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Episode 214
S2 Ep84
10.0
27th Jan 1977
Mary admits to Nat Dearborn that Pat once mentioned wanting to kill Garth. Tom questions Charlie about his confidence that the bandaged accident victim is actually Loretta. Mac invites the guys at the plant to his wedding to Lulu. Mae grouses that Wanda is only interested in using the Olinski report to further her own political career. Clete performs a live TV interview with Mae from her jail cell. Mae explains her position and reveals that she's leaving Fernwood forever, but not before saying something that's never been said on television before.
Episode 210
S2 Ep80
10.0
21st Jan 1977
Charlie is helpless to stop Tom from drinking. Garth tells Pat he wants her dead and doesn't care that he'll fry for it. Mary visits the bandaged accident victim and finds Martha working as a hospital "Gray Lady". Loretta promises Mac she's stringing Lou along but Lou gets angry when a diner patron points out that Loretta doesn't want him. While Loretta and Mac are making out in Mac's truck, a drunken Tom arrives at the diner and passes out. Lou puts an unconscious Tom in Loretta's bed. Pat gives Garth a taste of his own medicine, and it's fatal.
Episode 178
S2 Ep48
10.0
8th Dec 1976
Annie returns Mary's journal and insists she's not attracted to her. While discussing people's needs, Mary embraces Annie, but Tom walks in and misinterprets the situation. Later, Tom forces himself on Mary who begs him not to rape her. Grandpa Larkin meets Mrs. Delorean at the mortuary where she's moonlighting in the slumber rooms. Tom admits to Annie that same sex kissing disgusts him. Christine catches Cathy and Brian practicing their heavy breathing on the living room floor.
Episode 159
S2 Ep29
10.0
11th Nov 1976
Mary complains that she now feels like a sex object. Brian and Christine tempt Cathy with $40,000, but she must agree to have a second baby, fathered by Brian. Mary meets Jody and gives Loretta the same warning Loretta once gave her about Dennis Foley. Merle confesses his sinful past to Wanda, but she sees his repentance as a political asset. Detective Johnson offers to get Martha a job acting in police training films.
Episode 141
S2 Ep11
10.0
18th Oct 1976
Charlie's up in the night, but not the way Loretta dreamed, so she works on the song "Moanin' in the Night." At the Bide-a-Wee Inn, Cathy meets Mrs. Delorean who's moonlighting as a hotel clerk, and convinces her to see the guest register in hope of finding The Armenian's last name. Merle visits the Haggers house and tells an ambivalent Loretta that he's been reborn by the Lord as a politician. Mary arrives home to find her kitchen trashed, Heather in platform shoes, and lots of drama in the family.
Episode 139
S2 Ep9
10.0
14th Oct 1976
Dr. Williams confirms Mary's chat with Gore Vidal when Mary requests an overnight pass to go home and clean her kitchen for his visit. Mary wonders if she'll be required to have sex with Dr. Medwick, the sex therapist Dr. Williams recommends for her treatment. Martha reports George's disappearance to Detective Sergeant Johnson, Heather's former bodyguard during the Davey Jessup saga. Dr. Medwick explains to Mary how the bible encourages healthy sex for pleasure.
Episode 135
S2 Ep5
10.0
8th Oct 1976
Loretta and Merle come face to face for the first time since the shooting. Chester confides to Mary that he hid a nuclear device in the hospital and plans to blast his way out. Charlie hides his condition from Tom. Martha swoons when Cathy reveals George disappeared because of her pregnancy. Watching the 6:30 newscast proves an electrifying experience for the Reverend Jimmy Joe.
Episode 131
S2 Ep1
10.0
4th Oct 1976
Andrew Ackerman feels that Mary's appearance on The David Susskind Show will bring attention -and more money- to the psychiatric ward at Fernwood Receiving. Mary meets Wanda Rittenhouse on the ward, and Wanda thanks Mary for making "BDs" respectable. Mary tells Dr. Williams that she'd rather be a plant than a person, but he reassures her that she's stronger than she thinks. Charlie and Loretta wonder exactly what injuries were inflicted by the gunshot in Merle's motel room. Mary is welcomed into her new Nielsen family at the hospital.
Episode 130
S1 Ep130
10.0
2nd Jul 1976
Season finale. Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.
Episode 118
S1 Ep118
10.0
16th Jun 1976
Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.
Episode 319
S2 Ep189
9.0
23rd Jun 1977
Martha announces that George was rehired at the plant, but with Dewey's old custodial job. Everyone regrets not appreciating Mary more. Bill Patterson, chairman of the Fernwood city council, informs the Jeeters that a vote is being held to remove Merle from public office and orders them to vacate their taxpayer funded apartment. Heather convinces Tom to purge all mementos of their life with Mary. Loretta debuts her new act at the Capri.
