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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: Season 2

195 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 1976 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Episode 131

Oct 4, 1976 · 22 min

Andrew Ackerman feels that Mary's appearance on The David Susskind Show will bring attention -and more money- to the psychiatric ward at Fernwood Receiving. Mary meets Wanda Ritten

S2·E2 Core

Episode 132

Oct 5, 1976 · 22 min

Mary becomes better acquainted with her hospital family. Cathy is confused by the results of a pregnancy test. Not knowing the extent of his injuries frustrates Charlie. Merle call

S2·E3 Mytharc

Episode 133

Oct 6, 1976 · 22 min

Dr. Williams reveals to Mary that Tom signed her commitment papers. Grandpa Larkin suggests that Cathy turn go to George with news of her pregnancy. Charlie begs Nurse Nugent to te

S2·E4 Core

Episode 134

Oct 7, 1976 · 22 min

Dr. Fermin has answers for Charlie, but it doesn't put the patient's mind to rest. Martha explains to Grandpa Larkin the facts surrounding George's mysterious disappearance. Merle

S2·E5 Mytharc

Episode 135

Oct 8, 1976 · 22 min

Loretta and Merle come face to face for the first time since the shooting. Chester confides to Mary that he hid a nuclear device in the hospital and plans to blast his way out. Cha

S2·E6 Core

Episode 136

Oct 11, 1976 · 22 min

Mary and Tom are happily reunited at Fernwood Receiving, but the visit takes an unfortunate turn when she confesses she thinks Chester is dangerous. Cathy wants to have a talk with

S2·E7 Core

Episode 137

Oct 12, 1976 · 22 min

News of Jimmy Joe distresses Mary. Cathy's pregnancy delights Clete until he realizes that she's three months along. Martha and Heather discuss death. Tom reassures Heather that Ma

S2·E8 Core

Episode 138

Oct 13, 1976 · 22 min

Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri Lounge wonders if he might run for public office. Dr. Williams attempts to assuage Mary's fears about C

S2·E9 Core

Episode 139

Oct 14, 1976 · 22 min

Dr. Williams confirms Mary's chat with Gore Vidal when Mary requests an overnight pass to go home and clean her kitchen for his visit. Mary wonders if she'll be required to have se

S2·E10 Core

Episode 140

Oct 15, 1976 · 22 min

Loretta eases Charlie's mind by telling him that Merle's leaving Fernwood. Dr. Williams promises to give Mary an overnight pass from the ward. Tom discusses his new job with Heathe

S2·E11 Core

Episode 141

Oct 18, 1976 · 22 min

Charlie's up in the night, but not the way Loretta dreamed, so she works on the song "Moanin' in the Night." At the Bide-a-Wee Inn, Cathy meets Mrs. Delorean who's moonlighting as

S2·E12 Core

Episode 142

Oct 19, 1976 · 22 min

Tom arrives home from his white collar job, and Mary is stunned at how much he looks like the husband she imagined in her doll house. Detective Johnson informs Martha that George m

S2·E13 Mytharc

Episode 143

Oct 20, 1976 · 22 min

Martha explains George's disappearance to Mary. Loretta confides to Mary the exact nature of Charlie's injuries and how it affects her marriage. Merle attempts to make amends to Ch

S2·E14 Core

Episode 144

Oct 21, 1976 · 22 min

Tom gives Mary the choice of returning to the psychiatric ward when her overnight pass ends. Dr. Williams tells Ackerman that nothing short of induced psychosis will prevent Mary f

S2·E15 Core

Episode 145

Oct 22, 1976 · 22 min

Chester phones Fletch at the laboratory, and he convinces Mary that Chester is in possession of dangerous plutonium 239. Mary exposes Chester's threat to Nurse Gimble, but she sugg

S2·E16 Core

Episode 146

Oct 25, 1976 · 22 min

Tom visits Annie's trailer and accepts a dinner invitation from her. Dr. Fermin advises Cathy to sell her unborn baby to a needy, but wealthy, couple. Tom finds Mary's story about

S2·E17 Core

Episode 147

Oct 26, 1976 · 22 min

At the Capri Lounge, Loretta sings "Moanin' in the Night."

S2·E18 Core

Episode 148

Oct 27, 1976 · 22 min

Loretta foresees trouble for Mary and Tom when Annie decides to remain in Fernwood for an extended visit. Mary and Gore Vidal get to know one another. Charlie admits to Loretta his

S2·E19 Core

Episode 149

Oct 28, 1976 · 22 min

Garth Gimble, Nurse Pat's husband, tells Ackerman his plan to promote the hospital through a Mary Hartman Homecoming Day and burial of a time capsule to be opened in 2076. Ackerman

S2·E20 Core

Episode 150

Oct 29, 1976 · 22 min

Mary is told that she'll select the items for the time capsule being buried by the Fernwood Chamber of Commerce. Grandpa visits Mary and recognizes Chester as a madman. Loretta tan

S2·E21 Core

Episode 151

Nov 1, 1976 · 22 min

Mary schemes to bury Chester's Peanuts lunch box containing the nuclear device in Fernwood's time capsule. Martha receives a phone call from Jack and Jill Renquist, who claim they

S2·E22 Core

Episode 152

Nov 2, 1976 · 22 min

Tom and Heather give Gore the brush off, so he interviews Martha. Mary is in a lather to get Heather's old Peanuts lunch box, which is identical to Chester's. Mary and Tom discuss

S2·E23 Core

Episode 153

Nov 3, 1976 · 22 min

Gore promises to promote Ackerman and Fernwood Receiving on The Merv Griffin Show, but first he has to convince Merv. Annie accepts Tom's offer to park her trailer in his driveway.

