1x1 - Episode 001

January 5, 1976

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.

1x2 - Episode 002

January 6, 1976

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).

1x3 - Episode 003

January 7, 1976

Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.

1x4 - Episode 004

January 8, 1976

Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.

1x5 - Episode 005

January 9, 1976

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.

1x6 - Episode 006

January 12, 1976

Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.

1x7 - Episode 007

January 13, 1976

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.

1x8 - Episode 008

January 14, 1976

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.

1x9 - Episode 009

January 15, 1976

Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.

1x10 - Episode 010

January 16, 1976

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.

1x11 - Episode 011

January 19, 1976

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.

1x12 - Episode 012

January 20, 1976

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.

1x13 - Episode 013

January 21, 1976

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.

1x14 - Episode 014

January 22, 1976

Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.

1x15 - Episode 015

January 23, 1976

Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and ,000.

1x16 - Episode 016

January 26, 1976

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.

1x17 - Episode 017

January 27, 1976

Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.

1x18 - Episode 018

January 28, 1976

The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.

1x19 - Episode 019

January 29, 1976

Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.

1x20 - Episode 020

January 30, 1976

Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.

1x21 - Episode 021

February 2, 1976

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.

1x22 - Episode 022

February 3, 1976

Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.

1x23 - Episode 023

February 4, 1976

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.

1x24 - Episode 024

February 5, 1976

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.

1x25 - Episode 025

February 6, 1976

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.

1x26 - Episode 026

February 9, 1976

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

1x27 - Episode 027

February 10, 1976

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

1x28 - Episode 028

February 11, 1976

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

1x29 - Episode 029

February 12, 1976

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

1x30 - Episode 030

February 13, 1976

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

1x31 - Episode 031

February 16, 1976

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

1x32 - Episode 032

February 17, 1976

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

1x33 - Episode 033

February 18, 1976

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.

1x34 - Episode 034

February 19, 1976

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.

1x35 - Episode 035

February 20, 1976

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

1x36 - Episode 036

February 23, 1976

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

1x37 - Episode 037

February 24, 1976

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

1x38 - Episode 038

February 25, 1976

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.

1x39 - Episode 039

February 26, 1976

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

1x40 - Episode 040

February 27, 1976

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.

1x41 - Episode 041

March 1, 1976

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.

1x42 - Episode 042

March 2, 1976

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

1x43 - Episode 043

March 3, 1976

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

1x44 - Episode 044

March 4, 1976

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

1x45 - Episode 045

March 5, 1976

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.

1x46 - Episode 046

March 8, 1976

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.

1x47 - Episode 047

March 9, 1976

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

1x48 - Episode 048

March 10, 1976

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.

1x49 - Episode 049

March 11, 1976

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.

1x50 - Episode 050

March 12, 1976

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.

1x51 - Episode 051

March 15, 1976

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.

1x52 - Episode 052

March 16, 1976

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

1x53 - Episode 053

March 17, 1976

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.

1x54 - Episode 054

March 18, 1976

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.

1x55 - Episode 055

March 19, 1976

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.

1x56 - Episode 056

March 22, 1976

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.

1x57 - Episode 057

March 23, 1976

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

1x58 - Episode 058

March 24, 1976

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

1x59 - Episode 059

March 25, 1976

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.

1x60 - Episode 060

March 26, 1976

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

1x61 - Episode 061

March 29, 1976

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

1x62 - Episode 062

March 30, 1976

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

1x63 - Episode 063

March 31, 1976

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

1x64 - Episode 064

April 1, 1976

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

1x65 - Episode 065

April 2, 1976

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

1x66 - Episode 066

April 5, 1976

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."

1x67 - Episode 067

April 6, 1976

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

1x68 - Episode 068

April 7, 1976

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.

1x69 - Episode 069

April 8, 1976

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.

1x70 - Episode 070

April 9, 1976

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

1x71 - Episode 071

April 12, 1976

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.

1x72 - Episode 072

April 13, 1976

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

1x73 - Episode 073

April 14, 1976

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.

1x74 - Episode 074

April 15, 1976

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.

1x75 - Episode 075

April 16, 1976

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

1x76 - Episode 076

April 19, 1976

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.

1x77 - Episode 077

April 20, 1976

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.

1x78 - Episode 078

April 21, 1976

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.

1x79 - Episode 079

April 22, 1976

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

1x80 - Episode 080

April 23, 1976

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

1x81 - Episode 081

April 26, 1976

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.

1x82 - Episode 082

April 27, 1976

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

1x83 - Episode 083

April 28, 1976

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.

1x84 - Episode 084

April 29, 1976

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

1x85 - Episode 085

April 30, 1976

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.

1x86 - Episode 086

May 3, 1976

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.

1x87 - Episode 087

May 4, 1976

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

1x88 - Episode 088

May 5, 1976

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.

1x89 - Episode 089

May 6, 1976

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.

1x90 - Episode 090

May 7, 1976

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

1x91 - Episode 091

May 10, 1976

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

1x92 - Episode 092

May 11, 1976

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.

1x93 - Episode 093

May 12, 1976

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.

1x94 - Episode 094

May 13, 1976

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.

1x95 - Episode 095

May 14, 1976

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

1x96 - Episode 096

May 17, 1976

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.

1x97 - Episode 097

May 18, 1976

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.

1x98 - Episode 098

May 19, 1976

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

1x99 - Episode 099

May 20, 1976

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.

1x100 - Episode 100

May 21, 1976

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.

Louise Lasser

Mary Hartman

Greg Mullavey

Tom Hartman

Mary Kay Place

Loretta Haggers

Graham Jarvis

Charlie Haggers

Dody Goodman

Martha Larkin Shumway

Debralee Scott

Cathy Shumway

Victor Kilian

Raymond Larkin

Claudia Lamb

Heather Hartman

Philip Bruns

George Shumway

Dabney Coleman

Merle Jeeter

Marian Mercer

Wanda Jeeter

Norman Alden

Coach Leroy Fedders

Sparky Marcus

Jimmy Joe Jeeter