The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Season 5
24 episodes
- S05E01
Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?
Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.
- S05E02
Not Just Another Pretty Face
Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.
- S05E03
You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate
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.
- S05E04
Lou and That Woman
Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
- S05E05
The Outsider
WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.
- S05E06
I Love a Piano
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.
- S05E07
A New Sue Ann
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.
- S05E08
Menage-a-Phyllis
Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.
- S05E09
Not a Christmas Story
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.
- S05E10
What Are Friends For?
Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
- S05E11
A Boy's Best Friend
Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.
- S05E12
A Son for Murray
When Murray his wife Marie are at odds over having another child, everyone on the WJM news team gets involved.
- S05E13
Neighbors
Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.
- S05E14
A Girl Like Mary
Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.
- S05E15
An Affair to Forget
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.
- S05E16
Mary Richards: Producer
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.
- S05E17
The System
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.
- S05E18
Phyllis Whips Inflation
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.
- S05E19
The Shame of the Cities
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.
- S05E20
Marriage Minneapolis Style
After attending Murray and Marie's 20th wedding anniversary party, Ted pops the question to Georgette, live on the news, and then gets cold feet.
- S05E21
You Try to Be a Nice Guy
Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.
- S05E22
You Can't Lose 'em All
Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.
- S05E23
Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School
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.
- S05E24
Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs
Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.
More from the 1970s.