Episodes: 50 / 130
E1Jan 5, 1976 · 22 min
Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
E2Jan 6, 1976 · 22 min
Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
E3Jan 7, 1976 · 22 min
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
E4Jan 8, 1976 · 22 min
Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
E5Jan 9, 1976 · 22 min
Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.
E6Jan 12, 1976 · 22 min
Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.
E7Jan 13, 1976 · 22 min
Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.
E8Jan 14, 1976 · 22 min
Tom is furious with Mary after finding her sex books; Grampa Larkin's social worker admits that she's in love with him; Heather's story makes the evening news.
E9Jan 15, 1976 · 22 min
Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.
E10Jan 16, 1976 · 22 min
Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.
E11Jan 19, 1976 · 22 min
Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope that Heather is safe and that Tom was kidnapped by the mass murderer. She'd rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.
E12Jan 20, 1976 · 22 min
Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.
E13Jan 21, 1976 · 22 min
Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.
E14Jan 22, 1976 · 22 min
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
E15Jan 23, 1976 · 22 min
Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.
E16Jan 26, 1976 · 22 min
The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.
E17Jan 27, 1976 · 22 min
Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.
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E19Jan 29, 1976 · 22 min
Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.
E20Jan 30, 1976 · 22 min
Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.
E21Feb 2, 1976 · 22 min
Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows something's up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.
E22Feb 3, 1976 · 22 min
Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.
E23Feb 4, 1976 · 22 min
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.
E24Feb 5, 1976 · 22 min
Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.
E25Feb 6, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Feb 9, 1976 · 22 min
Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.
Feb 10, 1976 · 22 min
Mary makes a trip to the library. Martha insists that being miserable is the only key to happiness.
Feb 11, 1976 · 22 min
Tom and Mary visit the doctor. Cathy gets a new job. Charlie gets still more bad news.
Feb 12, 1976 · 22 min
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Feb 13, 1976 · 22 min
Mary says Tom shouldn't go to waste. Cathy's magic fingers make their debut.
Feb 16, 1976 · 22 min
Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.
Feb 17, 1976 · 22 min
Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.
Feb 18, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Feb 19, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Feb 20, 1976 · 22 min
Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.
Feb 23, 1976 · 22 min
This episode is a review of the events that took place in the first thirty-five episodes.
Feb 24, 1976 · 22 min
Mary makes a discovery about Heather. The Hartmans make a parental decision. Tom and Mary get high for the Lord.
Feb 25, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Feb 26, 1976 · 22 min
Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae stops by the Hartmans' house.
Feb 27, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 1, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 2, 1976 · 22 min
Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.
Mar 3, 1976 · 22 min
Leroy is worried sick. Mae talks to Tom about Mary. Leroy Fedders gets into his last bowl of chicken soup.
Mar 4, 1976 · 22 min
Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.
Mar 5, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 8, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 9, 1976 · 22 min
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
Mar 10, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 11, 1976 · 22 min
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.
Mar 12, 1976 · 22 min
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.
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