Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Season 1
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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.
Where to Watch Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman • Season 1
130 Episodes
- Episode 012
E12Episode 012Loretta 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. - Episode 028E28
Episode 028Dr. Hastings informs Charlie that Loretta's surgery didn't get the results they hoped for. Roberta is upset by the reaction of friends to her date with Grandpa Larkin. George sides with Cathy when 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. - Episode 029E29
Episode 029Mary gives Tom to Mae, insisting she no longer wants him as her husband. Cathy's work uniform shocks Martha. Sal Babbitaglia, Cathy's boss, laughs at Martha's suggestion that he doesn't run a reputable business, but Cathy gets nervous after 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 kill Babbitaglia. - Episode 032E32
Episode 032Mary, Dennis, and Roberta discuss STET, Survival Training and Existence Therapy. Tom comes back from dinner and is angered by Dennis' presence which Tom thinks is Mary's way of paying him back for his affair with Mae. Later, Mary goes to the jail and convinces Dennis to free George who she insists was arrested by mistake. - Episode 033E33
Episode 033George forbids Cathy to marry Steve. Charlie and Loretta's hope for Loretta's recovery is renewed when they learn that faith healer Dorelda Doremus is coming to Fernwood. Cathy appeals to Mary for support in her engagement to Steve, but Mary remains objective. Tom prepares dinner for Mary at Charlie and Loretta's house. - Episode 034E34
Episode 034Mary and Tom reconcile their differences. Dr. Abramson offers to testify on Loretta's behalf if she elects to sue Dr. Hastings for negligence. Grandpa Larkin offers Roberta sage advice when she makes a dramatic decision about her future. Mary is horrified to read an article about Dorelda Doremus that exposes the faith healer as a fake. Mary and Tom worry that Loretta will be devastated to learn that Dorelda can't heal her. - Episode 035E35
Episode 035Tom reassures Mary that their fighting is a sign they love and care about each other. George seeks help from Mary when Cathy continues to give him the silent treatment over Steve. Mary can't tell Loretta the truth about Dorelda Doremus when Loretta insists Dorelda is God's answer to her prayers. Cathy and Steve celebrate an anniversary. Desperate for money, Charlie is duped by loan officer Joe Zimmer. - Episode 039E39
Episode 039Heather rails against her parents when she realizes Tom and Mary smoked her joint. Charlie and Loretta get a visit from a real estate agent and learn that Charlie should've read the fine print on his loan application. Mary and Dr. Fermin must save Mae who collapses in Mary's kitchen after swallowing sleeping pills. - Episode 041E41
Episode 041Mary lends a sympathetic ear to Mae and learns about Mae's ex-husband Mike Olinski. Cathy fears that exposure to a more sophisticated lifestyle will take Steve away from her. Visitors to the Haggers home include the Fedders, who fail miserably in their attempt to cheer up Loretta, oily lawyer Lucius Minnow, and a deputy sheriff serving Charlie and Loretta with an eviction notice. - Episode 042E42
Episode 042When Dennis admits he still wants Mary, she encourages a relationship between him and Roberta. Roberta tries to let Grandpa Larkin down easily when she reveals her interest in Sgt. Foley. Tom bristles at Mary's matchmaking between Dennis and Roberta and Mae and her ex-husband Mike Olinski. - Episode 044
E44Episode 044Clete reports the news of Leroy's bizarre death at age 47. Martha can't find George when she calls the hotel to inform him of Leroy's death. Blanche comforts a guilt-ridden, weepy Mary who's mistaken for the widow by the mortician. Blanche doesn't want to get soaked by Leroy's funeral expenses. Cathy refuses to go with Steve as he prepares to leave for New York. Martha finally reaches George, but he has a date with Sheri. - Episode 045
E45Episode 045Joe Sweeney and Sheri place George in a compromising position. Mary and Tom have a serious discussion about death and the continuation of life. Mike Olinski phones Mary, and she persuades him to meet them for a drink at the Capri. George arrives home to find Sweeney visiting (and subtly threatening) Martha. - Episode 046
E46Episode 046Reverend Buryfield conducts Leroy's funeral in Mary's kitchen. Tom doesn't understand Mary's restlessness and asks if she's given up on their family in order to meddle in the lives of others. Tom suspects George's frame-up might be retaliation for Tom's dissatisfaction with working conditions at the plant. Mae's excited by Tom's news that Mike Olinski wants to meet her at the Capri. - Episode 049
