Vivian's first funeral is an ordeal for everyone.

Maude extends an invitation to an annoying aunt out of guilt, but suffers for it.

With Florida gone, Maude has finally decided to hire a new housekeeper. She is excited with the fact that the new one, Mrs. Naugatuck is British but quickly the two of them clash over gender roles, as Mrs. Naugatuck insists on calling Walter the master of the house and begins to pamper his every need.

Maude attacks Walter's bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.

Florida is backed into a corner by her chauvinistic husband, Henry, who has picked up a second job and orders her to quit her housekeeping job at the Findlays home. Soon it begins to cause problems for Maude and Walter as Walter takes Henry's side and Maude takes Florida's.

Maude hires a new housekeeper, Florida Evans, and from the moment she walks through the front door, Maude is determind to make her feel like an equal. However, her attempts lead Florida to decide to quit. Meanwhile, Walter is a bit disturbed to find Philip swearing into a tape recorder.

Maude and Walter are scheduled to play cards one evening with some friends but Maude is anything but in a card playing mood. Especially since, she just came back from a doctor's appointment with some shocking news. At 47 years old, Maude has become pregnant. Now the hard part, breaking the news to Walter.

Carol is determined to get promoted at all costs, but Maude does not want her to sacrifice her integrity.

Maude hires an ex-con as her cook, but does not find it easy to live with the knowledge of what he has done.

Maude is stuck in a file closet with an ex-husband.

Business and financial problems may ruin Walter's life.

The eve of the national election offers more than political worries for Maude as she meets Carol's latest boyfriend.

Maude arrives in Washington as a newly elected Congresswoman and has to learn to do things differently.

After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's ""what-ever-you-want"" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.

Maude is spending much of her time with a best-selling author and Walter resents her new-found friendship.

Maude sees a UFO but no one will believe her.

Vivian decides after a thirty-year college reunion that she wants to be single again.

Maude mourns the moving of her dearest friends till a death has a profound effect on her.

Maude is having a restless night, she can't sleep because she has something very important on her mind and wants to tell Walter about it, but he's too busy worrying about the blizzard outside and his end of the summer sale scheduled for the next day. So she decides to just drop the bomb, her doctor has told her that she should have a hysterectomy.

Maude is determined to make her New Year's Eve party something to remember.

Maude's mother comes to visit and brings out all of Maude's insecurities.

Maude invites Phillip and his male ""friend"" to spend the night, which puts her liberalism to the test.

One of Walter's female employees wants not just a raise but Walter himself.

Maude's sexual fantasies about a handsome ecologist and her intense involvement in his project make Walter jealous.

Maude's plans for a dinner party for a friend, a U.S. Congresswoman, changes her life in ways she could never have forseen.