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The Best Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 6

Every episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 6!

The Best Episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 6

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. 9.3/10(552 votes)

    #1 - Chuckles Bites the Dust

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    S6:E7

    Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.

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    Director:Joan Darling
  2. 8.7/10(193 votes)

    #2 - Once I Had a Secret Love

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    S6:E18

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.4/10(189 votes)

    #3 - Ted's Wedding

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    S6:E9

    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,

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  4. 8.3/10(161 votes)

    #4 - Sue Ann Falls in Love

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    S6:E23

    Sue Ann has fallen in love, but her new boyfriend is less scrupulous than he first seems.

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    Director:N/A
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  5. 8.0/10(190 votes)

    #5 - Edie Gets Married

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    S6:E1

    Lou puts on a brave face when he learns that his ex-wife Edie is remarrying.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  6. 8.0/10(172 votes)

    #6 - The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home

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    S6:E13

    Sue Ann gets Mary to ask Lou out on a date on her behalf. Lou accepts, not realizing who Mary's 'friend' is.

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    Director:James Burrows
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  8. 8.0/10(165 votes)

    #7 - The Seminar

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    S6:E17

    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.

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  9. 8.0/10(151 votes)

    #8 - Ted and the Kid

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    S6:E24

    Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.

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  10. 7.9/10(171 votes)

    #9 - Mary's Delinquent

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    S6:E8

    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.

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  11. 7.9/10(172 votes)

    #10 - What Do You Want to Do When You Produce?

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    S6:E15

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  12. 7.8/10(162 votes)

    #11 - Ted's Moment of Glory

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    S6:E5

    Ted's jocular nature is ideal for hosting a game show in New York, and he successfully auditions for the job. But Mary and Lou wonder if they really want to see him go.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  13. 7.7/10(178 votes)

    #12 - Mary's Aunt

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    S6:E6

    Mary's high-flying journalist aunt comes for a visit, and Lou finds that he has a rival in her.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  14. 7.6/10(181 votes)

    #13 - Mary Moves Out

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    S6:E2

    Mary, wanting some change in her life, makes the decision to move to a new apartment.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  15. 7.6/10(156 votes)

    #14 - Lou Douses an Old Flame

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    S6:E10

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  16. 7.6/10(145 votes)

    #15 - Murray Takes a Stand

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    S6:E20

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  17. 7.6/10(154 votes)

    #16 - Mary's Aunt Returns

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    S6:E21

    Mary's Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  18. 7.6/10(144 votes)

    #17 - A Reliable Source

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    S6:E22

    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.

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  19. 7.5/10(159 votes)

    #18 - Ted's Tax Refund

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    S6:E12

    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.

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  20. 7.5/10(140 votes)

    #19 - Not With My Wife, I Don't

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    S6:E16

    Ted and Georgette face marital problems, but Ted refuses to see a counselor unless Lou goes with him.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  21. 7.5/10(167 votes)

    #20 - Menage-a-Lou

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    S6:E19

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  22. 7.4/10(163 votes)

    #21 - Mary's Father

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    S6:E3

    Mary researches a documentary with the help of a priest. He eventually decides to leave the Church, and Mary thinks that he has fallen in love with her.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
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  23. 7.1/10(171 votes)

    #22 - Murray In Love

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    S6:E4

    Murray realizes that he's always been in love with Mary and wants desperately to tell her.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  24. 7.1/10(172 votes)

    #23 - Mary Richards Falls in Love

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    S6:E11

    Mary is convinced she has really fallen in love, but her boyfriend seems reluctant in saying those three magic words, 'I love you'.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.1/10(172 votes)

    #24 - One Boyfriend Too Many

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    S6:E14

    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.

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    Director:Jay Sandrich

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Chuckles Bites the Dust" is the best rated episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" season 6. It scored 9.3/10 based on 552 votes. Directed by Joan Darling and written by David Lloyd, it aired on 10/25/1975. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Once I Had a Secret Love".