All Episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
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In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous
Season 1
7.8/1074 votesEpisode 001
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1976
Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
Director: Jim Drake, Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
8.0/1048 votesEpisode 002
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1976
Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
Director: Jim Drake, Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1044 votesEpisode 003
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/7/1976
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1045 votesEpisode 004
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/1976
Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1045 votesEpisode 005
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/9/1976
Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1042 votesEpisode 006
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/1976
Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1041 votesEpisode 007
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/1976
Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1035 votesEpisode 008
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/14/1976
Tom is furious with Mary after finding her sex books; Grampa Larkin's social worker admits that she's in love with him; Heather's story makes the evening news.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.5/1036 votesEpisode 009
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/1976
Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1039 votesEpisode 010
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/1976
Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.7/1037 votesEpisode 011
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1976
Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope that Heather is safe and that Tom was kidnapped by the mass murderer. She'd rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1034 votesEpisode 012
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1976
Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
8.2/1030 votesEpisode 013
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1976
Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.9/1032 votesEpisode 014
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1976
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1032 votesEpisode 015
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1976
Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1030 votesEpisode 016
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1976
The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.7/1031 votesEpisode 017
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1976
Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1028 votesEpisode 018
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1976
The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.5/1028 votesEpisode 019
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1976
Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.7/1026 votesEpisode 020
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1976
Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.
Director: Joan Darling
Writer: Unknown
7.6/1029 votesEpisode 021
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/2/1976
Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows something's up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.3/1028 votesEpisode 022
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/1976
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1026 votesEpisode 023
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/4/1976
Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
7.9/1027 votesEpisode 024
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/5/1976
Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1024 votesEpisode 025
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/6/1976
Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
8.0/1019 votesEpisode 026
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/9/1976
Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1019 votes
Episode 027
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/10/1976
Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1019 votes
Episode 028
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/11/1976
Tom and Mary visit the doctor. Cathy gets a new job. Charlie gets still more bad news.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1019 votes
Episode 029
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 2/12/1976
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1019 votes
Episode 030
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/13/1976
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 031
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/16/1976
Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1018 votes
Episode 032
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/17/1976
Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.2/1019 votes
Episode 033
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/18/1976
George says no to Cathy and Steve, but his words fall on deaf ears. Charlie and Loretta swap exciting news. The Shumway house is a battleground. Tom cooks his way back into Mary's heart.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 034
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 2/19/1976
Loretta and Charlie wheel their way home. Grandpa helps Roberta, who insults her way into a sale. Tom and Mary learn the wonders of Dorelda Doremus! Then the truth.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 035
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 2/20/1976
Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 5.6/1020 votes
Episode 036
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 2/23/1976
This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1019 votes
Episode 037
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 2/24/1976
Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1018 votes
Episode 038
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 2/25/1976
Dorelda Doremus' "healing" falls flat. George faces up to facts and says yes to Cathy and Steve. Tom and Mary reach new highs in bed.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1018 votes
Episode 039
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 2/26/1976
Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae stops by the Hartmans' house.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1018 votes
Episode 040
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 2/27/1976
Tragedy makes strange bedfellows. Mae spends the night with Tom and Mary. Steve has something to show Cathy. Martha finds Mae in Tom's bed.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1019 votes
Episode 041
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 3/1/1976
Mary keeps Mae from suicide, for the sake of her bathroom. Charlie and Loretta get a not so friendly letter. Mary and Mae have a nice woman to husband's former mistress talk.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 042