E49Episode 049Mary 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. - Episode 050
E50Episode 050Dr. 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. - Episode 051
E51Episode 051Now 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. - Episode 052
E52Episode 052Steve 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 - Episode 053
E53Episode 053Cathy 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. - Episode 054E54
Episode 054Mary, 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. - Episode 055
E55Episode 055Mary 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. - Episode 058E58
Episode 058Charlie dreams of his two Muriels. Mary encounters Dennis and Cathy in the Shumway kitchen, where Dennis takes an opportunity to flirt. Mary warns Cathy that Dennis is a skirt chaser, while Cathy warns Mary that Mona is trouble. While Charlie is out getting the steak part of Loretta's chicken fried steak dinner, Loretta is surprised by Muriel's appearance at the front door. - Episode 059E59
Episode 059Loretta gets to know Muriel, who comes off as sweetness and light. Dennis stops by the Hartman house to flirt more with Mary. Later, Mary has a panic attack while quarreling with Tom. Loretta can't understand her Baby Boy's lack of a Christian attitude toward Muriel, who secretly confides to Charlie her true reason for visiting Fernwood. - Episode 061E61
Episode 061Tom promises he'll help Mona any way he can with Mary's problem. Mary is uneasy about Tom's eagerness to help Mona. Charlie recounts his story of how he accidentally scarred Muriel's face with hot bacon fat 15 years ago. After Charlie leaves, Muriel stuns Loretta with a very different version of how she became to be scarred. - Episode 062E62
Episode 062Mary instructs Mona to move out of the bed and into the center of the ring when providing Tom's therapy and wonders if they could work 11 feet apart. Loretta confides to Mary both versions of the hot bacon fat story, and Mary suggests peeking under Muriel's spit curl to see if there's really a scar on her face. Charlie laments to Tom that Muriel wants to destroy the Haggers' marriage. - Episode 063E63
Episode 063Mary and Loretta sneak into Muriel's and look at Muriel's scar while she's napping. Cathy visits Mary and reveals plans to go away with Dennis for a weekend tryst. Mary and Tom quarrel about Mona. Feeling that she's losing control, Mary phones Roberta for help. Roberta encourages Mary to join STET, and Mary realizes that Dennis is two-timing Cathy with Roberta. - Episode 064E64
Episode 064Mona reveals more truths to Tom. Muriel tells Charlie and Loretta that she needs $10,000 for plastic surgery to correct the facial scar inflicted by Charlie. Charlie and Loretta disagree about whether or not to give Muriel the money from Loretta's royalty check. Mary and Tom each order Mona out of the Hartman home. - Episode 065E65
Episode 065Martha and Mary discuss problems with the ozone layer and Cathy running off with Dennis for the weekend. Charlie attempts to entrap Muriel and prove to Loretta that he's telling the truth about not being responsible for the hot bacon fat accident. Mary confronts Heather about a love note written to her social studies teacher. After Mary slaps Heather, Martha wonders if maybe she should've slapped Cathy as a child. - Episode 067E67
Episode 067Dennis' deceitful behavior toward Cathy and Roberta enrages Mary. Tom and Charlie commiserate about problems with wives. Charlie learns that Tom's being hassled at the plant because of his union membership. Muriel's delighted by the silence between Charlie and Loretta. Cathy refuses to accept Mary's advice about Dennis. - Episode 069E69
Episode 069Overwhelmed by emotional problems, Mary can't get out of bed and an alarmed Tom suggests medical intervention. Grandpa Larkin gives Mary advice about how to be crazy. Martha is surprised to learn that Mary's been prescribed "calmatives." Cathy announces her engagement to Dennis, prompting Mary to pop more pills. Charlie gets proof of Muriel's scam, but she has another surprise in store for him. - Episode 072E72
Episode 072Dennis' space is crowded with hidden guests. Mary takes a rain check on Dennis' blackmail. Loretta's new royalty check interests Muriel who provides photographic proof of Timmy's existence. George warns Tom to choose his family's best interests over union politics. Mary wigs out in the Shumway kitchen. - Episode 073E73
