Episode 1
The Good-Time News
1972-09-16 • 25 min
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.
TV season
1972-09-16
Episode 1
1972-09-16 • 25 min
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.
Episode 2
1972-09-23 • 25 min
Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
Episode 3
1972-09-30 • 25 min
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.
Episode 4
1972-10-07 • 25 min
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.
Episode 5
1972-10-14 • 25 min
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.
Episode 6
1972-10-21 • 25 min
After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
Episode 7
1972-10-28 • 25 min
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.
Episode 8
1972-11-04 • 25 min
Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
Episode 9
1972-11-11 • 25 min
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.
Episode 10
1972-11-18 • 25 min
Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
Episode 11
1972-11-25 • 25 min
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.
Episode 12
1972-12-02 • 25 min
Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.
Episode 13
1972-12-09 • 25 min
Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.
Episode 14
1972-12-16 • 25 min
Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
Episode 15
1972-12-23 • 25 min
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.
Episode 16
1973-01-06 • 25 min
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.
Episode 17
1973-01-13 • 25 min
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.
Episode 18
1973-01-20 • 25 min
Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
Episode 19
1973-01-27 • 25 min
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.
Episode 20
1973-02-03 • 25 min
The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
Episode 21
1973-02-10 • 25 min
Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.
Episode 22
1973-02-17 • 25 min
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.
Episode 23
1973-02-24 • 25 min
Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.
Episode 24
1973-03-03 • 25 min
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.