Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Season 1

Episodes

Season 1Episode 130 min

Episode 001

Mary is watching TV in the kitchen. Her sister, Cathy Shumway, enters the house. Cathy and Mary talk about yellow build up, and debate if the floor has any on it. Loretta Haggers enters. She says that the Lombardi family was murdered along with their two goats and eight chickens, and soon they debate what hte name of the street is that they live on. A reporter from the Fernwood local newspaper enters the house. He asks them some questions about the Lombardis. Meanwhile, at the workplace, Tom Hartman and Charlie Haggers are eating. They turn on the radio and hear about the Lombardi murder. Charlie quickly turns it off because he's eating and does not want to hear about the murder of people. George Shumway, father of Mary and Cathy, enters. They talk about the Lombardis. The father of the family had worked at the plant but only for a short time. Charlie talks about Lombardi's radio, and how good his wife Loretta would sound on it. Meanwhile, at the Hartman residence, the phone rings. Mar

Season 1Episode 230 min

Episode 002

Mary arrives at the police station and meets Sgt. Dennis Foley. She doesn't understand what he means by 'flasher' at first. Grandpa Larkin comes out with no pants on, but he is wearing a jacket. He claims he didn't flash anyone. According to Sgt. Foley, he flashed a cafeteria lady on the playground of an elementary school. Grandpa Larkin says he was only taking a walk, but Sgt. Foley asks him why he wasn't wearing any pants. Grandpa Larkin says that his pants are being cleaned. Grandpa Larkin and Mary then leave. Meanwhile, at the Shumway home, Martha Shumway is in the kitchen when Cathy enters. Martha asks if Cathy went to school. Cathy says she couldn't because she had to help an Armenian bartender get to bartending school across the street. George comes home. Mary and Grandpa Larkin enter. Mary tells the family what Grandpa Larkin did. Cathy and George know what she's talking about, but Martha asks what he was flashing. Grandpa Larkin goes throuh the house looking for peanut butter.

Season 1Episode 330 min

Episode 003

Mary is being interviewed by Reporter Harold Clemens on the Lombardi murders. Mary talks about a book she once bought about psychology, which was guaranteed to improve her emotional health. Harold asks if it did. Mary says yes, because she realized while reading the book that she needed glasses. She then tells him the ""hillarious story"" of when she and Tom first met. He had turned the water on a water fountain way up high and it had gone up Mary's nostrils. Mary's daughter, Heather, comes home from school. She says she's not hungry because she ate four boxes of M&Ms. Heather had been at the Lombardis the day of the murder, and he asks her some questions. Heather complains of cramps, and Mary sends her to her room. Meanwhile, at the Haggers house, Loretta is rehearsing an act. Charlie enters. He wants to hear the act again, even though he's heard it a hundred times. She sings ""It Feels So Good When You Feel Me"" to him. Tom and Mary are in their bedroom. Tom says Mary looks cute cutting

Season 1Episode 430 min

Episode 004

Mary, Tom, Martha, Cathy, and George are in a courtroom with Grandpa Raymond Larkin. Raymond enters and accuses the Shumways of trying to get rid of him. Martha says she would never do that to her pop. The judge thinks that Grandpa Larkin is crazy since he can't remember anything he does. Larkin does not want to go back to the Shumways, so Tom says Grandpa Larkin can stay with them. Grandpa Larkin says they have a lumpy couch, but it's better then anything 'Shumway' can offer. Tom, Mary, and Raymond arrive at the house. Grandpa wants to see Heather, but Mary prevents him from seeing her. Tom gets the stuff for Grandpa to sleep on, such as sheets for the couch. The next morning, Grandpa, Mary, and Tom are eating breakfest. They have conceived an alibi to tell Heather for why Grandpa Raymond Larkin is with them--his room is being painted. Heather enters and Mary tells her this. Mary hurridly gets her to go to school. George Shumway enters. He appologizes to Grandpa and says he can move