Episode 073Charlie and Loretta anticipate their trip to Hollywood tomorrow. Mary refuses Martha's request for an all-butter pecan nut cake and her living room for Cathy and Dennis' wedding. Clyde enthralls Charlie with future plans for Loretta's career. Mary worries that she'll lose Loretta. - Episode 074E74
Episode 074Loretta bristles when the upcoming Los Angeles trip reminds Mary of Charlie and Loretta's aborted trip to Nashville. Roberta and Otto Feuerbach attempt to convince Mary of STET'S value. Fred Tataschwartz, Dinah's producer, shows the Haggers the studio green room which is actually yellow. Waiting in the wings before her momentous appearance on Dinah!, Loretta phones Mary and says a prayer to the Lord. - Episode 075
E75Episode 075High on prescription drugs, Mary re-papers her kitchen shelves and tells Martha about the struggle of living in the 1970s. Mary and Martha watch Loretta's guest spot on the historic live broadcast of Dinah! After singing Baby Boy, Loretta's comments are even more disastrous than her sweet potato pie. - Episode 076
E76Episode 076Loretta's appearance on Dinah! becomes a media sensation, but not in the way she envisioned. Ed McCullough, the Hartmans' new neighbor, threatens Mary with police action. Roberta confronts Cathy about their mutual relationship with Dennis. Tom receives a dual escort from the plant. - Episode 078E78
Episode 078Mary urges Tom to report his assault to the police. Dennis suggests to Roberta that they can enjoy an open marriage with Cathy. Muriel phones her friend Bina to set up Timmy's call to Charlie. Clyde delivers good news and bad news about Loretta's career to Muriel. Dennis arrives at the Hartman kitchen to take Tom's statement, and privately reminds Mary about their date on Thursday. - Episode 079E79
Episode 079A dejected Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood from Los Angeles, but Muriel's tales quickly change their disposition. The Hartmans receive an explosive threat from the corrupt union gorillas. Dennis clarifies his feelings to Roberta and Cathy. Charlie is delighted by a phone call from his "son." - Episode 080E80
Episode 080Arriving home from the plant, Tom worries about a missing Mary's whereabouts. Charlie envisions his son's future. Loretta wonders when her recording contract will arrive. Mary keeps her Thursday date with Dennis, but he changes the rules of the game, leaving her to realize that he's quite like her husband. - Episode 081E81
Episode 081Mary returns home from Dennis's apartment and conceals her whereabouts from a suspicious Tom. At the plant, Charlie bores Tom and George with talk of Timmy, while Tom's meeting with Mr. Billingsley, the plant manager, takes a confrontational turn. Confident that Mary will come to him willingly, Dennis informs Cathy that they must wait another week before confirming their wedding date. - Episode 082
E82Episode 082Cathy blames Mary for Dennis' reluctance to set a wedding date and swears that she can't cope with another broken engagement. Muriel appears worried when Charlie learns that Loretta's engineer Clyde Muncie will soon return from his trip. Mary and Cathy meet new neighbor Howard McCullough, who pays a visit to the Hartmans to apologize for brother Ed's behavior. Dennis phones Mary to pressure her into another meeting next Thursday. - Episode 083E83
Episode 083Muriel asks Clyde not to spoil Charlie's big day by revealing the contents of the missing letter. Before leaving to greet Timmy at the airport, Charlie gives Muriel a check for $5000. Tom and Mary agree that the Bible is confusing but disagree over Mary's contention that infidelity isn't wrong with the "right person." - Episode 085
E85Episode 085Dennis drops by Mary's kitchen to remind her about next Thursday. Cathy catches Mary and Dennis locked in a passionate embrace and warns her sister that whatever happens will be Mary's fault. Mary faces her family with an explanation that Dennis was giving her vertical mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. - Episode 086E86
Episode 086Loretta dreams of making a phone call to the Lord and decides to volunteer for ministry work. A frustrated Mary visits the Haggers home and wonders how she can make Tom understand the incident with Dennis when she can't make Loretta understand. Having learned the story from Cathy, Tom orders Mary home. Mary and Tom battle over indiscretions and fourteen weeks of no affection. - Episode 087E87
Episode 087Martha visits Dennis' apartment and learns he's overflowing with love for the Shumways. Cathy catches Dennis embracing Martha, but he convinces her that his affection extends to the whole family. A drunken Tom stumbles home and reconciles with Mary. While embracing, Mary accidentally addresses Tom by his rival's name. - Episode 088E88
