Box set: The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete Series
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 5
 (1974)
TV Series  /  Comedy
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IMDB   8.2
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DVD    US - TV-PG
Mary Tyler Moore Mary Richards
Edward Asner Lou Grant
Gavin MacLeod Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight Ted Baxter
Georgia Engel Georgette Franklin
Betty White Sue Ann Nivens
Cloris Leachman Phyllis Lindstrom
Lisa Gerritsen Bess Lindstrom
Joyce Bulifant Marie Slaughter
Sheree North Charlene Maguire
John Gabriel Andy Rivers
Barbara Colby Sherry
Ron Rifkin Ed Schroeder
Noble Willingham Hal
John Saxon Mike Tedesca
Richard Masur Bob Larson
David Huddleston Freddy
Doris Roberts Helen Farrell
Lou Cutell Nice Little Man
Ian Wolfe Grandfather
Director
Jay Sandrich
John C. Chulay
Mary Tyler Moore
Norman Campbell
Producer James L. Brooks
Allan Burns
Budd Cherry
Stan Daniels
Writer James L. Brooks
Allan Burns
David Lloyd
Ed. Weinberger
Cinematography William T. Cline
Musician Patrick Williams

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was one of the most literate, realistic, and enduring situation comedies of the 1970s. Mary Richards was the idealized single career woman. She had come to Minneapolis after breaking up with a man she had been dating for four years. Ambitious, and looking for new friends, she moved into an older apartment building and went to work as an assistant producer of the local news show on television station WJM-TV. In her early 30s, Mary symbolized the independent woman of the 1970s.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    9/14/1974  1.  Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?
Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
Guest starring:  Barbara Colby, James Randolph, Mary Ann Chinn,  Darlene Conley, Charles Woolf, Don Macon
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    9/21/1974  2.  Not Just Another Pretty Face
Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
Guest starring:  Robert Wolders,  Lou Cutell, Julie Rogers, Cathy Baco
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    9/28/1974  3.  You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate
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.
Writer:  David Lloyd 
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    10/5/1974  4.  Lou and That Woman
Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Sheree North, Helene Winston
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    10/12/1974  5.  The Outsider
WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.
Director:  Peter Bonerz  Writer:  Jack Winter 
Guest starring:  Richard Masur
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    10/19/1974  6.  I Love a Piano
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Treva Silverman 
Guest starring:  Barbara Barrie
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    10/26/1974  7.  The New Sue Ann
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Linda Kelsey,  Ron Rifkin
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/2/1974  8.  Menage-a-Phyllis
Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Treva Silverman 
Guest starring:  John Saxon
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/9/1974  9.  Not a Christmas Story
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.
Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/16/1974  10.  What Are Friends For?
Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
Director:  Alan Rafkin  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Noble WillinghamDavid Huddleston, Robert Karvelas, Dan Barrows
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/23/1974  11.  A Boy's Best Friend
Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.
Director:  Mary Tyler Moore  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Nolan Leary
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    11/30/1974  12.  A Son for Murray
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
Guest starring:  Michael Higa, David Fresco
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    12/7/1974  13.  Neighbors
Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.
Director:  James Burrows  /  John C. Chulay  Writer:  Ziggy Steinberg 
Guest starring:  Clifford David, Tom Castronova
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    12/14/1974  14.  A Girl Like Mary
Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Ann Gibbs  / Joel Kimmel 
Guest starring:  Rosalind Cash, Judie Stein
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    12/21/1974  15.  An Affair to Forget
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.
Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    1/4/1975  16.  Mary Richards: Producer
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.
Director:  Norman Campbell  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Anthony Holland, Phillip Richard Allen, Fred Festinger, Joe Scott
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    1/11/1975  17.  The System
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
Guest starring:  Tom Pedi
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    1/18/1975  18.  Phyllis Whips Inflation
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stan Daniels  / Ed Weinberger 
Guest starring:  Doris Roberts
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    1/25/1975  19.  The Shame of the Cities
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Michael Elias  / Arnie Kogan  Writer:  Michael Elias 
Guest starring:  Sheree North, Robert Emhardt, Chuck Bergansky,  James Jeter
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    2/1/1975  20.  Marriage Minneapolis Style
Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Pamela Russell 
Guest starring:  Eileen McDonough, Patricia Wilson
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    2/8/1975  21.  You Try To Be a Nice Guy
Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Michael Leeson 
Guest starring:  Barbara Colby, Ted Konopka
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    2/15/1975  22.  You Can't Lose 'em All
Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.
Director:  Marjorie Mullen  Writer:  David Lloyd 
Guest starring:  Larry Wilde, Fred Grandy, Lee Vines, Judy Reich
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    2/22/1975  23.  Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School
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.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Michael Zinberg 
Guest starring:  Leonard Frey, Bernie Kopell,  Norman Bartold
    Seen it: Yes   25 mins    3/8/1975  24.  Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs
Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Jerry Mayer 
Guest starring:  Laurence Luckinbill, Lee Montgomery,  Mabel AlbertsonIan Wolfe, Carole King Larkey, Iggie Wolfington, Megan King
Edition Details
Series The Mary Tyler Moore Show
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 1/15/2021
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