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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

A suburban mother's ordinary life is disrupted by a series of unsettling and brutal occurrences that test her ability to maintain a sense of normalcy.

Mary Hartman, an average American housewife, navigates a series of bizarre events in the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, including mass murder, adultery, and more, ultimately leading to a nervous breakdown on a talk show.

Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: Jan 5, 1976

Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom h...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: Jan 6, 1976

Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a b...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: Jan 7, 1976

Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recen...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: Jan 8, 1976

Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.

Episode 5

5.

Aired: Jan 9, 1976

Word begins to spread that Heather is a suspect in the murder investigation; ...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Jan 12, 1976

Mary musters the courage to check out sex books from the library; Grampa Lark...

Episode 7

7.

Aired: Jan 13, 1976

Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Lor...

Episode 8

8.

Aired: Jan 14, 1976

Grampa Larkin's social worker confesses that she's fallen in love with him; M...

Episode 9

9.

Aired: Jan 15, 1976

Immediately after recording her demo, Loretta begins suffering from fainting ...

Episode 10

10.

Aired: Jan 16, 1976

Charlie tries talking sense into Tom, but Tom feels something is missing in h...

Episode 11

11.

Aired: Jan 19, 1976

Tom and Heather both go missing on the same night, and so Mary can only hope ...

Episode 12

12.

Aired: Jan 20, 1976

Loretta considers not going to Nashville since Heather is missing. Mary finds...

Episode 13

13.

Aired: Jan 21, 1976

Cathy brings Steve over to meet her parents. Fanny is too much for Raymond. T...

Episode 14

14.

Aired: Jan 22, 1976

Mary's life is in danger, while the police and reporters surround the store. ...

Episode 15

15.

Aired: Jan 23, 1976

Mary tries to calm the mass murderer with a shoulder massage and a sympatheti...

Episode 16

16.

Aired: Jan 26, 1976

The mass murderer and Mary are still holed up in the Chinese laundry, and the...

Episode 17

17.

Aired: Jan 27, 1976

Sgt. Foley risks rescuing Mary, but to no avail. Tied back-to-back, Foley let...

Episode 18

18.

Aired: Jan 28, 1976

The ordeal is over and everyone is relieved that Mary is safe.

Episode 19

19.

Aired: Jan 29, 1976

Mary deals with the aftermath of her ordeal. Charlie looks after Loretta, whi...

Episode 20

20.

Aired: Jan 30, 1976

Mary declares to Tom that their marriage is over. Tom seeks counsel from Coac...

Episode 21

21.

Aired: Feb 2, 1976

Mary visits Sgt. Foley's apartment. Charlie and Loretta pack for Nashville. H...

Episode 22

22.

Aired: Feb 3, 1976

Mary returns home with one shoe and no groceries. Tom wants to know where she...

Episode 23

23.

Aired: Feb 4, 1976

Loretta and Charlie have car trouble. Tom wants to talk to Mary about their m...

Episode 24

24.

Aired: Feb 5, 1976

Tragedy strikes the Haggers in the form of a station wagon full of nuns. Mary...

Episode 25

25.

Aired: Feb 6, 1976

Mae has bad news for both Tom and Mary. While Loretta recovers in intensive c...

Episode 26

26.

Aired: Feb 9, 1976

After leaving Mae, Tom avoids Mary with claims of having a headache and comin...

Episode 27

27.

Aired: Feb 10, 1976

Martha phones Mary after seeing Tom arrive at the Haggers house with his suit...

Episode 28

28.

Aired: Feb 11, 1976

Dr. Hastings informs Charlie that Loretta's surgery didn't get the results th...

Episode 29

29.

Aired: Feb 12, 1976

Mary gives Tom to Mae, insisting she no longer wants him as her husband. Cath...

Episode 30

30.

Aired: Feb 13, 1976

Cathy begs Mary to get Tom and try to stop George from killing Sal Babbitagli...

Episode 31

31.

Aired: Feb 16, 1976

Tom takes Heather out to avoid Mary's liver dinner, but Mary refuses to go. D...

Episode 32

32.

Aired: Feb 17, 1976

Mary, Dennis, and Roberta discuss STET, Survival Training and Existence Thera...

Episode 33

33.

Aired: Feb 18, 1976

George forbids Cathy to marry Steve. Charlie and Loretta's hope for Loretta's...

Episode 34

34.

Aired: Feb 19, 1976

Mary and Tom reconcile their differences. Dr. Abramson offers to testify on L...