Episode 088At breakfast, Mary contends with Heather's desire for platform shoes and Tom's refusal to discuss Mary calling out Dennis' name in bed. Betty McCullough drops by the Shumway kitchen to introduce herself. Martha and Cathy are skeptical but intrigued by Betty's being a psychic fortune teller. Tom takes his union case to Jeff Farlow, Fernwood's assistant district attorney. - Episode 089E89
Episode 089Mary and Cathy bury the hatchet. Tom confides to Charlie about Mary and Dennis' kiss. Ed's remark about the meeting with Jeff Farlow disturbs Tom. Betty reads Mary's cards and issues a warning. Mary asks Dennis how long it will be before his "slow truths" to Roberta and Cathy will contain no more lies. - Episode 090E90
Episode 090Mary vents her aggression on Cathy's wedding shower cake. Ed reveals shocking news about Tom's brewing union finances scandal. George is suspicious of Ed while Charlie is uncomfortable with Loretta's upcoming involvement with eight year old evangelist Reverend Jimmy Jo Jeeter. Howard and Mary realize they share an easy communication with one another. - Episode 091
E91Episode 091Tom discovers the identity of the chairman of the watchdog financial committee. Gladys Dillworth, the Belcherware lady, appears at Cathy's shower. Ed declares he's fed up with hiding the truth about his family, while Betty reassures Howard that they're going to be one big happy family in Fernwood. After the wedding shower, Tom interrupts a tense moment between Mary and Dennis, and Tom insists that Dennis isn't welcome in their home. - Episode 092
E92Episode 092Mary wants to talk with Tom, but not about Dennis, and Tom only wants to talk about Dennis. Charlie voices his concern that Loretta's ministry work has displaced her drive to become a country and western superstar. George tells Martha that Tom's involvement in the union finance scandal might get him fired from the plant. Dennis excuses himself from Cathy's passionate embrace. - Episode 093
E93Episode 093Mary responds with a bicentennial lecture when Tom wants to know if she dreamt of Dennis the night before. Tom and Ed bond over bowling balls and suspicious relationships. Charlie's good news about Vitamin L is tempered by his first meeting with Merle Jeeter. Dennis' declaration stuns Mary, who is given 24 hours to make a life-altering decision. - Episode 094
E94Episode 094Tom seeks answers about his marriage from Martha, but an offhand remark from Cathy tells him what he wants to know. Mary and Heather discuss half lies and half truths. Mary declares Howard an ideal husband and wants to know why he has never married. Dennis orders a surprise visitor to hit him and get out. - Episode 095
E95Episode 095Tom is disturbed by Mary's new set of men friends. Betty and Grandpa visit Mary's kitchen, but Tom interrupts with very bad news. Mary begs Tom to let her love him, but his reaction sends her elsewhere. Anticipation of his Thursday meeting with Mary proves more exciting than Dennis anticipated. - Episode 098
E98Episode 098Tom refuses to understand the relationship between Mary and Dennis. Loretta and Charlie are at odds over her decision to join the 100 Voices Heavenly Choir and help Reverend Jimmy Joe build Condos for Christ. The Hartman household loses a member, while the McCullough household gains one. - Episode 101
E101Episode 101Dr. Fermin cautions Dennis against another tete a tete with Mary. George advises Tom to observe moderation. Cathy meets Father DeMarco, who suggests a different vocation than she had in mind. Bob Gilroy, the plant psychologist, counsels Mary but finds it difficult to relate to her unusual situation. - Episode 105
E105Episode 105Tom seeks help from Bob Gilroy, but Gilroy decides the Hartmans need a psychiatrist and suggests Sigmund Freud. When Charlie and Loretta plan a special surprise for Tom and Mary, the Haggers are the ones who get the surprise. Loretta offers Mary help, but she prefers to call 411. - Episode 107
E107Episode 107Mary takes a shot at the help hotline. Clete finds Cathy more than qualified for what he has in mind at the Channel 6 studio. Grandpa makes a stunning revelation to Martha. Tom needs a little pick-me-up at the plant and is shocked by George's watchdog committee investigation report. - Episode 108
E108Episode 108Mary brings the help line into her home and finds her first caller a familiar voice. Clete decides that Cathy should be the Kitchen Cookie on a local cooking show, but she's more interested in what he can tell her about Father DeMarco. Howard encourages Tom to put down the booze and reconcile with Mary, though Betty has other ideas. Martha wants to find her mother and father. - Episode 110
