A small-town housewife struggles to cope with the increasingly bizarre and violent events unfolding around her.
Set in fictional Fernwood, Ohio, this deliriously demented serial focused on the beleaguered heroine Mary Hartman, an average American housewife. In the first year, Mary suffered the travails of mass murder, adultery, venereal disease, homosexuality, religious cults, and UFO sightings, before she finally succumbed to a nervous breakdown on a syndicated talk show.
Aired: Oct 4, 1976 Andrew Ackerman feels that Mary's appearance on The David Susskind Show will ...
Aired: Oct 5, 1976 Mary becomes better acquainted with her hospital family. Cathy is confused by...
Aired: Oct 6, 1976 Dr. Williams reveals to Mary that Tom signed her commitment papers. Grandpa L...
Aired: Oct 7, 1976 Dr. Fermin has answers for Charlie, but it doesn't put the patient's mind to ...
Aired: Oct 8, 1976 Loretta and Merle come face to face for the first time since the shooting. Ch...
Aired: Oct 11, 1976 Mary and Tom are happily reunited at Fernwood Receiving, but the visit takes ...
Aired: Oct 12, 1976 News of Jimmy Joe distresses Mary. Cathy's pregnancy delights Clete until he ...
Aired: Oct 13, 1976 Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri ...
Aired: Oct 14, 1976 Dr. Williams confirms Mary's chat with Gore Vidal when Mary requests an overn...
Aired: Oct 15, 1976 Loretta eases Charlie's mind by telling him that Merle's leaving Fernwood. Dr...
Aired: Oct 18, 1976 Charlie's up in the night, but not the way Loretta dreamed, so she works on t...
Aired: Oct 19, 1976 Tom arrives home from his white collar job, and Mary is stunned at how much h...
Aired: Oct 20, 1976 Martha explains George's disappearance to Mary. Loretta confides to Mary the ...
Aired: Oct 21, 1976 Tom gives Mary the choice of returning to the psychiatric ward when her overn...
Aired: Oct 22, 1976 Chester phones Fletch at the laboratory, and he convinces Mary that Chester i...
Aired: Oct 25, 1976 Tom visits Annie's trailer and accepts a dinner invitation from her. Dr. Ferm...
Aired: Oct 26, 1976 At the Capri Lounge, Loretta sings "Moanin' in the Night."
Aired: Oct 27, 1976 Loretta foresees trouble for Mary and Tom when Annie decides to remain in Fer...
Aired: Oct 28, 1976 Garth Gimble, Nurse Pat's husband, tells Ackerman his plan to promote the hos...
Aired: Oct 29, 1976 Mary is told that she'll select the items for the time capsule being buried b...
Aired: Nov 1, 1976 Mary schemes to bury Chester's Peanuts lunch box containing the nuclear devic...
Aired: Nov 2, 1976 Tom and Heather give Gore the brush off, so he interviews Martha. Mary is in ...
Aired: Nov 3, 1976 Gore promises to promote Ackerman and Fernwood Receiving on The Merv Griffin ...
Aired: Nov 4, 1976 Just as Mary leaves the hospital, sex therapist Mona McKenzie is admitted for...
Aired: Nov 5, 1976 Mary tells Tom that she switched Heather's lunch box with Chester's. Garth de...
Aired: Nov 8, 1976 An oblivious Martha receives another visit from Detective Johnson. After a le...
Aired: Nov 9, 1976 Tom asks Mary to leave but allow Annie to stay as he films his TV commercial....
Aired: Nov 10, 1976 Mary details her attitudes about Annie in the journal given to her by David S...
Aired: Nov 11, 1976 Mary complains that she now feels like a sex object. Brian and Christine temp...
Aired: Nov 12, 1976 Martha and Detective Johnson storm the Gimble house after hearing Pat's screa...
Aired: Nov 15, 1976 The Gimbles' excuses for Pat's injuries become more complex and less likely. ...
Aired: Nov 16, 1976 Loretta is dismayed when her scheme to make Charlie jealous only incites his ...
Aired: Nov 17, 1976 Dr. Fratkis informs Charlie that he has to find his own donor for the testicl...