Episode 302
S2 Ep172
9.0
31st May 1977
Mac confronts George about Martha, and the Shumways face another financial crisis. Mary is amazed to receive sensible advice from Cathy about appreciating Tom's qualities. Wanda's potential presidential run intimidates Merle. Tom attempts to duplicate Dennis' appeal with a jar of Dippity-Doo, and Mary wishes she could choose without having to choose.
Episode 273
S2 Ep143
9.0
20th Apr 1977
Charlie and Loretta decide that Wild Child needs to see a special kind of doctor: a veterinarian. Vernon and Texas agree to make it appear they're trying to help Tom but secretly want him sent up the river for a very long time. The GGG names George the Grand Mysto. Cathy visits Tom in jail and tells him that Mary's not coming because he's too negative. Mary holds a sparsely attended memorial service at the plant
Episode 199
S2 Ep69
9.0
6th Jan 1977
Charlie and Mary visit a recovered George who's distressed over all the crazy complications that ensued while he was brainwashed. A police officer gives Martha notice to vacate the Shumway house which is in foreclosure. Mary and Cathy argue grammar. Brian and Christine visit the scene of their baby's upcoming birth. Heather and Little Garth talk about making out.
Episode 198
S2 Ep68
9.0
5th Jan 1977
Mae informs Mary that she's writing a book about sexual satisfaction using the women of Fernwood for her research. The Shumways dish the family dirt to a recovered George. Tom rejects Mary's suggestion that he get his old assembly job back. Mary visits Brian and says she'll resort to blackmail to ensure Tom's return to the plant. Loretta as Lulu accepts Lou's offer to be his new waitress in the diner.
Episode 197
S2 Ep67
9.0
4th Jan 1977
Monk reaches a breakthrough with reprogramming George. Sikanda teaches Martha the Boga Zidi way. Mae Olinski visits Tom and Mary and reveals that she's behind the sexy skywriting over Fernwood. Christine experiences sympathy pains for Cathy. Garth and Tom discuss forgiving husbands. Pat confesses to Mary that she fantasizes killing Garth.
Episode 196
S2 Ep66
9.0
3rd Jan 1977
Mary and Pat cut up Tom's credit cards. Montgomery Monk uses a Ho-Ho to reprogram George. Merle feels that Wanda is spending more time on public life than married life. Garth admits to Charlie that his father was a wife beater. In her Lulu personality at Lou's diner, Loretta flirts with Mac and doesn't recognize a snapshot of Charlie.
Episode 151
S2 Ep21
9.0
1st Nov 1976
Mary schemes to bury Chester's Peanuts lunch box containing the nuclear device in Fernwood's time capsule. Martha receives a phone call from Jack and Jill Renquist, who claim they can make contact with George on the flying saucer. Detective Johnson continues to get closer to Martha. Mary and Wanda watch Merle, Annie, and Commissioner Rittenhouse on Clete Meizenheimer's public affairs show Tee Vee Dinner. During the broadcast, Merle accuses the commissioner of corruption, and Rittenhouse chokes to death on his TV dinner.
Episode 140
S2 Ep10
9.0
15th Oct 1976
Loretta eases Charlie's mind by telling him that Merle's leaving Fernwood. Dr. Williams promises to give Mary an overnight pass from the ward. Tom discusses his new job with Heather. Charlie is released from the hospital but has performance anxiety when he and Loretta get home.
Episode 107
S1 Ep107
9.0
1st Jun 1976
Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.
Episode 049
S1 Ep49
9.0
11th Mar 1976
Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Mary's need for "something else" that she can't explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that she's losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.
Episode 045
S1 Ep45
9.0
5th Mar 1976
George gets a ""visitor"" and then a ""surprise."" The Hartmans get a call from Tom's ex's ex. George returns home in a panic.
Episode 024
S1 Ep24
9.0
5th Feb 1976
Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.
Episode 003
S1 Ep3
8.9
7th Jan 1976
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
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Episode 325
S2 Ep195
1.0
1st Jul 1977
In the series finale, Merle literally bares all to voters at the Capri Lounge, and a comeback may be in his future. As Cathy and a reluctant Barth are wheeled into surgery, Martha falls to her knees and prays. Dr. Fermin emerges with shocking news about the transplant. A tornado strikes Fernwood, and Cathy goes into cardiac arrest. Tom wonders about Mary's new life. Far away from Fernwood, has Mary escaped a life of Swanson's TV dinners and waxy yellow buildup for her happily ever after with Dennis?
