The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974) Season 5
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.
Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? 01 Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.
9/14/1974
Not Just Another Pretty Face 02 Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.
9/21/1974
You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate 03 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.
9/28/1974
04 Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
10/5/1974
05 WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.
10/12/1974
06 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.
10/19/1974
07 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.
10/26/1974
08 Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.
11/2/1974
09 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.
11/9/1974
10 Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
11/16/1974
11 Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.
11/23/1974
12 Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.
11/30/1974
13 Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.
12/7/1974
14 Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.
12/14/1974
15 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.
12/21/1974
16 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.
1/4/1975
17 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.
1/11/1975
18 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.
1/18/1975
19 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.
1/25/1975
Marriage Minneapolis Style 20 Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.
2/1/1975
21 Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.
2/8/1975
22 Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.
2/15/1975
Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School 23 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.
2/22/1975
Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs 24 Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.
3/8/1975
