Oh, excuse me. I didn’t realize you were watching the tape of Mary Hartman’s breakdown on the David Suskind Show again.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1
Mon, Oct 4, 1976
Andrew Ackerman feels that Mary’s appearance on The David Susskind Show will bring attention -and more money- to the psychiatric ward at Fernwood Receiving. Mary meets Wanda Rittenhouse on the ward, and Wanda thanks Mary for making “BDs” respectable. Mary tells Dr. Williams that she’d rather be a plant than a person, but he reassures her that she’s stronger than she thinks. Charlie and Loretta wonder exactly what injuries were inflicted by the gunshot in Merle’s motel room. Mary is welcomed into her new Nielsen family at the hospital.
Thrilling star sightings: Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever himself, and his perfect hair as Dr. Williams! Marian Mercer as Wanda! She is incredibly familiar as she has done a ton of tv work, but I probably mostly remember her from It’s a Living! Nedra Volz, the second housekeeper from Diff’rent Strokes, as an as-yet unnamed character!
[Puts head against stomach] She’s right. It’s a boy.
Thanks.
[Puts head against stomach again] Oh, no no no no, anybody could have told you it was a boy. But I’m gonna tell you [puts head against stomach again] that he’s gonna be a carpet salesman!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2
Tue, Oct 5, 1976
Mary becomes better acquainted with her hospital family. Cathy is confused by the results of a pregnancy test. Not knowing the extent of his injuries frustrates Charlie. Merle calls the hospital to make amends. Tom finds Heather with a new look and taking good care of herself at home. Ackerman and Dr. Williams reach an impasse over the length of Mary’s stay.
Well, yeah. I suppose I am masculine.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3
Wed, Oct 6, 1976
Dr. Williams reveals to Mary that Tom signed her commitment papers. Grandpa Larkin suggests that Cathy turn go to George with news of her pregnancy. Charlie begs Nurse Nugent to tell him if he lost his manhood. Fletch realizes Chester stole the missing plutonium, which Chester says can level all of southern Ohio. Wanda asks Mary to be in charge of the ward while she’s out on a weekend furlough.
It’s a lot less strange than what happened to poor Judge Crater.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4
Thu, Oct 7, 1976
Dr. Fermin has answers for Charlie, but it doesn’t put the patient’s mind to rest. Martha explains to Grandpa Larkin the facts surrounding George’s mysterious disappearance. Merle attempts to buy Jimmy Joe’s forgiveness with a television set. Wanda leaves the ward in Mary’s capable hands
As my mother used to say, could’ve been worse.
How could it’ve been worse?
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
Loretta and Merle come face to face for the first time since the shooting. Chester confides to Mary that he hid a nuclear device in the hospital and plans to blast his way out. Charlie hides his condition from Tom. Martha swoons when Cathy reveals George disappeared because of her pregnancy. Watching the 6:30 newscast proves an electrifying experience for the Reverend Jimmy Joe.
I thought Merle was going to be a good dad for a split-second there.
I’ll limp a little bit and nobody’ll ever know any better.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6
Mon, Oct 11, 1976
Mary and Tom are happily reunited at Fernwood Receiving, but the visit takes an unfortunate turn when she confesses she thinks Chester is dangerous. Cathy wants to have a talk with Clete, who interviews Merle about the most recent tragedy in his motel room. Charlie insists that Loretta pledge not to tell a soul about the exact nature of his injuries.
It always surprises me how many attractive–truly attractive–men there are in the Fernwood area.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7
Tue, Oct 12, 1976
News of Jimmy Joe distresses Mary. Cathy’s pregnancy delights Clete until he realizes that she’s three months along. Martha and Heather discuss death. Tom reassures Heather that Mary’s condition is improving. Loretta secretly phones Merle and agrees to meet him at the Capri. Mary questions Nurse Gimble about her latest injury in a series of injuries.
Are they reusing Heather’s lunchbox prop? Looks like it.
Is there swine flu there?
Oh, listen. We can get you anything you want!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8
Wed, Oct 13, 1976
Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri Lounge wonders if he might run for public office. Dr. Williams attempts to assuage Mary’s fears about Chester’s plan to level Ohio with a nuclear device. Ackerman fights to keep Mary institutionalized as long as possible because she’s “money in the bank.” Mary receives a stack of fan mail from TV viewers and talks to Gore Vidal on the phone.
Thrilling star sighting: GORE VIDAL! This show is so weird.
Because I hate push-ups, particularly before sex.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9
Thu, Oct 14, 1976
Dr. Williams confirms Mary’s chat with Gore Vidal when Mary requests an overnight pass to go home and clean her kitchen for his visit. Mary wonders if she’ll be required to have sex with Dr. Medwick, the sex therapist Dr. Williams recommends for her treatment. Martha reports George’s disappearance to Detective Sergeant Johnson, Heather’s former bodyguard during the Davey Jessup saga. Dr. Medwick explains to Mary how the bible encourages healthy sex for pleasure.
Yay, the triumphant return of Detective Sergeant Johnson!
I don’t have money for an RV and even if I did I wouldn’t buy it. Heather.
I’d buy a 1952 jukebox with only Neil Sedaka records.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10
Fri, Oct 15, 1976
Loretta eases Charlie’s mind by telling him that Merle’s leaving Fernwood. Dr. Williams promises to give Mary an overnight pass from the ward. Tom discusses his new job with Heather. Charlie is released from the hospital but has performance anxiety when he and Loretta get home.
OH MY GOD HEATHER HAS PLATFORM SHOES. ALL LOOSE ENDS ARE TIED UP AND THE SHOW CAN END NOW.