Season 1Episode 530 min

Episode 005

Loretta continues to sing at the Lounge. She sings ""I Fall to Pieces"" by Patsy Cline, but by this point everyone except Charlie has left. After the show, Loretta and Charlie sit down and talk. Charlie tells Loretta that Tom has been asking him questions about them. Loretta comments that Mary isn't getting enough Vitamin L (Vitamin 'Love') from Tom. At the Hartman residence, Tom and Mary are in bed. Mary tells him about Sgt. Foley asking if he can interview Heather. Tom checks on Heather, and the phone rings. Mary answers it. It is a man who's voice is not identifiable. He asks if Heather lives in the house to make sure he hsa the right one. Mary is made nervous by this and tells Tom about the call. Tom tells her it was probably some prank call. Tom and Mary are about to do things in bed (Wink Wink Nudge Nudge) when Tom says he's losing his 'momentum'. Mary suggests they take a hot shower. The next morning, Tom and Mary are eating breakfest. Tom is visibly upset. Mary and Tom talk about

Season 1Episode 630 min

Episode 006

Mary enters the library. She sees that the librarian on duty is a man and feels embarresed about getting her books on sex. She asks him where the female librarian went, and he replies that she has done her work for the day. Mary wants to get the books but is still embarresed. He feels that something is wrong and asks her if she is sure these aren't her books. Mary says her friend is Mary Hartman and that she can take the books with her. She leaves the library with the books in a brown paper bag so no one can see the titles. Meanwhile at the factory, it is lunch time. Tom and Charlie sit together and eat their lunch. Charlie says he knows something is wrong between Tom and Mary. Mae enters to tell Charlie she did something concerning the check he got for work. Charlie is made happy because Loretta can record in a studio that night! After Mae leaves, Tom comments on how nice she is. Meanwhile, Martha Shumway enters the office of Roberta Walashek, who will be Grandpa Larkin's physchologis

Season 1Episode 730 min

Episode 007

This episode opens with Mary and Cathy sitting at Mary's kitchen table. Mary is in a daze because she can't beleive that her daughter, Heather, would know ANYTHING about the Lombardi murders. She and Cathy debate over whether Ctahy thought it was possible is Heather knew anything about the murders. Heather comes in and decides that she doesn't want to discuss the murders. Mary finally convinces her to spill the beans. Heather says that she knew Saraphena Lombardi. She picked her for her class project partner. Nobody wanted to pick Heather, so Heather picked her. She also reveals something very special: She had a crush on Rocko Lombardi. Heather clues in Mary and Cathy about her visit to the Lombardi house the night of the murders. She says that she saw a man with a gun at the front of the Lombardi house. Stunned, Mary takes Heather to the police. When they get there, Heather says that she wants to go. Mary thinks she wants to go home, but Sgt. Foley knew that she wanted to go to the ba

Season 1Episode 830 min

Episode 008

The episode opens with re-showing the phone scene from the previous episode, but continuing on. It turns out to be a boy who wants to talk to Heather. Mary is overjoyed by this and is talking about how he may have saw her in the paper. Det. Johnson and Heather go off to school. Tom and Mary are left alone. Tom asks her about the sex books. Mary tries to avoid the question. Tom silences her and explains that she humiliated him in front of Charlie with the books. He explains that he never asks anything of Mary. Mary starts to cry. Mary says that she'll do anything Tom wants her to do. Tom just wants it all to be normal. Tom goes out so he can have time to think about their marriage. Loretta enters. She has to borrow bread, milk, sugar, instant coffee, etc. Blanche is making her guilty about buying ANYTHING at Federated ,the grocery store. Charlie comes in. He explains to Tom, who never left, that the demo record is coming soon. They both leave. Loretta tells Mary that she has to rehearse

Season 1Episode 930 min

Episode 009

Mary, Tom, Cathy, and her Armenian boyfriend are at Loretta's recording session, while Charlie and an engineer are in a booth. Loretta is singing with her pianist and guitarist accompaning her. Cathy and her Armenian boyfriend make out in front of Mary and Tom. Cathy slips a chocolate covered raisin into her boyfriend's mouth and Mary asks Tom if they can buy some chocolate covered raisins. They keep having to have many takes for Loretta's song because there are either interruptions or technical difficulties. While she is singing her song entitled ""Mama Was a Beauty Operator"", Mae and Ralph enter. Loretta and Charlie greet them. Mae and Ralph then sit down in the audience booth. Mae says hi to Tom. Mary asks Tom who she is. He tells her she works in pay roll at the factory. Mary asks what happened to the other heavyset lady who had to wear corrective shoes. Tom says she had kidney faliure. The recording session lasts late into the night. We see it at 3:00 AM. Tom & Ralph are both aslee