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 3/2/1976
Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1024 votes
Episode 043
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 3/3/1976
Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1018 votes
Episode 044
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 3/4/1976
Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 045
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 3/5/1976
George gets a "visitor" and then a "surprise." The Hartmans get a call from Tom's ex's ex. George returns home in a panic.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 8.8/1024 votes
Episode 046
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 3/8/1976
Mary plays hostess to a funeral and eulogizes the late Leroy Fedders. Tom and Mary make plans for the hypothetical. Tom has a surprise for Mae.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 8.5/1019 votes
Episode 047
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 3/9/1976
Mae's reunion is a big headache for Tom and it's all Mary's fault. Loretta and Charlie get some not so friendly news. Loretta makes a spectacular comeback, in more ways than one
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 8.2/1018 votes
Episode 048
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 3/10/1976
Charlie and Loretta face eviction at the hands of the Friendly Loan Co. Steve appears on the Johnny Tilson Show, where it's apparent that he's romancing starlet Kate Walters. Martha faints after seeing George's blackmail photos.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.7/1019 votes
Episode 049
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 3/11/1976
Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Mary's need for "something else" that she can't explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that she's losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 050
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 3/12/1976
Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises a plan to come up with money to stall eviction by selling raffle tickets for a color TV he and Loretta don't have. Martha refuses to believe George's claim that he was framed by union officials in Milwaukee. Loretta and Mary decide that Mary's "thing" is communication. Tiny catches Charlie selling raffle tickets and orders him out. When Tom intervenes, Tiny tells him to shut up or he's fired, prompting Charlie to deck Tiny who falls to the floor unconscious.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 051
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 3/15/1976
Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do with it. Tom doesn't communicate well when he tells Loretta and Mary what happened between Charlie and Tiny at the plant. Mary wishes Tom could convert the energy of anger into something sexy. George is happy he and Martha made up at 2:15 a.m. Cathy fears she's no longer good enough for Steve, and George threatens to punch his heart out. Loretta's engineer Clyde Muncie visits with news that his brother in Chicago wants to release Loretta's song as a single.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1019 votes
Episode 052
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 3/16/1976
Steve reassures Cathy that starlet Kate Walters was just for publicity. Tom has to explain to Heather that he broke the rules when he's sent home from the plant over the incident between Charlie and Tiny. George isn't sympathetic to Tom's situation. At the library, Mrs. Delorean introduces Mary to sex therapist Mona McKenzie from the Lackawanda Institute
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1017 votes
Episode 053
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 3/17/1976
Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be married, just as Kate Walters arrives at Steve's apartment. Tom has it out with George and decides to run against him in the union election. Mary explains her problems to Mona McKenzie. Mary lies to Cathy that Mona is an old friend from high school who transferred away. Cathy discovers Steve in bed with Kate.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1017 votes
Episode 054
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 3/18/1976
Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's throwing her engagement ring back at Steve. A distraught Cathy arrives home, announces Steve's infidelity, and renounces men. Dennis drops by the Hartman kitchen and tells Mary that he still wants her and will wait for her, but when Cathy arrives, Dennis asks her to dinner.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1017 votes
Episode 055
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 3/19/1976
Mary secretly phones Mona but can't talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathy's over Steve. Loretta has a new tune about Cathy's relationship with Steve called How Can You Say You Don't Love Me When You Never Could Talk At All? Clyde calls the Haggers with news that a royalty check is in the mail. Tom and George spar over union ideals at the plant. After hearing Baby Boy on the radio, Tiny offers to help Charlie get re-hired. Tom accuses Mary of meddling, and she accuses him of using sex to intimidate her into being a good girl. Mona phones Mary to arrange a meeting about sex therapy.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.5/1017 votes
Episode 056
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 3/22/1976
Mary is too busy preparing food products without food to care about Cathy's relationship with Dennis. Loretta receives a phone call from another Mrs. Haggers. Mona arrives at the Hartman house to carry out Mary's plan. Loretta confronts Charlie about his past.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1018 votes
Episode 057
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 3/23/1976
Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1020 votes
Episode 058
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 3/24/1976
Charlie talks to Loretta about Muriel. Cathy and Dennis return from a night together. Loretta prepares for her predecessor.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1018 votes
Episode 059
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 3/25/1976
Mrs. Haggers meets Mrs. Haggers. Sergeant Foley waits with Mary. Mary is shaking - and it's not from the cold. Charlie and Muriel remember things differently.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1019 votes
Episode 060
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 3/26/1976
Mary is not nervous as Mona drops by. Cathy has no need to be jealous. Tom learns the wonders of performance anxiety.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 061
Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 3/29/1976
Mary wonders about Tom's sudden burst of cooperativeness. Charlie tells Loretta the story of Muriel. Cathy has found the perfect man - again.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1017 votes
Episode 062
Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 3/30/1976
Mona has a perfect record - practically. Loretta and Mary tackle each other's problems and talk about "the scar!"
