Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)
In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.
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Episode 1 - Episode 001
Release Date: 1976-01-05Loretta 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 Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
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Episode 2 - Episode 002
Release Date: 1976-01-06Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
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Episode 3 - Episode 003
Release Date: 1976-01-07Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
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Episode 4 - Episode 004
Release Date: 1976-01-08Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
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Episode 5 - Episode 005
Release Date: 1976-01-09Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.
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Episode 6 - Episode 006
Release Date: 1976-01-12Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.
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Episode 7 - Episode 007
Release Date: 1976-01-13Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.
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Episode 8 - Episode 008
Release Date: 1976-01-14Tom is furious with Mary after finding her sex books; Grampa Larkin's social worker admits that she's in love with him; Heather's story makes the evening news.
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Episode 9 - Episode 009
Release Date: 1976-01-15Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.
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Episode 10 - Episode 010
Release Date: 1976-01-16Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.
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Episode 11 - Episode 011
Release Date: 1976-01-19Tom 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. She'd rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.
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Episode 12 - Episode 012
Release Date: 1976-01-20Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.
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Episode 13 - Episode 013
Release Date: 1976-01-21Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.
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Episode 14 - Episode 014
Release Date: 1976-01-22Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
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Episode 15 - Episode 015
Release Date: 1976-01-23Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.
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Episode 16 - Episode 016
Release Date: 1976-01-26The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.
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Episode 17 - Episode 017
Release Date: 1976-01-27Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.
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Episode 18 - Episode 018
Release Date: 1976-01-28The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.
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Episode 19 - Episode 019
Release Date: 1976-01-29Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.
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Episode 20 - Episode 020
Release Date: 1976-01-30Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.
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Episode 21 - Episode 021
Release Date: 1976-02-02Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows something's up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.
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Episode 22 - Episode 022
Release Date: 1976-02-03Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
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Episode 23 - Episode 023
Release Date: 1976-02-04Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
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Episode 24 - Episode 024
Release Date: 1976-02-05Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.
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Episode 25 - Episode 025
Release Date: 1976-02-06Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
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Episode 26 - Episode 026
Release Date: 1976-02-09Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.
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Episode 27 - Episode 027
Release Date: 1976-02-10Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.
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Episode 28 - Episode 028
Release Date: 1976-02-11Tom and Mary visit the doctor. Cathy gets a new job. Charlie gets still more bad news.
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Episode 29 - Episode 029
Release Date: 1976-02-12Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
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Episode 30 - Episode 030
Release Date: 1976-02-13Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
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Episode 31 - Episode 031
Release Date: 1976-02-16Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.
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Episode 32 - Episode 032
Release Date: 1976-02-17Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.
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Episode 33 - Episode 033
Release Date: 1976-02-18George 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 Mary's heart.
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Episode 34 - Episode 034
Release Date: 1976-02-19Loretta and Charlie wheel their way home. Grandpa helps Roberta, who insults her way into a sale. Tom and Mary learn the wonders of Dorelda Doremus! Then the truth.
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Episode 35 - Episode 035
Release Date: 1976-02-20Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.
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Episode 36 - Episode 036
Release Date: 1976-02-23This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.
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Episode 37 - Episode 037
Release Date: 1976-02-24Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.
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Episode 38 - Episode 038
Release Date: 1976-02-25Dorelda Doremus' ""healing"" falls flat. George faces up to facts and says yes to Cathy and Steve. Tom and Mary reach new highs in bed.
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Episode 39 - Episode 039
Release Date: 1976-02-26Tom 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.
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Episode 40 - Episode 040
Release Date: 1976-02-27Tragedy makes strange bedfellows. Mae spends the night with Tom and Mary. Steve has something to show Cathy. Martha finds Mae in Tom's bed.
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Episode 41 - Episode 041
Release Date: 1976-03-01Mary 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 husband's former mistress talk.
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Episode 42 - Episode 042
Release Date: 1976-03-02Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.
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Episode 43 - Episode 043
Release Date: 1976-03-03Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.
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Episode 44 - Episode 044
Release Date: 1976-03-04Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.
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Episode 45 - Episode 045
Release Date: 1976-03-05George gets a ""visitor"" and then a ""surprise."" The Hartmans get a call from Tom's ex's ex. George returns home in a panic.
