Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Lorettas record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.

Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.

Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than shes telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.

Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Marys sex ed books.

Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Toms coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.

Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope that Heather is safe and that Tom was kidnapped by the mass murderer. Shed rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.

Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Marys lives are in danger.

Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.

Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.

Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.

Mary visits Sgt. Foleys apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows somethings up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.

Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartmans problems. Grandpa has his day in court.

Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartmans problems. Grandpa has his day in court.

Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.

Mary says Tom shouldnt go to waste. Cathys magic fingers make their debut.

Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.

George says no to Cathy and Steve, but his words fall on deaf ears. Charlie and Loretta swap exciting news. The Shumway house is a battleground. Tom cooks his way back into Marys heart.

Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.

Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.

Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae drops – in the Hartmans house.

Mary keeps Mae from suicide, for the sake of her bathroom. Charlie and Loretta get a not so friendly letter. Mary and Mae have a nice woman to husbands former mistress talk.

Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.

George gets a ""visitor"" and then a ""surprise."" The Hartmans get a call from Toms exs ex. George returns home in a panic.

Maes reunion is a big headache for Tom and its all Marys fault. Loretta and Charlie get some not so friendly news. Loretta makes a spectacular comeback, in more ways than one

Mary tells Tom that itll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Marys need for "something else" that she cant explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesnt quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that shes losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.

Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do with it. Tom doesnt communicate well when he tells Loretta and Mary what happened between Charlie and Tiny at the plant. Mary wishes Tom could convert the energy of anger into something sexy. George is happy he and Martha made up at 2:15 a.m. Cathy fears shes no longer good enough for Steve, and George threatens to punch his heart out. Lorettas engineer Clyde Muncie visits with news that his brother in Chicago wants to release Lorettas song as a single.

Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be married, just as Kate Walters arrives at Steves apartment. Tom has it out with George and decides to run against him in the union election. Mary explains her problems to Mona McKenzie. Mary lies to Cathy that Mona is an old friend from high school who transferred away. Cathy discovers Steve in bed with Kate.

Mary secretly phones Mona but cant talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathys over Steve. Loretta has a new tune about Cathys relationship with Steve called How Can You Say You Dont Love Me When You Never Could Talk At All? Clyde calls the Haggers with news that a royalty check is in the mail. Tom and George spar over union ideals at the plant. After hearing Baby Boy on the radio, Tiny offers to help Charlie get re-hired. Tom accuses Mary of meddling, and she accuses him of using sex to intimidate her into being a good girl. Mona phones Mary to arrange a meeting about sex therapy.

Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.

Mrs. Haggers meets Mrs. Haggers. Sergeant Foley waits with Mary. Mary is shaking - and its not from the cold. Charlie and Muriel remember things differently.

Mary wonders about Toms sudden burst of cooperativeness. Charlie tells Loretta the story of Muriel. Cathy has found the perfect man - again.

Loretta gives a farewell performance. Cathy plays hard-to-get and says yes to two dates.

Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.

Mary feels awful and Roberta says "great." Mary tells Dennis he must forget Cathy. Mary confides in Cathy, who hates her.

Mary cant get out of bed. Muriel gets breakfast from Loretta and an ultimatum from Charlie. Muriels extortion scheme falls flat off her face.

Marys breakfast is a failure. Lorettas career is a success. Mary attempts to save Cathy from a tragedy with a reading from TV Guide.

The Haggers say "hooray for Hollywood." Mary denies her sisters wedding day wish for the sake of cholesterol. Charlie makes plans for a VIP tour. Mary wonders if Loretta will forget.

Its Lorettas big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.

Mary and Cathy are going crazy. Roberta has no need to scream when Dennis gives back the key. Sergeant Foley threatens to set a date, if Mary wont.

Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood, but today is Thursday and Mary cant face her friend.

Mary returns home from the Italian cinema. Charlie explains the joys of parenthood. Tom gets an explosion out of "Pop." Sergeant Foley anticipates another undercover(s) assignment.

Mary and Tom disagree - with the Bible. Muriel talks Clyde Muncie into waiting with the bad news. Charlie is off to the airport. Muriel says goodbye.

Cathy discovers Marys true interest in her marriage. Dennis wants Mary to be more honest. Mary tries to save herself with a story of vertical lifesaving.

Sergeant Foley talks his way into a family. Cathy is appeased. Mary makes an unfortunate slip of the tongue.