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 063
Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 3/31/1976
Loretta gives a farewell performance. Cathy plays hard-to-get and says yes to two dates.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1017 votes
Episode 064
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 4/1/1976
Tom has some good news. Mary's not in touch with herself and witnesses the wounding of the Lackawanda Institute.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1018 votes
Episode 065
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 4/2/1976
Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.7/1020 votes
Episode 066
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 4/5/1976
The Shumways are warned about Sergeant Foley from the one he loves. Mary tells of the meaning of STET and loses more than her arm. Muriel talks of Charlie's "base instincts."
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1019 votes
Episode 067
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 4/6/1976
Mary feels awful and Roberta says "great." Mary tells Dennis he must forget Cathy. Mary confides in Cathy, who hates her.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.2/1018 votes
Episode 068
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 4/7/1976
Mary wonders about international conspiracy and makes the morning meal. Cathy and Dennis play games. Mary gets a gift from Dennis, but has nothing to give him, except maybe one thing.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 069
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 4/8/1976
Mary can't get out of bed. Muriel gets breakfast from Loretta and an ultimatum from Charlie. Muriel's extortion scheme falls flat off her face.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1018 votes
Episode 070
Season 1 Episode 70 - Aired 4/9/1976
Modern medicine triumphs. Mary thinks she feels great. Charlie and Loretta share another announcement. Muriel wants sympathy - and five thousand dollars.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 7.7/1018 votes
Episode 071
Season 1 Episode 71 - Aired 4/12/1976
Mary's breakfast is a failure. Loretta's career is a success. Mary attempts to save Cathy from a tragedy with a reading from TV Guide.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 072
Season 1 Episode 72 - Aired 4/13/1976
Sergeant Foley tries the two-timer two-step. Loretta warms up for her Hollywood debut. Charlie counts toes and ends up a father.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 073
Season 1 Episode 73 - Aired 4/14/1976
The Haggers say "hooray for Hollywood." Mary denies her sister's wedding day wish for the sake of cholesterol. Charlie makes plans for a VIP tour. Mary wonders if Loretta will forget.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 074
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 4/15/1976
Mary has hopes for Loretta's success. Mary's emergency is a job for Otto Feurenbach. Charlie and Loretta are in a room that's not green.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.6/1022 votes
Episode 075
Season 1 Episode 75 - Aired 4/16/1976
It's Loretta's big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Peggy Goldman
- 8.1/1022 votes
Episode 076
Season 1 Episode 76 - Aired 4/19/1976
Loretta's TV coverage is more complete than expected. Mary really needs her doctor - so she gets put on hold. Martha makes a confession. Tom gets an unexpected escort.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 077
Season 1 Episode 77 - Aired 4/20/1976
Mary and Cathy are going crazy. Roberta has no need to scream when Dennis gives back the key. Sergeant Foley threatens to set a date, if Mary won't.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 078
Season 1 Episode 78 - Aired 4/21/1976
Mary urges Tom to read bumper stickers - for the sake of his family. Dennis invites Roberta to an open marriage. Mary calls the police, but doesn't want to get involved.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.3/1018 votes
Episode 079
Season 1 Episode 79 - Aired 4/22/1976
Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood, but today is Thursday and Mary can't face her friend.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 080
Season 1 Episode 80 - Aired 4/23/1976
Charlie is excited - he was called a new name. Mary kisses Dennis and swears to it. Charlie and Loretta salute "President Timmy."
