The BEST episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Every episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman!

Louise Lasser delivers a masterful performance in the title role of Norman Lear's sublimely twisted soap opera, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman -- at once a parody of the format and a twisted satire of American media/consumer culture. In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader's Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune -- mass murders, low-flying airplanes, and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.

Last Updated: 3/24/2026Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended

10.00

1 votes

#1 - Episode 187

Season 2 - Episode 57 - Aired 12/21/1976

10.00

1 votes

#2 - Episode 164

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/18/1976

9.50

2 votes

#3 - Episode 130

Season 1 - Episode 130 - Aired 7/2/1976

Mary finds coping with life as "America's Typical Consumer Housewife" beyond her grasp. An incomparable performance in an unforgettable episode.

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9.50

2 votes

#4 - Episode 135

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1976

9.50

2 votes

#5 - Episode 210

Season 2 - Episode 80 - Aired 1/21/1977

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9.33

3 votes

#6 - Episode 131

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1976

9.00

1 votes

#7 - Episode 260

Season 2 - Episode 130 - Aired 4/1/1977

9.00

1 votes

#8 - Episode 316

Season 2 - Episode 186 - Aired 6/20/1977

9.00

1 votes

#9 - Episode 303

Season 2 - Episode 173 - Aired 6/1/1977

9.00

1 votes

#10 - Episode 286

Season 2 - Episode 156 - Aired 5/9/1977

9.00

1 votes

#11 - Episode 265

Season 2 - Episode 135 - Aired 4/8/1977

9.00

1 votes

#12 - Episode 261

Season 2 - Episode 131 - Aired 4/4/1977

9.00

1 votes

#13 - Episode 249

Season 2 - Episode 119 - Aired 3/17/1977

9.00

1 votes

#14 - Episode 216

Season 2 - Episode 86 - Aired 1/31/1977

9.00

2 votes

#15 - Episode 214

Season 2 - Episode 84 - Aired 1/27/1977

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9.00

1 votes

#16 - Episode 213

Season 2 - Episode 83 - Aired 1/26/1977

9.00

2 votes

#17 - Episode 159

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/11/1976

9.00

1 votes

#18 - Episode 143

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/1976

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9.00

2 votes

#19 - Episode 141

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/18/1976

9.00

1 votes

#20 - Episode 122

Season 1 - Episode 122 - Aired 6/22/1976

Mary has a perfectly normal, ordinary, typical morning for national TV. Loretty saves a sinful soul and gets second billing. Mary's kitchen is out of sync.

9.00

6 votes

#21 - Episode 024

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/5/1976

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.

Directors: Jim Drake

Writer: Ann Marcus, Daniel Gregory Browne, Jerry Adelman

9.00

1 votes

#22 - Episode 103

Season 1 - Episode 103 - Aired 5/26/1976

Loretta visits Mary with absolution and a new brand of floor cleaner. Howard and Ed disagree over plans for the future. Mary comes face-to-waist with the Reverend Jimmy Joe Jeeter.

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9.00

1 votes

#23 - Episode 101

Season 1 - Episode 101 - Aired 5/24/1976

Mary admits to a beautiful moment in one of the seven positions. Cathy's application to nunhood is rejected. Tom goes for a walk and gets some timely advice.

9.00

2 votes

#24 - Episode 094

Season 1 - Episode 94 - Aired 5/13/1976

Tom is out of the overflow, but Mary is getting more than her share. Mary has someone new to trade troubles with. Tom and Dennis argue the needs of a wounded bird.

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9.00

2 votes

#25 - Episode 066

Season 1 - Episode 66 - Aired 4/5/1976

The Shumways are warned about Sergeant Foley from the one he loves. Mary tells of the meaning of STET and loses more than her arm. Muriel talks of Charlie's "base instincts."