Aired: Nov 18, 1976 When Martha tells Mary that Cathy left home to live with the wealthy couple b...
Aired: Nov 19, 1976 Brian explains to Cathy that he and Christine are plotting to pass her baby o...
Aired: Nov 22, 1976 Charlie and Dr. Fratkis agree to perform his transplant immediately. Loretta ...
Aired: Nov 23, 1976 Martha and Detective Johnson practice rape, and Mary gets the wrong idea. As ...
Aired: Nov 24, 1976 Tom, Mary, and Heather all agree to adopt Cathy's baby as their own. Merle's ...
Aired: Nov 25, 1976 Christine suggests Cathy endure a natural childbirth, on all fours and with n...
Aired: Nov 26, 1976 Garth rejects Wanda's desire to enlist Pat in Merle's mayoral campaign. Later...
Aired: Nov 29, 1976 Mary stuns Jody and Loretta with news that Charlie was arrested for cruelty t...
Aired: Nov 30, 1976 Garth forces Pat to quit her job. Mary brings Pat a letter from Little Garth'...
Aired: Dec 1, 1976 Mary recalls getting too close for comfort with Annie in the kitchen and theo...
Aired: Dec 2, 1976 Martha visits Annie to discuss their AC/DC trouble. Charlie phones Loretta an...
Aired: Dec 3, 1976 Pat and Little Garth hide the truth from Garth about his son's bed wetting. D...
Aired: Dec 6, 1976 Loretta and Jody meet Dr. Fratkis in New Jersey and learn that someone uglier...
Aired: Dec 7, 1976 After writing about her in the journal, Mary visits Annie and bristles at her...
Aired: Dec 8, 1976 Annie returns Mary's journal and insists she's not attracted to her. While di...
Aired: Dec 9, 1976 Embarrassed before a country club lunch, Tom wants Mary to keep up with the J...
Aired: Dec 10, 1976 Mary and Dr. Medwick rap about rape and upward mobility. Loretta kisses Jody ...
Aired: Dec 13, 1976 Garth bungles Merle's press conference, angering him, but Merle turns it arou...
Aired: Dec 14, 1976 Pat introduces Mary to Garth Phillip Gimble, Jr., who doesn't like to be call...
Aired: Dec 15, 1976 Mary suggests that an upset Loretta seek advice from Bob Gilroy, the plant ps...
Aired: Dec 16, 1976 Mary appeals to Cathy not to sell her baby, and although the idea is sound fi...
Aired: Dec 17, 1976 Garth escalates his abuse of Pat. Annie informs Merle that her gift to Wanda ...
Aired: Dec 20, 1976 Merle and Wanda marry with Mary's unusual ceremonial vows. Detective Johnson ...
Aired: Dec 21, 1976 Merle arrives at the mortuary where Big Honey's partner Mac is reluctant to l...
Aired: Dec 22, 1976 Detective Johnson's shocking confession about his past prompts Martha to end ...
Aired: Dec 23, 1976 Financially strapped Tom visits the plant to ask Crimins if he has any unpaid...
Aired: Dec 24, 1976 Guests fill Mary's kitchen on Christmas Day, including the Jeeters, Gimbles, ...
Aired: Dec 27, 1976 Charlie and Loretta express their passion in the car on the side of a public ...
Aired: Dec 28, 1976 Mary refers Wanda to Bob Gilroy when Wanda begins lisping. Gilroy reacts with...
Aired: Dec 29, 1976 Mr. Donally, Tom's boss at the RV dealership, warns Tom that his aggressive a...
Aired: Dec 30, 1976 Charlie and Loretta grab the dictionary when Fernwood's new skywriter writes ...
Aired: Dec 31, 1976 In Dayton, Jake stops by Lou's diner where amnesiac Loretta is pegged as a sl...
Aired: Jan 3, 1977 Mary and Pat cut up Tom's credit cards. Montgomery Monk uses a Ho-Ho to repro...
Aired: Jan 4, 1977 Monk reaches a breakthrough with reprogramming George. Sikanda teaches Martha...
Aired: Jan 5, 1977 Mae informs Mary that she's writing a book about sexual satisfaction using th...