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Episode 46 - Episode 046
Release Date: 1976-03-08Mary plays hostess to a funeral and eulogizes the late Leroy Fedders. Tom and Mary make plans for the hypothetical. Tom has a surprise for Mae.
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Episode 47 - Episode 047
Release Date: 1976-03-09Mae's reunion is a big headache for Tom and it's all Mary's fault. Loretta and Charlie get some not so friendly news. Loretta makes a spectacular comeback, in more ways than one
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Episode 48 - Episode 048
Release Date: 1976-03-10Charlie and Loretta face eviction at the hands of the Friendly Loan Co. Steve appears on the Johnny Tilson Show, where it's apparent that he's romancing starlet Kate Walters. Martha faints after seeing George's blackmail photos.
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Episode 49 - Episode 049
Release Date: 1976-03-11Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Mary's need for "something else" that she can't explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that she's losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.
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Episode 50 - Episode 050
Release Date: 1976-03-12Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises a plan to come up with money to stall eviction by selling raffle tickets for a color TV he and Loretta don't have. Martha refuses to believe George's claim that he was framed by union officials in Milwaukee. Loretta and Mary decide that Mary's "thing" is communication. Tiny catches Charlie selling raffle tickets and orders him out. When Tom intervenes, Tiny tells him to shut up or he's fired, prompting Charlie to deck Tiny who falls to the floor unconscious.
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Episode 51 - Episode 051
Release Date: 1976-03-15Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do with it. Tom doesn't 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 she's no longer good enough for Steve, and George threatens to punch his heart out. Loretta's engineer Clyde Muncie visits with news that his brother in Chicago wants to release Loretta's song as a single.
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Episode 52 - Episode 052
Release Date: 1976-03-16Steve reassures Cathy that starlet Kate Walters was just for publicity. Tom has to explain to Heather that he broke the rules when he's sent home from the plant over the incident between Charlie and Tiny. George isn't sympathetic to Tom's situation. At the library, Mrs. Delorean introduces Mary to sex therapist Mona McKenzie from the Lackawanda Institute
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Episode 53 - Episode 053
Release Date: 1976-03-17Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be married, just as Kate Walters arrives at Steve's 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.
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Episode 54 - Episode 054
Release Date: 1976-03-18Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's throwing her engagement ring back at Steve. A distraught Cathy arrives home, announces Steve's infidelity, and renounces men. Dennis drops by the Hartman kitchen and tells Mary that he still wants her and will wait for her, but when Cathy arrives, Dennis asks her to dinner.
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Episode 55 - Episode 055
Release Date: 1976-03-19Mary secretly phones Mona but can't talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathy's over Steve. Loretta has a new tune about Cathy's relationship with Steve called How Can You Say You Don't 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.
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Episode 56 - Episode 056
Release Date: 1976-03-22Mary is too busy preparing food products without food to care about Cathy's relationship with Dennis. Loretta receives a phone call from another Mrs. Haggers. Mona arrives at the Hartman house to carry out Mary's plan. Loretta confronts Charlie about his past.
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Episode 57 - Episode 057
Release Date: 1976-03-23Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.
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Episode 58 - Episode 058
Release Date: 1976-03-24Charlie talks to Loretta about Muriel. Cathy and Dennis return from a night together. Loretta prepares for her predecessor.
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Episode 59 - Episode 059
Release Date: 1976-03-25Mrs. Haggers meets Mrs. Haggers. Sergeant Foley waits with Mary. Mary is shaking - and it's not from the cold. Charlie and Muriel remember things differently.
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Episode 60 - Episode 060
Release Date: 1976-03-26Mary is not nervous as Mona drops by. Cathy has no need to be jealous. Tom learns the wonders of performance anxiety.
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Episode 61 - Episode 061
Release Date: 1976-03-29Mary wonders about Tom's sudden burst of cooperativeness. Charlie tells Loretta the story of Muriel. Cathy has found the perfect man - again.
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Episode 62 - Episode 062
Release Date: 1976-03-30Mona has a perfect record - practically. Loretta and Mary tackle each other's problems and talk about "the scar!"
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Episode 63 - Episode 063
Release Date: 1976-03-31Loretta gives a farewell performance. Cathy plays hard-to-get and says yes to two dates.
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Episode 64 - Episode 064
Release Date: 1976-04-01Tom has some good news. Mary's not in touch with herself and witnesses the wounding of the Lackawanda Institute.