S2·E24 Core

Episode 154

Nov 4, 1976 · 22 min

Just as Mary leaves the hospital, sex therapist Mona McKenzie is admitted for getting too much of a good thing. Nurse Gimble continues to show up with more bodily injury. Jack and

S2·E25 Core

Episode 155

Nov 5, 1976 · 22 min

Mary tells Tom that she switched Heather's lunch box with Chester's. Garth decides to use Mary's comment "you're only as recovered as you think you are" as the PR catchphrase for F

S2·E26 Core

Episode 156

Nov 8, 1976 · 22 min

An oblivious Martha receives another visit from Detective Johnson. After a letter from Sgt. Foley arrives, assuring Cathy that it's physically impossible for him to be the father o

S2·E27 Core

Episode 157

Nov 9, 1976 · 22 min

Tom asks Mary to leave but allow Annie to stay as he films his TV commercial. Wealthy Brian and Christine Addams drop by the Shumway kitchen to meet with Cathy, and express interes

S2·E28 Core

Episode 158

Nov 10, 1976 · 22 min

Mary details her attitudes about Annie in the journal given to her by David Susskind. Martha receives photographic "evidence" that George was beamed aboard a UFO. After Cathy decid

S2·E29 Core

Episode 159

Nov 11, 1976 · 22 min

Mary complains that she now feels like a sex object. Brian and Christine tempt Cathy with $40,000, but she must agree to have a second baby, fathered by Brian. Mary meets Jody and

S2·E30 Core

Episode 160

Nov 12, 1976 · 22 min

Martha and Detective Johnson storm the Gimble house after hearing Pat's screams, but the couple manages to cover up Garth's abuse. Mary gives Charlie an alpha wave machine to help

S2·E31 Core

Episode 161

Nov 15, 1976 · 22 min

The Gimbles' excuses for Pat's injuries become more complex and less likely. Grandpa Larkin and Cathy discuss her deal with Brian and Christine Addams. Loretta persuades Jody to he

S2·E32 Core

Episode 162

Nov 16, 1976 · 22 min

Loretta is dismayed when her scheme to make Charlie jealous only incites his anger. Jody gives Charlie a cut of the race winnings, enough for Charlie to make a down payment on his

S2·E33 Core

Episode 163

Nov 17, 1976 · 22 min

Dr. Fratkis informs Charlie that he has to find his own donor for the testicle transplant. Cathy moves into the Addams mansion, but is dismayed when Christine hides her in a seclud

S2·E34 Core

Episode 164

Nov 18, 1976 · 22 min

When Martha tells Mary that Cathy left home to live with the wealthy couple buying her baby, Mary thinks Cathy is just like Melinda Mason on the soap opera Hope for Tomorrow. Marth

S2·E35 Core

Episode 165

Nov 19, 1976 · 22 min

Brian explains to Cathy that he and Christine are plotting to pass her baby off as their biological child in order to inherit money from Christine's wealthy father. Merle offers hi

S2·E36 Core

Episode 166

Nov 22, 1976 · 22 min

Charlie and Dr. Fratkis agree to perform his transplant immediately. Loretta is hired to sing at the drag races and composes an impromptu song about making her man whole again. Wan

S2·E37 Core

Episode 167

Nov 23, 1976 · 22 min

Martha and Detective Johnson practice rape, and Mary gets the wrong idea. As Charlie prepares to leave for his transplant in New Jersey, he and Loretta discuss the return of their

S2·E38 Core

Episode 168

Nov 24, 1976 · 22 min

Tom, Mary, and Heather all agree to adopt Cathy's baby as their own. Merle's guilt over sinning with Annie is tempered by the intriguing voice of Big Honey on Annie's CB radio. Ann

S2·E39 Core

Episode 169

Nov 25, 1976 · 22 min

Christine suggests Cathy endure a natural childbirth, on all fours and with no anesthesia. Grandpa Larkin attempts to persuade Cathy to return home. Martha and Detective Johnson se

S2·E40 Core

Episode 170

Nov 26, 1976 · 22 min

Garth rejects Wanda's desire to enlist Pat in Merle's mayoral campaign. Later, Garth becomes disgusted by Pat's novel, a fictional account of their relationship, and forces her to

S2·E41 Core

Episode 171

Nov 29, 1976 · 22 min

Mary stuns Jody and Loretta with news that Charlie was arrested for cruelty to animals. In jail, Dr. Fratkis admits to Charlie the shocking identity of his transplant donor. Merle

S2·E42 Core

Episode 172

Nov 30, 1976 · 22 min

Garth forces Pat to quit her job. Mary brings Pat a letter from Little Garth's military academy. After finding Jody in the Haggers home, Tom cautions Loretta to beware of men who m

S2·E43 Core

Episode 173

Dec 1, 1976 · 22 min

Mary recalls getting too close for comfort with Annie in the kitchen and theorizes to Tom that their friend is bisexual. Charlie is dismayed when Dr. Fratkis is released, but he re

S2·E44 Core

Episode 174

Dec 2, 1976 · 22 min

Martha visits Annie to discuss their AC/DC trouble. Charlie phones Loretta and tells her that he got out of jail but still won't come home. Jody offers to take Loretta to New Jerse

S2·E45 Core

Episode 175

Dec 3, 1976 · 22 min

Pat and Little Garth hide the truth from Garth about his son's bed wetting. Detective Johnson insinuates that Annie is part of a prostitution ring in Fernwood and wants to use an a

S2·E46 Core

Episode 176

Dec 6, 1976 · 22 min

Loretta and Jody meet Dr. Fratkis in New Jersey and learn that someone uglier than a Godfather cast member bailed Charlie out of jail. Mary and Merle have an intimate conversation

S2·E47 Core

Episode 177

Dec 7, 1976 · 22 min

After writing about her in the journal, Mary visits Annie and bristles at her attention. Tom's arrival prompts Annie to make a quick exit with Mary's journal which Annie thinks is

S2·E48 Core

Episode 178

Dec 8, 1976 · 22 min

Annie returns Mary's journal and insists she's not attracted to her. While discussing people's needs, Mary embraces Annie, but Tom walks in and misinterprets the situation. Later,