Episode 023
S1 Ep23
3.5
4th Feb 1976
Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
Episode 017
S1 Ep17
4.5
27th Jan 1976
Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.
Episode 152
S2 Ep22
6.0
2nd Nov 1976
Tom and Heather give Gore the brush off, so he interviews Martha. Mary is in a lather to get Heather's old Peanuts lunch box, which is identical to Chester's. Mary and Tom discuss their friendships with Gore and Annie. While Chester is distracted by playing a game with Heather, Mary switches the lunch boxes, but she might have been caught.
Episode 160
S2 Ep30
6.0
12th Nov 1976
Martha and Detective Johnson storm the Gimble house after hearing Pat's screams, but the couple manages to cover up Garth's abuse. Mary gives Charlie an alpha wave machine to help cure his impotence. Jody wants Charlie to manage his racing career. Loretta and Mary discuss Charlie's desire for an expensive transplant operation from Dr. Fratkis, but Mary suggests that Loretta make Charlie jealous instead, forcing him to make love to her. Mary is astonished by Tom's professionalism in the TV commercial. Pat turns up at Tom and Mary's back door and collapses in their kitchen.
Episode 001
S1 Ep1
6.8
5th Jan 1976
Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
Episode 016
S1 Ep16
7.0
26th Jan 1976
The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.
Episode 027
S1 Ep27
7.0
10th Feb 1976
Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.
Episode 036
S1 Ep36
7.0
23rd Feb 1976
This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.
Episode 188
S2 Ep58
7.0
22nd Dec 1976
Detective Johnson's shocking confession about his past prompts Martha to end their courtship. Garth and Pat have yet another fight, this time over his accusation that she doesn't support his career. Mary's suggestion that Tom is spending too much money angers him. Heather and Little Garth's discussion of teen sex is interrupted by a phone call from a man who claims to be George Shumway and says he's coming home.
Episode 202
S2 Ep72
7.0
11th Jan 1977
Merle vetoes Charlie and Tom's request that he intercede in the police search for Loretta. The experience of natural childbirth becomes more intense for Cathy and Christine. Merle meets Mae but rejects her research theory that the "normal way" leaves women in the cold. After Merle dismisses them, Wanda offers to help Mae's cause by arranging a meeting with reporter Harold Clemens. Darcy finally gets the signature he wants on the Addams contract. Tom and Mary wonder if they were once happy before. A birth and a death occur simultaneously in Mary's kitchen.
Episode 002
S1 Ep2
7.2
6th Jan 1976
Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
Episode 010
S1 Ep10
7.3
16th Jan 1976
Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.
Episode 015
S1 Ep15
7.3
23rd Jan 1976
Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.
Episode 030
S1 Ep30
7.3
13th Feb 1976
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Episode 018
S1 Ep18
7.5
28th Jan 1976
The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.
Episode 019
S1 Ep19
7.5
29th Jan 1976
Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.
Episode 020
S1 Ep20
7.5
30th Jan 1976
Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.
Episode 032
S1 Ep32
7.5
17th Feb 1976
Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.
Episode 054
S1 Ep54
7.5
18th Mar 1976
Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's throwing her engagement ring back at Steve. A distraught Cathy arrives home, announces Steve's infidelity, and renounces men. Dennis drops by the Hartman kitchen and tells Mary that he still wants her and will wait for her, but when Cathy arrives, Dennis asks her to dinner.
Episode 009
S1 Ep9
7.7
15th Jan 1976
Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.
Episode 012
S1 Ep12
7.7
20th Jan 1976
Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.
Episode 014
S1 Ep14
7.7
22nd Jan 1976
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
Episode 050
S1 Ep50
7.7
12th Mar 1976
Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises a plan to come up with money to stall eviction by selling raffle tickets for a color TV he and Loretta don't have. Martha refuses to believe George's claim that he was framed by union officials in Milwaukee. Loretta and Mary decide that Mary's "thing" is communication. Tiny catches Charlie selling raffle tickets and orders him out. When Tom intervenes, Tiny tells him to shut up or he's fired, prompting Charlie to deck Tiny who falls to the floor unconscious.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Episode Guide
Episode 001
S1 Ep1
6.8
5th Jan 1976
Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
Episode 002
S1 Ep2
7.2
6th Jan 1976
Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
Episode 003
S1 Ep3
8.9
7th Jan 1976
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
Episode 004
S1 Ep4
8.7
8th Jan 1976
Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
Episode 005
S1 Ep5
8.0
9th Jan 1976
Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.
Episode 006
S1 Ep6
8.5
12th Jan 1976
Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.
Episode 007
S1 Ep7
8.0
13th Jan 1976
Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.
Episode 008
S1 Ep8
8.0
14th Jan 1976
Tom is furious with Mary after finding her sex books; Grampa Larkin's social worker admits that she's in love with him; Heather's story makes the evening news.
