S1 E2 • Episode 002

Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 1976

S1 E3 • Episode 003

Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.

Première diffusion : 7 janvier 1976

S1 E4 • Episode 004

Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.

Première diffusion : 8 janvier 1976

S1 E5 • Episode 005

Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.

Première diffusion : 9 janvier 1976

S1 E6 • Episode 006

Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.

Première diffusion : 12 janvier 1976

S1 E9 • Episode 009

Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting spells; Mary becomes jealous of one of Tom's coworkers; Heather escapes police protection.

Première diffusion : 15 janvier 1976

S1 E10 • Episode 010

Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in his life. Cathy prepares for her date with Chuck. Charlie and Loretta go to the Doctor's office. Raymond goes to see Roberta and meets Fanny. Tom chats up Mae at the bar.

Première diffusion : 16 janvier 1976

S1 E11 • Episode 011

Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope that Heather is safe and that Tom was kidnapped by the mass murderer. She'd rather worry about a kidnapping than what she is really worried about.

Première diffusion : 19 janvier 1976

S1 E12 • Episode 012

Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds out the truth about Tom. Loretta gets some good news. Cathy admits she's in love with Steve. Tom tries to finish things with Mae. Mary and Martha have a fight, while Heather returns home with disturbing news.

Première diffusion : 20 janvier 1976

S1 E13 • Episode 013

Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. The mass murderer is revealed and Heather, Trudy, and Mary's lives are in danger.

Première diffusion : 21 janvier 1976

S1 E14 • Episode 014

Mary's held hostage in an abandoned Chinese laundry, while the police and reporters surround the place. Tom attempts to save Mary and to apologize.

Première diffusion : 22 janvier 1976

S1 E15 • Episode 015

Mary tries to calm the mass murderer, while he continues to ask for demands: a car and $100,000.

Première diffusion : 23 janvier 1976

S1 E16 • Episode 016

The mass murderer will only give up when he gets a stack of bibles and an oath from the Reverend that the police won't follow him for 24 hours.

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 1976

S1 E17 • Episode 017

Sgt. Foley tries to save Mary, but to no avail. Mae and Tom try to save Mary, themselves.

Première diffusion : 27 janvier 1976

S1 E18 • Episode 018

The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 1976

S1 E19 • Episode 019

Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, while Mary is furious with Tom.

Première diffusion : 29 janvier 1976

S1 E20 • Episode 020

Mary feels that her marriage is over. Tom seeks advice from Coach Fedders, while Mary gets sociable with Sgt. Foley.

Première diffusion : 30 janvier 1976

S1 E21 • Episode 021

Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment; Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville; Heather knows something's up, while Raymond and Roberta go on a date.

Première diffusion : 2 février 1976

S1 E22 • Episode 022

Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she's been. Loretta and Charlie are off to Nashville.

Première diffusion : 3 février 1976

S1 E23 • Episode 023

Loretta and Charlie have car trouble. Tom wants to talk to Mary about their marriage. Blanche and Leroy are upset with their runaway daughter. Mary is called to testify against the mass murderer.

Première diffusion : 4 février 1976

S1 E24 • Episode 024

Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a stationwagon full of nuns. Mary does her best to comfort Charlie. Neither Tom nor Mary can get any sleep.

Première diffusion : 5 février 1976

S1 E25 • Episode 025

Mae has bad news for both Tom and Mary, while Loretta is in intensive care.

Première diffusion : 6 février 1976

S1 E26 • Episode 026

Tom has something to discuss with Mary. Tom moves in with Charlie. Loretta is sinking fast.

Première diffusion : 9 février 1976

S1 E27 • Episode 027

Tom moves in to the Haggars' house after Mary kicks him out. George plans to run for office in the next union election. Mary gives Loretta a Milky Way before surgery and visits the library where she asks for books on social diseases. Cathy gets a job in a massage parlor. Charlie receives bad news about Loretta.