S2·E49 Core

Episode 179

Dec 9, 1976 · 22 min

Embarrassed before a country club lunch, Tom wants Mary to keep up with the Joneses by shopping for chic dresses at Tufts and Tweeds. Martha fears God will punish Cathy for selling

S2·E50 Core

Episode 180

Dec 10, 1976 · 22 min

Mary and Dr. Medwick rap about rape and upward mobility. Loretta kisses Jody and tells him goodbye forever. About to jump from the bridge, Charlie hears Loretta's love song to him

S2·E51 Core

Episode 181

Dec 13, 1976 · 22 min

Garth bungles Merle's press conference, angering him, but Merle turns it around with an engagement announcement. Wanda requests a private celebration, but Merle insists on abstinen

S2·E52 Mytharc

Episode 182

Dec 14, 1976 · 22 min

Pat introduces Mary to Garth Phillip Gimble, Jr., who doesn't like to be called "Little Garth". During Merle's election night party, Garth threatens Pat, but she swears she'll expo

S2·E53 Core

Episode 183

Dec 15, 1976 · 22 min

Mary suggests that an upset Loretta seek advice from Bob Gilroy, the plant psychologist. Gilroy makes a house call to the Haggers home, but Loretta's tale of Charlie's accident in

S2·E54 Core

Episode 184

Dec 16, 1976 · 22 min

Mary appeals to Cathy not to sell her baby, and although the idea is sound financially, Cathy feels shame. Suspecting that Big Honey is using the CB to run Fernwood's prostitution

S2·E55 Core

Episode 185

Dec 17, 1976 · 22 min

Garth escalates his abuse of Pat. Annie informs Merle that her gift to Wanda is to never be intimate with him again. Merle flirts with Big Honey on Annie's CB. While Charlie phones

S2·E56 Core

Episode 186

Dec 20, 1976 · 22 min

Merle and Wanda marry with Mary's unusual ceremonial vows. Detective Johnson arranges for Tom to pose as a john and help him crack the prostitution ring by exposing Big Honey. On h

S2·E57 Mytharc

Episode 187

Dec 21, 1976 · 22 min

Merle arrives at the mortuary where Big Honey's partner Mac is reluctant to let him see her. Merle talks his way into the slumber room and is stunned to learn the identity of Big H

S2·E58 Core

Episode 188

Dec 22, 1976 · 22 min

Detective Johnson's shocking confession about his past prompts Martha to end their courtship. Garth and Pat have yet another fight, this time over his accusation that she doesn't s

S2·E59 Core

Episode 189

Dec 23, 1976 · 22 min

Financially strapped Tom visits the plant to ask Crimins if he has any unpaid money due him. Christine mimics Cathy's movements to appear pregnant. Mary's kitchen is filled with wo

S2·E60 Core

Episode 190

Dec 24, 1976 · 22 min

Guests fill Mary's kitchen on Christmas Day, including the Jeeters, Gimbles, Annie, and Loretta who arrives late with one Jimmy Joe's bicentennial Christmas trees. Mary leads the g

S2·E61 Core

Episode 191

Dec 27, 1976 · 22 min

Charlie and Loretta express their passion in the car on the side of a public road. Heather hands over another sex questionnaire that Mary had hidden in a box of Froot Loops, and Ma

S2·E62 Core

Episode 192

Dec 28, 1976 · 22 min

Mary refers Wanda to Bob Gilroy when Wanda begins lisping. Gilroy reacts with disgust when Wanda confesses she spent her wedding night at Annie's trailer, but Wanda's cured when sh

S2·E63 Core

Episode 193

Dec 29, 1976 · 22 min

Mr. Donally, Tom's boss at the RV dealership, warns Tom that his aggressive approach and low sales have put him danger of being fired. Christine's snobbish father mistreats Cathy d

S2·E64 Core

Episode 194

Dec 30, 1976 · 22 min

Charlie and Loretta grab the dictionary when Fernwood's new skywriter writes the word "foreplay" in the sky. Montgomery Monk arrives at the Shumway home to begin George's deprogram

S2·E65 Mytharc

Episode 195

Dec 31, 1976 · 22 min

In Dayton, Jake stops by Lou's diner where amnesiac Loretta is pegged as a slut. Loretta, calling herself Lulu, is befriended by owner Lou and regular customer Mac Slattery. Wanda

S2·E66 Core

Episode 196

Jan 3, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Pat cut up Tom's credit cards. Montgomery Monk uses a Ho-Ho to reprogram George. Merle feels that Wanda is spending more time on public life than married life. Garth admit

S2·E67 Mytharc

Episode 197

Jan 4, 1977 · 22 min

Monk reaches a breakthrough with reprogramming George. Sikanda teaches Martha the Boga Zidi way. Mae Olinski visits Tom and Mary and reveals that she's behind the sexy skywriting o

S2·E68 Core

Episode 198

Jan 5, 1977 · 22 min

Mae informs Mary that she's writing a book about sexual satisfaction using the women of Fernwood for her research. The Shumways dish the family dirt to a recovered George. Tom reje

S2·E69 Core

Episode 199

Jan 6, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie and Mary visit a recovered George who's distressed over all the crazy complications that ensued while he was brainwashed. A police officer gives Martha notice to vacate the

S2·E70 Core

Episode 200

Jan 7, 1977 · 22 min

Tom is disheartened when Jess, the manager of the Capri Lounge, won't hire him as the daytime bartender because he's over-qualified. Mary reminds Brian that she'll blackmail him if

S2·E71 Core

Episode 201

Jan 10, 1977 · 22 min

Martha's new pet sitting service terrifies George after he finds a monkey and a tarantula in his kitchen. Complications arise when lawyer Darcy Pinker demands Cathy sign a contract

S2·E72 Core

Episode 202

Jan 11, 1977 · 22 min

Merle vetoes Charlie and Tom's request that he intercede in the police search for Loretta. The experience of natural childbirth becomes more intense for Cathy and Christine. Merle