Aired: Jan 6, 1977 Charlie and Mary visit a recovered George who's distressed over all the crazy...
Aired: Jan 7, 1977 Tom is disheartened when Jess, the manager of the Capri Lounge, won't hire hi...
Aired: Jan 10, 1977 Martha's new pet sitting service terrifies George after he finds a monkey and...
Aired: Jan 11, 1977 Merle vetoes Charlie and Tom's request that he intercede in the police search...
Aired: Jan 12, 1977 Heather and Little Garth trade embarrassing secrets, and Mary catches them ki...
Aired: Jan 13, 1977 After admitting his own childhood abuse, Garth confines Pat to a closet. Geor...
Aired: Jan 14, 1977 Harold Clemens interviews Mary about the Olinski report, but she's more inter...
Aired: Jan 17, 1977 At the hospital, Charlie identifies the completely bandaged accident victim a...
Aired: Jan 18, 1977 Mary and Pat visit Rabbi Weintraub who agrees Pat should leave Garth...until ...
Aired: Jan 19, 1977 Mary solicits Grandpa Larkin's opinion in her argument with Tom about finding...
Aired: Jan 20, 1977 Tom confides to Charlie that he hates his job at the plant more than he thoug...
Aired: Jan 21, 1977 Charlie is helpless to stop Tom from drinking. Garth tells Pat he wants her d...
Aired: Jan 24, 1977 At the hospital, Martha and Grandpa Larkin meet Barbie, a fellow "Gray Lady"....
Aired: Jan 25, 1977 Charlie wills the bandaged accident victim out of her coma, though he's disma...
Aired: Jan 26, 1977 After Tom confesses to Charlie about possibly sleeping with Lulu, Mac reveals...
Aired: Jan 27, 1977 Mary admits to Nat Dearborn that Pat once mentioned wanting to kill Garth. To...
Aired: Jan 28, 1977 Charlie questions Tom about his fooling around in Lou's Diner. Mary visits th...
Aired: Jan 31, 1977 Charlie fights Dr. Osgood's plan to have "Loretta's" life support turned off,...
Aired: Feb 1, 1977 Mary arrives at Lou's Diner in the middle of Loretta's marriage to Mac. Lou s...
Aired: Feb 2, 1977 Loretta and Charlie are reunited in Mary's kitchen, but Charlie's doubt over ...
Aired: Feb 3, 1977 Merle plays a new fetish with Mary, hand puppets called Little Merle and Litt...
Aired: Feb 4, 1977 Hired by the Fernwood jail, Mary gets on the matron's bad side by fraternizin...
Aired: Feb 7, 1977 Grandpa and Barbie learn a lesson of their own while lecturing Heather and Li...
Aired: Feb 8, 1977 George loses his temper when a group of tourists invade his kitchen. Harold C...
Aired: Feb 9, 1977 George is incensed when he discovers that Grandpa Larkin and Barbie had illic...
Aired: Feb 10, 1977 Charlie and Mac clear the air about what Loretta and Mac didn't do while she ...
Aired: Feb 11, 1977 Mary is angry when Cathy admits that Heather went out on a date. Pat reaches ...
Aired: Feb 14, 1977 Heather and Little Garth awaken in the Gimble home and feel good after not do...
Aired: Feb 15, 1977 Wanda explains to a disgusted Merle how Lila provides something that he doesn...
Aired: Feb 16, 1977 Tom warns Mary that there's gossip at the plant about resentment brewing agai...
Aired: Feb 17, 1977 Under orders from Mrs. Welch, Colonel Fleck arrives from the military academy...
Aired: Feb 18, 1977 Due to Martha and George fighting, Cathy convinces Howie that he should let h...
Aired: Feb 21, 1977 No one believes that Merle didn't try to commit suicide, and Clete shows up i...
Aired: Feb 22, 1977 After Wanda brings Merle home from the hospital, Lila blackmails her into not...
Aired: Feb 23, 1977 Vernon and the newly formed Glorious Guardians of Good (GGG) decide to change...
Aired: Feb 24, 1977 Tom and Mary force the peeper to confess to Nat Dearborn that Pat was abused ...
