Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom

Episodes 45

Love is All Around

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September 19, 197025m
1x1

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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Today I Am a Ma'am

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September 26, 197025m
1x2

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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Bess, You is My Daughter Now

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October 3, 197025m
1x3

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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Divorce Isn't Everything

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October 10, 197025m
1x4

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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Keep Your Guard Up

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October 17, 197025m
1x5

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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Support Your Local Mother

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October 24, 197025m
1x6

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

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1x7

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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The Snow Must Go On

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November 7, 197025m
1x8

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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Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary

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November 14, 197025m
1x9

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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Assistant Wanted, Female

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November 21, 197025m
1x10

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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1040 or Fight

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November 28, 197025m
1x11

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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Anchorman Overboard

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December 5, 197025m
1x12

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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He's All Yours

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December 12, 197025m
1x13

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

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Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II

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December 19, 197025m
1x14

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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Howard's Girl

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January 2, 197125m
1x15

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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Party is Such Sweet Sorrow

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January 9, 197125m
1x16

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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Just a Lunch

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January 16, 197125m
1x17

Mary reluctantly finds herself romantically involved with a married man.

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Second Story Story

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January 23, 197125m
1x18

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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We Closed in Minneapolis

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January 30, 197125m
1x19

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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Hi!

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February 6, 197125m
1x20

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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The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner

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February 13, 197125m
1x21

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

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A Friend in Deed

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February 20, 197125m
1x22

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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Smokey the Bear Wants You

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February 27, 197125m
1x23

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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The 45-Year-Old Man

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Season Finale
March 6, 197125m
1x24

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

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The Bird and ...Um ...Bess

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September 18, 197125m
2x1

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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I Am Curious Cooper

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September 25, 197125m
2x2

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

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October 2, 197125m
2x3

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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Room 223

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October 9, 197125m
2x4

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

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A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend

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October 16, 197125m
2x5

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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Cover Boy

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October 23, 197125m
2x6

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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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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Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary

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November 6, 197125m
2x8

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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And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter

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November 13, 197125m
2x9

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

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Don't Break the Chain

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November 20, 197125m
2x10

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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The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch

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November 27, 197125m
2x11

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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. . . Is a Friend in Need

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December 4, 197125m
2x12

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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The Square-Shaped Room

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December 11, 197125m
2x13

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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Ted Over Heels

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December 18, 197125m
2x14

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

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The Five-Minute Dress

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January 1, 197225m
2x15

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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Feeb

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January 8, 197225m
2x16

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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The Slaughter Affair

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January 15, 197225m
2x17

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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Baby Sit-Com

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January 22, 197225m
2x18

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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More Than Neighbors

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January 29, 197225m
2x19

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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The Care and Feeding of Parents

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February 5, 197225m
2x20

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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Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda

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February 12, 197225m
2x21

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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You Certainly Are a Big Boy

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February 19, 197225m
2x22

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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Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda

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February 26, 197225m
2x23

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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His Two Right Arms

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Season Finale
March 4, 197225m
2x24

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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The Good-Time News

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September 16, 197225m
3x1

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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What is Mary Richards Really Like?

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September 23, 197225m
3x2

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

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Who's in Charge Here?

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September 30, 197225m
3x3

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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Enter Rhoda's Parents

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October 7, 197225m
3x4

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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It's Whether You Win or Lose

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October 14, 197225m
3x5

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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Rhoda the Beautiful

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October 21, 197225m
3x6

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

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Just Around the Corner

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October 28, 197225m
3x7

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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But Seriously, Folks

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November 4, 197225m
3x8

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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Farmer Ted and the News

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November 11, 197225m
3x9

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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Have I Found a Guy for You

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November 18, 197225m
3x10

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

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You've Got a Friend

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November 25, 197225m
3x11

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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It Was Fascination, I Know

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December 2, 197225m
3x12

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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Operation: Lou

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December 9, 197225m
3x13

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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Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York

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December 16, 197225m
3x14

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

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The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter

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December 23, 197225m
3x15

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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Lou's Place

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January 6, 197325m
3x16

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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My Brother's Keeper

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January 13, 197325m
3x17

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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The Georgette Story

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January 20, 197325m
3x18

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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Romeo and Mary

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January 27, 197325m
3x19

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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3x20

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

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Murray Faces Life

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February 10, 197325m
3x21

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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Remembrance of Things Past

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February 17, 197325m
3x22

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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Put On a Happy Face

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February 24, 197325m
3x23

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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Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady

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Season Finale
March 3, 197325m
3x24

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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The Lars Affair

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September 15, 197325m
4x1

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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Angels in the Snow

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September 22, 197325m
4x2

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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Rhoda's Sister Gets Married

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September 29, 197325m
4x3

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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The Lou and Edie Story

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October 6, 197325m
4x4

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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Hi There, Sports Fans

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October 13, 197325m
4x5

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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Father's Day

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October 20, 197325m
4x6

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

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Son of But Seriously Folks

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October 27, 197325m
4x7

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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Lou's First Date

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November 3, 197325m
4x8

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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Love Blooms at Hemples

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November 10, 197325m
4x9

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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The Dinner Party

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November 17, 197325m
4x10

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

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Just Friends

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November 24, 197325m
4x11

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

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We Want Baxter

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December 1, 197325m
4x12

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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I Gave at the Office

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December 8, 197325m
4x13

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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Almost a Nun's Story

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December 15, 197325m
4x14

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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Happy Birthday, Lou!

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December 22, 197325m
4x15

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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WJM Tries Harder

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January 5, 197425m
4x16

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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Cottage for Sale

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January 12, 197425m
4x17

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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The Co-Producers

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January 19, 197425m
4x18

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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Best of Enemies

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January 26, 197425m
4x19

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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4x20

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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Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite

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February 9, 197425m
4x21

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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Lou's Second Date

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February 16, 197425m
4x22

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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Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer

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February 23, 197425m
4x23

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

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I Was a Single for WJM

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Season Finale
March 2, 197425m
4x24

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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Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?

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September 14, 197426m
5x1

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

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Not Just Another Pretty Face

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September 21, 197426m
5x2

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

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You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

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September 28, 197426m
5x3

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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Lou and That Woman

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October 5, 197426m
5x4

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

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The Outsider

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October 12, 197425m
5x5

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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I Love a Piano

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October 19, 197426m
5x6

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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A New Sue Ann

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October 26, 197426m
5x7

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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Menage-a-Phyllis

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November 2, 197425m
5x8

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

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Not a Christmas Story

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November 9, 197426m
5x9

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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What Are Friends For?

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November 16, 197426m
5x10

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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A Boy's Best Friend

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November 23, 197426m
5x11

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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A Son for Murray

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November 30, 197426m
5x12

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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Neighbors

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December 7, 197426m
5x13

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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A Girl Like Mary

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December 14, 197426m
5x14

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

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An Affair to Forget

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December 21, 197426m
5x15

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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Mary Richards: Producer

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January 4, 197525m
5x16

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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The System

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January 11, 197526m
5x17

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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Phyllis Whips Inflation

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January 18, 197530m
5x18

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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The Shame of the Cities

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January 25, 197530m
5x19

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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Marriage Minneapolis Style

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February 1, 197530m
5x20

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

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You Try To Be a Nice Guy

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February 8, 197530m
5x21

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

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You Can't Lose 'em All

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February 15, 197530m
5x22

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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Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

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February 22, 197530m
5x23

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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Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

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Season Finale
March 8, 197530m
5x24

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

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