Episode 009
S1 Ep9
7.7
15th Jan 1976
Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.
Episode 010
S1 Ep10
7.3
16th Jan 1976
Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.
Episode 011
S1 Ep11
8.0
19th Jan 1976
Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope that Heather is safe and that Tom was kidnapped by the mass murderer. She'd rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.
Episode 012
S1 Ep12
7.7
20th Jan 1976
Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.
Episode 013
S1 Ep13
8.7
21st Jan 1976
Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.
Episode 014
S1 Ep14
7.7
22nd Jan 1976
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
Episode 015
S1 Ep15
7.3
23rd Jan 1976
Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.
Episode 016
S1 Ep16
7.0
26th Jan 1976
The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.
Episode 017
S1 Ep17
4.5
27th Jan 1976
Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.
Episode 018
S1 Ep18
7.5
28th Jan 1976
The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.
Episode 019
S1 Ep19
7.5
29th Jan 1976
Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.
Episode 020
S1 Ep20
7.5
30th Jan 1976
Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.
Episode 021
S1 Ep21
2nd Feb 1976
Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows something's up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.
Episode 022
S1 Ep22
8.0
3rd Feb 1976
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
Episode 023
S1 Ep23
3.5
4th Feb 1976
Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
Episode 024
S1 Ep24
9.0
5th Feb 1976
Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.
Episode 025
S1 Ep25
8.3
6th Feb 1976
Mary is served with a summons by Sergeant Foley, along with a much more personal invitation. Blanche and Leroy discuss the Hartman's problems. Grandpa has his day in court.
Episode 026
S1 Ep26
9th Feb 1976
Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.
Episode 027
S1 Ep27
7.0
10th Feb 1976
Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.
Episode 028
S1 Ep28
8.0
11th Feb 1976
Tom and Mary visit the doctor. Cathy gets a new job. Charlie gets still more bad news.
Episode 029
S1 Ep29
8.0
12th Feb 1976
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Episode 030
S1 Ep30
7.3
13th Feb 1976
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Episode 031
S1 Ep31
8.0
16th Feb 1976
Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.
Episode 032
S1 Ep32
7.5
17th Feb 1976
Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.
Episode 033
S1 Ep33
8.0
18th Feb 1976
George says no to Cathy and Steve, but his words fall on deaf ears. Charlie and Loretta swap exciting news. The Shumway house is a battleground. Tom cooks his way back into Mary's heart.
Episode 034
S1 Ep34
8.0
19th Feb 1976
Loretta and Charlie wheel their way home. Grandpa helps Roberta, who insults her way into a sale. Tom and Mary learn the wonders of Dorelda Doremus! Then the truth.
Episode 035
S1 Ep35
8.0
20th Feb 1976
Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.
Episode 036
S1 Ep36
7.0
23rd Feb 1976
This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.
Episode 037
S1 Ep37
8.5
24th Feb 1976
Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.
Episode 038
S1 Ep38
8.0
25th Feb 1976
Dorelda Doremus' ""healing"" falls flat. George faces up to facts and says yes to Cathy and Steve. Tom and Mary reach new highs in bed.
Episode 039
S1 Ep39
8.5
26th Feb 1976
Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae drops – in the Hartmans' house.
Episode 040
S1 Ep40
8.0
27th Feb 1976
Tragedy makes strange bedfellows. Mae spends the night with Tom and Mary. Steve has something to show Cathy. Martha finds Mae in Tom's bed.
Episode 041
S1 Ep41
8.0
1st Mar 1976
Mary keeps Mae from suicide, for the sake of her bathroom. Charlie and Loretta get a not so friendly letter. Mary and Mae have a nice woman to husband's former mistress talk.
Episode 042
S1 Ep42
2nd Mar 1976
Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.
Episode 043
S1 Ep43
8.5
3rd Mar 1976
Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.
Episode 044
S1 Ep44
4th Mar 1976
Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.
Episode 045
S1 Ep45
9.0
5th Mar 1976
George gets a ""visitor"" and then a ""surprise."" The Hartmans get a call from Tom's ex's ex. George returns home in a panic.
Episode 046
S1 Ep46
8.0
8th Mar 1976
Mary plays hostess to a funeral and eulogizes the late Leroy Fedders. Tom and Mary make plans for the hypothetical. Tom has a surprise for Mae.
Episode 047
S1 Ep47
9th Mar 1976
Mae's reunion is a big headache for Tom and it's all Mary's fault. Loretta and Charlie get some not so friendly news. Loretta makes a spectacular comeback, in more ways than one
Episode 048
S1 Ep48
8.0
10th Mar 1976
Charlie and Loretta face eviction at the hands of the Friendly Loan Co. Steve appears on the Johnny Tilson Show, where it's apparent that he's romancing starlet Kate Walters. Martha faints after seeing George's blackmail photos.