Aired: Feb 25, 1977 Charlie reassures Loretta that it's just the two of them, but Mac interrupts ...
Aired: Feb 28, 1977 Mary and Martha argue about Cathy who arrives with news that she lost Baby. A...
Aired: Mar 1, 1977 Officer Malloy from the Fernwood police department questions Mary about Baby'...
Aired: Mar 2, 1977 At the plant, Mary and the men debate whether noxious fumes are a safety or g...
Aired: Mar 3, 1977 Grandpa Larkin asks Barbie to live with him. Vernon offers Tom and Charlie fr...
Aired: Mar 4, 1977 Mary and George convince Jess Davis to hire a depressed Martha as a part time...
Aired: Mar 7, 1977 Vernon tells Texas that they'll exclude George from the GGG until he's so lef...
Aired: Mar 8, 1977 Texas angers Vernon by bringing a stick of dynamite to the plant as part of a...
Aired: Mar 9, 1977 Depressed over not being invited to the party at Mary's, George wanders Fernw...
Aired: Mar 10, 1977 Vernon wants Mary to solicit Merle about the GGG, and Texas still has ideas a...
Aired: Mar 11, 1977 Loretta offends Cathy while attempting to fix her up with Mac. Mac tells Lore...
Aired: Mar 14, 1977 After an explosion rocks the auto plant, Texas admits to Vernon that it was t...
Aired: Mar 15, 1977 Trapped in the rubble of the plant, Mary asks George if he thinks she's good ...
Aired: Mar 16, 1977 Vernon announces that a SWAT team has been called to rescue Mary, George, and...
Aired: Mar 17, 1977 Mary, George, and Tiny laugh at George's suggestion that they're all going to...
Aired: Mar 18, 1977 Dash, Skipper, and Chuck, the midget SWAT team, defend their qualifications t...
Aired: Mar 21, 1977 Martha feels like Lee Grant in Marooned as she and Tom anxiously await news o...
Aired: Mar 22, 1977 Mary and Tom's low-key reunion leaves her unfulfilled. The SWAT team visits t...
Aired: Mar 23, 1977 After Howie reveals that he has documentation of a dangerous paramilitary gro...
Aired: Mar 24, 1977 Mac and Cathy each interrupt Charlie and Loretta's love in the afternoon, and...
Aired: Mar 25, 1977 Mary and Cathy attempt to shock Martha out of her kleptomania by having convi...
Aired: Mar 28, 1977 As the GGG returns from their trip to stop school book delivery at the depot,...
Aired: Mar 29, 1977 Texas tells Vernon that funding has been pulled for the GGG, and they use the...
Aired: Mar 30, 1977 Mary confesses to Wanda that she skimmed her diary thinking it was a posthumo...
Aired: Mar 31, 1977 Loretta and Cathy agree that men like Howie are funny in the head and are als...
Aired: Apr 1, 1977 Cathy sends Howie to the Shumway house to hide GGG paraphernalia. Once there ...
Aired: Apr 4, 1977 The telethon continues with Charlie performing bird calls while doing yo-yo t...
Aired: Apr 5, 1977 The Dimes for Diseased telethon continues. Vernon orders Texas to take care o...
Aired: Apr 6, 1977 Merle realizes the telethon proceeds are missing. Vernon discovers a watermel...
Aired: Apr 7, 1977 Vernon and Texas make the men think that there's a black militant group in Fe...
Aired: Apr 8, 1977 Texas' rejection and Wanda switching the sugar with salt drives Lila closer t...
Aired: Apr 11, 1977 Loretta spots a hairy, 8 foot monster, but Mary wonders if maybe it's a craze...
Aired: Apr 12, 1977 Texas forces Lila to leave town, but she has the last laugh when her suitcase...
Aired: Apr 13, 1977 Heather's revelation that Merle was in her parents' bedroom infuriates Tom. W...
Aired: Apr 14, 1977 Mary's unusual method for drying clothes annoys Tom. Martha accidentally scat...
Aired: Apr 15, 1977 Charlie and Loretta find Wild Child on their doorstep. Vernon phones Charlie ...