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Episode 65 - Episode 065
Release Date: 1976-04-02Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.
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Episode 66 - Episode 066
Release Date: 1976-04-05The Shumways are warned about Sergeant Foley from the one he loves. Mary tells of the meaning of STET and loses more than her arm. Muriel talks of Charlie's "base instincts."
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Episode 67 - Episode 067
Release Date: 1976-04-06Mary feels awful and Roberta says "great." Mary tells Dennis he must forget Cathy. Mary confides in Cathy, who hates her.
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Episode 68 - Episode 068
Release Date: 1976-04-07Mary wonders about international conspiracy and makes the morning meal. Cathy and Dennis play games. Mary gets a gift from Dennis, but has nothing to give him, except maybe one thing.
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Episode 69 - Episode 069
Release Date: 1976-04-08Mary can't get out of bed. Muriel gets breakfast from Loretta and an ultimatum from Charlie. Muriel's extortion scheme falls flat off her face.
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Episode 70 - Episode 070
Release Date: 1976-04-09Modern medicine triumphs. Mary thinks she feels great. Charlie and Loretta share another announcement. Muriel wants sympathy - and five thousand dollars.
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Episode 71 - Episode 071
Release Date: 1976-04-12Mary's breakfast is a failure. Loretta's career is a success. Mary attempts to save Cathy from a tragedy with a reading from TV Guide.
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Episode 72 - Episode 072
Release Date: 1976-04-13Sergeant Foley tries the two-timer two-step. Loretta warms up for her Hollywood debut. Charlie counts toes and ends up a father.
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Episode 73 - Episode 073
Release Date: 1976-04-14The Haggers say "hooray for Hollywood." Mary denies her sister's wedding day wish for the sake of cholesterol. Charlie makes plans for a VIP tour. Mary wonders if Loretta will forget.
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Episode 74 - Episode 074
Release Date: 1976-04-15Mary has hopes for Loretta's success. Mary's emergency is a job for Otto Feurenbach. Charlie and Loretta are in a room that's not green.
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Episode 75 - Episode 075
Release Date: 1976-04-16It's Loretta's big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.
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Episode 76 - Episode 076
Release Date: 1976-04-19Loretta's TV coverage is more complete than expected. Mary really needs her doctor - so she gets put on hold. Martha makes a confession. Tom gets an unexpected escort.
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Episode 77 - Episode 077
Release Date: 1976-04-20Mary 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 won't.
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Episode 78 - Episode 078
Release Date: 1976-04-21Mary urges Tom to read bumper stickers - for the sake of his family. Dennis invites Roberta to an open marriage. Mary calls the police, but doesn't want to get involved.
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Episode 79 - Episode 079
Release Date: 1976-04-22Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood, but today is Thursday and Mary can't face her friend.
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Episode 80 - Episode 080
Release Date: 1976-04-23Charlie is excited - he was called a new name. Mary kisses Dennis and swears to it. Charlie and Loretta salute "President Timmy."
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Episode 81 - Episode 081
Release Date: 1976-04-26Mary 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.
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Episode 82 - Episode 082
Release Date: 1976-04-27Cathy demands to know why Mary is wrecking her life. Charlie allows Muriel visitation hours. Cathy despairs for a future in Albuquerque.
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Episode 83 - Episode 083
Release Date: 1976-04-28Mary 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.
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Episode 84 - Episode 084
Release Date: 1976-04-29Dennis maneuvers himself into one more week. The Hartmans and Shumways find conflict in the kitchen. Charlie and Loretta find themselves at rock bottom.
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Episode 85 - Episode 085
Release Date: 1976-04-30Cathy discovers Mary's true interest in her marriage. Dennis wants Mary to be more honest. Mary tries to save herself with a story of vertical lifesaving.
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Episode 86 - Episode 086
Release Date: 1976-05-03Loretta gets a visitor with a "la la la" in the night. Mary takes a walk and explains her role as a kissee. Mary is sure Loretta won't understand.
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Episode 87 - Episode 087
Release Date: 1976-05-04Sergeant Foley talks his way into a family. Cathy is appeased. Mary makes an unfortunate slip of the tongue.
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Episode 88 - Episode 088
Release Date: 1976-05-05Cathy meets a new neighbor and plays cards to see her future. Loretta starts knocking on doors for the Lord. Tom comes to state his case - and takes a backseat to a Bicentennial bumpersticker.