Season 1Episode 1030 min

Episode 010

The episode starts with Tom hanging up the phone in the lunch area of the factory he works at. Charlie enters and goes to the phone. He asks Tom if he told Mary about the bomb scare. Tom tells him he didn't, but he did tell her he wasn't coming home after work. Charlie replies with an ""Oh."" This frustrates Tom because of the way Charlie said it. Tom grabs Charlie and forces him to sit down. Charlie tells him that even a rock can tell that there is something wrong between Tom and Mary. Tom says it's not like he's not interested in Mary--there's just something missing. George enters and says the bomb scare is over. At the Shumway Residence, Martha is preparing dinner as Cathy prepares to go on a date. Martha has gotten a letter from Judge Stanley due to Grandpa Larkin missing one of his councilling sessions. If he misses another one, he'll have to go to jail. Cathy says they're bluffing. Martha talks about what her mother Grace used to say..that if you keep your home nice and neat and ma

Season 1Episode 1130 min

Episode 011

The episode opens with Mary, George, and Loretta walking into the police station. They start asking about Heather and her wherabouts. George starts to panic because all the police could do is send out on APB. Mary tells Sgt. Foley about Tom disappearing also. Mary starts going on and on about how Tom was upset the morning before. Sgt. Foley starts to ask about what Tom was mad about. Loretta tells George about the song about Mary's problem. Loretta and George leave. George yells the familiar ""Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!."" She keeps babbling to Sgt. Foley about all kinds of things. They leave. At Mae Olinski's place, we see a half naked Tom and a half naked Mae in bedkissing and hugging. They start talking about the wonderful time they had the night before. Tom starts to think about Mary. Mae tells him not to feel so guilty. Mae turns on the radio, and as soon as Tom hears about Heather's disappearance, he gets out of bed and runs out. At the Hartman kitchen, Mary is ironing while chatt

Season 1Episode 1230 min

Episode 012

This episode opens with Loretta on the Haggers porch. She asks Charlie about his breakfast. She goes into the house as Charlie follows her. She starts to tell him about his beautiful breakfast. Loretta begins talking about postponing the trip to Nashville for Mary's sake. The doctor calls and tells Charlie that Loretta is pregnant. He tells Loretta and they have a nice, big hug. She says that they have to go to Nashville by the end of the week, but Charlie disagrees. Loretta explains to him, but he is still amazed by the fact that they might have a baby. Tom comes in and Charlie tells him the good news. Tom starts to tell them about Heather and Trudy's adventure. At Mary's kitchen, Loretta is trying to tell Mary to perk up. Sgt. Foley calls asking about what happened to Mary the day before. They talk then hang up. Loretta tells Mary about her upcoming baby. Loretta brings up the fact that Tom stayed out all night. Mary pulls out one of her usual cigarettes. Loretta finds a book of matc

Season 1Episode 1330 min

Episode 013

Martha is laying on the floor with a glass of water. She can't believe Heather was with a dangerous maniac! Mary tells her she's not with him anymore, but Heather reminds them that she has to go back to Davey Jessup at 6:30. This makes Martha almost faint again, and Mary screams at her not to. Mary asks Heather if she made it up, and Heather replies that she's being honest. She says she found out that the boy she was going to the Disco with was only going so he could be on TV, so she ran away with Trudy Weathersby, but Davey made them go to an old store. Martha almost faints again, but Mary just tells her to put her head between her legs. Heather tells Mary that Davey wants $100,000 and a car. Mary is surprised to learn that it's Little Davey Jessup. Heather tells them that Davey feels terrible about what he did to the goats and chickens. Heather says that Davey's sorry, but he'll have to kill Trudy if his demands aren't met. Mary finds out where Davey is, and Mary decides to go to tal

Season 1Episode 1430 min

Episode 014

Davey continues to hold the gun to Mary's head. He asks where Heather is, and she once again explains that she came in her place. Davey says he wanted Heather to come.He then asks if she brought the $100,000, she tells her she didn't. Davey and Mary sit down on a matress. Mary asks if it's a real gun, because she once saw this skit on ""The Howard Consel Show"" where Tina Louis had a gun and when she pulled the trigger a sign came out that said 'BANG!'. Davey shoots off the gun to show the gun is real. Davey appologizes for kidnapping Trudy & Heather. Mary tells him that the car is in the repair shop. They hear sirens outside. Davey sticks the gun in his mouth, but Mary makes him take it out. Davey tells him about how his parents always argued. He tells her about a time when his dad beat his mother up with a fly swatter. Mary asks why he killed the Lombardis. Mary starts to leave but Davey stops her. Outside, the police and a crowd are gathered. Dect. Johnson talks through a speaker, try

