As part of a publicity tour for a new movie, John Wayne makes a stop in Tuckahoe, to visit Arthur, his number one fan. However, when the ceiling caves in at the Harmons, Arthur talks Maude into hosting the party. Maude decides to have a verbal shootout with the Duke about woman's lib but finds her tongue tied when she actually meets him.

Maude becomes concerned when Walter begins smoking a pipe and wearing high heeled shoes. She suggests that perhaps he's going through male menopause. However, what really concerns both her and Arthur is when they catch Vivian and Walter sharing a kiss. This obviously leads to yet more marital strife between the Findlays and the Harmons.

Walter is late for a special dinner with Maude because he is trying to stop his book keeper from committing suicide. However, while he is there, Walter has a heart attack and he ends up having much more than his health to worry about, when Maude discovers where he was.

With Florida gone, Maude has finally decided to hire a new housekeeper. She is excited with the fact that the new one, Mrs. Naugatuck is British but quickly the two of them clash over gender roles, as Mrs. Naugatuck insists on calling Walter the master of the house and begins to pamper his every need.

Walter and Arthur go away for the weekend on a camping trip. Maude is upset with Walter's plans but she soon forgets it, when Vivian and her go on a non-stop eating binge. However, Walter and Arthur's trip goes awry as they become victims of a speed trap and land in jail.

Maude and Vivian go out for drinks one evening, while Arthur and Walter go away for a golfing weekend. The two girls soon compare notes and discover that an old flame who once dated both of them has sent them each a post card saying he'll be in town. The two girls quickly get drunk while debating over who he finds more attractive.

Walter and Arthur return from an outing in Canada with a batch of fresh fish and a lack of interest in their eager wives. However, Walter has one very important interest, to move the family to the Canadian wilderness. Maude is dead set against the notion, but her reverse psychology fails and Walter ends up trying to sell his business.

Maude is having a restless night, she can't sleep because she has something very important on her mind and wants to tell Walter about it, but he's too busy worrying about the blizzard outside and his end of the summer sale scheduled for the next day. So she decides to just drop the bomb, her doctor has told her that she should have a hysterectomy.

Someone in Maude's household seems to be having a nighttime visitor.

Vivian is throwing a party and she is a nervous wreck, luckily she has Maude to help her. Things get worse when her maid refuses to serve during the event so, Maude extends a hand and gets Mrs. Naugatuck to help out. However, after all that, Maude is in for a shock, Walter and her are not invited to the party.

At a new job, Maude manages three men who find it hard to work for a woman.

Maude is spending much of her time with a best-selling author and Walter resents her new-found friendship.

The burden of alimony might finally be off Walter's back when Walter's ex-wife remarries.

Maude is determined to make her New Year's Eve party something to remember.

A famed psychic tells Maude she will marry for a fifth time. Maude begins to worry about this possibility when the psychic's other predictions start coming true.

Maude is left organizing a telethon without a cause, when the charity for which Maude has put in a lot of work withdraws at the last moment.

Maude learns that Carol's ""intended"" already has a wife.

Maude recruits Vivian into women's liberation, which may threaten Vivian's marriage.

Mrs. Naugatuck's strange behavior and wedding announcement surprise everyone.

Walter would rather go bankrupt than allow Maude to mortgage the house that is in her name.

Walter's sudden passion for religion has an ulterior motive.

Maude plans a romantic weekend with Walter to rekindle her marriage, but the situation turns out to be less than ideal.

Maude's mother comes to visit and brings out all of Maude's insecurities.

Maude's political ambitions, and possible election as Senator, threaten her and Walter's marriage.

Walter moves out of the house and into bachelor digs when Maude persists with her political plans.

Maude and Walter arrive at a party with ""dates"" of their own.

Maude decides the marriage is over and is caught in a ""compromising position.""

It is finally election day, and Maude's political and marital fates hang in the balance.

Viv's dog dies while in Maude's care, and Maude fears she will be blamed for it.

Mrs. Naugatuck is conning everyone, and Maude has to get to the bottom of her scheme.

Vivian's ex-husband comes back into her life.

Maude pours out her innermost feelings, revealing long-hidden secrets and anxieties as well as new insights into her character.

As a joke, Walter poses as a doctor at Arthur's convention. But his ""medical expertise"" is called for in an emergency.

Arthur and Vivian fall out over issues of intimacy and honesty in relationships.

Maude finds Walter's business ethics extremely problematic.

One of Maude's ex-husbands gives himself to her, literally.

Walter is certain his annual party for his employees will be spoiled by Maude's activist houseguest.

Who broke Maude's priceless crystal bowl? There are several conflicting versions of what happened to the punch bowl.

Walter is arrested for lewd behavior on his birthday. But Walter's alibi might prove to be even more embarassing than the accusation.

Maude decides Henry Fonda would make the perfect President of the United States and starts a campaign to get him elected, with or without his approval.

Maude's obsession with Henry Fonda spirals out of control, causing concern about her mental health.

Maude stages a tribute to American women for the Tuckahoe Bicentennial celebration. All the men are convinced it is a money losing proposition.

Mrs. Naugatuck falls ill and is hospitalized just before she is to become an American citizen.

Maude's nephew streches everyone's patience, as his laid back lifestyle is just a cover up for his lack of responsibility.

A literary authority would rather lunch with Vivian than Maude, but Maude simply cannot come to terms with this.

Carol is determined to get promoted at all costs, but Maude does not want her to sacrifice her integrity.

Maude hires an ex-con as her cook, but does not find it easy to live with the knowledge of what he has done.

Vivian's first funeral is an ordeal for everyone.

Maude is stuck in a file closet with an ex-husband.

Mrs. Naugatuck's wedding plans run into problems, and Maude makes a bad situation worse.

Business and financial problems may ruin Walter's life.

Maude's attempts to help Walter in his crisis push him over the edge.

Walter's emotional problems are compounded by physical ones, which may keep him from returning home.

The eve of the national election offers more than political worries for Maude as she meets Carol's latest boyfriend.

Maude and Vivian appear on a game show, and Maude's attempts to keep Vivian from making a fool of herself backfire.

Walter has a very strange dream involving Arthur.

Mrs. Naugatuck's last-minute demand could jeapordize her wedding.

Will an evening with friends involve mate-swapping? Visitors to Maude's house have more in mind for an evening's entertainment than polite conversation.

Maude's home is robbed, but she does not want her friends and neighbors to resort to guns to protect their homes.

A generous gift from Arthur casts a pall on holiday celebrations.

The presence of a cousin throws Maude's work and life into a tizzy.

Maude has lunch with a handsome, newly divorced ""friend,"" much against Walter's wishes.

An operation Arthur performs proves quite memorable, as the patient turns out to be someone from his past.

Maude feels her life is in danger from an oversexed housepainter, and reacts hysterically.

Maude heads for the bottle when she sees an old friend in a wheelchair.

Maude learns more than she would like to know about Vivian, when she tries to figure out why Vivian is behaving so strangely.

Maude's free spirited aunt takes an interest in Mrs. Naugatuck's husband.

Walter is jealous of Arthur's new friendship, and his sense of loneliness and betrayal makes Maude in turn feel bad.

Arthur's split personality makes Vivian distraught.

Maude fires Mrs. Naugatuck, but panics when she finds out she will never see Mrs. Naugatuck again.

Maude is furious when her wallet disappears on the subway. She is even more angry when the ""thief"" shows up at her house.