must confront false rumors in the newsroom the following day.

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14. Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II

19 Dec 1970 · 25m

Feeling sympathetic for a co-worker who hasn't spent Christmas with his family for years, Mary is forced to stay alone at WJM-TV on Christmas Eve.

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15. Howard's Girl

2 Jan 1971 · 25m

Mary begins seeing Paul Arnell, the brother of her former boyfriend Howard Arnell, and is shocked to discover that the brothers' parents still believe that she and Howard are an item.

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16. Party is Such Sweet Sorrow

9 Jan 1971 · 25m

Mary gets a tempting offer from a rival television station, but becomes reluctant to leave when her WJM-TV colleagues throw a farewell party for her.

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17. Just a Lunch

16 Jan 1971 · 25m

Mary reluctantly finds herself romantically involved with a married man.

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18. Second Story Story

23 Jan 1971 · 25m

Mary's apartment is burgled, with only her clothes, stereo and television taken but then next night the whole apartment is cleaned out.

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19. We Closed in Minneapolis

30 Jan 1971 · 25m

Murray's play, All Work and No Play, is finally produced but his happiness is short-lived when he discovers that the leading role will be played by Ted.

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20. Hi!

6 Feb 1971 · 25m

Mary is admitted into the hospital to have her tonsils removed, and shares a room with a grouchy woman who refuses to get along with anyone.

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21. The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner

13 Feb 1971 · 25m

Lou and his wife Edie separate and Mary becomes involved when she is asked for advice.

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22. A Friend in Deed

20 Feb 1971 · 25m

An irritating childhood friend drops by Mary's apartment, making use of her connection as Mary's former camp mate to introduce herself to the newsroom's staff.

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23. Smokey the Bear Wants You

27 Feb 1971 · 25m

Rhoda falls in love with a top executive, and is shocked to find that he wants to give up the high-flying lifestyle to become a forest ranger.

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24. The 45-Year-Old Man

6 Mar 1971 · 25m

When Lou is fired, Mary goes to confront the station owner, Wild Jack Munroe.

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1. The Bird and ...Um ...Bess

18 Sep 1971 · 25m

In the second-season premiere, after Mary Richards produces a ""What's Your Sexual IQ?"" documentary for the Six O'Clock News, Rhoda confesses to failing and Phyllis says that young Bess watched it. Phyllis calls on Mary to teach Bess the facts of life, but it turns out that Bess already had learned it from her friends. Meanwhile, the WJM-TV newsroom is shelled with phone calls responding to the documentary. According to Mary, more people are appalled by it than anything else.

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2. I Am Curious Cooper

25 Sep 1971 · 25m

Mary is intrigued by the voice of Lou Grant's friend, Mike Cooper, and asks to be set up with him. Lou breaks his policy of not matchmaking friends and colleagues.

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3. He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother

2 Oct 1971 · 25m

Mary and Rhoda take an unplanned vacation to Mexico but have to do a strange favor for a Mexican restaurant owner for reservations.

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4. Room 223

9 Oct 1971 · 25m

Mary and Rhoda enroll in a night school course in journalism and Mary begins dating the lecturer.

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5. A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend

16 Oct 1971 · 25m

When Ida, Rhoda's mother, visits, she sees how well Phyllis and Bess get on, and how closely Mary appears to her mother when they chat on the telephone, that she tries to be Rhoda's ""friend"".

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6. Cover Boy

23 Oct 1971 · 25m

Jack Cassidy guest stars as professional model Hal Baxter, who comes to visit his brother Ted at WJM-TV. Immediately, the two engage in a heated battle of sibling rivalry about EVERYTHING -- salaries, cars, & even women. In an effort to size up his brother, Ted claims that Mary is his girlfriend. Ted & Hal decide to go on a double-date with Mary & Rhoda. At the restaurant, Ted doesn't know any etiquitte, and it shows. Back at Mary's apartment, Ted & Hal arm wrestle before Hal decides to go with Rhoda up to her apartment to look thru magazines for his picture. Ted stays with Mary to make Hal think that he spends more time with his girl than he does.

