The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972) Season 3
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.
01 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 frustrated by Ted.
9/16/1972
What is Mary Richards Really Like? 02 Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
9/23/1972
03 Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six O'clock News begins falling apart without him.
9/30/1972
04 Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.
10/7/1972
It's Whether You Win or Lose 05 When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial amount to Ted.
10/14/1972
06 After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
10/21/1972
07 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.
10/28/1972
08 Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
11/4/1972
09 Ted refuses to sign his contract renewal until Lou agrees to let him pursue other ventures, a decision he soon regrets when Ted begins appearing in commercials.
11/11/1972
Have I Found a Guy for You 10 Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
11/18/1972
11 Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.
11/25/1972
It Was Fascination, I Know 12 Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.
12/2/1972
13 Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.
12/9/1972
Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York 14 Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
12/16/1972
The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter 15 Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feelings for Mary, breaks off his engagement, and begins dating her again.
12/23/1972
16 Lou spots an opportunity to buy a bar after realizing a lifelong dream. However, he is short of several thousand dollars and Ted is the only one who can come to his aid.
1/6/1973
17 Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time with her to Phyllis's disapproval.
1/13/1973
18 Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
1/20/1973
19 Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his marriage proposal.
1/27/1973
What Do You Do When the Boss Says, I Love You? 20 The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
2/3/1973
21 Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.
2/10/1973
Remembrance of Things Past 22 A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him too many times before.
2/17/1973
23 Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.
2/24/1973
Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady 24 Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.
3/3/1973
