Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Care and Feeding of Parents
Overview
Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1972-02-05
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Care and Feeding of Parents is Episode 20 in Season 2 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1972-02-05. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 19: More Than Neighbors
After being persuaded by Phyllis, Ted moves into a vacant apartment below Mary's but Mary and Rhoda are not thrilled by the prospect.
Episode 21: Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda
When Rhoda's apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates.
More episodes from this season
Episode 18: Baby Sit-Com
Mary agrees to babysit Bess for the weekend, but then a former boyfriend, in town for a few days, asks her out. When she can't find a babysitter for Bess on such short notice, she ends up asking Lou.
Episode 22: You Certainly Are a Big Boy
Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.
Episode 17: The Slaughter Affair
Murray takes on a night job as a cab driver in order to save up and buy his wife Marie a new car for their 10th wedding anniversary. However, Marie becomes suspicious about Murray's absences and fears that Murray is having an affair with Mary Richards.
Episode 23: Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
Through a minor car accident, Mary befriends a young woman, Joanne. Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary spends more time with Joanne but Mary quickly ends the new friendship when she discovers Joanne is anti-Semitic and disapproves of Rhoda.
Episode 16: Feeb
An incompetent waitress is fired after Mary complains about her poor service and Mary feels obliged to hire her when she applies for an assistant's job at WJM-TV.
Episode 24: His Two Right Arms
Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his aides try to bring him up to speed on current events so he can make a good impression on the show.
Episode 15: The Five-Minute Dress
After volunteering some of her spare time for a worthy cause, Mary begins dating the Governor's aide. Unfortunately, the aide's duties cause him to break every date.
Episode 14: Ted Over Heels
After Ted appears on the Chuckles the Clown Show, he falls in love with Chuckles' daughter.
Episode 13: The Square-Shaped Room
When Edie is out of town, Lou hires Rhoda to redecorate his living room. However, Rhoda's tastes are too modern.
Episode 12: . . . Is a Friend in Need
Rhoda loses her job as a window-dresser and isn't in a hurry to find something new. When there is a job opening at WJM-TV, Mary lies to Rhoda and tells her the job has been filled, to Lou's surprise.