Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Put On a Happy Face
Overview
Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1973-02-24
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Put On a Happy Face is Episode 23 in Season 3 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1973-02-24. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 22: Remembrance of Things Past
A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him too many times before.
Episode 24: Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady
Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.
More episodes from this season
Episode 21: Murray Faces Life
Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.
Episode 20: What Do You Do When the Boss Says, I Love You?
The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
Episode 19: Romeo and Mary
Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his marriage proposal.
Episode 18: The Georgette Story
Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
Episode 17: My Brother's Keeper
Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time with her to Phyllis's disapproval.
Episode 16: Lou's Place
Lou spots an opportunity to buy a bar after realizing a lifelong dream. However, he is short of several thousand dollars and Ted is the only one who can come to his aid.
Episode 15: The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter
Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feelings for Mary, breaks off his engagement, and begins dating her again.
Episode 14: Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York
Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
Episode 13: Operation: Lou
Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.
Episode 12: It Was Fascination, I Know
Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.