Cathy buries the hatchet in Dennis overflow. Mary is warned about blonde men and fools, then goes to the station again for the first time.

Mary and Martha make their musical requests. Betty does her best to battle Marys twelve compound. Ed and Howard have a "family" squabble.

Mary vows to put an end to something. Tom bowls alone and makes a friend. Charlies good news waits for the "good news." Dennis complicates a "no" with the truth.

Grandpa offers some philosophy and gets a lift to the supermarket. Toms dejection breeds rejection and Dennis feelings come straight from the heart.

Mary makes a confession, which Dennis is awake to hear. Cathy and Tom find the evidence (you dont need bandages for a heart attack). Mary gets help in return for the truth.

Mary has the hard truth for Heather. Heather has the hard questions for Mary. Sergeant Foley gets put in traction and straightens things out with Cathy. Toms refuge is the scene for more fighting.

Mary becomes better acquainted with her hospital family. Cathy is confused by the results of a pregnancy test. Not knowing the extent of his injuries frustrates Charlie. Merle calls the hospital to make amends. Tom finds Heather with a new look and taking good care of herself at home. Ackerman and Dr. Williams reach an impasse over the length of Marys stay.

Dr. Fermin has answers for Charlie, but it doesnt put the patients mind to rest. Martha explains to Grandpa Larkin the facts surrounding Georges mysterious disappearance. Merle attempts to buy Jimmy Joes forgiveness with a television set. Wanda leaves the ward in Marys capable hands

Mary and Tom are happily reunited at Fernwood Receiving, but the visit takes an unfortunate turn when she confesses she thinks Chester is dangerous. Cathy wants to have a talk with Clete, who interviews Merle about the most recent tragedy in his motel room. Charlie insists that Loretta pledge not to tell a soul about the exact nature of his injuries.

Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri Lounge wonders if he might run for public office. Dr. Williams attempts to assuage Marys fears about Chesters plan to level Ohio with a nuclear device. Ackerman fights to keep Mary institutionalized as long as possible because shes "money in the bank." Mary receives a stack of fan mail from TV viewers and talks to Gore Vidal on the phone.

Loretta eases Charlies mind by telling him that Merles leaving Fernwood. Dr. Williams promises to give Mary an overnight pass from the ward. Tom discusses his new job with Heather. Charlie is released from the hospital but has performance anxiety when he and Loretta get home.

Tom arrives home from his white collar job, and Mary is stunned at how much he looks like the husband she imagined in her doll house. Detective Johnson informs Martha that George may have led a double life and doesnt want to be found, leading him to ask her to accompany him to a dance. Martha receives a phone call from the mysterious Jack and Jill, who claim that George has been abducted on a UFO. In the bedroom, Mary tells Tom what she learned about the bible and sex from Dr. Medwick. At first Tom is disgusted by the sight of his and Marys reflection in the bedroom mirror, but as they begin to make love, he becomes aroused by it.

Tom gives Mary the choice of returning to the psychiatric ward when her overnight pass ends. Dr. Williams tells Ackerman that nothing short of induced psychosis will prevent Mary from successfully completing treatment soon. Mary enjoys a reunion and marble swirl cake with her Fernwood Receiving family. Merle meets with Commissioner Rittenhouse, Fernwoods zoning commissioner, to discuss tax exempt status on the Condos for Christ property, but Rittenhouse wants green papers in exchange. Loretta attempts to tell Merle why she cant talk to him ever again. Mary, Wanda, and Nurse Gimble chat about their husbands, and Mary notices that Nurse Gimble has added another injury to her body.

Tom visits Annies trailer and accepts a dinner invitation from her. Dr. Fermin advises Cathy to sell her unborn baby to a needy, but wealthy, couple. Tom finds Marys story about Chesters nuclear device difficult to believe.

Loretta foresees trouble for Mary and Tom when Annie decides to remain in Fernwood for an extended visit. Mary and Gore Vidal get to know one another. Charlie admits to Loretta his embarrassment over her new song. Loretta suggests hypnotherapy as a cure for Charlies sexual dysfunction.

Mary is told that shell select the items for the time capsule being buried by the Fernwood Chamber of Commerce. Grandpa visits Mary and recognizes Chester as a madman. Loretta tantalizes Dr. Medwick with her erotic dreams. Cathy considers aborting the baby. Martha receives a letter regarding Georges disappearance.