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Episode 89 - Episode 089
Release Date: 1976-05-06Cathy buries the hatchet in Dennis' overflow. Mary is warned about blonde men and fools, then goes to the station again for the first time.
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Episode 90 - Episode 090
Release Date: 1976-05-07Mary forgets more than Heather's lunch. Howard informs Mary of Betty's unforeseen arrest. Martha hopes Tom will grow to accept imperfection.
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Episode 91 - Episode 091
Release Date: 1976-05-10Mary and Martha make their musical requests. Betty does her best to battle Mary's twelve compound. Ed and Howard have a "family" squabble.
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Episode 92 - Episode 092
Release Date: 1976-05-11Mary and Tom have a goodnight fight. Loretta gets a new sign, to Charlie's delight. Dennis' ratings are up, but he doesn't seem too happy.
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Episode 93 - Episode 093
Release Date: 1976-05-12Mary vows to put an end to something. Tom bowls alone and makes a friend. Charlie's good news waits for the "good news." Dennis complicates a "no" with the truth.
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Episode 94 - Episode 094
Release Date: 1976-05-13Tom is out of the overflow, but Mary is getting more than her share. Mary has someone new to trade troubles with. Tom and Dennis argue the needs of a wounded bird.
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Episode 95 - Episode 095
Release Date: 1976-05-14Grandpa offers some philosophy and gets a lift to the supermarket. Tom's dejection breeds rejection and Dennis' feelings come straight from the heart.
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Episode 96 - Episode 096
Release Date: 1976-05-17Mary's attention while ironing helps save a life. Tom and Cathy look for a fiancee and a wife. Mary is trying to get picked up.
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Episode 97 - Episode 097
Release Date: 1976-05-18Mary makes a confession, which Dennis is awake to hear. Cathy and Tom find the evidence (you don't need bandages for a heart attack). Mary gets help in return for the truth.
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Episode 98 - Episode 098
Release Date: 1976-05-19Tom says that it's different. Loretta makes a generous offer to Merle Jeeter. Misery gets company.
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Episode 99 - Episode 099
Release Date: 1976-05-20Mary 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. Tom's refuge is the scene for more fighting.
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Episode 100 - Episode 100
Release Date: 1976-05-21Mary vows to compose her thoughts, while Loretta cleans house for the Lord. Mary makes some important decisions and talks to Dennis of flexible straws and love.
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Episode 101 - Episode 101
Release Date: 1976-05-24Mary admits to a beautiful moment in one of the seven positions. Cathy's application to nunhood is rejected. Tom goes for a walk and gets some timely advice.
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Episode 102 - Episode 102
Release Date: 1976-05-25Charlie and Loretta turn on Fernwood 2 Night. Mary makes plans to cut out the middleman. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is on his father's knees. Mary goes to the clergy for comfort and ends up playing softball.
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Episode 103 - Episode 103
Release Date: 1976-05-26Loretta visits Mary with absolution and a new brand of floor cleaner. Howard and Ed disagree over plans for the future. Mary comes face-to-waist with the Reverend Jimmy Joe Jeeter.
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Episode 104 - Episode 104
Release Date: 1976-05-27Loretta entertains a dinner guest and gets a direct line to the Lord. Cathy has some church dealings of her own. Mary talks to Howard about the only sensible thing to do, then takes a journey through his childhood.
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Episode 105 - Episode 105
Release Date: 1976-05-28Mary can't see eye-to-eye with Loretta's child minister. Tom makes a dinner date for his 100th chicken fried steak. The Haggers have a surprise for the Hartmans.
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Episode 106 - Episode 106
Release Date: 1976-05-31Mary makes a phone call in search of a terrific answer. Cathy answers a call from "TV land." Loretta has a holy supper at the International House of Pancakes.
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Episode 107 - Episode 107
Release Date: 1976-06-01Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.
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Episode 108 - Episode 108
Release Date: 1976-06-02Mary gets a Help Line of her own. Cathy may become Fernwood's kitchen cookie. Martha begins her search for identity. Howard tries his hand at counseling Tom.
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Episode 109 - Episode 109
Release Date: 1976-06-03Mary has some pamphlets and Sergeant Foley has some ideas. Cathy is in something. Tom makes some decisions.