S2·E73 Core

Episode 203

Jan 12, 1977 · 22 min

Heather and Little Garth trade embarrassing secrets, and Mary catches them kissing over the kitchen table where Cathy gave birth. Harold Clemens misses the point in his interview w

S2·E74 Core

Episode 204

Jan 13, 1977 · 22 min

After admitting his own childhood abuse, Garth confines Pat to a closet. George barges into the Addams house and threatens to tell Mr. Addams the truth about Cathy's baby unless Br

S2·E75 Core

Episode 205

Jan 14, 1977 · 22 min

Harold Clemens interviews Mary about the Olinski report, but she's more interested in gardening with garbage. Merle and Wanda disagree about her endorsement of Mae's research. Disg

S2·E76 Core

Episode 206

Jan 17, 1977 · 22 min

At the hospital, Charlie identifies the completely bandaged accident victim as Loretta when Dr. Osgood shows him Loretta's purse, which was found on the victim. Tom urges Mary not

S2·E77 Core

Episode 207

Jan 18, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Pat visit Rabbi Weintraub who agrees Pat should leave Garth...until he learns about Little Garth. Loretta tells Lou that she won't marry Mac if Lou makes her a better offe

S2·E78 Mytharc

Episode 208

Jan 19, 1977 · 22 min

Mary solicits Grandpa Larkin's opinion in her argument with Tom about finding new ways to have sex. Tom denies Mae's accusation that he ordered her research work to be impounded by

S2·E79 Core

Episode 209

Jan 20, 1977 · 22 min

Tom confides to Charlie that he hates his job at the plant more than he thought, and Charlie encourages to relax at Lou's Diner up in Dayton. Clete shows up with his TV cameras whe

S2·E80 Core

Episode 210

Jan 21, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie is helpless to stop Tom from drinking. Garth tells Pat he wants her dead and doesn't care that he'll fry for it. Mary visits the bandaged accident victim and finds Martha w

S2·E81 Core

Episode 211

Jan 24, 1977 · 22 min

At the hospital, Martha and Grandpa Larkin meet Barbie, a fellow "Gray Lady". Mary tells Charlie about her visit with "Loretta" who Mary thinks will soon come out of her coma, and

S2·E82 Mytharc

Episode 212

Jan 25, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie wills the bandaged accident victim out of her coma, though he's dismayed when she scribbles a note telling him that she doesn't know who he is. Mary receives a call from To

S2·E83 Mytharc

Episode 213

Jan 26, 1977 · 22 min

After Tom confesses to Charlie about possibly sleeping with Lulu, Mac reveals to Tom that Lulu turned up about three weeks ago carrying Charlie's photo. Merle gives Mary a toy wind

S2·E84 Mytharc

Episode 214

Jan 27, 1977 · 22 min

Mary admits to Nat Dearborn that Pat once mentioned wanting to kill Garth. Tom questions Charlie about his confidence that the bandaged accident victim is actually Loretta. Mac inv

S2·E85 Core

Episode 215

Jan 28, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie questions Tom about his fooling around in Lou's Diner. Mary visits the men at the plant. Merle returns Mae's pornographic research when she's released from jail to leave Fe

S2·E86 Mytharc

Episode 216

Jan 31, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie fights Dr. Osgood's plan to have "Loretta's" life support turned off, but it's rendered moot when the bandaged patient dies. Pat meets her new cell mate Cookie LaRue, who i

S2·E87 Core

Episode 217

Feb 1, 1977 · 22 min

Mary arrives at Lou's Diner in the middle of Loretta's marriage to Mac. Lou speaks now rather than forever holding his peace. A brawl erupts and ends with Loretta getting hit over

S2·E88 Core

Episode 218

Feb 2, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta and Charlie are reunited in Mary's kitchen, but Charlie's doubt over what Loretta did as Lulu creates tension in their marriage. Grandpa Larkin plays checkers alone, while

S2·E89 Core

Episode 219

Feb 3, 1977 · 22 min

Merle plays a new fetish with Mary, hand puppets called Little Merle and Little Mary. George visits Martha at the hospital and has a conversation with a corpse. Mary confesses to T

S2·E90 Core

Episode 220

Feb 4, 1977 · 22 min

Hired by the Fernwood jail, Mary gets on the matron's bad side by fraternizing with Pat. Wanda is non-plussed to catch Merle and Lila getting passionate on the sofa, and Merle is a

S2·E91 Core

Episode 221

Feb 7, 1977 · 22 min

Grandpa and Barbie learn a lesson of their own while lecturing Heather and Little Garth about keeping their relationship a secret from parents. George bristles as Cathy and Martha

S2·E92 Core

Episode 222

Feb 8, 1977 · 22 min

George loses his temper when a group of tourists invade his kitchen. Harold Clemens introduces his friend Howie Freeze to the Shumways. Mary interviews with Vernon Bales at the aut

S2·E93 Mytharc

Episode 223

Feb 9, 1977 · 22 min

George is incensed when he discovers that Grandpa Larkin and Barbie had illicit sex in his house. Heather and Cathy have a candid chat about sex. Mary reveals to Tom that she's bee

S2·E94 Core

Episode 224

Feb 10, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie and Mac clear the air about what Loretta and Mac didn't do while she had amnesia. Howie asks Cathy out to dinner, and after a crazed George destroys the Marquette Rock, she

S2·E95 Core

Episode 225

Feb 11, 1977 · 22 min

Mary is angry when Cathy admits that Heather went out on a date. Pat reaches out to Mary for help. Heather and Little Garth slip into the Gimble home and sleep together. Lila defen

S2·E96 Core

Episode 226

Feb 14, 1977 · 22 min

Heather and Little Garth awaken in the Gimble home and feel good after not doing anything but sleeping. Tom and the police berate Mary for being a working mother with a missing dau

S2·E97 Core

Episode 227

Feb 15, 1977 · 22 min

Wanda explains to a disgusted Merle how Lila provides something that he doesn't, but when Merle suggests it's grounds for divorce, Wanda retires to the bedroom with him, leaving Li

