The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1 Episode 1
The classic series begins its classic 7-year run in Mary’s apartment. Mary Richards, a 30-year-old single woman, has left her long-time boyfriend, Bill, to be with her old friend, Phyllis Lindstrom, in Minneapolis. (Mary originally lived in Roseburg, MN.) Why did Mary leave Bill? After promising to her that he would marry her right after his internship at the hospital, he said, “”Why rush into things???”” Meanwhile, she’s already having troubles with her new apartment–a bitter upstairs neightbor, Rhoda Morgenstern, insists that she owns Mary’s apartment!
Later, Mary goes on a job interview at WJM-TV’s The 6:00 News for a secreterial job. Lou Grant, the boss, tells her that the job has already been filled, but he does say that the job of Associate Producer is open. Sure, it offers $10 less per week than the secreterial job, but Mary is fine. “”If you can get off with $15 less per week, I’ll make you Producer,”” he says. She declines, then goes on to meeting Ted Baxter, the ridicul
Serie: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Episode Title: Love is All Around
Air Date: 1970-09-19
