Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: It's Whether You Win or Lose
Overview
When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial amount to Ted.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1972-10-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
It's Whether You Win or Lose is Episode 5 in Season 3 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1972-10-14. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 4: Enter Rhoda's Parents
Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.
Episode 6: Rhoda the Beautiful
After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
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Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six O'clock News begins falling apart without him.
Episode 7: Just Around the Corner
Mary is worried that her parents, who have moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her, may pry into her life too much.
Episode 2: What is Mary Richards Really Like?
Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
Episode 8: But Seriously, Folks
Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
Episode 1: The Good-Time News
Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're frustrated by Ted.
Episode 9: Farmer Ted and the News
Ted refuses to sign his contract renewal until Lou agrees to let him pursue other ventures, a decision he soon regrets when Ted begins appearing in commercials.
Episode 10: Have I Found a Guy for You
Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
Episode 11: You've Got a Friend
Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.
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.
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.