The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The classic series begins its classic 7-year run in Marys 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, shes already having troubles with her new apartment--a bitter upstairs neightbor, Rhoda Morgenstern, insists that she owns Marys apartment!

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

A football player turned insurance salesman applies for a job as a sportscaster and attaches himself to Mary. Mary and Rhoda discover that he hasnt had much success at anything and encourage him to pursue his dreams.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Mary reluctantly finds herself romantically involved with a married man.

Murrays 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.

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

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.

In the second-season premiere, after Mary Richards produces a ""Whats Your Sexual IQ?"" documentary for the Six OClock 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.

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

When Ida, Rhodas 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 Rhodas ""friend"".

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 didnt attend Roseburg High.

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

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

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

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

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 Murrays absences and fears that Murray is having an affair with Mary Richards.

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

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

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.

Mary is given the task of making The Six Oclock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until theyre frustrated by Ted.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 Phylliss disapproval.

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.

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

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

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

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

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: dont fire the current sportscaster until youve hired another one. After days of screening applicants, listening to demo tapes and perusing their eight-by-ten glossies, she decides on Andy Rivers.

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

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

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

Murrays 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.

Lou is closing in on fifty and today is his birthday. Mary cant 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 Lous permission to invite Murray in. He enters, miffed at Lous 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 MacKluskeys bar where....they throw a surprise party for him. Later he returns to Marys place to apologize...evidently the guests opened his gifts (at Teds urging) and they a

Phyllis, who has gotten her real estate license, persuades Lou to sell his house. However, Lou hasnt really made up his mind whether he wants to move.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhodas old apartment but cant help interfering in Marys private life.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Teds 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.

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

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 sons football game), and Sue Ann (who, in a spectacularily comedic enterance, brings a veil, flowers, and rice, among several other things). Teds mom cant make it (shes 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,

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

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

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.

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.

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

Marys Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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