Episode 049
S1 Ep49
9.0
11th Mar 1976
Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Mary's need for "something else" that she can't explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that she's losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.
Episode 050
S1 Ep50
7.7
12th Mar 1976
Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises a plan to come up with money to stall eviction by selling raffle tickets for a color TV he and Loretta don't have. Martha refuses to believe George's claim that he was framed by union officials in Milwaukee. Loretta and Mary decide that Mary's "thing" is communication. Tiny catches Charlie selling raffle tickets and orders him out. When Tom intervenes, Tiny tells him to shut up or he's fired, prompting Charlie to deck Tiny who falls to the floor unconscious.
Episode 051
S1 Ep51
8.0
15th Mar 1976
Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do with it. Tom doesn't communicate well when he tells Loretta and Mary what happened between Charlie and Tiny at the plant. Mary wishes Tom could convert the energy of anger into something sexy. George is happy he and Martha made up at 2:15 a.m. Cathy fears she's no longer good enough for Steve, and George threatens to punch his heart out. Loretta's engineer Clyde Muncie visits with news that his brother in Chicago wants to release Loretta's song as a single.
Episode 052
S1 Ep52
8.0
16th Mar 1976
Steve reassures Cathy that starlet Kate Walters was just for publicity. Tom has to explain to Heather that he broke the rules when he's sent home from the plant over the incident between Charlie and Tiny. George isn't sympathetic to Tom's situation. At the library, Mrs. Delorean introduces Mary to sex therapist Mona McKenzie from the Lackawanda Institute
Episode 053
S1 Ep53
8.0
17th Mar 1976
Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be married, just as Kate Walters arrives at Steve's apartment. Tom has it out with George and decides to run against him in the union election. Mary explains her problems to Mona McKenzie. Mary lies to Cathy that Mona is an old friend from high school who transferred away. Cathy discovers Steve in bed with Kate.
Episode 054
S1 Ep54
7.5
18th Mar 1976
Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's throwing her engagement ring back at Steve. A distraught Cathy arrives home, announces Steve's infidelity, and renounces men. Dennis drops by the Hartman kitchen and tells Mary that he still wants her and will wait for her, but when Cathy arrives, Dennis asks her to dinner.
Episode 055
S1 Ep55
8.0
19th Mar 1976
Mary secretly phones Mona but can't talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathy's over Steve. Loretta has a new tune about Cathy's relationship with Steve called How Can You Say You Don't Love Me When You Never Could Talk At All? Clyde calls the Haggers with news that a royalty check is in the mail. Tom and George spar over union ideals at the plant. After hearing Baby Boy on the radio, Tiny offers to help Charlie get re-hired. Tom accuses Mary of meddling, and she accuses him of using sex to intimidate her into being a good girl. Mona phones Mary to arrange a meeting about sex therapy.
Episode 056
S1 Ep56
8.5
22nd Mar 1976
Mary is too busy preparing food products without food to care about Cathy's relationship with Dennis. Loretta receives a phone call from another Mrs. Haggers. Mona arrives at the Hartman house to carry out Mary's plan. Loretta confronts Charlie about his past.
Episode 057
S1 Ep57
8.5
23rd Mar 1976
Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.
Episode 058
S1 Ep58
8.5
24th Mar 1976
Charlie talks to Loretta about Muriel. Cathy and Dennis return from a night together. Loretta prepares for her predecessor.
Episode 059
S1 Ep59
25th Mar 1976
Mrs. Haggers meets Mrs. Haggers. Sergeant Foley waits with Mary. Mary is shaking - and it's not from the cold. Charlie and Muriel remember things differently.
Episode 060
S1 Ep60
26th Mar 1976
Mary is not nervous as Mona drops by. Cathy has no need to be jealous. Tom learns the wonders of performance anxiety.
Episode 061
S1 Ep61
29th Mar 1976
Mary wonders about Tom's sudden burst of cooperativeness. Charlie tells Loretta the story of Muriel. Cathy has found the perfect man - again.
Episode 062
S1 Ep62
30th Mar 1976
Mona has a perfect record - practically. Loretta and Mary tackle each other's problems and talk about "the scar!"
Episode 063
S1 Ep63
31st Mar 1976
Loretta gives a farewell performance. Cathy plays hard-to-get and says yes to two dates.
Episode 064
S1 Ep64
1st Apr 1976
Tom has some good news. Mary's not in touch with herself and witnesses the wounding of the Lackawanda Institute.
Episode 065
S1 Ep65
2nd Apr 1976
Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.