S2·E98 Core

Episode 228

Feb 16, 1977 · 22 min

Tom warns Mary that there's gossip at the plant about resentment brewing against Mary, who's trying too hard to break with traditions. At the plant, Texas is annoyed when Mary stop

S2·E99 Core

Episode 229

Feb 17, 1977 · 22 min

Under orders from Mrs. Welch, Colonel Fleck arrives from the military academy to escort Little Garth back to school, which upsets Heather. The war between Mary and Cathy results in

S2·E100 Core

Episode 230

Feb 18, 1977 · 22 min

Due to Martha and George fighting, Cathy convinces Howie that he should let her and Baby live with him in a platonic way while he romances her. Lila declares her love for Wanda and

S2·E101 Core

Episode 231

Feb 21, 1977 · 22 min

No one believes that Merle didn't try to commit suicide, and Clete shows up in the hospital to interview him. Mary attempts to get all the men in the plant to sign a petition for m

S2·E102 Core

Episode 232

Feb 22, 1977 · 22 min

After Wanda brings Merle home from the hospital, Lila blackmails her into not sleeping with him, insinuating that she could reveal their affair to voters. Later, Lila slips poison

S2·E103 Core

Episode 233

Feb 23, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon and the newly formed Glorious Guardians of Good (GGG) decide to change their outward appearance while keeping hate in their heart. Howie encourages Cathy and Mary to reconci

S2·E104 Core

Episode 234

Feb 24, 1977 · 22 min

Tom and Mary force the peeper to confess to Nat Dearborn that Pat was abused and Garth's death was accidental. After Wanda's confession that she kissed Merle and declaration that t

S2·E105 Mytharc

Episode 235

Feb 25, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie reassures Loretta that it's just the two of them, but Mac interrupts with breakfast and a declaration that they're one big, happy family. Texas and Tiny give Mary the unwri

S2·E106 Core

Episode 236

Feb 28, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Martha argue about Cathy who arrives with news that she lost Baby. At the gypsy camp, Zorinna shows Godza the infant she snatched while tumble drying her babushkas at the

S2·E107 Core

Episode 237

Mar 1, 1977 · 22 min

Officer Malloy from the Fernwood police department questions Mary about Baby's disappearance. Howie unsuccessfully attempts to comfort Cathy. Vernon promises Texas that there are m

S2·E108 Core

Episode 238

Mar 2, 1977 · 22 min

At the plant, Mary and the men debate whether noxious fumes are a safety or grievance issue. Vernon invites Tom for an after-work drink to get to know one another better. Howie tri

S2·E109 Core

Episode 239

Mar 3, 1977 · 22 min

Grandpa Larkin asks Barbie to live with him. Vernon offers Tom and Charlie free lifetime memberships to the GGG. Howie tells Cathy that he's stuck in boring Fernwood and wants to t

S2·E110 Core

Episode 240

Mar 4, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and George convince Jess Davis to hire a depressed Martha as a part time bartender at the Capri. Cathy and Mary discover Martha's secret life as a thief. Wanda calls Lila's bl

S2·E111 Core

Episode 241

Mar 7, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon tells Texas that they'll exclude George from the GGG until he's so left out that he'll come scratching at their door to be let in. Mary informs the family about Martha's kle

S2·E112 Core

Episode 242

Mar 8, 1977 · 22 min

Texas angers Vernon by bringing a stick of dynamite to the plant as part of a scheme to blow up a TV station because it aired Roots. Loretta and Mary decide to match make Mac and L

S2·E113 Core

Episode 243

Mar 9, 1977 · 22 min

Depressed over not being invited to the party at Mary's, George wanders Fernwood, seeking company from Grandpa Larkin and Barbie, Martha, Merle, and Cathy. Martha steals a lighter

S2·E114 Core

Episode 244

Mar 10, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon wants Mary to solicit Merle about the GGG, and Texas still has ideas about the TV station that showed Roots. Mary grimaces when George and Vernon talk guns. Howie is introdu

S2·E115 Core

Episode 245

Mar 11, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta offends Cathy while attempting to fix her up with Mac. Mac tells Loretta that he wants no part of a new romance since he's happy with her and Charlie. Texas presses Vernon

S2·E116 Core

Episode 246

Mar 14, 1977 · 22 min

After an explosion rocks the auto plant, Texas admits to Vernon that it was the result of his bomb, not the noxious fumes reported by Mary. Howie receives a death threat warning hi

S2·E117 Core

Episode 247

Mar 15, 1977 · 22 min

Trapped in the rubble of the plant, Mary asks George if he thinks she's good enough in God's eyes that she won't die. Loretta catches a distraught Merle praying for Mary in the Har

S2·E118 Core

Episode 248

Mar 16, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon announces that a SWAT team has been called to rescue Mary, George, and Tiny from the rubble. After seeing Mac in action, Cathy decides that maybe "bigger" is her type. Merle

S2·E119 Core

Episode 249

Mar 17, 1977 · 22 min

Mary, George, and Tiny laugh at George's suggestion that they're all going to die. Tom barges into the Jeeter apartment raging against Merle for his childlike relationship with Mar

S2·E120 Core

Episode 250

Mar 18, 1977 · 22 min

Dash, Skipper, and Chuck, the midget SWAT team, defend their qualifications to a skeptical Merle. At Mary's house, Cathy confronts Martha who is cleaning out the house, but Martha

S2·E121 Core

Episode 251

Mar 21, 1977 · 22 min

Martha feels like Lee Grant in Marooned as she and Tom anxiously await news of George and Mary. The survivors think they're hallucinating elves when the SWAT team breaks out of the

S2·E122 Core

Episode 252

Mar 22, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Tom's low-key reunion leaves her unfulfilled. The SWAT team visits the guys at the plant to say goodbye. Mary befriends Dewey and realizes talk isn't cheap. At the Capri,

