Maude
Maude's New Friend
Season 3, Episode 12 · Aired 1974-12-02
Synopsis
Maude has been spending a lot of time with a best-selling author who just happens to be a homosexual. However, Walter is not so fond of the man but Maude doesn't believe Walter when he says it's not because he is gay but because he's always putting him down. Later, it becomes clear that Maude herself has biases of her own when it comes to homosexuals.
In the series
This episode is part of Maude (1972–1978) on CBS.
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Key cast
- Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay
- Bill Macy as Walter Findlay
- Adrienne Barbeau as Carol Traynor
- Conrad Bain as Arthur Harmon
- Rue McClanahan as Vivian Cavender Harmon