Première diffusion : 10 février 1976

S1 E28 • Episode 028

Dr. Hastings informs Charlie that Loretta's surgery didn't get the results they hoped for. Martha is upset about Cathy's new job in the massage parlor. Charlie learns that his insurance company has refused to pay Loretta's hospital bill. Mary, Tom, and Mae all find themselves seeking treatment in Dr. Miller's office.

Première diffusion : 11 février 1976

S1 E29 • Episode 029

Mary gives Tom to Mae, insisting she doesn't want him to go to waste. Cathy's job at the massage parlor gets off to a bad start, as her first customer reveals his interest in meter maid uniforms and rubber hoses. When Cathy tells her parents what happened at work, George grabs a bat and leaves to vows to kill Mr. Babbitaglia, the massage parlor owner.

Première diffusion : 12 février 1976

S1 E30 • Episode 030

At the plant, Tom is counseled by the employee psychologist Bob Gilroy, who walks out in disgust over Tom's revelation of giving Mary a venereal disease. Charlie learns that the doctors botched Loretta's surgery. Roberta is now selling door-to-door cosmetics. George arrives at the massage parlor and is mistakenly arrested as a customer.

Première diffusion : 13 février 1976

S1 E31 • Episode 031

Tom rescues Heather from a liver dinner. Loretta attempts a valiant stand. Sergeant Foley visits Mary, who threatens to call the police.

Première diffusion : 16 février 1976

S1 E32 • Episode 032

Martha is on the floor. Cathy and Steve try to help. Meet the all new, all now Roberta Walashak.

Première diffusion : 17 février 1976

S1 E33 • Episode 033

George says no to Cathy and Steve, but his words fall on deaf ears. Charlie and Loretta swap exciting news. The Shumway house is a battleground. Tom cooks his way back into Mary's heart.

Première diffusion : 18 février 1976

S1 E34 • Episode 034

Loretta and Charlie wheel their way home. Grandpa helps Roberta, who insults her way into a sale. Tom and Mary learn the wonders of Dorelda Doremus! Then the truth.

Première diffusion : 19 février 1976

S1 E35 • Episode 035

Loretta invites the Hartmans to her healing. Charlie looks for miracles of his own.

Première diffusion : 20 février 1976

S1 E36 • Episode 036

Luther Moon, Fernwood's garbage man, sifts through the trash and recalls the major events from the last 35 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, told through flashbacks.

Première diffusion : 23 février 1976

S1 E39 • Episode 039

Tom and Mary owe Heather an explanation. Loretta is still looking up. The Friendly Loan Company drops in on the Haggers. Mae drops in on the Hartmans.

Première diffusion : 26 février 1976

S1 E40 • Episode 040

Tragedy makes strange bedfellows. Mae spends the night with Tom and Mary. Steve has something to show Cathy. Martha finds Mae in Tom's bed.

Première diffusion : 27 février 1976

S1 E41 • Episode 041

Mary keeps Mae from suicide, for the sake of her bathroom. Charlie and Loretta get a not so friendly letter. Mary and Mae have a nice woman to husband's-former-mistress talk.

Première diffusion : 1 mars 1976

S1 E42 • Episode 042

Mary finds a match made in heaven, in her own kitchen. Roberta hopes Grandpa can forget. Mary finds new meaning in her life.

Première diffusion : 2 mars 1976

S1 E43 • Episode 043

Loretta starts to regain feeling in her feet, while Mae considers leaving Fernwood. Mary makes Coach Fedders some chicken soup for his cold, with disastrous results.

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1976

S1 E44 • Episode 044

Mary's chicken soup makes the evening news. The time has come for Steve to gesture goodbye. Mary's guilt gets Leroy a Cadillac.

Première diffusion : 4 mars 1976

S1 E45 • Episode 045

George gets a "visitor" and then a "surprise." The Hartmans get a call from Tom's ex's ex. George returns home in a panic.