S2·E123 Mytharc

Episode 253

Mar 23, 1977 · 22 min

After Howie reveals that he has documentation of a dangerous paramilitary group in Fernwood, Charlie suggests to Mac, Tex, and Vernon that the GGG protect him against death threats

S2·E124 Core

Episode 254

Mar 24, 1977 · 22 min

Mac and Cathy each interrupt Charlie and Loretta's love in the afternoon, and lamenting Howie's disinterest in sex, Cathy probes Loretta for information about Mac. At the Capri, a

S2·E125 Core

Episode 255

Mar 25, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Cathy attempt to shock Martha out of her kleptomania by having convicts Duke and Crude terrorize her. Fed up with Lila, Wanda and Merle decide to drive her insane. Howie t

S2·E126 Core

Episode 256

Mar 28, 1977 · 22 min

As the GGG returns from their trip to stop school book delivery at the depot, Mary questions their actions. Merle and Wanda instigate their plan to drive Lila crazy. Mary confesses

S2·E127 Core

Episode 257

Mar 29, 1977 · 22 min

Texas tells Vernon that funding has been pulled for the GGG, and they use the bombing to divert Tom's attention away from their school book ban. Lila convinces Mary to give her Wan

S2·E128 Core

Episode 258

Mar 30, 1977 · 22 min

Mary confesses to Wanda that she skimmed her diary thinking it was a posthumous Jacqueline Susann novel, and subsequently lost it. Wanda wants Loretta to emcee the telethon. As Cha

S2·E129 Core

Episode 259

Mar 31, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta and Cathy agree that men like Howie are funny in the head and are also funny in bed. Lila and Vernon separately phone Howie and offer to meet him with tips for his story. E

S2·E130 Mytharc

Episode 260

Apr 1, 1977 · 22 min

Cathy sends Howie to the Shumway house to hide GGG paraphernalia. Once there he realizes Martha and George are members, and he vows to stop the telethon after Martha reveals that t

S2·E131 Core

Episode 261

Apr 4, 1977 · 22 min

The telethon continues with Charlie performing bird calls while doing yo-yo tricks. Texas gags Howie. Mary sees Howie gagged and handcuffed to a cactus but thinks it's an act. Mac

S2·E132 Core

Episode 262

Apr 5, 1977 · 22 min

The Dimes for Diseased telethon continues. Vernon orders Texas to take care of Howie permanently. Howie can't convince anyone that the GGG is a threat. Loretta and Texas exploit th

S2·E133 Core

Episode 263

Apr 6, 1977 · 22 min

Merle realizes the telethon proceeds are missing. Vernon discovers a watermelon in the safe and wonders if it, along with the Afro comb and Marvin Gaye album, might be a clue to th

S2·E134 Core

Episode 264

Apr 7, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon and Texas make the men think that there's a black militant group in Fernwood, and the GGG forces Tom to stop Mary's friendship with Dewey. Cathy reluctantly takes Martha as

S2·E135 Core

Episode 265

Apr 8, 1977 · 22 min

Texas' rejection and Wanda switching the sugar with salt drives Lila closer to the edge. Mary visits Wanda and says she didn't sleep with Merle. Texas and Merle scheme to have Lila

S2·E136 Core

Episode 266

Apr 11, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta spots a hairy, 8 foot monster, but Mary wonders if maybe it's a crazed militant or the new milkman. Howie leaves money for Cathy with Mary. Mary feels bad about not telling

S2·E137 Core

Episode 267

Apr 12, 1977 · 22 min

Texas forces Lila to leave town, but she has the last laugh when her suitcase gets mixed up with the one containing the missing money. Mary brings Dr. Mattick to the Haggers house,

S2·E138 Core

Episode 268

Apr 13, 1977 · 22 min

Heather's revelation that Merle was in her parents' bedroom infuriates Tom. Wanda questions why Merle wants Mary as his assistant, and she strongly recommends that he think careful

S2·E139 Core

Episode 269

Apr 14, 1977 · 22 min

Mary's unusual method for drying clothes annoys Tom. Martha accidentally scatters Howie's ashes on the linoleum. In possession of Howie's research, Dewey warns Vernon to stop the G

S2·E140 Core

Episode 270

Apr 15, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie and Loretta find Wild Child on their doorstep. Vernon phones Charlie and lures him to the meeting at the intersection of Hidden Bay Road and Birch Bark. Mary begs Charlie f

S2·E141 Core

Episode 271

Apr 18, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon and Texas force whiskey down an unconscious Tom. After awakening, Tom runs to Dewey's burning house. Vernon tells Charlie and George that a drunken Tom vowed to kill Dewey i

S2·E142 Core

Episode 272

Apr 19, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie breaks the bad news about Tom to Loretta, and she shares her concerns about Wild Child. Wanda offers Mary a fur for not sharing what she read in Wanda's diary. Mary doesn't

S2·E143 Core

Episode 273

Apr 20, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie and Loretta decide that Wild Child needs to see a special kind of doctor: a veterinarian. Vernon and Texas agree to make it appear they're trying to help Tom but secretly w

S2·E144 Core

Episode 274

Apr 21, 1977 · 22 min

Grandpa Larkin urges George to call Martha, but Cathy says she's happy being away from the selfish, pig-headed, bozo. Cathy and George wonder if there's anything between Mac and Ma

S2·E145 Mytharc

Episode 275

Apr 22, 1977 · 22 min

Tom and Merle warn Texas away from a vulnerable Mary. Tom refuses to sign the Guardian Party's petition to put Merle on the next election ballot. Merle takes Mary for a ride on his

S2·E146 Core

Episode 276

Apr 25, 1977 · 22 min

Tom warns Dennis away from Mary, but Dennis insists he has no intention of seeing her. Charlie, Mac, and George ponder a temporary insanity plea for Tom. Merle's anxious to talk ab

S2·E147 Core

Episode 277

Apr 26, 1977 · 22 min

Vernon persuades the GGG men to hire Nat Dearborn to defend Tom, but Texas would rather shoot him. Dennis makes an official visit to the Haggers house after a neighbor's complaint