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7. Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me

30 Oct 1971 · 25m

Mary attends her high school reunion and meets up with her former boyfriend Howard Arnell, who continues to have feelings for Mary. Meanwhile, Rhoda tags along believing that people will ""remember"" her although she didn't attend Roseburg High.

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8. Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary

6 Nov 1971 · 25m

The writing and technical unions go on strike, leaving only Lou, Mary, and Ted in the newsroom. WJM-TV makes Lou be second cameraman on ""The Chuckles the Clown Show"". Because an upset Murray is on strike, Mary has to write the news stories. They are terrible, and when Lou criticizes them, she starts crying. Things take a turn for the worse: Ted's union strikes, and Lou has to fill in as anchorman! On his first brodcast, he has ""clammy hands"", and he bombs. At a local bar, Murray, Gordy, & Mary share a laugh over this. After drinking before his 2nd brodcast, he is ""as cool as a cucumber""--that is, until he falls asleep at breaktime. Herb fills in for Lou for the rest of the brodcast. The next day, the unions come to an agreement, and everything goes back to normal. Rhoda Morgenstern & Phyllis Lindstrom do not appear in this episode.

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9. And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter

13 Nov 1971 · 25m

Ted is forced to take a vacation and the anchorman hired to sit in for him becomes a huge success.

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10. Don't Break the Chain

20 Nov 1971 · 25m

Mary gets a chain letter from Lou, and she is persuaded to send it on. To her surprise, one of the recipients comes for a visit, giving Mary a less than pleasant time dealing with him.

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11. The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch

27 Nov 1971 · 25m

Mary, Rhoda and Lou go to a John Wayne movie, where they spot Lou's son-in-law with an unknown woman.

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12. . . . Is a Friend in Need

4 Dec 1971 · 25m

Rhoda loses her job as a window-dresser and isn't in a hurry to find something new. When there is a job opening at WJM-TV, Mary lies to Rhoda and tells her the job has been filled, to Lou's surprise.

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13. The Square-Shaped Room

11 Dec 1971 · 25m

When Edie is out of town, Lou hires Rhoda to redecorate his living room. However, Rhoda's tastes are too modern.

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14. Ted Over Heels

18 Dec 1971 · 25m

After Ted appears on the Chuckles the Clown Show, he falls in love with Chuckles' daughter.

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15. The Five-Minute Dress

1 Jan 1972 · 25m

After volunteering some of her spare time for a worthy cause, Mary begins dating the Governor's aide. Unfortunately, the aide's duties cause him to break every date.

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16. Feeb

8 Jan 1972 · 25m

An incompetent waitress is fired after Mary complains about her poor service and Mary feels obliged to hire her when she applies for an assistant's job at WJM-TV.

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17. The Slaughter Affair

15 Jan 1972 · 25m

Murray takes on a night job as a cab driver in order to save up and buy his wife Marie a new car for their 10th wedding anniversary. However, Marie becomes suspicious about Murray's absences and fears that Murray is having an affair with Mary Richards.

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18. Baby Sit-Com

22 Jan 1972 · 25m

Mary agrees to babysit Bess for the weekend, but then a former boyfriend, in town for a few days, asks her out. When she can't find a babysitter for Bess on such short notice, she ends up asking Lou.

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19. More Than Neighbors

29 Jan 1972 · 25m

After being persuaded by Phyllis, Ted moves into a vacant apartment below Mary's but Mary and Rhoda are not thrilled by the prospect.

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20. The Care and Feeding of Parents

5 Feb 1972 · 25m

Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.

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21. Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda

12 Feb 1972 · 25m

When Rhoda's apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates.

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22. You Certainly Are a Big Boy

19 Feb 1972 · 25m

Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.

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23. Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda

26 Feb 1972 · 25m

Through a minor car accident, Mary befriends a young woman, Joanne. Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary spends more time with Joanne but Mary quickly ends the new friendship when she discovers Joanne is anti-Semitic and disapproves of Rhoda.

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24. His Two Right Arms

4 Mar 1972 · 25m

Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his aides try to bring him up to speed on current events so he can make a good impression on the show.

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1. The Good-Time News

16 Sep 1972 · 25m

Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're frustrated by Ted.

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2. What is Mary Richards Really Like?