Episode 066
S1 Ep66
5th Apr 1976
The Shumways are warned about Sergeant Foley from the one he loves. Mary tells of the meaning of STET and loses more than her arm. Muriel talks of Charlie's "base instincts."
Episode 067
S1 Ep67
6th Apr 1976
Mary feels awful and Roberta says "great." Mary tells Dennis he must forget Cathy. Mary confides in Cathy, who hates her.
Episode 068
S1 Ep68
7th Apr 1976
Mary wonders about international conspiracy and makes the morning meal. Cathy and Dennis play games. Mary gets a gift from Dennis, but has nothing to give him, except maybe one thing.
Episode 069
S1 Ep69
8th Apr 1976
Mary can't get out of bed. Muriel gets breakfast from Loretta and an ultimatum from Charlie. Muriel's extortion scheme falls flat off her face.
Episode 070
S1 Ep70
9th Apr 1976
Modern medicine triumphs. Mary thinks she feels great. Charlie and Loretta share another announcement. Muriel wants sympathy - and five thousand dollars.
Episode 071
S1 Ep71
12th Apr 1976
Mary's breakfast is a failure. Loretta's career is a success. Mary attempts to save Cathy from a tragedy with a reading from TV Guide.
Episode 072
S1 Ep72
13th Apr 1976
Sergeant Foley tries the two-timer two-step. Loretta warms up for her Hollywood debut. Charlie counts toes and ends up a father.
Episode 073
S1 Ep73
14th Apr 1976
The Haggers say "hooray for Hollywood." Mary denies her sister's wedding day wish for the sake of cholesterol. Charlie makes plans for a VIP tour. Mary wonders if Loretta will forget.
Episode 074
S1 Ep74
15th Apr 1976
Mary has hopes for Loretta's success. Mary's emergency is a job for Otto Feurenbach. Charlie and Loretta are in a room that's not green.
Episode 075
S1 Ep75
16th Apr 1976
It's Loretta's big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.
Episode 076
S1 Ep76
19th Apr 1976
Loretta's TV coverage is more complete than expected. Mary really needs her doctor - so she gets put on hold. Martha makes a confession. Tom gets an unexpected escort.
Episode 077
S1 Ep77
20th Apr 1976
Mary and Cathy are going crazy. Roberta has no need to scream when Dennis gives back the key. Sergeant Foley threatens to set a date, if Mary won't.
Episode 078
S1 Ep78
21st Apr 1976
Mary urges Tom to read bumper stickers - for the sake of his family. Dennis invites Roberta to an open marriage. Mary calls the police, but doesn't want to get involved.
Episode 079
S1 Ep79
22nd Apr 1976
Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood, but today is Thursday and Mary can't face her friend.
Episode 080
S1 Ep80
23rd Apr 1976
Charlie is excited - he was called a new name. Mary kisses Dennis and swears to it. Charlie and Loretta salute "President Timmy."
Episode 081
S1 Ep81
26th Apr 1976
Mary returns home from the Italian cinema. Charlie explains the joys of parenthood. Tom gets an explosion out of "Pop." Sergeant Foley anticipates another undercover(s) assignment.
Episode 082
S1 Ep82
27th Apr 1976
Cathy demands to know why Mary is wrecking her life. Charlie allows Muriel visitation hours. Cathy despairs for a future in Albuquerque.
Episode 083
S1 Ep83
28th Apr 1976
Mary and Tom disagree - with the Bible. Muriel talks Clyde Muncie into waiting with the bad news. Charlie is off to the airport. Muriel says goodbye.
Episode 084
S1 Ep84
29th Apr 1976
Dennis maneuvers himself into one more week. The Hartmans and Shumways find conflict in the kitchen. Charlie and Loretta find themselves at rock bottom.
Episode 085
S1 Ep85
30th Apr 1976
Cathy discovers Mary's true interest in her marriage. Dennis wants Mary to be more honest. Mary tries to save herself with a story of vertical lifesaving.
Episode 086
S1 Ep86
3rd May 1976
Loretta gets a visitor with a "la la la" in the night. Mary takes a walk and explains her role as a kissee. Mary is sure Loretta won't understand.
Episode 087
S1 Ep87
4th May 1976
Sergeant Foley talks his way into a family. Cathy is appeased. Mary makes an unfortunate slip of the tongue.
Episode 088
S1 Ep88
5th May 1976
Cathy meets a new neighbor and plays cards to see her future. Loretta starts knocking on doors for the Lord. Tom comes to state his case - and takes a backseat to a Bicentennial bumpersticker.
Episode 089
S1 Ep89
6th May 1976
Cathy buries the hatchet in Dennis' overflow. Mary is warned about blonde men and fools, then goes to the station again for the first time.