S2·E148 Core

Episode 278

Apr 27, 1977 · 22 min

After Martha refuses to reconcile with George, Cathy moves back home. Mary comes up with a plan to reunite her parents and narrowly misses meeting Dennis in the Shumway kitchen. Ca

S2·E149 Core

Episode 279

Apr 28, 1977 · 22 min

Merle wants money from the Guardian Party for his presidential campaign, and Vernon suggests he persuade Mary to accept cheaper Nat Dearborn as Tom's attorney. Wanda brings Mary di

S2·E150 Core

Episode 280

Apr 29, 1977 · 22 min

Social worker Ms. Finken gives Charlie and Loretta an ultimatum about Wild Child. Texas taunts a hungover Tom into a violent rage just as Dr. Williams arrives to examine him. Tom d

S2·E151 Core

Episode 281

May 2, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Dennis share a very public reunion at the Capri. Loretta asks Wanda if Merle can change the law requiring Wild Child to attend school, and Wanda suggests she spank him. Ve

S2·E152 Core

Episode 282

May 3, 1977 · 22 min

Mac wants to reap the golden harvest with Martha and vows to win her from George. Heather's hostile toward Mary and reminds her that she can't ever replace Tom. Dennis calls to tel

S2·E153 Core

Episode 283

May 4, 1977 · 22 min

Mary and Grandpa Larkin discuss Heather's disrespectful attitude. Martha asks Mary if she and Mac can use Mary's house for their trysts. Wanda wonders why Merle isn't doing more to

S2·E154 Core

Episode 284

May 5, 1977 · 22 min

George chooses a new path in life as an inventor. Loretta and Charlie ponder names for Wild Child, and Mary suggests Johnny Doe. Nat reassures Mary that he thinks Tom can't be prov

S2·E155 Core

Episode 285

May 6, 1977 · 22 min

After Wild Child runs into the street and is nearly hit by a car, Ms. Finken isn't sure he's safe with Charlie and Loretta. Vernon and Texas promise Tom that Mary and Heather will

S2·E156 Core

Episode 286

May 9, 1977 · 22 min

Mary's in shock after Tom's statement to the court, and Dennis promises to be there any time she needs him. Loretta and Charlie worry about a homesick Johnny Doe. Before his transf

S2·E157 Mytharc

Episode 287

May 10, 1977 · 22 min

The surprise witness reveals what really happened the night of the fire, leading to an explosive end of the GGG. A freed Tom avoids making love with Mary, opting for a night out wi

S2·E158 Core

Episode 288

May 11, 1977 · 22 min

An amorous Tom returns from the Capri, but Mary's comment about Dennis spoils the mood. George shows Tom a new invention, and they celebrate with beer for breakfast. Dennis invites

S2·E159 Core

Episode 289

May 12, 1977 · 22 min

Heather wants Mary's blood for tests to prove they're not related. Mac surprises Martha with dinner and persuades her to have an affair with him. Heather babysits Johnny Doe and fa

S2·E160 Core

Episode 290

May 13, 1977 · 22 min

Grandpa Larkin and Cathy learn more about Standing Cow. Dr. Mattick examines Johnny Doe and theorizes that he'll be utterly miserable for the rest of his life unless he returns to

S2·E161 Core

Episode 291

May 16, 1977 · 22 min

Martha returns to the Shumway home, where George begs her to stay, and Standing Cow lies dying on the kitchen table. Fiona Foley's pleasant visit with Mary is tempered by Mary's ob

S2·E162 Core

Episode 292

May 17, 1977 · 22 min

Tom insists that he and Mary have a "perfect damn marriage" but with "too much damn communication." Miss Mildred, Johnny Doe's teacher, agrees that he should be taught by Dr. Matti

S2·E163 Core

Episode 293

May 18, 1977 · 22 min

Tom seeks reassurance from Wanda that making love with him was more than a duty for her. Before expiring, Standing Cow predicts Martha's relationship with Mac will bring tragedy to

S2·E164 Core

Episode 294

May 19, 1977 · 22 min

Mary seeks George's advice about Tom's drinking. Martha admits she still has feelings for George and is worried about Standing Cow's omen. Johnny Doe speaks his first word, but Lor

S2·E165 Mytharc

Episode 295

May 20, 1977 · 22 min

Merle and Wanda's live broadcast of At Home With the Jeeters dissolves into a disaster when Mary phones in to discuss Tom not sleeping with her, and a trapped Miss Adeline attempts

S2·E166 Core

Episode 296

May 23, 1977 · 22 min

Merle claims he's doing a favor for good friend Tom Hartman when Miss Adeline wonders who he's courting with his gussied up suit and box of chocolates. Mary begins to hear and see

S2·E167 Core

Episode 297

May 24, 1977 · 22 min

Dr. Fermin says Johnny Doe will recover but thinks he might be better off in the wilderness. After Tom gives Mary a dog, Heather tells him that he won't win her away from Dennis wi

S2·E168 Core

Episode 298

May 25, 1977 · 22 min

Cathy confirms Mac's suspicion that she's still angry with him because of their breakup. A major fight erupts between George and Martha when they gather with Mary to meet the Foley

S2·E169 Core

Episode 299

May 26, 1977 · 22 min

Buzz MacGregor and Angela Atwater from the Republican Party attend Merle's sermon on Love Thy Neighbor, where dirty linen is aired and guests repent. When George makes a disaster o

S2·E170 Core

Episode 300

May 27, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie makes Loretta realize that if they really love Johnny Doe, they should let him go. Buzz and Angela encourage Merle and Wanda to go public with their swinging lifestyle and

S2·E171 Core

Episode 301

May 30, 1977 · 22 min

Cathy encourages her parents to reconcile. At Mary's family breakfast, Heather announces that her classmates are gossiping about Dennis wrecking the Hartman marriage again. Charlie