Season 1Episode 1530 min

Episode 015

The episode opens with Davey telling Mary about his childhood and his father. He mentions how we worked for Mr. Lombardi. He talks about how he would tell his children and wife ""mean things."" Then Davey asks Mary to bring a note out to the police. Mary is overjoyed, but Davey reassures her that he'll be watching her the whole time. Mary reads the note: Unless my demands are met in 30 minutes, I'm gonna kill Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. On the outside, as Mary comes out of the Chinese Laundry, Loretta and everyone start to cheer. The police asks her to come closer, but Davey pokes his head out of a hole in the boards. Jesus Jarerra gives us a quick recap of what just happened. The police offers Mary a walky-talky. Tom makes sure his wife doesn't get hurt as he asks Sgt. Foley if her life is jeopardized. Clete Mizenheimer gives us more information, but he and the mobile camera crew are in the way. Sgt. Foley, Davey, and Mary play a version of ""Red Light, Green Light"" as Sgt. Foley is fixi

Season 1Episode 1630 min

Episode 016

On the outside, Clete Mizenheimer is interviewing Rick Nudley, a car salesman. Heather complains about her stomach, and Martha decides to take her home. Rick says that they finally found the car in Portoville. Davey says that he wants her car to be completely fresh. He wants clean tires, and nothing over 15 miles on it. Jesus is telling us about the tension surrounding the situation. Rev. Standfast comes over in his luxurous Lincoln. The Rev. obviously gets scared of the whole fact that Davey has a gun. He gets a blowhorn and starts to talk to Davey about what he is doing. Standfast starts to read scripture through the blowhorn. Davey isn't listening to a word he says, since him and Mary are playing a game. The car finally arrives. Davey makes a new demand: He wants Standfast to come into the store with a stack of bibles, and to swear on them that the police will not follow Davey. Standfast gets a little jittery as if he doesn't know what to do. Rev. tries to stall. Tom loses his top

Season 1Episode 1730 min

Episode 017

Marth, Grandpa Larkin, and Heather are watching Clete Mizenheimer and Jesus Jarrera report from the abandoned chinese laundry where Mary is being held by Little Davey Jessup. Jesus reports that there's a 'flash flash! We have just learned that one of Fernwood's finest is attempting to enter the rear of the chinese laundry. He is reported to be armed and dangerous, and so is the killer. So in case of any bloodshed or death, Clete and I will be right here on target!' Heather is scared that her mother Mary is going to be hurt. Martha reassures her by telling her by telling her that they wouldn't allow that much violence on television. Meanwhile, in the Chinese laundry, Davey and Mary are sleeping when a sound makes Davey wake up. This wakes up Mary, and they go to the back of the Chinese laundry, which has a window in it. Davey gives Mary a bottle and she hits Sgt. Foley (the police officer who was attempting to enter the luandry) over the head with it. Lt. Trask, head of the operation to

Season 1Episode 1830 min

Episode 018

Martha, Grandpa Larkin, and Heather are watching the news. Grandpa Larkin turns off the TV and says Mary will never get out of there. Martha scoulds Grandpa Larkin for saying that infront of Heather. Heather asks if her mother will ever get out of there and if she'll become a half orphan if she dies. Heather starts talking about the possibilty of her mother being killed. Heather starts crying about the thought of her mother being shot. Meanwhile, Jesus Jarrera is reporting from the chinese laundry where Mary and Sgt. Foley are being held. Clete Mizenheimer and Jesus interview a janitor, named Frank Yurby, who is cleaning the area. Loretta joins Charlie and George outside of the chinese laundry. Charlie tells her she should go home and get some sleep. The Reverand Standfast arrives, along with Tom. Loretta is happy to see him, because now Mary will be saved! Clete interviews the reverand. Loretta praises the reverand. Lt. Trask arrives along with a policeofficer who is wearing nothing b

