Mary lends Rhoda some money to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.

Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.

A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him too many times before.

Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.

WJM gets a new program director who develops a crush on Lou.

Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his marriage proposal.

Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.

Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time with her to Phyllis's disapproval.

Lou decides to buy a bar but soon realizes that he is not cut out to be a friendly neighborhood bar owner.

Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feelings for Mary, breaks off his engagement, and begins dating her again.

Rhoda returns after a visit to New York and announces she is has accepted a job there.

Lou has to have an operation and Ted's thoughtful behavior causes Lou to rethink their relationship; Mary is put in charge of the newsroom.

Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.

Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.

After Mary's friends, Jack and Linda, split up, Mary considers dating Jack.

Ted gets Lou to strike the clause from his contract preventing him from doing outside work. Ted ends up doing cheesy TV commercials.

Mary tries to help her new boyfriend with a spot on the news after he quits his job writing for Chuckles the Clown.

Mary is worried that her parents, who have moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her, may pry into her life too much.

After losing twenty pounds, Rhoda is selected by her store for a beauty contest.

After Lou's trip to Vegas is canceled because of a snow storm, Mary arranges a poker game for the guys unaware that Murray has a gambling problem.

Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.

Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six O'clock News begins falling apart without him.

Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.

Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're frustrated by Ted.