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Season 2 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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Mary Richards is a thirty-something single woman who settles in Minneapolis after breaking up with a boyfriend. She lands a job as an associate producer of the evening news at WJM-TV, which happens to be the area's lowest-rated station. Her boss, Lou Grant, hates her spunk but often looks to her to solve newsroom (or even personal) problems. Mary's other coworkers include news writer Murray Slaughter, egomaniacal anchorman Ted Baxter and "Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White). Mary's home is a modest studio apartment -- and her upstairs neighbor, Rhoda Morgenstern, quickly becomes a good friend. Later in the series, Mary moves to a plush high-rise apartment before leaving Minneapolis and WJM for good.
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Emily St. James AV Club Much of what made The Mary Tyler Moore Show so great had to do with how it balanced Mary's work and home lives in fun and complicated ways. Sep 12, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews
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Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Richards

Ed Asner

Lou Grant

Gavin MacLeod

Murray Slaughter

Ted Knight

Ted Baxter

Valerie Harper

Rhoda Morgenstern

Cloris Leachman

Phyllis Lindstrom

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 18, 1971 The Birds and ... Um ... Bess Phyllis begs Mary to tell her daughter, Bess, about the facts of life. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 25, 1971 I Am Curious Cooper Lou's friend, a middle-aged bachelor, persuades Lou to get him a date with Mary. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 2, 1971 He's No Heavy -- He's My Brother Mary takes Rhoda with her to Mexico when office scheduling forces her into a winter vacation. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 9, 1971 Room 223 Mary begins dating her instructor after enrolling in a night-school journalism class. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 16, 1971 A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend Taking advice from Phyllis, Rhoda's mother tries to be pals with her daughter. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 23, 1971 Cover Boy Ted Baxter's successful brother arrives in town and revives a sibling rivalry. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 30, 1971 Didn't You Used to Be ... Wait ... Don't Tell Me Mary meets up with an objectionable ex-boyfriend when attending her high-school class reunion. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 6, 1971 Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary When a union strike hits the station, Mary and Lou have to deliver the news. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 13, 1971 And Now, Sitting In for Ted Baxter Ted becomes upset when his vacation replacement is a success. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 20, 1971 Don't Break the Chain Mary receives a chain letter from Lou. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 27, 1971 The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch When Lou takes Mary and Rhoda to a movie, he sees his son-in-law with a woman who is not his daughter. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 4, 1971 ... Is a Friend in Need Rhoda loses her job, and Mary is reluctant to tell her about an opening at the station. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 11, 1971 The Square Shaped Room When Lou asks Mary to help him find someone to redecorate his living room, Mary suggests Rhoda. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 18, 1971 Ted Over Heels Ted falls for Chuckles the Clown's daughter. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 1, 1972 The Five-Minute Dress Mary accepts a date with the governor's executive adviser and gets a new view of the "glamorous" political life. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 8, 1972 Feeb After Mary's complaint results in a woman being fired from her waitress position, Mary hires her as an assistant. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 15, 1972 The Slaughter Affair Murray takes on an extra job to earn the money to buy his wife an expensive gift. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 22, 1972 Baby-Sit-Com After agreeing to baby-sit Bess for a weekend, Mary gets a call from a former boyfriend. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 29, 1972 More Than Neighbors Ted decides to move in when the apartment directly below Mary's becomes available. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 5, 1972 The Care and Feeding of Parents Bess writes a composition, and Phyllis pesters Mary to use her influence to get it published. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 12, 1972 Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda After a fire destroys Rhoda's apartment, she moves in with Mary. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 19, 1972 You Certainly Are a Big Boy An architect who has come to sketch Mary's building invites her out on a date. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 26, 1972 Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary begins spending a great deal of time with a new friend. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 4, 1972 His Two Right Arms Mary tries to keep an incompetent politician from looking foolish on a news show. Details

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Season Info

Director
Jay Sandrich, Peter Baldwin, Jerry Paris
Executive Producer
James L. Brooks, Allan Burns
Screenwriter
David Davis, Treva Silverman, Susan Silver, Martin Cohan, Steven Pritzker, Allan Burns, Dick Clair, Patricia Nardo, Jim Parker, Rick Mittleman, Lorenzo Music, Jenna McMahon, Gloria Banta
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 18, 1971