23 Sep 1972 · 25m

Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.

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3. Who's in Charge Here?

30 Sep 1972 · 25m

Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six O'clock News begins falling apart without him.

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4. Enter Rhoda's Parents

7 Oct 1972 · 25m

Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.

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5. It's Whether You Win or Lose

14 Oct 1972 · 25m

When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial amount to Ted.

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6. Rhoda the Beautiful

21 Oct 1972 · 25m

After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.

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7. Just Around the Corner

28 Oct 1972 · 25m

Mary is worried that her parents, who have moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her, may pry into her life too much.

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8. But Seriously, Folks

4 Nov 1972 · 25m

Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.

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9. Farmer Ted and the News

11 Nov 1972 · 25m

Ted refuses to sign his contract renewal until Lou agrees to let him pursue other ventures, a decision he soon regrets when Ted begins appearing in commercials.

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10. Have I Found a Guy for You

18 Nov 1972 · 25m

Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.

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11. You've Got a Friend

25 Nov 1972 · 25m

Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.

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12. It Was Fascination, I Know

2 Dec 1972 · 25m

Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.

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13. Operation: Lou

9 Dec 1972 · 25m

Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.

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14. Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York

16 Dec 1972 · 25m

Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.

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15. The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter

23 Dec 1972 · 25m

Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feelings for Mary, breaks off his engagement, and begins dating her again.

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16. Lou's Place

6 Jan 1973 · 25m

Lou spots an opportunity to buy a bar after realizing a lifelong dream. However, he is short of several thousand dollars and Ted is the only one who can come to his aid.

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17. My Brother's Keeper

13 Jan 1973 · 25m

Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time with her to Phyllis's disapproval.

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18. The Georgette Story

20 Jan 1973 · 25m

Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.

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19. Romeo and Mary

27 Jan 1973 · 25m

Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his marriage proposal.

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20. What Do You Do When the Boss Says, I Love You?

3 Feb 1973 · 25m

The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.

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21. Murray Faces Life

10 Feb 1973 · 25m

Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.

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22. Remembrance of Things Past

17 Feb 1973 · 25m

A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him too many times before.

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23. Put On a Happy Face

24 Feb 1973 · 25m

Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.

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24. Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady

3 Mar 1973 · 25m

Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.

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1. The Lars Affair

15 Sep 1973 · 25m

Phyllis finds out that Lars has been having an affair with Sue Ann Nivens, the star of WJM-TV's The Happy Homemaker show.

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2. Angels in the Snow

22 Sep 1973 · 25m

Mary's boyfriend is younger than she is and she and Rhoda discover there is a generation gap when they go and visit his friends at a party.

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3. Rhoda's Sister Gets Married

29 Sep 1973 · 25m

Rhoda and Mary fly to New York for Rhoda's younger sister's wedding. Rhoda's mother downplays the whole thing fearing that Rhoda is envious.

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4. The Lou and Edie Story

6 Oct 1973 · 25m

On the advice of their marriage counselor, Lou's wife, Edie, decides to move out. Lou is heartbroken by the prospect.

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5. Hi There, Sports Fans

13 Oct 1973 · 25m

In this episode Dick Gautier guest stars briefly as Ed Cavenaugh, a sleazy sportscaster. Have a look at his website at Dick Gautier.com. Gordon Jump, later of MTM Enterprises' ""WKRP"" is seen for a few minutes playing one of the sportscaster applicants. When Ted asks Mary to order tweezers and other assorted supplies for his personal use, she gets more than a little flustered and asks Lou to give her something challenging to do. At the drop of a hat, he assigns her the task of hiring a new sportscaster...and firing the old one. In order to let Ed Cavenaugh down easy, she invites him to lunch and he tries to mesmerize her with his suavity with the opposite sex. Then Mary learns a lesson: don't fire the current sportscaster until you've hired another one. After days of screening applicants, listening to demo tapes and perusing their eight-by-ten glossies, she decides on Andy Rivers.

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6. Father's Day

20 Oct 1973 · 25m

Ted meets his father, who deserted him as a baby.

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7. Son of But Seriously Folks

27 Oct 1973 · 25m

Mary's former boyfriend, Wes Callison, gets a job in the newsroom but his affection for Mary gets in the way of his work.