Episode 35

35.

Aired: Feb 20, 1976

Tom reassures Mary that their fighting is a sign they love and care about eac...

Episode 36

36.

Aired: Feb 23, 1976

Luther Moon, Fernwood's garbage man, sifts through the trash and recalls the ...

Episode 37

37.

Aired: Feb 24, 1976

Mary finds a joint on Heather and throws it in the waste basket. Later, Mary ...

Episode 38

38.

Aired: Feb 25, 1976

Dorelda tries to heal Loretta and fails again. George receives an anonymous t...

Episode 39

39.

Aired: Feb 26, 1976

Heather rails against her parents when she realizes Tom and Mary smoked her j...

Episode 40

40.

Aired: Feb 27, 1976

Mary and Tom cater to Mae, who's recovering in their bed from her pill overdo...

Episode 41

41.

Aired: Mar 1, 1976

Mary lends a sympathetic ear to Mae and learns about Mae's ex-husband Mike Ol...

Episode 42

42.

Aired: Mar 2, 1976

When Dennis admits he still wants Mary, she encourages a relationship between...

Episode 43

43.

Aired: Mar 3, 1976

Loretta starts to regain feeling in her feet, while Mae considers leaving Fer...

Episode 44

44.

Aired: Mar 4, 1976

Clete reports the news of Leroy's bizarre death at age 47. Martha can't find ...

Episode 45

45.

Aired: Mar 5, 1976

Joe Sweeney and Sheri place George in a compromising position. Mary and Tom h...

Episode 46

46.

Aired: Mar 8, 1976

Reverend Buryfield conducts Leroy's funeral in Mary's kitchen. Tom doesn't un...

Episode 47

47.

Aired: Mar 9, 1976

Mike and Mae's reunion at the Capri doesn't go as planned, but it's Tom who g...

Episode 48

48.

Aired: Mar 10, 1976

Martha wonders if George's nervousness is a result of someone intimidating hi...

Episode 49

49.

Aired: Mar 11, 1976

Mary tells Tom that it'll be 23 years before their sexual desires are synchro...

Episode 50

50.

Aired: Mar 12, 1976

Dr. Fermin tells Loretta that she's in spontaneous remission. Charlie devises...

Episode 51

51.

Aired: Mar 15, 1976

Now that Mary knows her thing is communication, she has to decide what to do ...

Episode 52

52.

Aired: Mar 16, 1976

Steve reassures Cathy that starlet Kate Walters was just for publicity. Tom h...

Episode 53

53.

Aired: Mar 17, 1976

Cathy tells George and Martha that she and Steve are going to Hollywood to be...

Episode 54

54.

Aired: Mar 18, 1976

Mary, Martha, and Loretta plan Cathy's impromptu bridal shower while she's th...

Episode 55

55.

Aired: Mar 19, 1976

Mary secretly phones Mona but can't talk. After her date with Dennis, Cathy's...

Episode 56

56.

Aired: Mar 22, 1976

Mary is too busy preparing food products without food to care about Cathy's r...

Episode 57

57.

Aired: Mar 23, 1976

Mary spends an interesting evening with Tom and Mona, who get along much bett...

Episode 58

58.

Aired: Mar 24, 1976

Charlie dreams of his two Muriels. Mary encounters Dennis and Cathy in the Sh...

Episode 59

59.

Aired: Mar 25, 1976

Loretta gets to know Muriel, who comes off as sweetness and light. Dennis sto...

Episode 60

60.

Aired: Mar 26, 1976

Mary contrives to leave Tom and Mona alone. Charlie tells Loretta that he can...

Episode 61

61.

Aired: Mar 29, 1976

Tom promises he'll help Mona any way he can with Mary's problem. Mary is unea...

Episode 62

62.

Aired: Mar 30, 1976

Mary instructs Mona to move out of the bed and into the center of the ring wh...

Episode 63

63.

Aired: Mar 31, 1976

Mary and Loretta sneak into Muriel's and look at Muriel's scar while she's na...

Episode 64

64.

Aired: Apr 1, 1976

Mona reveals more truths to Tom. Muriel tells Charlie and Loretta that she ne...

Episode 65

65.

Aired: Apr 2, 1976

Martha and Mary discuss problems with the ozone layer and Cathy running off w...

Episode 66

66.

Aired: Apr 5, 1976

Mary tries to use George and Martha's influence to keep Cathy and Dennis apar...