S2·E172 Core

Episode 302

May 31, 1977 · 22 min

Mac confronts George about Martha, and the Shumways face another financial crisis. Mary is amazed to receive sensible advice from Cathy about appreciating Tom's qualities. Wanda's

S2·E173 Core

Episode 303

Jun 1, 1977 · 22 min

Dennis deals with Heather like an adult when she admits she wants to date him. Mickey Moe, the younger brother Merle disowned, arrives in Fernwood to make Merle's life even more mi

S2·E174 Core

Episode 304

Jun 2, 1977 · 22 min

A suicide pact is the last resort for George and Martha when their heat and electricity are cut off, their car is repossessed, and Cathy, Grandpa Larkin, and Barbie move out. Charl

S2·E175 Core

Episode 305

Jun 3, 1977 · 22 min

Friends and family gather at the Jeeter apartment for Wanda's unexpected political announcement and at the Capri where George demonstrates his Bug Massacre invention to investors.

S2·E176 Core

Episode 306

Jun 6, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta releases her grief over Johnny Doe's departure in a new song. Buzz and Angela's idea about including Miss Adeline and Mickey Moe in Merle and Wanda's co-campaign angers Mer

S2·E177 Core

Episode 307

Jun 7, 1977 · 22 min

Cathy's first day of private catering at the plant gets off to a dismal start. Mr. Billingsley refuses to rehire George, who gets drunk at the Capri and fights with Mac. Dr. Joyce

S2·E178 Core

Episode 308

Jun 8, 1977 · 22 min

Mary admits to Dennis that she loves him but wants to know if she can take it back later. Cathy agrees to let Mary use Howie's apartment for the rendezvous with Dennis, then Mary h

S2·E179 Core

Episode 309

Jun 9, 1977 · 22 min

Tom goes to the ring with Charlie, Dennis, and Mac at the Capri's wrestling round-robin. Merle and Wanda try to reassure Tom that he and Mary can survive their marital crisis. Mary

S2·E180 Core

Episode 310

Jun 10, 1977 · 22 min

Dennis proposes to Mary. Tom visits Charlie and Loretta and asks them to choose friends. Merle is enraged when Wanda is friendly with Mickey Moe and threatens to end his bid for th

S2·E181 Mytharc

Episode 311

Jun 13, 1977 · 22 min

Grandpa Larkin meets Barth Gimble, who's in Fernwood to find his brother Garth. After Tom convinces himself that Mary was just trying to make him jealous, Cathy accidentally reveal

S2·E182 Core

Episode 312

Jun 14, 1977 · 22 min

Svetlana, a female wrestler, challenges Mac. Mary and Tom agree to host Mary's 16th high school reunion in the Hartman home. After seeing how much pledge money Mickey Moe brought i

S2·E183 Core

Episode 313

Jun 15, 1977 · 22 min

Charlie and Loretta invite Barth to use their guest room but can't summon the nerve to tell him about Garth. Mac and Svetlana hit it off at the Capri, unaware that they're opponent

S2·E184 Core

Episode 314

Jun 16, 1977 · 22 min

Heather wants to run away to Las Vegas and become a stripper. George and Martha run a bookie service until Ma Bell turns off the phone. Nat Dearborn counsels Mary about the benefit

S2·E185 Core

Episode 315

Jun 17, 1977 · 22 min

The Shumways' finances are on the line as Svetlana takes down Mac in the ring. Cathy's back pain becomes excruciating. Mary tells Tom that her dream is the life she has with him an

S2·E186 Core

Episode 316

Jun 20, 1977 · 22 min

Merle and Wanda's appearance on the Fernwood Hallelujah Hour ends in disaster when Buzz and Angela's true party affiliation is revealed live on-air. Tom still can't find a missing

S2·E187 Core

Episode 317

Jun 21, 1977 · 22 min

Mac and Svetlana announce they're leaving Fernwood to be married. Arguing with Martha about her premonitions of doom, Cathy falls and is knocked unconscious. Wanda introduces Tom t

S2·E188 Core

Episode 318

Jun 22, 1977 · 22 min

Loretta is electrocuted while improving the TV reception for Barth. Martha advises Tom about life with a missing spouse. Detective Johnson begins the search for Mary and Dennis. Dr

S2·E189 Core

Episode 319

Jun 23, 1977 · 22 min

Martha announces that George was rehired at the plant, but with Dewey's old custodial job. Everyone regrets not appreciating Mary more. Bill Patterson, chairman of the Fernwood cit

S2·E190 Core

Episode 320

Jun 24, 1977 · 22 min

Barth conceives a new game show called Born Losers, using George, Cathy, and Martha as the contestants. Merle and Wanda are forced to share a cheap room at the Bide-a-Wee Motel wit

S2·E191 Core

Episode 321

Jun 27, 1977 · 22 min

The police refuse to search for a wayward wife. Tom insists Cathy have his kidney, but Dr. Fermin arrives with more bad news. Martha thinks she can make Cathy's lifelong dream come

S2·E192 Core

Episode 322

Jun 28, 1977 · 22 min

Barth persuades Loretta to sign an exclusive seven-year contract with him and nixes Clyde Muncie's plan to have Loretta cut another record. Charlie encourages Tom to get out and be

S2·E193 Core

Episode 323

Jun 29, 1977 · 22 min

Obsessed with the idea of Mary making love, a drunken, despondent Tom is moved to suicide. Martha puts her Gray Lady training to good use. Dr. Fermin makes an astonishing discovery

S2·E194 Mytharc

Episode 324

Jun 30, 1977 · 22 min

Tom's weakness angers Heather, who tries to make him realize that Mary's gone for good. After Merle announces his intent to become an honest politician, Miss Adeline and Mickey Moe

S2·E195 Mytharc

Episode 325

Jul 1, 1977 · 22 min

In the series finale, Merle literally bares all to voters at the Capri Lounge, and a comeback may be in his future. As Cathy and a reluctant Barth are wheeled into surgery, Martha

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