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Episode 110 - Episode 110
Release Date: 1976-06-04Mary finds out about the classics and some information about Howard and Ed. Cathy's conversion plans go up in holy smoke. Mary finally tells Dennis what he wants to hear.
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Episode 111 - Episode 111
Release Date: 1976-06-07Martha searches for her past in the palm of her hand. Cathy gets a new job and her first go-fer. Ed sets the record not-straight with Mary.
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Episode 112 - Episode 112
Release Date: 1976-06-08Tom agrees to some moral support. Mary practices some perfect discipline, but gets no good reasons from Dennis. Loretta's blessed recording session has one visitor too many.
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Episode 113 - Episode 113
Release Date: 1976-06-09Mary takes the day off from the Help Line. Sergeant Foley finds a spot with no poison ivy. Cathy gets some sunshine and goes out for just dinner. Dennis, Heather and Mary sing for their supper.
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Episode 114 - Episode 114
Release Date: 1976-06-10Merle Jeeter offers a solo spot to Loretta. Cathy holds no grudges and announces her new career. Tom asks Grandpa for the meaning of life. Howard gets some good news, then bad news, from Mary.
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Episode 115 - Episode 115
Release Date: 1976-06-11Still another couple appears to be splitting up. Cathy is encouraged to stick with her job. Tom and Ed make some other engagements.
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Episode 116 - Episode 116
Release Date: 1976-06-14Mary and Dennis talk of past, present, and future. Ed talks to Tom about being a jerk. Mary and Howard have sympathetic vibrations. Heather worries about being in the way of her mother's affairs.
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Episode 117 - Episode 117
Release Date: 1976-06-15Jimmy Joe Jeeter looks to Loretta for guidance. Clete talks about his favorite subject - himself. Mary is ravaged by Gasid indigestion of the head. Loretta must answer the call and meet Merle in his motel room.
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Episode 118 - Episode 118
Release Date: 1976-06-16Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.
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Episode 119 - Episode 119
Release Date: 1976-06-17Loretta makes a misprint in Billboard and is worried about her iffy chances. Tom has some good news, but Mary has to cancel. Mary interviews for the typical American consumer.
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Episode 120 - Episode 120
Release Date: 1976-06-18Dennis bares his soul, but he won't be able to leave. Cathy and Clete have an announcement for Frank. Ed's announcement bowls Tom right over.
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Episode 121 - Episode 121
Release Date: 1976-06-21Mary learns of Howard's latency and craves some popcorn and a Slurpee. Martha's pa meets Martha's pa. Tom returns home in a stupor.
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Episode 122 - Episode 122
Release Date: 1976-06-22Mary has a perfectly normal, ordinary, typical morning for national TV. Loretty saves a sinful soul and gets second billing. Mary's kitchen is out of sync.
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Episode 123 - Episode 123
Release Date: 1976-06-23Mary and Tom promise to start fresh. Grandpa Twelvetrees performs some miracle cures. Mary wants to help Tom - she kicks him out of the house.
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Episode 124 - Episode 124
Release Date: 1976-06-24Betty talks about straightening Howard out. One of Martha's left feet is Native American. Mary feels guilty about "helping" Tom. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is promised a new mother.
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Episode 125 - Episode 125
Release Date: 1976-06-25Betty wants Mary to open doors for the truth. Mary has water in her eighth house and may have Howard there, too. Cathy goes to be converted, but Father DeMarco can't do the job.
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Episode 126 - Episode 126
Release Date: 1976-06-28Mary gets a non-obscene call from David Susskind. Cathy tells Clete to have is own children. Ed takes a walk. The Help Line gets cut off and it's all Mary's fault.
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Episode 127 - Episode 127
Release Date: 1976-06-29Martha vows to squat for fishing rights. Howard says yes to living the truth. Loretta wants to expose herself in Chicago and Charlie says yes.
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Episode 128 - Episode 128
Release Date: 1976-06-30Tom slurs "good luck" to Mary. Mary browses with an eye to buy. Frank visits Cathy with something he just has to tell her. Martha returns to a tragedy with a tragedy.
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Episode 129 - Episode 129
Release Date: 1976-07-01Merle gets ready for Loretta's visit. Mary has a dream of what might have been and makes her live television debut.
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Episode 130 - Episode 130
Release Date: 1976-07-02Season finale. Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.