Episode 67

67.

Aired: Apr 6, 1976

Dennis' deceitful behavior toward Cathy and Roberta enrages Mary. Tom and Cha...

Episode 68

68.

Aired: Apr 7, 1976

Mary reaches out to Tom and discovers that they've drifted too far apart into...

Episode 69

69.

Aired: Apr 8, 1976

Overwhelmed by emotional problems, Mary can't get out of bed and an alarmed T...

Episode 70

70.

Aired: Apr 9, 1976

Dennis stops by Mary's bedroom and promises he won't hurt Cathy, but he can't...

Episode 71

71.

Aired: Apr 12, 1976

Loretta tells Mary about Timmy, but Mary warns her that birth certificates ca...

Episode 72

72.

Aired: Apr 13, 1976

Dennis' space is crowded with hidden guests. Mary takes a rain check on Denni...

Episode 73

73.

Aired: Apr 14, 1976

Charlie and Loretta anticipate their trip to Hollywood tomorrow. Mary refuses...

Episode 74

74.

Aired: Apr 15, 1976

Loretta bristles when the upcoming Los Angeles trip reminds Mary of Charlie a...

Episode 75

75.

Aired: Apr 16, 1976

Loretta appears on the Dinah Shore Show with her song "Baby Boy." The audienc...

Episode 76

76.

Aired: Apr 19, 1976

Loretta's appearance on Dinah! becomes a media sensation, but not in the way ...

Episode 77

77.

Aired: Apr 20, 1976

Cathy rejects Mary's truths about a loveless marriage with Dennis. Mary worri...

Episode 78

78.

Aired: Apr 21, 1976

Mary urges Tom to report his assault to the police. Dennis suggests to Robert...

Episode 79

79.

Aired: Apr 22, 1976

A dejected Charlie and Loretta return to Fernwood from Los Angeles, but Murie...

Episode 80

80.

Aired: Apr 23, 1976

Arriving home from the plant, Tom worries about a missing Mary's whereabouts....

Episode 81

81.

Aired: Apr 26, 1976

Mary returns home from Dennis's apartment and conceals her whereabouts from a...

Episode 82

82.

Aired: Apr 27, 1976

Cathy blames Mary for Dennis' reluctance to set a wedding date and swears tha...

Episode 83

83.

Aired: Apr 28, 1976

Muriel asks Clyde to not spoil Charlie's big day by revealing the contents of...

Episode 84

84.

Aired: Apr 29, 1976

Roberta seeks advice from Grandpa Larkin about Dennis, but Grandpa is more in...

Episode 85

85.

Aired: Apr 30, 1976

Dennis drops by Mary's kitchen to remind her about next Thursday. Cathy catch...

Episode 86

86.

Aired: May 3, 1976

Loretta dreams of making a phone call to the Lord and decides to volunteer fo...

Episode 87

87.

Aired: May 4, 1976

Martha pays a visit to Dennis' apartment and decides that he's overflowing wi...

Episode 88

88.

Aired: May 5, 1976

At breakfast, Mary contends with Heather's desire for platform shoes and Tom'...

Episode 89

89.

Aired: May 6, 1976

Mary and Cathy bury the hatchet. Tom confides to Charlie about Mary and Denni...

Episode 90

90.

Aired: May 7, 1976

Mary vents her aggression on Cathy's wedding shower cake. Ed reveals shocking...

Episode 91

91.

Aired: May 10, 1976

Tom discovers the identity of the chairman of the watchdog financial committe...

Episode 92

92.

Aired: May 11, 1976

Mary wants to talk with Tom, but not about Dennis, and Tom only wants to talk...

Episode 93

93.

Aired: May 12, 1976

Mary responds with a bicentennial lecture when Tom wants to know if she dream...

Episode 94

94.

Aired: May 13, 1976

Tom seeks answers about his marriage from Martha, but an offhand remark from ...

Episode 95

95.

Aired: May 14, 1976

Tom is disturbed by Mary's new set of men friends. Betty and Grandpa visit Ma...

Episode 96

96.

Aired: May 17, 1976

Mary saves a life with a little help from Barbara Walters. Cathy worries when...

Episode 97

97.

Aired: May 18, 1976

Tom and Cathy discover hard evidence in Dennis's apartment. Martha is appalle...

Episode 98

98.

Aired: May 19, 1976

Tom refuses to understand the relationship between Mary and Dennis. Loretta a...

Episode 99

99.