Episode 090
S1 Ep90
7th May 1976
Mary forgets more than Heather's lunch. Howard informs Mary of Betty's unforeseen arrest. Martha hopes Tom will grow to accept imperfection.
Episode 091
S1 Ep91
10th May 1976
Mary and Martha make their musical requests. Betty does her best to battle Mary's twelve compound. Ed and Howard have a "family" squabble.
Episode 092
S1 Ep92
11th May 1976
Mary and Tom have a goodnight fight. Loretta gets a new sign, to Charlie's delight. Dennis' ratings are up, but he doesn't seem too happy.
Episode 093
S1 Ep93
8.5
12th May 1976
Mary vows to put an end to something. Tom bowls alone and makes a friend. Charlie's good news waits for the "good news." Dennis complicates a "no" with the truth.
Episode 094
S1 Ep94
13th May 1976
Tom is out of the overflow, but Mary is getting more than her share. Mary has someone new to trade troubles with. Tom and Dennis argue the needs of a wounded bird.
Episode 095
S1 Ep95
14th May 1976
Grandpa offers some philosophy and gets a lift to the supermarket. Tom's dejection breeds rejection and Dennis' feelings come straight from the heart.
Episode 096
S1 Ep96
17th May 1976
Mary's attention while ironing helps save a life. Tom and Cathy look for a fiancee and a wife. Mary is trying to get picked up.
Episode 097
S1 Ep97
18th May 1976
Mary makes a confession, which Dennis is awake to hear. Cathy and Tom find the evidence (you don't need bandages for a heart attack). Mary gets help in return for the truth.
Episode 098
S1 Ep98
19th May 1976
Tom says that it's different. Loretta makes a generous offer to Merle Jeeter. Misery gets company.
Episode 099
S1 Ep99
20th May 1976
Mary has the hard truth for Heather. Heather has the hard questions for Mary. Sergeant Foley gets put in traction and straightens things out with Cathy. Tom's refuge is the scene for more fighting.
Episode 100
S1 Ep100
21st May 1976
Mary vows to compose her thoughts, while Loretta cleans house for the Lord. Mary makes some important decisions and talks to Dennis of flexible straws and love.
Episode 101
S1 Ep101
24th May 1976
Mary admits to a beautiful moment in one of the seven positions. Cathy's application to nunhood is rejected. Tom goes for a walk and gets some timely advice.
Episode 102
S1 Ep102
25th May 1976
Charlie and Loretta turn on Fernwood 2 Night. Mary makes plans to cut out the middleman. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is on his father's knees. Mary goes to the clergy for comfort and ends up playing softball.
Episode 103
S1 Ep103
26th May 1976
Loretta visits Mary with absolution and a new brand of floor cleaner. Howard and Ed disagree over plans for the future. Mary comes face-to-waist with the Reverend Jimmy Joe Jeeter.
Episode 104
S1 Ep104
27th May 1976
Loretta entertains a dinner guest and gets a direct line to the Lord. Cathy has some church dealings of her own. Mary talks to Howard about the only sensible thing to do, then takes a journey through his childhood.
Episode 105
S1 Ep105
28th May 1976
Mary can't see eye-to-eye with Loretta's child minister. Tom makes a dinner date for his 100th chicken fried steak. The Haggers have a surprise for the Hartmans.
Episode 106
S1 Ep106
8.0
31st May 1976
Mary makes a phone call in search of a terrific answer. Cathy answers a call from "TV land." Loretta has a holy supper at the International House of Pancakes.
Episode 107
S1 Ep107
9.0
1st Jun 1976
Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.
Episode 108
S1 Ep108
2nd Jun 1976
Mary gets a Help Line of her own. Cathy may become Fernwood's kitchen cookie. Martha begins her search for identity. Howard tries his hand at counseling Tom.
Episode 109
S1 Ep109
3rd Jun 1976
Mary has some pamphlets and Sergeant Foley has some ideas. Cathy is in something. Tom makes some decisions.
Episode 110
S1 Ep110
4th Jun 1976
Mary finds out about the classics and some information about Howard and Ed. Cathy's conversion plans go up in holy smoke. Mary finally tells Dennis what he wants to hear.
Episode 111
S1 Ep111
7th Jun 1976
Martha searches for her past in the palm of her hand. Cathy gets a new job and her first go-fer. Ed sets the record not-straight with Mary.
Episode 112
S1 Ep112
8th Jun 1976
Tom agrees to some moral support. Mary practices some perfect discipline, but gets no good reasons from Dennis. Loretta's blessed recording session has one visitor too many.
