The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 2

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 2

Season 2

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Episodes24
DatesSep 18, 1971 - Mar 4, 1972
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Episodes

The Birds . . . and . . . um . . . Bees
Season 2Episode 130 min

The Birds . . . and . . . um . . . Bees

After Mary produces a "What's Your Sexual IQ?" documentary for the Six O'Clock News, Phyllis calls on Mary to teach Bess the facts of life. Meanwhile, the WJM-TV newsroom is shelled with phone calls responding to the documentary.

Sep 18, 1971
I Am Curious Cooper
Season 2Episode 230 min

I Am Curious Cooper

Mary is intrigued by the voice of Lou Grant's friend, Mike Cooper, and asks to be set up with him. Lou breaks his policy of not matchmaking friends and colleagues.

Sep 25, 1971
He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother
Season 2Episode 330 min

He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother

Mary and Rhoda take an unplanned vacation to Mexico but have to do a strange favor for a Mexican restaurant owner for reservations.

Oct 2, 1971
Room 223
Season 2Episode 430 min

Room 223

Mary and Rhoda enroll in a night school course in journalism and Mary begins dating the lecturer.

Oct 9, 1971
A Girl's Best Mother is Not Her Friend
Season 2Episode 530 min

A Girl's Best Mother is Not Her Friend

When Ida, Rhoda's mother, visits, she sees how well Phyllis and Bess get on, and how closely Mary appears to her mother when they chat on the telephone, that she tries to be Rhoda's "friend".

Oct 16, 1971
Cover Boy
Season 2Episode 630 min

Cover Boy

Jack Cassidy guest stars as professional model Hal Baxter, who comes to visit his brother Ted at WJM-TV and engage in sibling rivalry about everything.

Oct 23, 1971
Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
Season 2Episode 730 min

Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me

Mary attends her high school reunion and meets up with her former boyfriend Howard Arnell, who continues to have feelings for Mary. Meanwhile, Rhoda tags along believing that people will "remember" her although she didn't attend Roseburg High.

Oct 30, 1971
Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary
Season 2Episode 830 min

Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary

Lou and Mary have to cover all aspects of the news when the writing, technical, and anchorman unions go on strike.

Nov 6, 1971
And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
Season 2Episode 930 min

And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter

Mary has to convince Ted to take is contract mandated vacation. Ted worries his replacement will become permanent.

Nov 13, 1971
Don't Break the Chain
Season 2Episode 1030 min

Don't Break the Chain

Mary ends up with unwanted suitors when she reluctantly forwards Mr. Grant's chain letter.

Nov 20, 1971
The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch
Season 2Episode 1130 min

The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch

Mary, Rhoda and Lou go to a John Wayne movie, where they spot Lou's son-in-law with an unknown woman.

Nov 27, 1971
. . . Is a Friend in Need
Season 2Episode 1230 min

. . . Is a Friend in Need

Rhoda loses her job as a window-dresser and isn't in a hurry to find something new. When there is a job opening at WJM-TV, Mary lies to Rhoda and tells her the job has been filled, to Lou's surprise.

Dec 4, 1971
The Square-Shaped Room
Season 2Episode 1330 min

The Square-Shaped Room

When Edie is out of town, Lou hires Rhoda to redecorate his living room. However, Rhoda's tastes are too modern.

Dec 11, 1971
Ted Over Heels
Season 2Episode 1430 min

Ted Over Heels

After Ted appears on the Chuckles The Clown Show, he falls in love with Chuckles' daughter.

Dec 18, 1971
The Five-Minute Dress
Season 2Episode 1530 min

The Five-Minute Dress

After volunteering some of her spare time for a worthy cause, Mary begins dating the Governor's aide. Unfortunately, the aide's duties cause him to break every date.

Jan 1, 1972
Feeb
Season 2Episode 1630 min

Feeb

After receiving terrible service at a restaurant, Mary complains leading to the waitress being fired. Mary feeling guilty gets her a job at the station.

Jan 8, 1972
The Slaughter Affair
Season 2Episode 1730 min

The Slaughter Affair

Murray takes on a night job as a cab driver in order to save up and buy his wife Marie a new car for their 10th wedding anniversary. However, Marie becomes suspicious about Murray's absences and fears that Murray is having an affair with Mary Richards.

Jan 15, 1972
Baby Sit-Com
Season 2Episode 1830 min

Baby Sit-Com

Mary commits to watching Bess over the weekend but an old flame comes into town leading to an unlikely babysitter in Mr. Grant.

Jan 22, 1972
More Than Neighbors
Season 2Episode 1930 min

More Than Neighbors

Ted decides he wants to move into a vacant apartment below Mary's -- but Mary and Rhoda are less than thrilled by the prospect.

Jan 29, 1972
The Care and Feeding of Parents
Season 2Episode 2030 min

The Care and Feeding of Parents

Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.

Feb 5, 1972
Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda
Season 2Episode 2130 min

Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda

When Rhoda's apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates.

Feb 12, 1972
You Certainly Are a Big Boy
Season 2Episode 2230 min

You Certainly Are a Big Boy

Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.

Feb 19, 1972
Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
Season 2Episode 2330 min

Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda

Through a minor car accident, Mary befriends a young woman, Joanne. Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary spends more time with Joanne but Mary quickly ends the new friendship when she discovers Joanne is anti-Semitic and disapproves of Rhoda.

Feb 26, 1972
His Two Right Arms
Season 2Episode 2430 min

His Two Right Arms

Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his aides try to bring him up to speed on current events so he can make a good impression on the show.

Mar 4, 1972

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