Aired: May 20, 1976

Cathy visits Dennis, and they agree that they both love Mary. The presence of...

Episode 100

100.

Aired: May 21, 1976

Loretta and the bartender at the Capri Lounge don't have the answer Mary seek...

Episode 101

101.

Aired: May 24, 1976

Dr. Fermin cautions Dennis against another tete a tete with Mary. George advi...

Episode 102

102.

Aired: May 25, 1976

Loretta runs her song "Vitamin L" past Charlie.

Episode 103

103.

Aired: May 26, 1976

Mary seeks absolution, and Loretta thinks she can find it through baptism. Ch...

Episode 104

104.

Aired: May 27, 1976

Charlie isn't happy with God's answer when Merle has Jimmy Joe ask God whethe...

Episode 105

105.

Aired: May 28, 1976

Tom seeks help from Bob Gilroy, but Gilroy decides the Hartmans need a psychi...

Episode 106

106.

Aired: May 31, 1976

The help line lady thinks Mary has a nice phone voice. Betty wonders how Tom ...

Episode 107

107.

Aired: Jun 1, 1976

Mary takes a shot at the help hotline. Clete finds Cathy more than qualified ...

Episode 108

108.

Aired: Jun 2, 1976

Mary brings the help line into her home and finds her first caller a familiar...

Episode 109

109.

Aired: Jun 3, 1976

Mary checks on Dennis' recovery and later gets an obscene phone call on the h...

Episode 110

110.

Aired: Jun 4, 1976

Mary accidentally learns Howard's secret. Cathy visits Father DeMarco to inqu...

Episode 111

111.

Aired: Jun 7, 1976

Martha receives a letter from Adopt O Find. Betty is more overjoyed than she ...

Episode 112

112.

Aired: Jun 8, 1976

Mary, Charlie, Merle, and Jimmy Joe attend Loretta's recording session of "Vi...

Episode 113

113.

Aired: Jun 9, 1976

Martha's good news fails to lift Mary's depression. Mary rejects Dennis's off...

Episode 114

114.

Aired: Jun 10, 1976

Merle offers to make Loretta a soloist in the choir, but she's torn between h...

Episode 115

115.

Aired: Jun 11, 1976

Ed and Howard discuss a marriage without paper. Cathy has a different kind of...

Episode 116

116.

Aired: Jun 14, 1976

Mary and Dennis seem to reach an impasse on the subject of marriage, leading ...

Episode 117

117.

Aired: Jun 15, 1976

Jimmy Joe confesses Merle's sins of the flesh to Loretta. Martha wants to kno...

Episode 118

118.

Aired: Jun 16, 1976

Tom reassures Charlie and George that he's trying to cut back on his drinking...

Episode 119

119.

Aired: Jun 17, 1976

Mary accidentally spills the McCullough secret. Charlie discovers that Lorett...

Episode 120

120.

Aired: Jun 18, 1976

Dennis bids goodbye to life in Fernwood. Clete and Cathy share their news wit...

Episode 121

121.

Aired: Jun 21, 1976

Tom's drunken bender doesn't help him score dates at the Capri Lounge. Betty ...

Episode 122

122.

Aired: Jun 22, 1976

There's chaos in the Hartman kitchen when Hugh Boswell and the Razzle Brother...

Episode 123

123.

Aired: Jun 23, 1976

Mary and Tom make a deal about their marriage, and Tom is quick to break it. ...

Episode 124

124.

Aired: Jun 24, 1976

Betty stuns Tom with news of Howard's imminent conversion and his choice of a...

Episode 125

125.

Aired: Jun 25, 1976

Betty encourages Mary to take Howard to bed. Cathy begins Catholicism instruc...

Episode 126

126.

Aired: Jun 28, 1976

Tom and Howard are both furious with Mary. David Susskind calls the Hartman h...

Episode 127

127.

Aired: Jun 29, 1976

A ruptured sewer line and the noise from heavy equipment takes its toll on Ma...

Episode 128

128.

Aired: Jun 30, 1976

After receiving a call from a drunken Tom, Mary takes Hugh Boswell's advice a...

Episode 129

129.

Aired: Jul 1, 1976

Still in the toy store, Mary gazes into the doll house and imagines a perfect...

Episode 130

130.

Aired: Jul 2, 1976

Loretta realizes the truth about Merle. After Jimmy Joe warns him of Merle's ...

Info about Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Seasons: 2

Network: Syndication

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Romance