The BEST episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman season 1
Every episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman season 1!
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.
#1 - 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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#2 - Episode 118
Season 1 - Episode 118 - Aired 6/16/1976
Mary counts her disconnections. Roberta confronts Dennis about his responsibilities. Merle tells Loretta of his cheap ($1.75) and sinful ways.
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#3 - Episode 059
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 3/25/1976
Mrs. Haggers meets Mrs. Haggers. Sergeant Foley waits with Mary. Mary is shaking - and it's not from the cold. Charlie and Muriel remember things differently.
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#5 - Episode 107
Season 1 - Episode 107 - Aired 6/1/1976
Tom gets a boost from his thermos. Mary tries helping herself by helping others. Martha finds out she didn't help her parents' marriage.
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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."
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#9 - Episode 003
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/7/1976
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
#10 - Episode 013
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1976
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.
#14 - Episode 060
Season 1 - Episode 60 - Aired 3/26/1976
Mary is not nervous as Mona drops by. Cathy has no need to be jealous. Tom learns the wonders of performance anxiety.
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Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 4/2/1976
Martha confides in Mary and tells her about the ozone. Mary talks to Heather about love and slaps her in the face.
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#16 - Episode 093
Season 1 - Episode 93 - Aired 5/12/1976
Mary vows to put an end to something. Tom bowls alone and makes a friend. Charlie's good news waits for the "good news." Dennis complicates a "no" with the truth.
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#17 - Episode 004
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/8/1976
Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
#19 - Episode 058
Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 3/24/1976
Charlie talks to Loretta about Muriel. Cathy and Dennis return from a night together. Loretta prepares for her predecessor.
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Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 3/23/1976
Mary and Tom have a surrogate. Loretta gets a non-obscene phone call. Mary leaves Tom alone with Mona.
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Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 3/22/1976
Mary is too busy preparing food products without food to care about Cathy's relationship with Dennis. Loretta receives a phone call from another Mrs. Haggers. Mona arrives at the Hartman house to carry out Mary's plan. Loretta confronts Charlie about his past.
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Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 3/11/1976
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.
#23 - Episode 039
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/26/1976
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.
#25 - Episode 006
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/1976
Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.