Tom and Heather give Gore the brush off, so he interviews Martha. Mary is in a lather to get Heathers old Peanuts lunch box, which is identical to Chesters. Mary and Tom discuss their friendships with Gore and Annie. While Chester is distracted by playing a game with Heather, Mary switches the lunch boxes, but she might have been caught.

Just as Mary leaves the hospital, sex therapist Mona McKenzie is admitted for getting too much of a good thing. Nurse Gimble continues to show up with more bodily injury. Jack and Jill Renquist visit Martha and promise to make contact with George just as soon as she pays their expenses. Wanda insists that Merle assume her late husbands position as zoning commissioner. Charlie runs into Jody Troxel, the son of Charlies old friend Hubie.

An oblivious Martha receives another visit from Detective Johnson. After a letter from Sgt. Foley arrives, assuring Cathy that its physically impossible for him to be the father of her child, she makes a decision about Dr. Fermins offer. Mary and Tom enjoy a night of passion. Annie promises Mary that shell leave Fernwood. Tom tells Mary and Annie that hes been chosen to star in a commercial for the RV dealership. Mary vows to find a way for Cathy to keep her baby.

Mary details her attitudes about Annie in the journal given to her by David Susskind. Martha receives photographic "evidence" that George was beamed aboard a UFO. After Cathy decides to not to let the Addamses buy her baby, Cathy discovers its too late for an abortion. Later, Brian visits Cathy and asks for a second chance. Wanda admits to Mary that shes in love with Merle.

Martha and Detective Johnson storm the Gimble house after hearing Pats screams, but the couple manages to cover up Garths abuse. Mary gives Charlie an alpha wave machine to help cure his impotence. Jody wants Charlie to manage his racing career. Loretta and Mary discuss Charlies desire for an expensive transplant operation from Dr. Fratkis, but Mary suggests that Loretta make Charlie jealous instead, forcing him to make love to her. Mary is astonished by Toms professionalism in the TV commercial. Pat turns up at Tom and Marys back door and collapses in their kitchen.

Loretta is dismayed when her scheme to make Charlie jealous only incites his anger. Jody gives Charlie a cut of the race winnings, enough for Charlie to make a down payment on his testicle transplant with Dr. Fratkis. Clete informs Merle of a terrible disaster at the Condos for Christ construction site. Heather arranges a welcome home supper for Annie after her accident, but Mary has other plans for the celebration.

When Martha tells Mary that Cathy left home to live with the wealthy couple buying her baby, Mary thinks Cathy is just like Melinda Mason on the soap opera Hope for Tomorrow. Martha declines Detective Johnsons offer to play a rape victim for the police academy because she has to catch a bus for Colorado and meet George atop a mountain. Tom and Annie discuss alcoholism and share martini glasses of soda water with a twist. Heather and Tom talk about the pain of growing up and deciding whether to have an affair or a nervous breakdown first.

Charlie and Dr. Fratkis agree to perform his transplant immediately. Loretta is hired to sing at the drag races and composes an impromptu song about making her man whole again. Wanda convinces Merle to build a political career as monument to Jimmy Joe, but she cant succeed in turning him on. Mary wants to get out of the house and into tomorrow by having a second child.

Tom, Mary, and Heather all agree to adopt Cathys baby as their own. Merles guilt over sinning with Annie is tempered by the intriguing voice of Big Honey on Annies CB radio. Annie recognizes Toms shock at finding Merle in her trailer, and they discuss how a woman can be "just one of the guys." Mary informs Cathy of the plan to adopt her baby, but Cathy suggests a child raised in the Addams home will never have to write to an advice column about lifes problems.

Garth rejects Wandas desire to enlist Pat in Merles mayoral campaign. Later, Garth becomes disgusted by Pats novel, a fictional account of their relationship, and forces her to destroy what shes written. Charlie meets with Dr. Fratkis and is horrified to learn that Fratkis has only performed the transplant surgery on canines. Loretta and Jody return from the drag race filled with excitement, but Mary brings the emotions down with news that Charlie was arrested in New Jersey.

Garth forces Pat to quit her job. Mary brings Pat a letter from Little Garths military academy. After finding Jody in the Haggers home, Tom cautions Loretta to beware of men who might try to take advantage of Charlies absence. Mary wants to be Cathys natural childbirth coach, despite Cathys desire for a man. Pat drops by Marys kitchen and confesses that Little Garth is keeping a secret that will enrage Garth...if he finds out.