Season 1Episode 1930 min

Episode 019

Mary, Tom, and George are in the policestation. Lt. Trask & Sgt. Foley are right next to them. Lt. Trask asks Mary if he can ask her some questions about her ordeal. George says he doesn't want them asking Mary questions--after all she's just been through a terrible ordeal! Mary says she wants to answer the questions. After all, the police risked their lives for Mary. George asks Mary after her relationship with Sgt. Dennis Foley. Lt. Trask asks Mary some questions about her ordeal with Davey. Lt. Trask finishs asking Mary questions. Mary compares her ordeal to a dream, and mentions a book where a girl died and was brought back to life to see her own life and realized her life was special. Mary asks Lt. Trask about what'll happen to Davey. He tells her that they're going to keep their promise and not go after him for 24 hours. He reveals that there's not enough gas in the car so it'll be easy catching him. Tom, Mary, and George get up to leave. Mary asks where Tom's cap is. Before the

Season 1Episode 2030 min

Episode 020

Mary is scrubbing her kitchen top. Martha enters. Martha asks what is going on between Tom and her. Martha says she doesn't know what's wrong with her family...Grandpa Larkin is running around with Roberta and Fanny Crookshanks, Cathy's going out with a deaf and mute boy, and Tom and Mary are having problems in their marriage. Martha pleads with Mary to tell her what's wrong in her marriage. Heather comes down and gets something to eat and leaves. Mary starts to leave the room. Martha asks where she's going. Mary, starting to weep, says she has to sanatize her toliet. Martha also startings weeping. Martha tells Mary she wants them to appologize to each other. Later, Mary is alone in her kitchen reading a book. Loretta enters with a goldfish bowl. Loretta tells her she's leaving for Nashville in the morning and asks Mary if she can take care of her golfish Conway and Twitty. Loretta asks Mary if she's alright in her relationship with Tom. There's a knock at the door. Mary enters it and

Season 1Episode 2130 min

Episode 021

Mary and Dennis are in Dennis' apartment. Dennis takes her grocery bags and puts them away. Mary tells him he has a very nice place. Dennis puts on some music. Mary tells Dennis about a musical she was in. Dennis and Mary talk, and Dennis tells her he isn't going to pounce on her--he'll wait for her to make the first move. At the Haggers house, Loretta and Charlie are packing. Charlie thinks the demo tape is missing, but Loretta tells him she moved them to another cabinet. Charlie gets the tapes out of the cabinet. Charlie says we was worried when he saw they weren't where he put them because they have all their hopes and dreams wrapped up in that tape. Loretta tells Charlie she forgot to make dinner. Charlie tells her that they'll go to the fanciest restaurant in town--the Starlight Room at the Holiday Inn! The door opens and Tom enters. He asks them if Mary's there. After he finds out that she isn't, Tom asks Loretta when was the last time she saw Mary. Loretta tells him she last saw

Season 1Episode 2230 min

Episode 022

Mary and Dennis kiss again. Mary asks for the time. Dennis tells her it's 6:30 PM. Mary nervously says she has to go. Mary goes to the door, and they start talking at the door. Mary gives Dennis a farewell kiss. Mary goes into the hallway of the apartment building. She tells Dennis he can have her groceries. Mary leaves. Dennis holds Mary's shoe in his hand--Mary forgot it in his apartment! Later, Mary enters the Hartman house. Mary walks into the house, limping because she only has one shoe on. She realizes she didn't make dinner. Tom enters. He asks where she's been. She tells him that she was out. Tom asks where her other shoe is. Mary tells him that she lost it. Tom asks where her groceries are. Mary tells him she lost them. Mary tells him that she thinks she might've eaten the groceries. Mary tells Tom that it's not his business where she was this afternoon. Tom asks Mary if she was with another man. Tom tells Mary that her actions are making him suffer. Mary tells Tom that she's

Season 1Episode 2330 min

Episode 023

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.

Season 1Episode 2430 min

Episode 024

Mary sits in bed, talking to herself. She's thinking of what to say to Tom. Tom enters. He appologizes for being late. Mary asks why Tom hasn't made love to her in the last eight weeks. Mary asks if he isn't in the mood or if he finds her repulsive. Mary tells Tom she loves him. Meanwhile, Loretta and Charlie drive in their car. Charlie asks Loretta if she wants to stop. She says no--she wants to make up for the time they lost. Charlie asks Loretta if he really is going to give the hillbillies' song to the people at Nashville. Loretta says yes because she promised him. Loretta starts singing a song about their situation with the hillbillies. Charlies asks if Loretta wants to sleep. Loretta tells him he doesn't want to. Charlie asks again but this time she falls asleep. The Haggers car is in a collision. That morning, in the road, news cameras surround the area. A police car is also at the area. Clete Mizenheimer is at the scene with the news camera. Clete reports that he is on Highway

Season 1Episode 2530 min

Episode 025

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.

