Once Mary gets nominated for a Teddy Award everything starts going disastrously wrong for her at work—and at...

Against her better judgment, Mary gets drawn back into a romantic affair when an ex-boyfriend who broke her...

Murray sinks into a deep depression and feels life has totally passed him by after he learns that a former...

Lou Grant realizes he's in over his head when the new boss at the Television station turns out to be a...

Rhoda’s boyfriend finds the perfect guy for Mary, but unfortunately the guy is a bit overzealous in his intent...

Mary and Rhoda decide it’s time they have a heart-to-heart talk with Georgette, since it appears that Ted is...

Phyllis schemes to have her brother fall in love and get married to Mary, but her plans go awry when her...

Lou achieves a lifelong dream when he becomes the owner of his favorite bar, but he quickly realizes he just...

Mary once again finds herself cast in the role of the “other woman” when an ex-boyfriend invites her to his...

Mary is devastated when Rhoda returns from a vacation in New York and announces she’s accepted a job and will...

Mary’s put in charge after Lou goes to have surgery to remove some World War II shrapnel, a move which causes...

Mary suddenly finds herself in the uncomfortable position of being the “other woman” after Phyllis’s...

Mary’s father is having trouble adjusting to his new life in the city because he misses his old buddies, so...

If Mary is crushed when she learns the marriage of her long-time friends is coming to an end, she’s stunned...

Lou realizes he’s made a big mistake after he signs a new contract that allows Ted to earn extra money...

Mary tries to help out when the station’s “Chuckles the Clown” writer quits his job in order to fulfill his...

When Mary’s parents move into a new house just around the corner from her apartment and then start planning...

Even though she’s lost 20 pounds, Rhoda still feels fat and hopeless, but then Hempel’s Department Store...

When Lou is kept from joining his poker pals in Las Vegas, he insists Mary set up a poker game at work—much to...

Rhoda is shocked when her parents arrive for a visit and her mother reveals that she’s convinced her husband...

Lou’s promotion to program manager leaves Murray in charge of the newsroom, a task which (it is quickly...

A local newspaper columnist, who Lou is convinced loves to destroy people’s reputations, interviews Mary about...

Mary questions her new friendship with the polished Joanne Forbes after she discovers the woman doesn't want...

After several dates with a handsome architect, Matt Bryan, Mary is shocked when his 24-year-old son shows up...

The fire that destroys Rhoda's apartment almost destroys her friendship with Mary after the two friends...

Mary finds herself in a sticky situation when her landlady, Phyllis Lindstrom, asks for help in getting an...

When the apartment directly below Mary's becomes available, she happily spreads the word at the television...

Mary has agreed to babysit her landlady's daughter, Bess, for the weekend, but when her old flame, "Sandy,"...

Murray's plan to surprise his wife, Marie, with an expensive foreign car backfires when the second job he...

Mary feels guilty when her complaint gets a waitress named Randy fired. So when Randy applies for a job at the...

Mary's initial excitement over going out with the governor's executive adviser begins to wane after he...

Mary explains the facts of life and love to Ted when he falls head over heels in love with the daughter of...

When Lou needs help finding an interior decorator, Mary's suggestion that he hire Rhoda results in a hilarious...

When Rhoda is fired from her job as a window-dresser, Mary tries to help her find new work - just as long as...

Lou takes Mary and Rhoda to a movie while his wife is out of town and ends up bumping into his favorite...

When Mary receives a chain letter from Lou and is warned not to break the chain, she struggles to find a way...

A terrified Ted finds himself pleading for his job after his temporary vacation replacement, Rod Porter,...

A newswriters' strike leaves Mary and Lou alone at the WJM station with Mary struggling to write news stories...

Rhoda comes along to Mary's high school reunion where Mary is not only needled about being single, but also...

When Ted's competitive and successful, model brother, Hal, comes to town, Ted tries to impress him by...

Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes to visit, and after seeing Phyllis' relationship with Bess, decides to bridge the...

Mary decides to take a television journalism course at night school and while she doesn't get the best grades,...

The success of Mary and Rhoda's vacation to Mexico depends on whether they're willing to deliver a mysterious...

Lou sets up a blind date with Mary and one of his old friends, Mike Cooper, then has second thoughts and...

Rhoda falls in love with a successful man who has resigned his lucrative position to study to become a forest...

An old friend uses a childhood relationship as Mary's campmate to introduce herself into the lives of Mary,...

Mary's boss Lou and his wife separate and Mary becomes involved when he asks for advice.

Mary goes into the hospital for a minor operation and draws a cantankerous roommate.

After numerous Broadway rejections, a newsroom friend's play is finally produced by the Twin Cities Playhouse.

Mary loses most of her possessions in two apartment burglaries.

Mary finds herself becoming romantically involved with a married man.

Mary sadly prepares to leave her newsroom friends to start on a new job.

The mother of Mary's date becomes very upset because she believes Mary is engaged to her other son.

Mary's elaborate holiday plans are cancelled when she learns she must work on Christmas Day.

Mary is forced to hold off the romantic advances of a young cameraman at the television station.

A speaking engagement for television newsman Ted Baxter turns into a disastrous experience.

Mary Richards decides that honesty is the best policy when she learns that her income tax return is about to...

Mary Richards hires her friend Phyllis as her newsroom assistant with disastrous results.

Rhoda finally finds a boyfriend, but when she introduces him he becomes more interested in Mary.

A heavy snowstorm on election night forces a very nervous Mary Richards to produce her first television news...

Mary becomes romantically involved with an author who is at least a foot shorter than she is.

Rhoda's mother pays a visit to Minneapolis, but Rhoda refuses to see her.

An ex-professional football player seeking a job as a sports announcer decides to attach himself to Mary.

To qualify for group rates for a trip to Paris, Mary and Rhoda join a club for divorced people.

Against her will, Mary finds herself the adoptive mother of her next door neighbor's child.

Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern are distressed at being 30 and single and decide to do something about it.