Martha visits Annie to discuss their AC/DC trouble. Charlie phones Loretta and tells her that he got out of jail but still wont come home. Jody offers to take Loretta to New Jersey to find Charlie. Mary decontaminates her kitchen with the help of the FDA and gossips to Wanda about Annies sexuality. Pat phones Mary to tell her that Little Garth is home, but the call is interrupted by Garth, who thinks theyre keeping secrets.

Loretta and Jody meet Dr. Fratkis in New Jersey and learn that someone uglier than a Godfather cast member bailed Charlie out of jail. Mary and Merle have an intimate conversation about sexuality, and Merle cant help but feel attracted to Marys innocence and gingham dresses. Wanda and Merle discuss Mary and Annie. Loretta and Jody return to Fernwood, where Mary confesses that Charlie may have left again under the wrong impression.

Annie returns Marys journal and insists shes not attracted to her. While discussing peoples needs, Mary embraces Annie, but Tom walks in and misinterprets the situation. Later, Tom forces himself on Mary who begs him not to rape her. Grandpa Larkin meets Mrs. Delorean at the mortuary where shes moonlighting in the slumber rooms. Tom admits to Annie that same sex kissing disgusts him. Christine catches Cathy and Brian practicing their heavy breathing on the living room floor.

Mary and Dr. Medwick rap about rape and upward mobility. Loretta kisses Jody and tells him goodbye forever. About to jump from the bridge, Charlie hears Lorettas love song to him on the radio and decides to go home. Joe Sutonni wants to give Charlie a physical and psychological makeover. Merle goes on live television and offers voters two minutes of silence to look into his eyes and see the best man for mayor.

Pat introduces Mary to Garth Phillip Gimble, Jr., who doesnt like to be called "Little Garth". During Merles election night party, Garth threatens Pat, but she swears shell expose him as a wife beater if he lays a hand on her. Marys new dress embarrasses Tom at the party. Tom refuses Cathys request to help Martha with her mortgage payment. Merle fires Garth for not supporting his two minutes of silence trick on TV. Mary worries when Tom reveals he invested a large sum of money in lake property.

Mary appeals to Cathy not to sell her baby, and although the idea is sound financially, Cathy feels shame. Suspecting that Big Honey is using the CB to run Fernwoods prostitution ring, Detective Johnson arranges for Martha to meet her at the Bide-a-Wee Motel, where she uses the alias Mrs. McQueen. Mary insists on accompanying Martha and they arrive dressed as hookers. When Mrs. McQueen fails to answer her phone, Mrs. Delorean gives Martha and Mary applications to complete. Mary and Martha are unnerved by the presence of a leering john and a cop.

Merle and Wanda marry with Marys unusual ceremonial vows. Detective Johnson arranges for Tom to pose as a john and help him crack the prostitution ring by exposing Big Honey. On his wedding night, Merle makes a date with Big Honey over the C.B. and lies to Wanda that he has to go out to keep a campaign promise. A dejected Wanda seeks companionship from Annie, and the two admit theyre attracted to one another.

Detective Johnsons shocking confession about his past prompts Martha to end their courtship. Garth and Pat have yet another fight, this time over his accusation that she doesnt support his career. Marys suggestion that Tom is spending too much money angers him. Heather and Little Garths discussion of teen sex is interrupted by a phone call from a man who claims to be George Shumway and says hes coming home.

Guests fill Marys kitchen on Christmas Day, including the Jeeters, Gimbles, Annie, and Loretta who arrives late with one Jimmy Joes bicentennial Christmas trees. Mary leads the group with a prayer of thanks, a rendition of Silent Night, and asks everyone to sing Happy Birthday to the baby Jesus. Martha opens the kitchen door to find a chanting George dressed like a religious cult member. Loretta performs for a packed house at the Capri lounge and receives her best Christmas present ever when Charlie arrives and gets a rise out of the occasion.

Mary refers Wanda to Bob Gilroy when Wanda begins lisping. Gilroy reacts with disgust when Wanda confesses she spent her wedding night at Annies trailer, but Wandas cured when she realizes Gilroy is more messed up than she is. Reverend Standfast refers Martha to a deprogrammer to help George escape the Boga Zidi cult. A desperate Tom turns to Merle for a loan, but Merles money is tied up in a new Seville. Charlie and Loretta make up for lost time, and their luck appears to be changing when they learn that Joe Sutonni paid for Loretta to have an album recording session in Dayton.

