Seasons & episodes
S2 · E8Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary 1971-11-06 · 25 min
The writing and technical unions go on strike, leaving only Lou, Mary, and Ted in the newsroom. WJM-TV makes Lou be second cameraman on ""The Chuckles the Clown Show"". Because an upset Murray is on strike, Mary has to write the news stories. They are terrible, and when Lou criticizes them, she starts crying. Things take a turn for the worse: Ted's union strikes, and Lou has to fill in as anchorman! On his first brodcast, he has ""clammy hands"", and he bombs. At a local bar, Murray, Gordy, & Mary share a laugh over this. After drinking before his 2nd brodcast, he is ""as cool as a cucumber""--that is, until he falls asleep at breaktime. Herb fills in for Lou for the rest of the brodcast. The next day, the unions come to an agreement, and everything goes back to normal. Rhoda Morgenstern & Phyllis Lindstrom do not appear in this episode.
S2 · E9And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter 1971-11-13 · 25 min
Ted is forced to take a vacation and the anchorman hired to sit in for him becomes a huge success.
S2 · E10Don't Break the Chain 1971-11-20 · 25 min
Mary gets a chain letter from Lou, and she is persuaded to send it on. To her surprise, one of the recipients comes for a visit, giving Mary a less than pleasant time dealing with him.
S2 · E11The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch 1971-11-27 · 25 min
Mary, Rhoda and Lou go to a John Wayne movie, where they spot Lou's son-in-law with an unknown woman.
S2 · E12. . . Is a Friend in Need 1971-12-04 · 25 min
Rhoda loses her job as a window-dresser and isn't in a hurry to find something new. When there is a job opening at WJM-TV, Mary lies to Rhoda and tells her the job has been filled, to Lou's surprise.
S2 · E13The Square-Shaped Room 1971-12-11 · 25 min
When Edie is out of town, Lou hires Rhoda to redecorate his living room. However, Rhoda's tastes are too modern.
S2 · E14Ted Over Heels 1971-12-18 · 25 min
After Ted appears on the Chuckles the Clown Show, he falls in love with Chuckles' daughter.
S2 · E15The Five-Minute Dress 1972-01-01 · 25 min
After volunteering some of her spare time for a worthy cause, Mary begins dating the Governor's aide. Unfortunately, the aide's duties cause him to break every date.
S2 · E16Feeb 1972-01-08 · 25 min
An incompetent waitress is fired after Mary complains about her poor service and Mary feels obliged to hire her when she applies for an assistant's job at WJM-TV.
S2 · E17The Slaughter Affair 1972-01-15 · 25 min
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 Murray's absences and fears that Murray is having an affair with Mary Richards.
S2 · E18Baby Sit-Com 1972-01-22 · 25 min
Mary agrees to babysit Bess for the weekend, but then a former boyfriend, in town for a few days, asks her out. When she can't find a babysitter for Bess on such short notice, she ends up asking Lou.
S2 · E19More Than Neighbors 1972-01-29 · 25 min
After being persuaded by Phyllis, Ted moves into a vacant apartment below Mary's but Mary and Rhoda are not thrilled by the prospect.
S2 · E20The Care and Feeding of Parents 1972-02-05 · 25 min
Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.
S2 · E21Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda 1972-02-12 · 25 min
When Rhoda's apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates.
S2 · E22You Certainly Are a Big Boy 1972-02-19 · 25 min
Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.
S2 · E23Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda 1972-02-26 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E24His Two Right Arms 1972-03-04 · 25 min
Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his aides try to bring him up to speed on current events so he can make a good impression on the show.
S3 · E1The Good-Time News 1972-09-16 · 25 min
Mary 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.
S3 · E2What is Mary Richards Really Like? 1972-09-23 · 25 min
Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
S3 · E3Who's in Charge Here? 1972-09-30 · 25 min
Lou 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.
S3 · E4Enter Rhoda's Parents 1972-10-07 · 25 min
Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.
S3 · E5It's Whether You Win or Lose 1972-10-14 · 25 min
When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial amount to Ted.
S3 · E6Rhoda the Beautiful 1972-10-21 · 25 min
After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
S3 · E7Just Around the Corner 1972-10-28 · 25 min
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.