Aired: Apr 18, 1977 Vernon and Texas force whiskey down an unconscious Tom. After awakening, Tom ...
Aired: Apr 19, 1977 Charlie breaks the bad news about Tom to Loretta, and she shares her concerns...
Aired: Apr 20, 1977 Charlie and Loretta decide that Wild Child needs to see a special kind of doc...
Aired: Apr 21, 1977 Grandpa Larkin urges George to call Martha, but Cathy says she's happy being ...
Aired: Apr 22, 1977 Tom and Merle warn Texas away from a vulnerable Mary. Tom refuses to sign the...
Aired: Apr 25, 1977 Tom warns Dennis away from Mary, but Dennis insists he has no intention of se...
Aired: Apr 26, 1977 Vernon persuades the GGG men to hire Nat Dearborn to defend Tom, but Texas wo...
Aired: Apr 27, 1977 After Martha refuses to reconcile with George, Cathy moves back home. Mary co...
Aired: Apr 28, 1977 Merle wants money from the Guardian Party for his presidential campaign, and ...
Aired: Apr 29, 1977 Social worker Ms. Finken gives Charlie and Loretta an ultimatum about Wild Ch...
Aired: May 2, 1977 Mary and Dennis share a very public reunion at the Capri. Loretta asks Wanda ...
Aired: May 3, 1977 Mac wants to reap the golden harvest with Martha and vows to win her from Geo...
Aired: May 4, 1977 Mary and Grandpa Larkin discuss Heather's disrespectful attitude. Martha asks...
Aired: May 5, 1977 George chooses a new path in life as an inventor. Loretta and Charlie ponder ...
Aired: May 6, 1977 After Wild Child runs into the street and is nearly hit by a car, Ms. Finken ...
Aired: May 9, 1977 Mary's in shock after Tom's statement to the court, and Dennis promises to be...
Aired: May 10, 1977 The surprise witness reveals what really happened the night of the fire, lead...
Aired: May 11, 1977 An amorous Tom returns from the Capri, but Mary's comment about Dennis spoils...
Aired: May 12, 1977 Heather wants Mary's blood for tests to prove they're not related. Mac surpri...
Aired: May 13, 1977 Grandpa Larkin and Cathy learn more about Standing Cow. Dr. Mattick examines ...
Aired: May 16, 1977 Martha returns to the Shumway home, where George begs her to stay, and Standi...
Aired: May 17, 1977 Tom insists that he and Mary have a "perfect damn marriage" but with "too muc...
Aired: May 18, 1977 Tom seeks reassurance from Wanda that making love with him was more than a du...
Aired: May 19, 1977 Mary seeks George's advice about Tom's drinking. Martha admits she still has ...
Aired: May 20, 1977 Merle and Wanda's live broadcast of At Home With the Jeeters dissolves into a...
Aired: May 23, 1977 Merle claims he's doing a favor for good friend Tom Hartman when Miss Adeline...
Aired: May 24, 1977 Dr. Fermin says Johnny Doe will recover but thinks he might be better off in ...
Aired: May 25, 1977 Cathy confirms Mac's suspicion that she's still angry with him because of the...
Aired: May 26, 1977 Buzz MacGregor and Angela Atwater from the Republican Party attend Merle's se...
Aired: May 27, 1977 Charlie makes Loretta realize that if they really love Johnny Doe, they shoul...
Aired: May 30, 1977 Cathy encourages her parents to reconcile. At Mary's family breakfast, Heathe...
Aired: May 31, 1977 Mac confronts George about Martha, and the Shumways face another financial cr...
Aired: Jun 1, 1977 Dennis deals with Heather like an adult when she admits she wants to date him...
Aired: Jun 2, 1977 A suicide pact is the last resort for George and Martha when their heat and e...
Aired: Jun 3, 1977 Friends and family gather at the Jeeter apartment for Wanda's unexpected poli...
Aired: Jun 6, 1977 Loretta releases her grief over Johnny Doe's departure in a new song. Buzz an...
Aired: Jun 7, 1977 Cathy's first day of private catering at the plant gets off to a dismal start...
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