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1018 votes
Episode 081
Season 1 Episode 81 - Aired 4/26/1976
Mary returns home from the Italian cinema. Charlie explains the joys of parenthood. Tom gets an explosion out of "Pop." Sergeant Foley anticipates another undercover(s) assignment.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 082
Season 1 Episode 82 - Aired 4/27/1976
Cathy demands to know why Mary is wrecking her life. Charlie allows Muriel visitation hours. Cathy despairs for a future in Albuquerque.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1017 votes
Episode 083
Season 1 Episode 83 - Aired 4/28/1976
Mary and Tom disagree - with the Bible. Muriel talks Clyde Muncie into waiting with the bad news. Charlie is off to the airport. Muriel says goodbye.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1018 votes
Episode 084
Season 1 Episode 84 - Aired 4/29/1976
Dennis maneuvers himself into one more week. The Hartmans and Shumways find conflict in the kitchen. Charlie and Loretta find themselves at rock bottom.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
8.1/1018 votesEpisode 085
Season 1 Episode 85 - Aired 4/30/1976
Cathy discovers Mary's true interest in her marriage. Dennis wants Mary to be more honest. Mary tries to save herself with a story of vertical lifesaving.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1018 votes
Episode 086
Season 1 Episode 86 - Aired 5/3/1976
Loretta gets a visitor with a "la la la" in the night. Mary takes a walk and explains her role as a kissee. Mary is sure Loretta won't understand.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1019 votes
Episode 087
Season 1 Episode 87 - Aired 5/4/1976
Sergeant Foley talks his way into a family. Cathy is appeased. Mary makes an unfortunate slip of the tongue.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.2/1019 votes
Episode 088
Season 1 Episode 88 - Aired 5/5/1976
Cathy meets a new neighbor and plays cards to see her future. Loretta starts knocking on doors for the Lord. Tom comes to state his case - and takes a backseat to a Bicentennial bumpersticker.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 089
Season 1 Episode 89 - Aired 5/6/1976
Cathy buries the hatchet in Dennis' overflow. Mary is warned about blonde men and fools, then goes to the station again for the first time.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 090
Season 1 Episode 90 - Aired 5/7/1976
Mary forgets more than Heather's lunch. Howard informs Mary of Betty's unforeseen arrest. Martha hopes Tom will grow to accept imperfection.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1018 votes
Episode 091
Season 1 Episode 91 - Aired 5/10/1976
Mary and Martha make their musical requests. Betty does her best to battle Mary's twelve compound. Ed and Howard have a "family" squabble.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1018 votes
Episode 092
Season 1 Episode 92 - Aired 5/11/1976
Mary and Tom have a goodnight fight. Loretta gets a new sign, to Charlie's delight. Dennis' ratings are up, but he doesn't seem too happy.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 093
Season 1 Episode 93 - Aired 5/12/1976
Mary vows to put an end to something. Tom bowls alone and makes a friend. Charlie's good news waits for the "good news." Dennis complicates a "no" with the truth.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 094
Season 1 Episode 94 - Aired 5/13/1976
Tom is out of the overflow, but Mary is getting more than her share. Mary has someone new to trade troubles with. Tom and Dennis argue the needs of a wounded bird.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1020 votes
Episode 095
Season 1 Episode 95 - Aired 5/14/1976
Grandpa offers some philosophy and gets a lift to the supermarket. Tom's dejection breeds rejection and Dennis' feelings come straight from the heart.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.4/1020 votes
Episode 096
Season 1 Episode 96 - Aired 5/17/1976
Mary's attention while ironing helps save a life. Tom and Cathy look for a fiancee and a wife. Mary is trying to get picked up.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 097
Season 1 Episode 97 - Aired 5/18/1976
Mary makes a confession, which Dennis is awake to hear. Cathy and Tom find the evidence (you don't need bandages for a heart attack). Mary gets help in return for the truth.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 098
Season 1 Episode 98 - Aired 5/19/1976
Tom says that it's different. Loretta makes a generous offer to Merle Jeeter. Misery gets company.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1019 votes
Episode 099
Season 1 Episode 99 - Aired 5/20/1976
Mary has the hard truth for Heather. Heather has the hard questions for Mary. Sergeant Foley gets put in traction and straightens things out with Cathy. Tom's refuge is the scene for more fighting.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 100
Season 1 Episode 100 - Aired 5/21/1976
Mary vows to compose her thoughts, while Loretta cleans house for the Lord. Mary makes some important decisions and talks to Dennis of flexible straws and love.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.9/1018 votes
Episode 101
Season 1 Episode 101 - Aired 5/24/1976
Mary admits to a beautiful moment in one of the seven positions. Cathy's application to nunhood is rejected. Tom goes for a walk and gets some timely advice.
