The WORST episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Every episode of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 9/25/2025Network: SyndicationStatus: Ended

0.00

0 votes

#1 - Episode 307

Season 2 - Episode 177 - Aired 6/7/1977

5.00

3 votes

#2 - Episode 023

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/4/1976

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.

Directors: Jim Drake

Writer: Ann Marcus, David Gregory Browne, Jerry Adelman

5.50

2 votes

#3 - Episode 325

Season 2 - Episode 195 - Aired 7/1/1977

5.67

3 votes

#4 - Episode 017

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/1976

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

Directors: Joan Darling

Writer: Ann Marcus, Daniel Gregory Browne, Jerry Adelman, Tom Eyen

6.00

1 votes

#5 - Episode 274

Season 2 - Episode 144 - Aired 4/21/1977

7.00

2 votes

#6 - Episode 152

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/2/1976

7.00

1 votes

#7 - Episode 191

Season 2 - Episode 61 - Aired 12/27/1976

7.00

1 votes

#8 - Episode 153

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/3/1976

7.00

1 votes

#9 - Episode 154

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/4/1976

7.00

1 votes

#10 - Episode 156

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/8/1976

7.00

2 votes

#11 - Episode 160

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/12/1976

7.00

1 votes

#12 - Episode 162

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/16/1976

7.00

1 votes

#13 - Episode 163

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/17/1976

7.00

1 votes

#14 - Episode 166

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/22/1976

7.00

1 votes

#15 - Episode 170

Season 2 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/26/1976

7.00

1 votes

#16 - Episode 171

Season 2 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/29/1976

7.00

1 votes

#17 - Episode 172

Season 2 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/30/1976

7.00

1 votes

#18 - Episode 174

Season 2 - Episode 44 - Aired 12/2/1976

7.00

1 votes

#19 - Episode 175

Season 2 - Episode 45 - Aired 12/3/1976

7.00

1 votes

#20 - Episode 176

Season 2 - Episode 46 - Aired 12/6/1976

7.00

1 votes

#21 - Episode 177

Season 2 - Episode 47 - Aired 12/7/1976

7.00

1 votes

#22 - Episode 190

Season 2 - Episode 60 - Aired 12/24/1976

7.00

1 votes

#23 - Episode 194

Season 2 - Episode 64 - Aired 12/30/1976

7.00

1 votes

#24 - Episode 126

Season 1 - Episode 126 - Aired 6/28/1976

Mary gets a non-obscene call from David Susskind. Cathy tells Clete to have is own children. Ed takes a walk. The Help Line gets cut off and it's all Mary's fault.

7.00

2 votes

#25 - Episode 036

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 2/23/1976

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.

Directors: Jim Drake, Joan Darling

Writer: Ann Marcus, David Gregory Browne, Jerry Adelman