Seasons & episodes
S6 · E8Mary's Delinquent 1975-11-01 · 30 min
Mary joins a Big Sisters scheme and tries to bring a teenage shoplifter to the side of good. Sue Ann, pursuing an award, decides to "adopt" a little sister as well but finds herself getting influenced.
S6 · E9Ted's Wedding 1975-11-08 · 30 min
Out of pity for Ted, Mary invites him & Georgette over for brunch. While he as an onion ring in his mouth, he proposes to Georgette...again. When, for the first time, Georgette says no, she & Ted have a talk and decide they want to get married now. They invite all their friends: Lou, Murray (with mud on his sweatshirt from his son's football game), and Sue Ann (who, in a spectacularily comedic enterance, brings a veil, flowers, and rice, among several other things). Ted's mom can't make it (she's washing her hair), but the incompetent minister comes straight from his tennis match. Best man Lou helps Ted calm his wedding day jitters. When the minister asks Ted if he takes Georgette to be his lawfully wedded wife, he pauses for a moment. Finally, with a smile on his face, he says, ""I do."" When they are pronounced husband & wife, Sue Ann sings the wedding march...very poorly, of course. Once the wedding ends and Lou, Murray, & Sue Ann leave, Ted asks, as if nothing had happened,
S6 · E10Lou Douses an Old Flame 1975-11-15 · 30 min
Lou meets up with a woman who had sent him a 'Dear John' letter during World War II but is disappointed to learn her motives for doing so.
S6 · E11Mary Richards Falls in Love 1975-11-22 · 30 min
Mary is convinced she has really fallen in love, but her boyfriend seems reluctant in saying those three magic words, 'I love you'.
S6 · E12Ted's Tax Refund 1975-11-29 · 30 min
Ted is overjoyed when he gets a tax refund and splurges out on everyone at the newsroom, but is later shocked when the IRS informs him that he will be audited.
S6 · E13The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home 1975-12-06 · 30 min
Sue Ann gets Mary to ask Lou out on a date on her behalf. Lou accepts, not realizing who Mary's 'friend' is.
S6 · E14One Boyfriend Too Many 1975-12-13 · 30 min
Mary's old flame Dan Whitfield, who once proposed to her, returns to Minneapolis and she's forced to choose between him and her current boyfriend.
S6 · E15What Do You Want to Do When You Produce? 1975-12-20 · 30 min
Initially delighted at the chance of producing the Happy Homemaker show, Murray quickly becomes miserable when he realizes the menial tasks he has to do for Sue Ann.
S6 · E16Not With My Wife, I Don't 1976-01-03 · 30 min
Ted and Georgette face marital problems, but Ted refuses to see a counselor unless Lou goes with him.
S6 · E17The Seminar 1976-01-10 · 30 min
Lou and Mary go on a press junket to Washington, DC. Lou was once a correspondent there, but Mary has difficulty believing him about his contacts.
S6 · E18Once I Had a Secret Love 1976-01-17 · 30 min
Lou has spent the night with Sue Ann, and confides in Mary. Their friendship is almost ruined when Mary is unable to keep the secret.
S6 · E19Menage-a-Lou 1976-01-24 · 30 min
Lou almost ruins one of Mary's parties when his old girlfriend, Charlene Maguire, arrives with a date. He tries to make her jealous by taking out one of Mary's neighbors.
S6 · E20Murray Takes a Stand 1976-01-31 · 30 min
Murray is unhappy with the new station owner's policies and tells him off over the phone one evening. However, the station owner fires him the following day.
S6 · E21Mary's Aunt Returns 1976-02-07 · 30 min
Mary's Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.
S6 · E22A Reliable Source 1976-02-21 · 30 min
Mary learns that an old friend seeking re-election to Congress had financial help from the mob. Lou threatens to use the story on the air.
S6 · E23Sue Ann Falls in Love 1976-02-28 · 30 min
Sue Ann has fallen in love, but her new boyfriend is less scrupulous than he first seems.
S6 · E24Ted and the Kid 1976-03-06 · 30 min
Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.
S7 · E1Mary Midwife 1976-09-25 · 30 min
Georgette gives birth at Mary's dinner party. With the hospital and doctor too far away, Lou and Mary help deliver the baby.
S7 · E2Mary the Writer 1976-10-02 · 30 min
Mary decides to take a creative writing course, and is less than delighted with the criticism Lou levels at her efforts.
S7 · E3Sue Ann's Sister 1976-10-09 · 30 min
Sue Ann becomes deeply depressed when her sister arrives and gets an offer to do a competing homemaker show in Minneapolis.
S7 · E4What's Wrong with Swimming? 1976-10-16 · 30 min
Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming and is faced with the prospect of firing her.
S7 · E5Ted's Change of Heart 1976-10-23 · 30 min
Ted suffers a heart attack on the air and for the next few days becomes conscious of how precious life is.
S7 · E6One Producer Too Many 1976-10-30 · 30 min
Lou promotes Murray to co-producer against Mary's wishes to prevent him from accepting a producer's job at a rival television station.
S7 · E7My Son, the Genius 1976-11-06 · 30 min
Ted and Georgette are initially disturbed to find that their son, David, is not doing well at school, but a psychiatrist's test shows that he is a genius. Unfortunately, David lets this go to his head and takes advantage of Ted.