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- 8.1/1018 votes
Episode 102
Season 1 Episode 102 - Aired 5/25/1976
Charlie and Loretta turn on Fernwood 2 Night. Mary makes plans to cut out the middleman. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is on his father's knees. Mary goes to the clergy for comfort and ends up playing softball.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.8/1018 votes
Episode 103
Season 1 Episode 103 - Aired 5/26/1976
Loretta visits Mary with absolution and a new brand of floor cleaner. Howard and Ed disagree over plans for the future. Mary comes face-to-waist with the Reverend Jimmy Joe Jeeter.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.5/1017 votes
Episode 104
Season 1 Episode 104 - Aired 5/27/1976
Loretta entertains a dinner guest and gets a direct line to the Lord. Cathy has some church dealings of her own. Mary talks to Howard about the only sensible thing to do, then takes a journey through his childhood.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.8/1019 votes
Episode 105
Season 1 Episode 105 - Aired 5/28/1976
Mary can't see eye-to-eye with Loretta's child minister. Tom makes a dinner date for his 100th chicken fried steak. The Haggers have a surprise for the Hartmans.
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- 7.9/1017 votes
Episode 106
Season 1 Episode 106 - Aired 5/31/1976
Mary makes a phone call in search of a terrific answer. Cathy answers a call from "TV land." Loretta has a holy supper at the International House of Pancakes.
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- 8.0/1018 votes
Episode 107
Season 1 Episode 107 - Aired 6/1/1976
Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.6/1016 votes
Episode 108
Season 1 Episode 108 - Aired 6/2/1976
Mary gets a Help Line of her own. Cathy may become Fernwood's kitchen cookie. Martha begins her search for identity. Howard tries his hand at counseling Tom.
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- 7.9/1016 votes
Episode 109
Season 1 Episode 109 - Aired 6/3/1976
Mary has some pamphlets and Sergeant Foley has some ideas. Cathy is in something. Tom makes some decisions.
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- 7.9/1016 votes
Episode 110
Season 1 Episode 110 - Aired 6/4/1976
Mary finds out about the classics and some information about Howard and Ed. Cathy's conversion plans go up in holy smoke. Mary finally tells Dennis what he wants to hear.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.1/1017 votes
Episode 111
Season 1 Episode 111 - Aired 6/7/1976
Martha searches for her past in the palm of her hand. Cathy gets a new job and her first go-fer. Ed sets the record not-straight with Mary.
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- 8.7/1021 votes
Episode 112
Season 1 Episode 112 - Aired 6/8/1976
Tom agrees to some moral support. Mary practices some perfect discipline, but gets no good reasons from Dennis. Loretta's blessed recording session has one visitor too many.
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- 8.0/1016 votes
Episode 113
Season 1 Episode 113 - Aired 6/9/1976
Mary takes the day off from the Help Line. Sergeant Foley finds a spot with no poison ivy. Cathy gets some sunshine and goes out for just dinner. Dennis, Heather and Mary sing for their supper.
