The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Good night and good news."
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 room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
Season 3 Episodes
E1
Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're …
E2
Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
E3
Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six …
E4
Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to cl…
E5
When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial am…
E6
After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
E7
Mary is worried that her parents, who have moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her, may pry into her life too much.
E8
Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
E9
Ted refuses to sign his contract renewal until Lou agrees to let him pursue other ventures, a decision he soon regrets w…
E10
Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
E11
Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries t…
E12
Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her wor…
E13
Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.
E14
Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
E15
Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feel…
E16
Lou spots an opportunity to buy a bar after realizing a lifelong dream. However, he is short of several thousand dollars…
E17
Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time w…
E18
Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
E19
Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the r…
E20
The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
E21
Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won…
E22
A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him t…
E23
Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Tedd…
E24
Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpon…
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