E110Episode 110Mary accidentally learns Howard's secret. Cathy visits Father DeMarco to inquire about volunteer opportunities, but he realizes her true motive. Mary is encouraged by Tom's surprise visit, but the mood turns when he makes a stunning request. Fleeing to Dennis' apartment, Mary is goaded into telling Dennis what he wants to hear. - Episode 111
E111Episode 111Martha receives a letter from Adopt O Find. Betty is more overjoyed than she should be about Tom and Mary's marital discord. Ed confronts Tom about his drinking problem. Howard confides to Ed that Mary's visitor may have outed them. Clete offers Cathy more work at Channel 6. Loretta is excited about tomorrow's recording session. Mary assures Ed that Tom doesn't care about anything. - Episode 113
E113Episode 113Martha's good news fails to lift Mary's depression. Mary rejects Dennis's offer of a picnic. The only thing sober about Tom is the news he lays on Ed and Charlie at the plant. Clete dangles another attractive carrot in front of Cathy when she talks about returning to beauty school. Dennis and Heather play chefs to Mary, but the evening is interrupted by a phone call from Tom. - Episode 114
E114Episode 114Merle offers to make Loretta a soloist in the choir, but she's torn between her secular and spiritual careers. Cathy tells Mary and Dennis about her new job as weatherperson and reveals that she entered Mary in the Typical American Consumer Housewife contest. Tom and Grandpa play checkers and talk about life. Mary gives Howard her acceptance. - Episode 115
E115Episode 115Ed and Howard discuss a marriage without paper. Cathy has a different kind of confession for Father DeMarco. Charlie complicates Merle's scheme to get Loretta in his motel room. Dennis' views on marriage give Mary pause, and an upset Betty wonders if Mary was the cause for one of her sons leaving home. - Episode 116
E116Episode 116Mary and Dennis seem to reach an impasse on the subject of marriage, leading Mary to compile a list of things she needs to do to get her life back in order. Howard's support of Mary in times of trouble is misconstrued by Heather. Jimmy Joe begs Loretta to talk with him about Merle. Martha learns that Adopt O Find may have located her father. - Episode 118
E118Episode 118Tom reassures Charlie and George that he's trying to cut back on his drinking and find a new job. Paying a visit to Mary, Roberta notes her anxiety, and they discuss Dennis' relationships. Later at the Capri Lounge, Roberta warns Dennis that he has a responsibility to Mary. Loretta and Merle contemplate his many sins. - Episode 120
E120Episode 120Dennis bids goodbye to life in Fernwood. Clete and Cathy share their news with Father DeMarco, but he urges them to slow down. Mary learns she's been chosen a typical American consumer. At the Capri, Tom picks up Joyce and Jolene, forcing Ed to admit that they're not really his type. - Episode 121
E121Episode 121Tom's drunken bender doesn't help him score dates at the Capri Lounge. Betty declares Howard a latent heterosexual and seeks special assistance from Mary. Billy Twelvetrees' presence at the Shumway house brings out the little green monster in Grandpa Larkin. Tom returns to Mary's bed, and she has a heartfelt apology for everything that's happened. - Episode 123
E123Episode 123Mary and Tom make a deal about their marriage, and Tom is quick to break it. Billy Twelvetrees tells Mary that Tom is an alcoholic, but she'd rather think of him as a drunk. At the Capri, Tom and Dennis argue about Mary. The Razzle Brothers turn their cameras on Heather. A drunken Tom bursts into the Hartman kitchen with plenty to say about cheating wives, and Mary shows him some very tough love. - Episode 128
E128Episode 128After receiving a call from a drunken Tom, Mary takes Hugh Boswell's advice and goes window shopping in Manhattan. Father DeMarco has a confession of his own for Cathy. Martha returns home without Billy Twelvetrees. A note from Cathy alarms the Shumways. Shortly before her appearance on The David Susskind Show, Mary becomes entranced with a doll house and refuses to leave the toy store. - Episode 130
E130Episode 130Loretta realizes the truth about Merle. After Jimmy Joe warns him of Merle's intentions, Charlie bursts into the motel room armed with his shotgun and a struggle between the trio ends in tragedy. On the David Susskind Show, Mary is unable to cope with the verbal assault launched against her. The family gathers to support Mary, who is no longer communicative. Clete interviews producer Norman Lear.
