Season 5
24 episodes · Sep 14, 1974
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S5E1Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?
Sep 14, 197426mMary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.
S5E2Not Just Another Pretty Face
Sep 21, 197426mMary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.
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You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate
Sep 28, 197426mLou 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.
S5E4Lou and That Woman
Oct 5, 197426mLou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
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The Outsider
Oct 12, 197425mWJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.
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I Love a Piano
Oct 19, 197426mMurray 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.
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A New Sue Ann
Oct 26, 197426mA 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.
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Menage-a-Phyllis
Nov 2, 197425mPhyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.
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Not a Christmas Story
Nov 9, 197426mThe 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.
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What Are Friends For?
Nov 16, 197426mMary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
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A Boy's Best Friend
Nov 23, 197426mTed is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.
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A Son for Murray
Nov 30, 197426mMurray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.
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Neighbors
Dec 7, 197426mLou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.
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A Girl Like Mary
Dec 14, 197426mLou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.
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An Affair to Forget
Dec 21, 197426mNow 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.
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Mary Richards: Producer
Jan 4, 197525mMary 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.
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The System
Jan 11, 197526mWhen 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.
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Phyllis Whips Inflation
Jan 18, 197530mPhyllis 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.
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The Shame of the Cities
Jan 25, 197530mLou 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.
S5E20Marriage Minneapolis Style
Feb 1, 197530mTed pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.
S5E21You Try To Be a Nice Guy
Feb 8, 197530mMary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.
S5E22You Can't Lose 'em All
Feb 15, 197530mLou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.
S5E23Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School
Feb 22, 197530mA 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.
S5E24Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs
Mar 8, 197530mMary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.