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8. Lou's First Date

3 Nov 1973 · 25m

Lou gives Mary the task of finding him a date for an awards' ceremony. A name mix-up means that Lou winds up taking out an 80-year-old woman.

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9. Love Blooms at Hemples

10 Nov 1973 · 25m

Rhoda begins dating the boss of Hemple's and falls deeply in love with him. She wants to tell him how she feels, but Mary warns her to take things slowly.

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10. The Dinner Party

17 Nov 1973 · 25m

Mary invites Congresswoman Geddes to a fancy dinner at her home, trying hard to ensure that everything is perfect.

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11. Just Friends

24 Nov 1973 · 25m

Lou is still heartbroken over Edie's departure and asks Mary to help them get back together.

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12. We Want Baxter

1 Dec 1973 · 25m

Phyllis persuades Ted to stand for local government. Ted agrees and goes so far as to quit his job at WJM-TV.

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13. I Gave at the Office

8 Dec 1973 · 25m

Murray's daughter, Bonnie, is looking for a job and Mary is persuaded into giving her one but Bonnie is not as efficient as everyone had hoped.

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14. Almost a Nun's Story

15 Dec 1973 · 25m

Georgette finds Ted making out with a woman in his dressing room. She then decides to enter a nunnery, but the head nun talks her out of it.

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15. Happy Birthday, Lou!

22 Dec 1973 · 25m

Lou is closing in on fifty and today is his birthday. Mary can't stand the thought of the now-separated Lou celebrating his birthday all alone, so she arranges a surprise party for him. That evening, she invites Lou over for a drink and the doorbell rings just as he tells her how much he appreciated her not throwing an office party for him that afternoon. Gordy is at the door with an envelope...full of hats. Others are out in the hallway, too. Lou is furious and tries to get out using the back door...but there is no back door. Mary asks Lou's permission to invite Murray in. He enters, miffed at Lou's actions. Next Rhoda, and finally Ted, get to come in. Lou admits that he hates displays of affection...then reluctantly agrees to let the remainder of the guests in. While they all file in, he files out and down to MacKluskey's bar where....they throw a surprise party for him. Later he returns to Mary's place to apologize...evidently the guests opened his gifts (at Ted's urging) and they a

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16. WJM Tries Harder

5 Jan 1974 · 25m

Mary begins dating the anchorman from Minneapolis's top news show and becomes ashamed of WJM-TV's smaller news operation.

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17. Cottage for Sale

12 Jan 1974 · 25m

Phyllis, who has gotten her real estate license, persuades Lou to sell his house. However, Lou hasn't really made up his mind whether he wants to move.

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18. The Co-Producers

19 Jan 1974 · 25m

Mary and Rhoda are given permission to develop a new show for WJM but their dreams begin to fade when they find out that the hosts will be Ted and Sue Ann, who both begin to interfere with their plans.

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19. Best of Enemies

26 Jan 1974 · 25m

Rhoda tells the secret of Mary's that she never graduated from college, as she claimed on her job application, and their friendship is suddenly put at risk.

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20. Better Late . . . That's a Pun . . . Than Never

2 Feb 1974 · 25m

To relieve her boredom, Mary jokingly writes a humorous obituary of one of the people in the WJM-TV file. Coincidentally, the same person dies the following day and the obituary is read on the air. Lou has no choice but to suspend Mary, but she threatens to quit in response.

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21. Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite

9 Feb 1974 · 25m

After a heavy self-promotion campaign, Ted wins his first Teddy Award. When Walter Cronkite comes to the newsroom, Ted assumes that he will be hired by the networks.

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22. Lou's Second Date

16 Feb 1974 · 25m

Lou and Rhoda find they have a lot in common and begin seeing each other on a casual basis but everyone assumes that the romance is serious.

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23. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer

23 Feb 1974 · 25m

Ted joins Mary at a night-school class in creative writing, and winds up plagiarizing her assignment.

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24. I Was a Single for WJM

2 Mar 1974 · 25m

Mary goes to a singles bar to research a documentary, but on the night the crew arrives for filming, the same people who were willing to tell Mary everything don't want to be seen on camera.

