Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Overview
Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1974-09-21
- Runtime
- 26 min
Episode context
Not Just Another Pretty Face is Episode 2 in Season 5 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1974-09-21. The runtime is 26 min.
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Episode 1: Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?
Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.
Episode 3: You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate
Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him through the office doors. Lou feels guilty, and Ted takes advantage of him.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Lou and That Woman
Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
Episode 5: The Outsider
WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.
Episode 6: I Love a Piano
Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her old piano, he goes to see her.
Episode 7: A New Sue Ann
A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.
Episode 8: Menage-a-Phyllis
Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.
Episode 9: Not a Christmas Story
The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue Ann decides to serve her Christmas dinner early.
Episode 10: What Are Friends For?
Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.
Episode 11: A Boy's Best Friend
Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.
Episode 12: A Son for Murray
Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.
Episode 13: Neighbors
Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.