Seasons & episodes
S1 · E8The Snow Must Go On 1970-11-07 · 25 min
A snowstorm leaves Mary producing her first program, broadcasting the results of the local elections. The show has to remain on until a winner is declared and no word is received at the newsroom.
S1 · E9Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary 1970-11-14 · 25 min
Mary is nominated for her first Television Editors' Award (the ""Teddies""), but at home Rhoda's boyfriend Bob takes more of an interest in Mary than in Rhoda.
S1 · E10Assistant Wanted, Female 1970-11-21 · 25 min
Mary's workload gets too much so Lou allows her to hire an assistant. She chooses Phyllis who hinders more than she helps.
S1 · E111040 or Fight 1970-11-28 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E12Anchorman Overboard 1970-12-05 · 25 min
Ted loses his self-confidence after speaking at Phyllis's club and Mary has to find a way to get Ted back on a high.
S1 · E13He's All Yours 1970-12-12 · 25 min
After Mary invites Lou's nephew home for dinner, she must confront false rumors in the newsroom the following day.
S1 · E14Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II 1970-12-19 · 25 min
Feeling sympathetic for a co-worker who hasn't spent Christmas with his family for years, Mary is forced to stay alone at WJM-TV on Christmas Eve.
S1 · E15Howard's Girl 1971-01-02 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E16Party is Such Sweet Sorrow 1971-01-09 · 25 min
Mary gets a tempting offer from a rival television station, but becomes reluctant to leave when her WJM-TV colleagues throw a farewell party for her.
S1 · E17Just a Lunch 1971-01-16 · 25 min
Mary reluctantly finds herself romantically involved with a married man.
S1 · E18Second Story Story 1971-01-23 · 25 min
Mary's apartment is burgled, with only her clothes, stereo and television taken but then next night the whole apartment is cleaned out.
S1 · E19We Closed in Minneapolis 1971-01-30 · 25 min
Murray's 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.
S1 · E20Hi! 1971-02-06 · 25 min
Mary is admitted into the hospital to have her tonsils removed, and shares a room with a grouchy woman who refuses to get along with anyone.
S1 · E21The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner 1971-02-13 · 25 min
Lou and his wife Edie separate and Mary becomes involved when she is asked for advice.
S1 · E22A Friend in Deed 1971-02-20 · 25 min
An irritating childhood friend drops by Mary's apartment, making use of her connection as Mary's former camp mate to introduce herself to the newsroom's staff.
S1 · E23Smokey the Bear Wants You 1971-02-27 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E24The 45-Year-Old Man 1971-03-06 · 25 min
When Lou is fired, Mary goes to confront the station owner, Wild Jack Munroe.
S2 · E1The Bird and ...Um ...Bess 1971-09-18 · 25 min
In the second-season premiere, after Mary Richards produces a ""What's Your Sexual IQ?"" documentary for the Six O'Clock 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.
S2 · E2I Am Curious Cooper 1971-09-25 · 25 min
Mary is intrigued by the voice of Lou Grant's friend, Mike Cooper, and asks to be set up with him. Lou breaks his policy of not matchmaking friends and colleagues.
S2 · E3He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother 1971-10-02 · 25 min
Mary and Rhoda take an unplanned vacation to Mexico but have to do a strange favor for a Mexican restaurant owner for reservations.
S2 · E4Room 223 1971-10-09 · 25 min
Mary and Rhoda enroll in a night school course in journalism and Mary begins dating the lecturer.
S2 · E5A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend 1971-10-16 · 25 min
When Ida, Rhoda's 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 Rhoda's ""friend"".
S2 · E6Cover Boy 1971-10-23 · 25 min
Jack Cassidy guest stars as professional model Hal Baxter, who comes to visit his brother Ted at WJM-TV. Immediately, the two engage in a heated battle of sibling rivalry about EVERYTHING -- salaries, cars, & even women. In an effort to size up his brother, Ted claims that Mary is his girlfriend. Ted & Hal decide to go on a double-date with Mary & Rhoda. At the restaurant, Ted doesn't know any etiquitte, and it shows. Back at Mary's apartment, Ted & Hal arm wrestle before Hal decides to go with Rhoda up to her apartment to look thru magazines for his picture. Ted stays with Mary to make Hal think that he spends more time with his girl than he does.
S2 · E7Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me 1971-10-30 · 25 min
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 didn't attend Roseburg High.