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1. Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?

14 Sep 1974 · 26m

Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.

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2. Not Just Another Pretty Face

21 Sep 1974 · 26m

Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.

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3. You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

28 Sep 1974 · 26m

Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him through the office doors. Lou feels guilty, and Ted takes advantage of him.

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4. Lou and That Woman

5 Oct 1974 · 26m

Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.

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5. The Outsider

12 Oct 1974 · 25m

WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.

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6. I Love a Piano

19 Oct 1974 · 26m

Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her old piano, he goes to see her.

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7. A New Sue Ann

26 Oct 1974 · 26m

A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.

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8. Menage-a-Phyllis

2 Nov 1974 · 25m

Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.

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9. Not a Christmas Story

9 Nov 1974 · 26m

The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue Ann decides to serve her Christmas dinner early.

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10. What Are Friends For?

16 Nov 1974 · 26m

Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

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11. A Boy's Best Friend

23 Nov 1974 · 26m

Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.

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12. A Son for Murray

30 Nov 1974 · 26m

Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.

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13. Neighbors

7 Dec 1974 · 26m

Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.

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14. A Girl Like Mary

14 Dec 1974 · 26m

Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.

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15. An Affair to Forget

21 Dec 1974 · 26m

Now that Mary is producer, Ted thinks that he can make his move on her. He convinces the rest of the newsroom that they are having an affair.

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16. Mary Richards: Producer

4 Jan 1975 · 25m

Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'clock News alone.

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17. The System

11 Jan 1975 · 26m

When Ted's formula for betting on football games works, Lou goes into partnership with him. He winds up betting all of the season's winnings on the Super Bowl without telling Ted.

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18. Phyllis Whips Inflation

18 Jan 1975 · 30m

Phyllis and Lars have a dispute and she finds her credit cards cut off. She looks for a job but finds that she has no relevant skills.

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19. The Shame of the Cities

25 Jan 1975 · 30m

Lou wants to research his own news story now that Mary's producer and decides to launch a major investigation on a city councilor only to discover that he is completely honest.

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20. Marriage Minneapolis Style

1 Feb 1975 · 30m

Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.

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21. You Try To Be a Nice Guy

8 Feb 1975 · 30m

Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.

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22. You Can't Lose 'em All

15 Feb 1975 · 30m

Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.

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23. Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

22 Feb 1975 · 30m

A con-man tricks Ted into setting up a broadcasters' academy. When he finds out he's been had, he asks Lou, Mary and Murray to be the faculty and give the semester's opening lectures.

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24. Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

8 Mar 1975 · 30m

Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.

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1. Edie Gets Married

13 Sep 1975 · 30m

Lou puts on a brave face when he learns that his ex-wife Edie is remarrying.

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2. Mary Moves Out

20 Sep 1975 · 30m

Mary, wanting some change in her life, makes the decision to move to a new apartment.

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3. Mary's Father

27 Sep 1975 · 30m

Mary researches a documentary with the help of a priest. He eventually decides to leave the Church, and Mary thinks that he has fallen in love with her.

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4. Murray In Love

4 Oct 1975 · 30m

Murray realizes that he's always been in love with Mary and wants desperately to tell her.

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5. Ted's Moment of Glory

11 Oct 1975 · 30m

Ted's jocular nature is ideal for hosting a game show in New York, and he successfully auditions for the job. But Mary and Lou wonder if they really want to see him go.

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6. Mary's Aunt

18 Oct 1975 · 30m

Mary's high-flying journalist aunt comes for a visit, and Lou finds that he has a rival in her.

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7. Chuckles Bites the Dust

25 Oct 1975 · 30m

Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.

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8. Mary's Delinquent

1 Nov 1975 · 30m

Mary joins a Big Sisters scheme and tries to bring a teenage shoplifter to the side of good. Sue Ann, pursuing an award, decides to "adopt" a little sister as well but finds herself getting influenced.