Charlie and Loretta grab the dictionary when Fernwoods new skywriter writes the word "foreplay" in the sky. Montgomery Monk arrives at the Shumway home to begin Georges deprogramming. Mary gives Pat a copy of Ms magazines cover story of battered wives and suggests she give Garth a taste of his own medicine. Later, while fighting with Garth about Marys visit, Pat slaps him. Before boarding her bus to Dayton for the recording session, Loretta is harassed by photographer Jake Walters. When another drunken passenger intervenes, a fight breaks out, Loretta is hit on the head, and she awakens with amnesia.

Mary and Pat cut up Toms credit cards. Montgomery Monk uses a Ho-Ho to reprogram George. Merle feels that Wanda is spending more time on public life than married life. Garth admits to Charlie that his father was a wife beater. In her Lulu personality at Lous diner, Loretta flirts with Mac and doesnt recognize a snapshot of Charlie.

Mae informs Mary that shes writing a book about sexual satisfaction using the women of Fernwood for her research. The Shumways dish the family dirt to a recovered George. Tom rejects Marys suggestion that he get his old assembly job back. Mary visits Brian and says shell resort to blackmail to ensure Toms return to the plant. Loretta as Lulu accepts Lous offer to be his new waitress in the diner.

Tom is disheartened when Jess, the manager of the Capri Lounge, wont hire him as the daytime bartender because hes over-qualified. Mary reminds Brian that shell blackmail him if she has to, so Brian arranges an interview for Tom at the plant. Mae asks Wanda to endorse her sexual research in Fernwood. Charlie becomes frantic when he learns that Loretta didnt show up at her hotel in Dayton. Garth persuades Pat to return home. While Lt. Trask questions Mary about Lorettas disappearance, Cathy and Christine arrive and announce theyre in labor.

Merle vetoes Charlie and Toms request that he intercede in the police search for Loretta. The experience of natural childbirth becomes more intense for Cathy and Christine. Merle meets Mae but rejects her research theory that the "normal way" leaves women in the cold. After Merle dismisses them, Wanda offers to help Maes cause by arranging a meeting with reporter Harold Clemens. Darcy finally gets the signature he wants on the Addams contract. Tom and Mary wonder if they were once happy before. A birth and a death occur simultaneously in Marys kitchen.

After admitting his own childhood abuse, Garth confines Pat to a closet. George barges into the Addams house and threatens to tell Mr. Addams the truth about Cathys baby unless Brian tells him first. Tom agrees to return to the plant, and Mary has a special gift to mark the occasion. Loretta urges Lou to sell the diner and take her where the action is.

At the hospital, Charlie identifies the completely bandaged accident victim as Loretta when Dr. Osgood shows him Lorettas purse, which was found on the victim. Tom urges Mary not to intervene when Little Garth runs over and tells the Hartmans that Garth is knocking Pat down. Brian gives Cathy a check for $10,000 and a second to see her son. Mary suggests she and Pat explore the Womens Collective of Greater Fernwood, an organization helping battered wives. Mac tells Charlie about Lulu, but Charlie thinks she cant beat his Loretta. At the Capri, Mae finds the men from the plant drinking after work, and she attempts to make them understand her point of view, but battle lines are drawn.

Mary solicits Grandpa Larkins opinion in her argument with Tom about finding new ways to have sex. Tom denies Maes accusation that he ordered her research work to be impounded by the police. Charlie and Martha pray over the bandaged accident victim, and think they receive a sign from God. Helen Dinsmore from BAD (Battered, Angry, and Determined)advises Pat that her home is a death trap she needs to leave at once. Just as George decides to accept Cathys money, Cathy reveals she tore up Brians check.

Charlie is helpless to stop Tom from drinking. Garth tells Pat he wants her dead and doesnt care that hell fry for it. Mary visits the bandaged accident victim and finds Martha working as a hospital "Gray Lady". Loretta promises Mac shes stringing Lou along but Lou gets angry when a diner patron points out that Loretta doesnt want him. While Loretta and Mac are making out in Macs truck, a drunken Tom arrives at the diner and passes out. Lou puts an unconscious Tom in Lorettas bed. Pat gives Garth a taste of his own medicine, and its fatal.