Season 1Episode 2630 min

Episode 026

Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.

Season 1Episode 2730 min

Episode 027

Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.

Season 1Episode 2830 min

Episode 028

Tom and Mary visit the doctor. Cathy gets a new job. Charlie gets still more bad news.

Season 1Episode 2930 min

Episode 029

Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.

Season 1Episode 3030 min

Episode 030

Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.

Season 1Episode 3130 min

Episode 031

Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.

Season 1Episode 3230 min

Episode 032

Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.

Season 1Episode 3330 min

Episode 033

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.

Season 1Episode 3430 min

Episode 034

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.

Season 1Episode 3530 min

Episode 035

Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.

Season 1Episode 3630 min

Episode 036

This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.

Season 1Episode 3730 min

Episode 037

Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.

Season 1Episode 3830 min

Episode 038

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.

Season 1Episode 3930 min

Episode 039

Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae drops â€“ in the Hartmans' house.

Season 1Episode 4030 min

Episode 040

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.

Season 1Episode 4130 min

Episode 041

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.

Season 1Episode 4230 min

Episode 042

Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.

Season 1Episode 4330 min

Episode 043

Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.

Season 1Episode 4430 min

Episode 044

Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.

Season 1Episode 4530 min

Episode 045

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.

Season 1Episode 4630 min

Episode 046

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.

Season 1Episode 4730 min

Episode 047

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

Season 1Episode 4830 min

Episode 048

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.

Season 1Episode 4930 min

Episode 049

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.

Season 1Episode 5030 min

Episode 050

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.

Season 1Episode 5130 min

Episode 051

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.

Season 1Episode 5230 min

Episode 052

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

Season 1Episode 5330 min

Episode 053

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.

Season 1Episode 5430 min

Episode 054

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.

Season 1Episode 5530 min

Episode 055

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.

Season 1Episode 5630 min

Episode 056

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.

Season 1Episode 5730 min

Episode 057

Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.

Season 1Episode 5830 min

Episode 058

Charlie talks to Loretta about Muriel. Cathy and Dennis return from a night together. Loretta prepares for her predecessor.

Season 1Episode 5930 min

Episode 059

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.

Season 1Episode 6030 min

Episode 060

Mary is not nervous as Mona drops by. Cathy has no need to be jealous. Tom learns the wonders of performance anxiety.

Season 1Episode 6130 min

Episode 061

Mary wonders about Tom's sudden burst of cooperativeness. Charlie tells Loretta the story of Muriel. Cathy has found the perfect man - again.

Season 1Episode 6230 min

Episode 062

Mona has a perfect record - practically. Loretta and Mary tackle each other's problems and talk about "the scar!"

Season 1Episode 6330 min

Episode 063

Loretta gives a farewell performance. Cathy plays hard-to-get and says yes to two dates.

Season 1Episode 6430 min

Episode 064

Tom has some good news. Mary's not in touch with herself and witnesses the wounding of the Lackawanda Institute.

Season 1Episode 6530 min

Episode 065

Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.

Season 1Episode 6630 min

Episode 066

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."

Season 1Episode 6730 min

Episode 067

Mary feels awful and Roberta says "great." Mary tells Dennis he must forget Cathy. Mary confides in Cathy, who hates her.

Season 1Episode 6830 min

Episode 068

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.

Season 1Episode 6930 min

Episode 069

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.

Season 1Episode 7030 min

Episode 070

Modern medicine triumphs. Mary thinks she feels great. Charlie and Loretta share another announcement. Muriel wants sympathy - and five thousand dollars.

Season 1Episode 7130 min

Episode 071

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.

Season 1Episode 7230 min

Episode 072

Sergeant Foley tries the two-timer two-step. Loretta warms up for her Hollywood debut. Charlie counts toes and ends up a father.

Season 1Episode 7330 min

Episode 073

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.

Season 1Episode 7430 min

Episode 074

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.

Season 1Episode 7530 min

Episode 075

It's Loretta's big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.

Season 1Episode 7630 min

Episode 076

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.