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9. Ted's Wedding

8 Nov 1975 · 30m

Out of pity for Ted, Mary invites him & Georgette over for brunch. While he as an onion ring in his mouth, he proposes to Georgette...again. When, for the first time, Georgette says no, she & Ted have a talk and decide they want to get married now. They invite all their friends: Lou, Murray (with mud on his sweatshirt from his son's football game), and Sue Ann (who, in a spectacularily comedic enterance, brings a veil, flowers, and rice, among several other things). Ted's mom can't make it (she's washing her hair), but the incompetent minister comes straight from his tennis match. Best man Lou helps Ted calm his wedding day jitters. When the minister asks Ted if he takes Georgette to be his lawfully wedded wife, he pauses for a moment. Finally, with a smile on his face, he says, ""I do."" When they are pronounced husband & wife, Sue Ann sings the wedding march...very poorly, of course. Once the wedding ends and Lou, Murray, & Sue Ann leave, Ted asks, as if nothing had happened,

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10. Lou Douses an Old Flame

15 Nov 1975 · 30m

Lou meets up with a woman who had sent him a 'Dear John' letter during World War II but is disappointed to learn her motives for doing so.

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11. Mary Richards Falls in Love

22 Nov 1975 · 30m

Mary is convinced she has really fallen in love, but her boyfriend seems reluctant in saying those three magic words, 'I love you'.

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12. Ted's Tax Refund

29 Nov 1975 · 30m

Ted is overjoyed when he gets a tax refund and splurges out on everyone at the newsroom, but is later shocked when the IRS informs him that he will be audited.

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13. The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home

6 Dec 1975 · 30m

Sue Ann gets Mary to ask Lou out on a date on her behalf. Lou accepts, not realizing who Mary's 'friend' is.

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14. One Boyfriend Too Many

13 Dec 1975 · 30m

Mary's old flame Dan Whitfield, who once proposed to her, returns to Minneapolis and she's forced to choose between him and her current boyfriend.

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15. What Do You Want to Do When You Produce?

20 Dec 1975 · 30m

Initially delighted at the chance of producing the Happy Homemaker show, Murray quickly becomes miserable when he realizes the menial tasks he has to do for Sue Ann.

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16. Not With My Wife, I Don't

3 Jan 1976 · 30m

Ted and Georgette face marital problems, but Ted refuses to see a counselor unless Lou goes with him.

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17. The Seminar

10 Jan 1976 · 30m

Lou and Mary go on a press junket to Washington, DC. Lou was once a correspondent there, but Mary has difficulty believing him about his contacts.

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18. Once I Had a Secret Love

17 Jan 1976 · 30m

Lou has spent the night with Sue Ann, and confides in Mary. Their friendship is almost ruined when Mary is unable to keep the secret.

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19. Menage-a-Lou

24 Jan 1976 · 30m

Lou almost ruins one of Mary's parties when his old girlfriend, Charlene Maguire, arrives with a date. He tries to make her jealous by taking out one of Mary's neighbors.

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20. Murray Takes a Stand

31 Jan 1976 · 30m

Murray is unhappy with the new station owner's policies and tells him off over the phone one evening. However, the station owner fires him the following day.

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21. Mary's Aunt Returns

7 Feb 1976 · 30m

Mary's Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.

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22. A Reliable Source

21 Feb 1976 · 30m

Mary learns that an old friend seeking re-election to Congress had financial help from the mob. Lou threatens to use the story on the air.

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23. Sue Ann Falls in Love

28 Feb 1976 · 30m

Sue Ann has fallen in love, but her new boyfriend is less scrupulous than he first seems.

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24. Ted and the Kid

6 Mar 1976 · 30m

Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.

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1. Mary Midwife

25 Sep 1976 · 30m

Georgette gives birth at Mary's dinner party. With the hospital and doctor too far away, Lou and Mary help deliver the baby.

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2. Mary the Writer

2 Oct 1976 · 30m

Mary decides to take a creative writing course, and is less than delighted with the criticism Lou levels at her efforts.

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3. Sue Ann's Sister

9 Oct 1976 · 30m

Sue Ann becomes deeply depressed when her sister arrives and gets an offer to do a competing homemaker show in Minneapolis.

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4. What's Wrong with Swimming?

16 Oct 1976 · 30m

Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming and is faced with the prospect of firing her.