Episode 113
S1 Ep113
9th Jun 1976
Mary takes the day off from the Help Line. Sergeant Foley finds a spot with no poison ivy. Cathy gets some sunshine and goes out for just dinner. Dennis, Heather and Mary sing for their supper.
Episode 114
S1 Ep114
10th Jun 1976
Merle Jeeter offers a solo spot to Loretta. Cathy holds no grudges and announces her new career. Tom asks Grandpa for the meaning of life. Howard gets some good news, then bad news, from Mary.
Episode 115
S1 Ep115
11th Jun 1976
Still another couple appears to be splitting up. Cathy is encouraged to stick with her job. Tom and Ed make some other engagements.
Episode 116
S1 Ep116
14th Jun 1976
Mary and Dennis talk of past, present, and future. Ed talks to Tom about being a jerk. Mary and Howard have sympathetic vibrations. Heather worries about being in the way of her mother's affairs.
Episode 117
S1 Ep117
15th Jun 1976
Jimmy Joe Jeeter looks to Loretta for guidance. Clete talks about his favorite subject - himself. Mary is ravaged by Gasid indigestion of the head. Loretta must answer the call and meet Merle in his motel room.
Episode 118
S1 Ep118
10.0
16th Jun 1976
Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.
Episode 119
S1 Ep119
17th Jun 1976
Loretta makes a misprint in Billboard and is worried about her iffy chances. Tom has some good news, but Mary has to cancel. Mary interviews for the typical American consumer.
Episode 120
S1 Ep120
18th Jun 1976
Dennis bares his soul, but he won't be able to leave. Cathy and Clete have an announcement for Frank. Ed's announcement bowls Tom right over.
Episode 121
S1 Ep121
21st Jun 1976
Mary learns of Howard's latency and craves some popcorn and a Slurpee. Martha's pa meets Martha's pa. Tom returns home in a stupor.
Episode 122
S1 Ep122
22nd Jun 1976
Mary has a perfectly normal, ordinary, typical morning for national TV. Loretty saves a sinful soul and gets second billing. Mary's kitchen is out of sync.
Episode 123
S1 Ep123
23rd Jun 1976
Mary and Tom promise to start fresh. Grandpa Twelvetrees performs some miracle cures. Mary wants to help Tom - she kicks him out of the house.
Episode 124
S1 Ep124
24th Jun 1976
Betty talks about straightening Howard out. One of Martha's left feet is Native American. Mary feels guilty about "helping" Tom. Jimmy Joe Jeeter is promised a new mother.
Episode 125
S1 Ep125
25th Jun 1976
Betty wants Mary to open doors for the truth. Mary has water in her eighth house and may have Howard there, too. Cathy goes to be converted, but Father DeMarco can't do the job.
Episode 126
S1 Ep126
28th Jun 1976
Mary gets a non-obscene call from David Susskind. Cathy tells Clete to have is own children. Ed takes a walk. The Help Line gets cut off and it's all Mary's fault.
Episode 127
S1 Ep127
29th Jun 1976
Martha vows to squat for fishing rights. Howard says yes to living the truth. Loretta wants to expose herself in Chicago and Charlie says yes.
Episode 128
S1 Ep128
30th Jun 1976
Tom slurs "good luck" to Mary. Mary browses with an eye to buy. Frank visits Cathy with something he just has to tell her. Martha returns to a tragedy with a tragedy.
Episode 129
S1 Ep129
1st Jul 1976
Merle gets ready for Loretta's visit. Mary has a dream of what might have been and makes her live television debut.
Episode 130
S1 Ep130
10.0
2nd Jul 1976
Season finale. Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.
The best rated episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman are:
Episode 214 S2E84 rated 10.0
Episode 210 S2E80 rated 10.0
Episode 178 S2E48 rated 10.0
Episode 159 S2E29 rated 10.0
Episode 141 S2E11 rated 10.0
Episode 139 S2E9 rated 10.0
Episode 135 S2E5 rated 10.0
Episode 131 S2E1 rated 10.0
Episode 130 S1E130 rated 10.0
Episode 118 S1E118 rated 10.0
The lowest rated episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman are:
Episode 325 S2E195 rated 1.0
Episode 023 S1E23 rated 3.5
Episode 017 S1E17 rated 4.5
Episode 152 S2E22 rated 6.0
Episode 160 S2E30 rated 6.0
Episode 001 S1E1 rated 6.8
Episode 016 S1E16 rated 7.0
Episode 027 S1E27 rated 7.0
Episode 036 S1E36 rated 7.0
Episode 188 S2E58 rated 7.0
The first episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman aired on January 05, 1976.
The last episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman aired on July 01, 1977.
There are 325 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
There are 2 seasons of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