Season 1Episode 7730 min

Episode 077

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.

Season 1Episode 7830 min

Episode 078

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.

Season 1Episode 7930 min

Episode 079

Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood, but today is Thursday and Mary can't face her friend.

Season 1Episode 8030 min

Episode 080

Charlie is excited - he was called a new name. Mary kisses Dennis and swears to it. Charlie and Loretta salute "President Timmy."

Season 1Episode 8130 min

Episode 081

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.

Season 1Episode 8230 min

Episode 082

Cathy demands to know why Mary is wrecking her life. Charlie allows Muriel visitation hours. Cathy despairs for a future in Albuquerque.

Season 1Episode 8330 min

Episode 083

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.

Season 1Episode 8430 min

Episode 084

Dennis maneuvers himself into one more week. The Hartmans and Shumways find conflict in the kitchen. Charlie and Loretta find themselves at rock bottom.

Season 1Episode 8530 min

Episode 085

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.

Season 1Episode 8630 min

Episode 086

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.

Season 1Episode 8730 min

Episode 087

Sergeant Foley talks his way into a family. Cathy is appeased. Mary makes an unfortunate slip of the tongue.

Season 1Episode 8830 min

Episode 088

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.

Season 1Episode 8930 min

Episode 089

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.

Season 1Episode 9030 min

Episode 090

Mary forgets more than Heather's lunch. Howard informs Mary of Betty's unforeseen arrest. Martha hopes Tom will grow to accept imperfection.

Season 1Episode 9130 min

Episode 091

Mary and Martha make their musical requests. Betty does her best to battle Mary's twelve compound. Ed and Howard have a "family" squabble.

Season 1Episode 9230 min

Episode 092

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.

Season 1Episode 9330 min

Episode 093

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.

Season 1Episode 9430 min

Episode 094

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.

Season 1Episode 9530 min

Episode 095

Grandpa offers some philosophy and gets a lift to the supermarket. Tom's dejection breeds rejection and Dennis' feelings come straight from the heart.

Season 1Episode 9630 min

Episode 096

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.

Season 1Episode 9730 min

Episode 097

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.

Season 1Episode 9830 min

Episode 098

Tom says that it's different. Loretta makes a generous offer to Merle Jeeter. Misery gets company.

Season 1Episode 9930 min

Episode 099

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.

Season 1Episode 10030 min

Episode 100

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.

Season 1Episode 10130 min

Episode 101

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.

Season 1Episode 10230 min

Episode 102

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.

Season 1Episode 10330 min

Episode 103

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.

Season 1Episode 10430 min

Episode 104

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.

Season 1Episode 10530 min

Episode 105

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.

Season 1Episode 10630 min

Episode 106

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.

Season 1Episode 10730 min

Episode 107

Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.

Season 1Episode 10830 min

Episode 108

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.

Season 1Episode 10930 min

Episode 109

Mary has some pamphlets and Sergeant Foley has some ideas. Cathy is in something. Tom makes some decisions.

Season 1Episode 11030 min

Episode 110

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.

Season 1Episode 11130 min

Episode 111

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.

Season 1Episode 11230 min

Episode 112

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.

Season 1Episode 11330 min

Episode 113

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.

Season 1Episode 11430 min

Episode 114

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.

Season 1Episode 11530 min

Episode 115

Still another couple appears to be splitting up. Cathy is encouraged to stick with her job. Tom and Ed make some other engagements.

Season 1Episode 11630 min

Episode 116

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.

Season 1Episode 11730 min

Episode 117

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.

Season 1Episode 11830 min

Episode 118

Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.

Season 1Episode 11930 min

Episode 119

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.

Season 1Episode 12030 min

Episode 120

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.

Season 1Episode 12130 min

Episode 121

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.

Season 1Episode 12230 min

Episode 122

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.

Season 1Episode 12330 min

Episode 123

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.

Season 1Episode 12430 min

Episode 124

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.

Season 1Episode 12530 min

Episode 125

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.

Season 1Episode 12630 min

Episode 126

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.

Season 1Episode 12730 min

Episode 127

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.

Season 1Episode 12830 min

Episode 128

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.

Season 1Episode 12930 min

Episode 129

Merle gets ready for Loretta's visit. Mary has a dream of what might have been and makes her live television debut.

Season 1Episode 13030 min

Episode 130

Season finale. Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.

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