Charlie wills the bandaged accident victim out of her coma, though hes dismayed when she scribbles a note telling him that she doesnt know who he is. Mary receives a call from Tom who wont explain why he didnt come home. Mae asks Mary to be an usher at the town meeting. Tom comes home and reveals he went on a drunken bender but neglects to mention he might have slept with Lulu/Loretta. Mac forces Loretta to answer his marriage proposal. Before Loretta rips up the photo she carries in her pocket, Mac recognizes him as Charlie Haggers. Attorney Nat Dearborn urges Pat to cop a plea in Garths death since a jury will find stabbing-by-Christmas-tree an indecent act.

Mary admits to Nat Dearborn that Pat once mentioned wanting to kill Garth. Tom questions Charlie about his confidence that the bandaged accident victim is actually Loretta. Mac invites the guys at the plant to his wedding to Lulu. Mae grouses that Wanda is only interested in using the Olinski report to further her own political career. Clete performs a live TV interview with Mae from her jail cell. Mae explains her position and reveals that shes leaving Fernwood forever, but not before saying something thats never been said on television before.

Charlie fights Dr. Osgoods plan to have "Lorettas" life support turned off, but its rendered moot when the bandaged patient dies. Pat meets her new cell mate Cookie LaRue, who is arrested while passing through Fernwood. Mary avoids Tom in preparation for leaving him over his affair with the woman in Lous Diner. Tom explains to Mary that Loretta is the woman he was embracing, and she has amnesia. Meanwhile Lorettas wedding ceremony to Mac is commencing in Dayton. Just as Charlie begins to accept Lorettas death, Tom tells him that Loretta is alive and getting married in Lous Diner.

Loretta and Charlie are reunited in Marys kitchen, but Charlies doubt over what Loretta did as Lulu creates tension in their marriage. Grandpa Larkin plays checkers alone, while Tom hustles to get his familys finances back on track. Reverend Buryfield officiates at Garths funeral, where Charlie and Loretta realize theyre being petty, and Merle presses Mary for a closer relationship.

Hired by the Fernwood jail, Mary gets on the matrons bad side by fraternizing with Pat. Wanda is non-plussed to catch Merle and Lila getting passionate on the sofa, and Merle is appalled that Wanda hired Lila to satisfy both of their needs. Cathy and Martha explain to Harold Clemens that they plan to make extra money by giving tours at the Shumway house, which has been designated an historical landmark. Pat is tormented by a nightmare in which Garth taunts her while she awaits death in the electric chair. Cookie strongly urges Pat to join her in breaking out of jail.

George loses his temper when a group of tourists invade his kitchen. Harold Clemens introduces his friend Howie Freeze to the Shumways. Mary interviews with Vernon Bales at the auto plant and gets the job. Charlie is surprised at Lorettas new role as the perfect housewife. Pat wants to turn herself in to the cops, but Cookie blackmails her into staying on the lam.

Charlie and Mac clear the air about what Loretta and Mac didnt do while she had amnesia. Howie asks Cathy out to dinner, and after a crazed George destroys the Marquette Rock, she agrees. Mary stops by the Capri for a very uncomfortable after-work drink with the guys from the plant. Heather teases her hair, wears too much makeup, and talks back Mary and Tom. Tom blames Mary for Heathers behavior and isnt happy with their role reversal when hes forced to cook while shes out drinking with the boys.

Heather and Little Garth awaken in the Gimble home and feel good after not doing anything but sleeping. Tom and the police berate Mary for being a working mother with a missing daughter. When Heather comes home, Tom lays down the law, but Mary goes to work. Loretta feels awkward, and awkwardness spreads with Macs arrival. Mary rails against Cathy for influencing Heather, and the Shumways all take sides in the fight between sisters. Merle pours out his heart to Wanda but is shocked to find Lila in their marriage bed.

Tom warns Mary that theres gossip at the plant about resentment brewing against Mary, whos trying too hard to break with traditions. At the plant, Texas is annoyed when Mary stops the conveyor belt to have coffee cake and a chat. Two cops visit the plant and grill Mary for information about Pat, whos still a fugitive. Merles attempts to get close to Wanda are thwarted by Lilas presence. Merle intimidates Wanda into having sex with him.