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5. Ted's Change of Heart

23 Oct 1976 · 30m

Ted suffers a heart attack on the air and for the next few days becomes conscious of how precious life is.

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6. One Producer Too Many

30 Oct 1976 · 30m

Lou promotes Murray to co-producer against Mary's wishes to prevent him from accepting a producer's job at a rival television station.

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7. My Son, the Genius

6 Nov 1976 · 30m

Ted and Georgette are initially disturbed to find that their son, David, is not doing well at school, but a psychiatrist's test shows that he is a genius. Unfortunately, David lets this go to his head and takes advantage of Ted.

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8. Mary Gets a Lawyer

13 Nov 1976 · 30m

Mary faces a contempt charge for not revealing her news source. Lou recommends a lawyer friend who takes a romantic interest in Mary.

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9. Lou Proposes

20 Nov 1976 · 30m

Lou realizes that he has feelings for Mary's Aunt Flo, a journalist with a similar pride and passion in the news profession.

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10. Murray Can't Lose

27 Nov 1976 · 26m

Lou learns from a source on the Teddy Award's panel that Murray will finally win an award for his news writing.

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11. Mary's Insomnia

4 Dec 1976 · 30m

Mary is having trouble sleeping and resorts to pills, which has Lou concerned that she's become addicted to them.

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12. Ted's Temptation

11 Dec 1976 · 30m

Mary and Murray find it hard to believe that an attractive young journalist has tried to seduce Ted while they are at a convention in Hollywood.

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13. Look at Us, We're Walking

25 Dec 1976 · 30m

Mary and Lou threaten to quit after the new station manager refuses to give them a raise.

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14. The Critic

8 Jan 1977 · 30m

A pompous but renowned critic is hired to provoke controversy on The Six O'Clock News, but the newsroom thinks he has gone too far when he begins attacking Minneapolis and its residents.

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15. Lou's Army Reunion

15 Jan 1977 · 30m

Lou wants to return a favor to an old Army buddy, but balks when he asks for a date with Mary.

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16. The Ted and Georgette Show

22 Jan 1977 · 30m

Ted and Georgette successfully audition for their own variety show, which becomes a big hit, but Georgette eventually finds that she would prefer being a wife and mother.

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17. Sue Ann Gets the Ax

29 Jan 1977 · 30m

Sue Ann's Happy Homemaker show is canceled but she is determined to stay at WJM and asks Mary to give her a job in the newsroom.

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18. Hail the Conquering Gordy

5 Feb 1977 · 30m

WJM's former weatherman, Gordy Howard, returns to visit Minneapolis after becoming a highly successful network presenter in New York. Ted is desperate for a chance to join Gordy.

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19. Mary and the Sexagenarian

12 Feb 1977 · 30m

Mary happily accepts a date from a charming older man without realizing that he's Murray's father, but everyone else has difficulty coming to terms with the difference in their ages.

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20. Murray Ghosts for Ted

19 Feb 1977 · 25m

Ted offers Murray $200 to write an article on his behalf. The article becomes a success, but Ted refuses to share the credit with Murray.

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21. Mary's Three Husbands

26 Feb 1977 · 30m

Murray, Ted and Lou fantasize about being married to Mary.

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22. Mary's Big Party

5 Mar 1977 · 30m

Mary has planned a fancy party at her apartment, with a mystery guest of honor, but the power in the building goes before he arrives.

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23. Lou Dates Mary

12 Mar 1977 · 30m

Mary has another disastrous date and worries she'll never meet the right man, until Georgette points out that every quality she seeks can be found in Lou Grant.

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24. The Last Show

19 Mar 1977 · 30m

WJM-TV has some personnel changes in the executive department (again), and everyone except Ted Baxter is fired. The new station manager wants to see the WJM News the highest-ranked in Minneapolis, and for some reason feels that Ted can help him make it happen. (Seems a little odd, eh?) The gang says goodbye to each other in the form of a long, hard cry. Mary thanks them all for being her surrogate family, and Lou finally sentimentally says, ""I cherish you people."" They bravely march out the office doors singing, ""It's a long, long way to Tipperary."" At the last moment, Mary leans back through through the WJM-TV doors and turns out the light. So long, WJM-TV.