The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Edie Gets Married
Sep 13, 1975 · 30 min
Lou puts on a brave face when he learns that his ex-wife Edie is remarrying.
Mary Moves Out
Sep 20, 1975 · 30 min
Mary, wanting some change in her life, makes the decision to move to a new apartment.
Mary's Father
Sep 27, 1975 · 30 min
Mary researches a documentary with the help of a priest. He eventually decides to leave the Church, and Mary thinks that he has fallen in love with her.
Murray In Love
Oct 4, 1975 · 30 min
Murray realizes that he's always been in love with Mary and wants desperately to tell her.
Ted's Moment of Glory
Oct 11, 1975 · 30 min
Ted's jocular nature is ideal for hosting a game show in New York, and he successfully auditions for the job. But Mary and Lou wonder if they really want to see him go.
Mary's Aunt
Oct 18, 1975 · 30 min
Mary's high-flying journalist aunt comes for a visit, and Lou finds that he has a rival in her.
Chuckles Bites the Dust
Oct 25, 1975 · 30 min
Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.
Mary's Delinquent
Nov 1, 1975 · 30 min
Mary joins a Big Sisters scheme and tries to bring a teenage shoplifter to the side of good. Sue Ann, pursuing an award, decides to "adopt" a little sister as well but finds hersel
Ted's Wedding
Nov 8, 1975 · 30 min
Out of pity for Ted, Mary invites him & Georgette over for brunch. While he as an onion ring in his mouth, he proposes to Georgette...again. When, for the first time, Georgette s
Lou Douses an Old Flame
Nov 15, 1975 · 30 min
Lou meets up with a woman who had sent him a 'Dear John' letter during World War II but is disappointed to learn her motives for doing so.
Mary Richards Falls in Love
Nov 22, 1975 · 30 min
Mary is convinced she has really fallen in love, but her boyfriend seems reluctant in saying those three magic words, 'I love you'.
Ted's Tax Refund
Nov 29, 1975 · 30 min
Ted is overjoyed when he gets a tax refund and splurges out on everyone at the newsroom, but is later shocked when the IRS informs him that he will be audited.
The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home
Dec 6, 1975 · 30 min
Sue Ann gets Mary to ask Lou out on a date on her behalf. Lou accepts, not realizing who Mary's 'friend' is.
One Boyfriend Too Many
Dec 13, 1975 · 30 min
Mary's old flame Dan Whitfield, who once proposed to her, returns to Minneapolis and she's forced to choose between him and her current boyfriend.
What Do You Want to Do When You Produce?
Dec 20, 1975 · 30 min
Initially delighted at the chance of producing the Happy Homemaker show, Murray quickly becomes miserable when he realizes the menial tasks he has to do for Sue Ann.
Not With My Wife, I Don't
Jan 3, 1976 · 30 min
Ted and Georgette face marital problems, but Ted refuses to see a counselor unless Lou goes with him.
The Seminar
Jan 10, 1976 · 30 min
Lou and Mary go on a press junket to Washington, DC. Lou was once a correspondent there, but Mary has difficulty believing him about his contacts.
Once I Had a Secret Love
Jan 17, 1976 · 30 min
Lou has spent the night with Sue Ann, and confides in Mary. Their friendship is almost ruined when Mary is unable to keep the secret.
Menage-a-Lou
Jan 24, 1976 · 30 min
Lou almost ruins one of Mary's parties when his old girlfriend, Charlene Maguire, arrives with a date. He tries to make her jealous by taking out one of Mary's neighbors.
Murray Takes a Stand
Jan 31, 1976 · 30 min
Murray is unhappy with the new station owner's policies and tells him off over the phone one evening. However, the station owner fires him the following day.
Mary's Aunt Returns
Feb 7, 1976 · 30 min
Mary's Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.
A Reliable Source
Feb 21, 1976 · 30 min
Mary learns that an old friend seeking re-election to Congress had financial help from the mob. Lou threatens to use the story on the air.
Sue Ann Falls in Love
Feb 28, 1976 · 30 min
Sue Ann has fallen in love, but her new boyfriend is less scrupulous than he first seems.
Ted and the Kid
Mar 6, 1976 · 30 min
Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.