Episode

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: We Want Baxter

Name: The Mary Tyler Moore Show: We Want Baxter
Released: 1973-12-01
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Valerie Harper

The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeason 41973-12-01

Overview

Phyllis persuades Ted to stand for local government. Ted agrees and goes so far as to quit his job at WJM-TV.

Details

Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Season: Season 4
Episode: Episode 12
Air date: 1973-12-01
Runtime: 25 min

Episode context

We Want Baxter is Episode 12 in Season 4 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1973-12-01. The runtime is 25 min.

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Episode 11: Just Friends 1973-11-24 | 25 min Lou is still heartbroken over Edie's departure and asks Mary to help them get back together.

Episode 13: I Gave at the Office 1973-12-08 | 25 min Murray's daughter, Bonnie, is looking for a job and Mary is persuaded into giving her one but Bonnie is not as efficient as everyone had hoped.

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Episode 10: The Dinner Party 1973-11-17 | 25 min Mary invites Congresswoman Geddes to a fancy dinner at her home, trying hard to ensure that everything is perfect.

Episode 14: Almost a Nun's Story 1973-12-15 | 25 min Georgette finds Ted making out with a woman in his dressing room. She then decides to enter a nunnery, but the head nun talks her out of it.

Episode 9: Love Blooms at Hemples 1973-11-10 | 25 min Rhoda begins dating the boss of Hemple's and falls deeply in love with him. She wants to tell him how she feels, but Mary warns her to take things slowly.

Episode 15: Happy Birthday, Lou! 1973-12-22 | 25 min Lou is closing in on fifty and today is his birthday. Mary can't stand the thought of the now-separated Lou celebrating his birthday all alone, so she arranges a surprise party for him. That evening, she invites Lou over for a drink and the doorbell rings just as he tells her how much he appreciated her not throwing an office party for him that afternoon. Gordy is at the door with an envelope...full of hats. Others are out in the hallway, too. Lou is furious and tries to get out using the back door...but there is no back door. Mary asks Lou's permission to invite Murray in. He enters, miffed at Lou's actions. Next Rhoda, and finally Ted, get to come in. Lou admits that he hates displays of affection...then reluctantly agrees to let the remainder of the guests in. While they all file in, he files out and down to MacKluskey's bar where....they throw a surprise party for him. Later he returns to Mary's place to apologize...evidently the guests opened his gifts (at Ted's urging) and they a

Episode 8: Lou's First Date 1973-11-03 | 25 min Lou gives Mary the task of finding him a date for an awards' ceremony. A name mix-up means that Lou winds up taking out an 80-year-old woman.

Episode 16: WJM Tries Harder 1974-01-05 | 25 min Mary begins dating the anchorman from Minneapolis's top news show and becomes ashamed of WJM-TV's smaller news operation.

Episode 7: Son of But Seriously Folks 1973-10-27 | 25 min Mary's former boyfriend, Wes Callison, gets a job in the newsroom but his affection for Mary gets in the way of his work.

Episode 17: Cottage for Sale 1974-01-12 | 25 min Phyllis, who has gotten her real estate license, persuades Lou to sell his house. However, Lou hasn't really made up his mind whether he wants to move.

Episode 6: Father's Day 1973-10-20 | 25 min Ted meets his father, who deserted him as a baby.

Episode 18: The Co-Producers 1974-01-19 | 25 min Mary and Rhoda are given permission to develop a new show for WJM but their dreams begin to fade when they find out that the hosts will be Ted and Sue Ann, who both begin to interfere with their plans.