Première diffusion : 5 mars 1976

S1 E46 • Episode 046

Mary plays hostess to a funeral and eulogizes the late Leroy Fedders. Tom and Mary make plans for the hypothetical. Tom has a surprise for Mae.

Première diffusion : 8 mars 1976

S1 E47 • Episode 047

Mae's reunion is a big headache for Tom and it's all Mary's fault. Loretta and Charlie get some not so friendly news. Loretta makes a spectacular comeback, in more ways than one

Première diffusion : 9 mars 1976

S1 E48 • Episode 048

Charlie and Loretta face eviction at the hands of the Friendly Loan Co. Steve appears on the Johnny Tilson Show, where it's apparent that he's romancing starlet Kate Walters. Martha faints after seeing George's blackmail photos.

Première diffusion : 10 mars 1976

S1 E49 • Episode 049

Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchronized again. Tom is angered by Mary's need for "something else" that she can't explain. Mary seeks answers to happiness from Grandpa Larkin who surmises she doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Mary hides under the kitchen sink. Cathy worries that she's losing Steve. Loretta has inspiration for a new song, Ballad of a Legless Woman. Mary cries and shares a lunch meat sandwich with Grandpa.

Première diffusion : 11 mars 1976

S1 E50 • Episode 050

Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises a plan to come up with money to stall eviction by selling raffle tickets for a color TV he and Loretta don't have. Martha refuses to believe George's claim that he was framed by union officials in Milwaukee. Loretta and Mary decide that Mary's "thing" is communication. Tiny catches Charlie selling raffle tickets and orders him out. When Tom intervenes, Tiny tells him to shut up or he's fired, prompting Charlie to deck Tiny who falls to the floor unconscious.

Première diffusion : 12 mars 1976

S1 E51 • Episode 051

Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do with it. Tom doesn't communicate well when he tells Loretta and Mary what happened between Charlie and Tiny at the plant. Mary wishes Tom could convert the energy of anger into something sexy. George is happy he and Martha made up at 2:15 a.m. Cathy fears she's no longer good enough for Steve, and George threatens to punch his heart out. Loretta's engineer Clyde Muncie visits with news that his brother in Chicago wants to release Loretta's song as a single.

Première diffusion : 15 mars 1976

S1 E52 • Episode 052

Steve reassures Cathy that starlet Kate Walters was just for publicity. Tom has to explain to Heather that he broke the rules when he's sent home from the plant over the incident between Charlie and Tiny. George isn't sympathetic to Tom's situation. At the library, Mrs. Delorean introduces Mary to sex therapist Mona McKenzie from the Lackawanda Institute

Première diffusion : 17 mars 1976

S1 E53 • Episode 053

Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be married, just as Kate Walters arrives at Steve's apartment. Tom has it out with George and decides to run against him in the union election. Mary explains her problems to Mona McKenzie. Mary lies to Cathy that Mona is an old friend from high school who transferred away. Cathy discovers Steve in bed with Kate.

Première diffusion : 18 mars 1976

S1 E54 • Episode 054

Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's throwing her engagement ring back at Steve. A distraught Cathy arrives home, announces Steve's infidelity, and renounces men. Dennis drops by the Hartman kitchen and tells Mary that he still wants her and will wait for her, but when Cathy arrives, Dennis asks her to dinner.

Première diffusion : 19 mars 1976

S1 E55 • Episode 055

Mary secretly phones Mona but can't talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathy's over Steve. Loretta has a new tune about Cathy's relationship with Steve called How Can You Say You Don't Love Me When You Never Could Talk At All? Clyde calls the Haggers with news that a royalty check is in the mail. Tom and George spar over union ideals at the plant. After hearing Baby Boy on the radio, Tiny offers to help Charlie get re-hired. Tom accuses Mary of meddling, and she accuses him of using sex to intimidate her into being a good girl. Mona phones Mary to arrange a meeting about sex therapy.

Première diffusion : 20 mars 1976