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- 8.0/1016 votes
Episode 114
Season 1 Episode 114 - Aired 6/10/1976
Merle Jeeter offers a solo spot to Loretta. Cathy holds no grudges and announces her new career. Tom asks Grandpa for the meaning of life. Howard gets some good news, then bad news, from Mary.
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7.9/1016 votesEpisode 115
Season 1 Episode 115 - Aired 6/11/1976
Still another couple appears to be splitting up. Cathy is encouraged to stick with her job. Tom and Ed make some other engagements.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.8/1015 votes
Episode 116
Season 1 Episode 116 - Aired 6/14/1976
Mary and Dennis talk of past, present, and future. Ed talks to Tom about being a jerk. Mary and Howard have sympathetic vibrations. Heather worries about being in the way of her mother's affairs.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.9/1017 votes
Episode 117
Season 1 Episode 117 - Aired 6/15/1976
Jimmy Joe Jeeter looks to Loretta for guidance. Clete talks about his favorite subject - himself. Mary is ravaged by Gasid indigestion of the head. Loretta must answer the call and meet Merle in his motel room.
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- 7.8/1015 votes
Episode 118
Season 1 Episode 118 - Aired 6/16/1976
Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.0/1015 votes
Episode 119
Season 1 Episode 119 - Aired 6/17/1976
Loretta makes a misprint in Billboard and is worried about her iffy chances. Tom has some good news, but Mary has to cancel. Mary interviews for the typical American consumer.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.1/1015 votes
Episode 120
Season 1 Episode 120 - Aired 6/18/1976
Dennis bares his soul, but he won't be able to leave. Cathy and Clete have an announcement for Frank. Ed's announcement bowls Tom right over.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.1/1015 votes
Episode 121
Season 1 Episode 121 - Aired 6/21/1976
Mary learns of Howard's latency and craves some popcorn and a Slurpee. Martha's pa meets Martha's pa. Tom returns home in a stupor.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.3/1015 votes
Episode 122
Season 1 Episode 122 - Aired 6/22/1976
Mary has a perfectly normal, ordinary, typical morning for national TV. Loretty saves a sinful soul and gets second billing. Mary's kitchen is out of sync.
Director: Unknown
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- 7.9/1015 votes
Episode 123
Season 1 Episode 123 - Aired 6/23/1976
Mary and Tom promise to start fresh. Grandpa Twelvetrees performs some miracle cures. Mary wants to help Tom - she kicks him out of the house.
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- 8.0/1015 votes
Episode 124
Season 1 Episode 124 - Aired 6/24/1976
Betty talks about straightening Howard out. One of Martha's left feet is Native American. Mary feels guilty about "helping" Tom. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is promised a new mother.
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8.0/1015 votesEpisode 125
Season 1 Episode 125 - Aired 6/25/1976
Betty wants Mary to open doors for the truth. Mary has water in her eighth house and may have Howard there, too. Cathy goes to be converted, but Father DeMarco can't do the job.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.0/1016 votes
Episode 126
Season 1 Episode 126 - Aired 6/28/1976
Mary gets a non-obscene call from David Susskind. Cathy tells Clete to have is own children. Ed takes a walk. The Help Line gets cut off and it's all Mary's fault.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.4/1015 votes
Episode 127
Season 1 Episode 127 - Aired 6/29/1976
Martha vows to squat for fishing rights. Howard says yes to living the truth. Loretta wants to expose herself in Chicago and Charlie says yes.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.0/1015 votes
Episode 128
Season 1 Episode 128 - Aired 6/30/1976
Tom slurs "good luck" to Mary. Mary browses with an eye to buy. Frank visits Cathy with something he just has to tell her. Martha returns to a tragedy with a tragedy.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.6/1017 votes
Episode 129
Season 1 Episode 129 - Aired 7/1/1976
Merle gets ready for Loretta's visit. Mary has a dream of what might have been and makes her live television debut.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.5/1017 votes
Episode 130
Season 1 Episode 130 - Aired 7/2/1976
Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.
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