Seasons & episodes

S4 · E8Lou's First Date 1973-11-03 · 25 min＋

Lou gives Mary the task of finding him a date for an awards' ceremony. A name mix-up means that Lou winds up taking out an 80-year-old woman.

S4 · E9Love Blooms at Hemples 1973-11-10 · 25 min＋

Rhoda begins dating the boss of Hemple's and falls deeply in love with him. She wants to tell him how she feels, but Mary warns her to take things slowly.

S4 · E10The Dinner Party 1973-11-17 · 25 min＋

Mary invites Congresswoman Geddes to a fancy dinner at her home, trying hard to ensure that everything is perfect.

S4 · E11Just Friends 1973-11-24 · 25 min＋

Lou is still heartbroken over Edie's departure and asks Mary to help them get back together.

S4 · E12We Want Baxter 1973-12-01 · 25 min＋

Phyllis persuades Ted to stand for local government. Ted agrees and goes so far as to quit his job at WJM-TV.

S4 · E13I Gave at the Office 1973-12-08 · 25 min＋

Murray's daughter, Bonnie, is looking for a job and Mary is persuaded into giving her one but Bonnie is not as efficient as everyone had hoped.

S4 · E14Almost a Nun's Story 1973-12-15 · 25 min＋

Georgette finds Ted making out with a woman in his dressing room. She then decides to enter a nunnery, but the head nun talks her out of it.

S4 · E15Happy Birthday, Lou! 1973-12-22 · 25 min＋

Lou is closing in on fifty and today is his birthday. Mary can't stand the thought of the now-separated Lou celebrating his birthday all alone, so she arranges a surprise party for him. That evening, she invites Lou over for a drink and the doorbell rings just as he tells her how much he appreciated her not throwing an office party for him that afternoon. Gordy is at the door with an envelope...full of hats. Others are out in the hallway, too. Lou is furious and tries to get out using the back door...but there is no back door. Mary asks Lou's permission to invite Murray in. He enters, miffed at Lou's actions. Next Rhoda, and finally Ted, get to come in. Lou admits that he hates displays of affection...then reluctantly agrees to let the remainder of the guests in. While they all file in, he files out and down to MacKluskey's bar where....they throw a surprise party for him. Later he returns to Mary's place to apologize...evidently the guests opened his gifts (at Ted's urging) and they a

S4 · E16WJM Tries Harder 1974-01-05 · 25 min＋

Mary begins dating the anchorman from Minneapolis's top news show and becomes ashamed of WJM-TV's smaller news operation.

S4 · E17Cottage for Sale 1974-01-12 · 25 min＋

Phyllis, who has gotten her real estate license, persuades Lou to sell his house. However, Lou hasn't really made up his mind whether he wants to move.

S4 · E18The Co-Producers 1974-01-19 · 25 min＋

Mary and Rhoda are given permission to develop a new show for WJM but their dreams begin to fade when they find out that the hosts will be Ted and Sue Ann, who both begin to interfere with their plans.

S4 · E19Best of Enemies 1974-01-26 · 25 min＋

Rhoda tells the secret of Mary's that she never graduated from college, as she claimed on her job application, and their friendship is suddenly put at risk.

S4 · E20Better Late . . . That's a Pun . . . Than Never 1974-02-02 · 25 min＋

To relieve her boredom, Mary jokingly writes a humorous obituary of one of the people in the WJM-TV file. Coincidentally, the same person dies the following day and the obituary is read on the air. Lou has no choice but to suspend Mary, but she threatens to quit in response.

S4 · E21Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite 1974-02-09 · 25 min＋

After a heavy self-promotion campaign, Ted wins his first Teddy Award. When Walter Cronkite comes to the newsroom, Ted assumes that he will be hired by the networks.

S4 · E22Lou's Second Date 1974-02-16 · 25 min＋

Lou and Rhoda find they have a lot in common and begin seeing each other on a casual basis but everyone assumes that the romance is serious.

S4 · E23Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer 1974-02-23 · 25 min＋

Ted joins Mary at a night-school class in creative writing, and winds up plagiarizing her assignment.

S4 · E24I Was a Single for WJM 1974-03-02 · 25 min＋

Mary goes to a singles bar to research a documentary, but on the night the crew arrives for filming, the same people who were willing to tell Mary everything don't want to be seen on camera.

S5 · E1Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? 1974-09-14 · 26 min＋

Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.

S5 · E2Not Just Another Pretty Face 1974-09-21 · 26 min＋

Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.

Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him through the office doors. Lou feels guilty, and Ted takes advantage of him.

S5 · E4Lou and That Woman 1974-10-05 · 26 min＋

Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.

WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.

Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her old piano, he goes to see her.

A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.