The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
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Episode 1 - The Good-Time News
Release Date: 1972-09-16Mary 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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Episode 2 - What is Mary Richards Really Like?
Release Date: 1972-09-23Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
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Episode 3 - Who's in Charge Here?
Release Date: 1972-09-30Lou 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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Episode 4 - Enter Rhoda's Parents
Release Date: 1972-10-07Ida 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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Episode 5 - It's Whether You Win or Lose
Release Date: 1972-10-14When 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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Episode 6 - Rhoda the Beautiful
Release Date: 1972-10-21After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
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Episode 7 - Just Around the Corner
Release Date: 1972-10-28Mary 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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Episode 8 - But Seriously, Folks
Release Date: 1972-11-04Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
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Episode 9 - Farmer Ted and the News
Release Date: 1972-11-11Ted 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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Episode 10 - Have I Found a Guy for You
Release Date: 1972-11-18Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
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Episode 11 - You've Got a Friend
Release Date: 1972-11-25Mary 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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Episode 12 - It Was Fascination, I Know
Release Date: 1972-12-02Bess'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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Episode 13 - Operation: Lou
Release Date: 1972-12-09Lou 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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Episode 14 - Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York
Release Date: 1972-12-16Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
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Episode 15 - The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter
Release Date: 1972-12-23Mary 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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Episode 16 - Lou's Place
Release Date: 1973-01-06Lou 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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Episode 17 - My Brother's Keeper
Release Date: 1973-01-13Phyllis 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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Episode 18 - The Georgette Story
Release Date: 1973-01-20Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
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Episode 19 - Romeo and Mary
Release Date: 1973-01-27Rhoda 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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Episode 20 - What Do You Do When the Boss Says, I Love You?
Release Date: 1973-02-03The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
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Episode 21 - Murray Faces Life
Release Date: 1973-02-10Murray 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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Episode 22 - Remembrance of Things Past
Release Date: 1973-02-17A 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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Episode 23 - Put On a Happy Face
Release Date: 1973-02-24Everything 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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Episode 24 - Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady
Release Date: 1973-03-03Mary 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.