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The Best Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 5

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The Best Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 5

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a...

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    #1 - Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?

    S5:E1

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

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Not Just Another Pretty Face

    S5:E2

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

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

    S5:E3

    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.

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    Director:Jackie Cooper
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    #4 - Lou and That Woman

    S5:E4

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

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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    #5 - The Outsider

    S5:E5

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

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    Director:Peter Bonerz
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    #6 - I Love a Piano

    S5:E6

    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.

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    #7 - A New Sue Ann

    S5:E7

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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    #8 - Menage-a-Phyllis

    S5:E8

    Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.

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    #9 - Not a Christmas Story

    S5:E9

    The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue Ann decides to serve her Christmas dinner early.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - What Are Friends For?

    S5:E10

    Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
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    #11 - A Boy's Best Friend

    S5:E11

    Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.

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    #12 - A Son for Murray

    S5:E12

    Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #13 - Neighbors

    S5:E13

    Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - A Girl Like Mary

    S5:E14

    Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - An Affair to Forget

    S5:E15

    Now that Mary is producer, Ted thinks that he can make his move on her. He convinces the rest of the newsroom that they are having an affair.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Mary Richards: Producer

    S5:E16

    Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'clock News alone.

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    #17 - The System

    S5:E17

    When Ted's formula for betting on football games works, Lou goes into partnership with him. He winds up betting all of the season's winnings on the Super Bowl without telling Ted.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Phyllis Whips Inflation

    S5:E18

    Phyllis and Lars have a dispute and she finds her credit cards cut off. She looks for a job but finds that she has no relevant skills.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - The Shame of the Cities

    S5:E19

    Lou wants to research his own news story now that Mary's producer and decides to launch a major investigation on a city councilor only to discover that he is completely honest.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Marriage Minneapolis Style

    S5:E20

    Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - You Try To Be a Nice Guy

    S5:E21

    Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - You Can't Lose 'em All

    S5:E22

    Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School

    S5:E23

    A con-man tricks Ted into setting up a broadcasters' academy. When he finds out he's been had, he asks Lou, Mary and Murray to be the faculty and give the semester's opening lectures.

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    #24 - Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

    S5:E24

    Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" is the best rated episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" season 5. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Not Just Another Pretty Face".