I don’t know what it means but it is true.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11
Mon, Oct 18, 1976
Charlie’s up in the night, but not the way Loretta dreamed, so she works on the song “Moanin’ in the Night.” At the Bide-a-Wee Inn, Cathy meets Mrs. Delorean who’s moonlighting as a hotel clerk, and convinces her to see the guest register in hope of finding The Armenian’s last name. Merle visits the Haggers house and tells an ambivalent Loretta that he’s been reborn by the Lord as a politician. Mary arrives home to find her kitchen trashed, Heather in platform shoes, and lots of drama in the family.
The door. I’ll concentrate on the door. Look at that door! LOOK HOW CALM THE WOOD ON THAT DOOR LOOKS!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12
Tue, Oct 19, 1976
Tom arrives home from his white collar job, and Mary is stunned at how much he looks like the husband she imagined in her doll house. Detective Johnson informs Martha that George may have led a double life and doesn’t want to be found, leading him to ask her to accompany him to a dance. Martha receives a phone call from the mysterious Jack and Jill, who claim that George has been abducted on a UFO. In the bedroom, Mary tells Tom what she learned about the bible and sex from Dr. Medwick. At first Tom is disgusted by the sight of his and Mary’s reflection in the bedroom mirror, but as they begin to make love, he becomes aroused by it.
Tom does look great. Nurse Gimbel is right about the attractive men of Fernwood. Martha also looks great in her Diane Von Furstenberg-style wrap dress.
That’s what Detective Johnson said just before he asked me to go dancing with him next week.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E13 ∙ Episode #2.13
Wed, Oct 20, 1976
Martha explains George’s disappearance to Mary. Loretta confides to Mary the exact nature of Charlie’s injuries and how it affects her marriage. Merle attempts to make amends to Charlie, but Mary interrupts and accidentally reveals Charlie’s impotence. Charlie rages at Loretta for her betrayal. Heather and Mary discuss going crazy.
Because I know since we can’t have knives in here and we can’t have forks in here, but we can have fingers, right?
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E14 ∙ Episode #2.14
Thu, Oct 21, 1976
Tom gives Mary the choice of returning to the psychiatric ward when her overnight pass ends. Dr. Williams tells Ackerman that nothing short of induced psychosis will prevent Mary from successfully completing treatment soon. Mary enjoys a reunion and marble swirl cake with her Fernwood Receiving family. Merle meets with Commissioner Rittenhouse, Fernwood’s zoning commissioner, to discuss tax exempt status on the Condos for Christ property, but Rittenhouse wants green papers in exchange. Loretta attempts to tell Merle why she can’t talk to him ever again. Mary, Wanda, and Nurse Gimble chat about their husbands, and Mary notices that Nurse Gimble has added another injury to her body.
Oh, excuse me. I didn’t realize you were watching the tape of Mary Hartman’s breakdown on the David Suskind Show again.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1
Mon, Oct 4, 1976
Andrew Ackerman feels that Mary’s appearance on The David Susskind Show will bring attention -and more money- to the psychiatric ward at Fernwood Receiving. Mary meets Wanda Rittenhouse on the ward, and Wanda thanks Mary for making “BDs” respectable. Mary tells Dr. Williams that she’d rather be a plant than a person, but he reassures her that she’s stronger than she thinks. Charlie and Loretta wonder exactly what injuries were inflicted by the gunshot in Merle’s motel room. Mary is welcomed into her new Nielsen family at the hospital.
Thrilling star sightings: Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever himself, and his perfect hair as Dr. Williams! Marian Mercer as Wanda! She is incredibly familiar as she has done a ton of tv work, but I probably mostly remember her from It’s a Living! Nedra Volz, the second housekeeper from Diff’rent Strokes, as an as-yet unnamed character!
[Puts head against stomach] She’s right. It’s a boy.
Thanks.
[Puts head against stomach again] Oh, no no no no, anybody could have told you it was a boy. But I’m gonna tell you [puts head against stomach again] that he’s gonna be a carpet salesman!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2
Tue, Oct 5, 1976
Mary becomes better acquainted with her hospital family. Cathy is confused by the results of a pregnancy test. Not knowing the extent of his injuries frustrates Charlie. Merle calls the hospital to make amends. Tom finds Heather with a new look and taking good care of herself at home. Ackerman and Dr. Williams reach an impasse over the length of Mary’s stay.
Well, yeah. I suppose I am masculine.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3
Wed, Oct 6, 1976
Dr. Williams reveals to Mary that Tom signed her commitment papers. Grandpa Larkin suggests that Cathy turn go to George with news of her pregnancy. Charlie begs Nurse Nugent to tell him if he lost his manhood. Fletch realizes Chester stole the missing plutonium, which Chester says can level all of southern Ohio. Wanda asks Mary to be in charge of the ward while she’s out on a weekend furlough.
It’s a lot less strange than what happened to poor Judge Crater.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4
Thu, Oct 7, 1976
Dr. Fermin has answers for Charlie, but it doesn’t put the patient’s mind to rest. Martha explains to Grandpa Larkin the facts surrounding George’s mysterious disappearance. Merle attempts to buy Jimmy Joe’s forgiveness with a television set. Wanda leaves the ward in Mary’s capable hands
Yay! Dr. Fermin’s back smoking in the hospital!
As my mother used to say, could’ve been worse.
How could it’ve been worse?
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5
Fri, Oct 8, 1976
Loretta and Merle come face to face for the first time since the shooting. Chester confides to Mary that he hid a nuclear device in the hospital and plans to blast his way out. Charlie hides his condition from Tom. Martha swoons when Cathy reveals George disappeared because of her pregnancy. Watching the 6:30 newscast proves an electrifying experience for the Reverend Jimmy Joe.
I thought Merle was going to be a good dad for a split-second there.
I’ll limp a little bit and nobody’ll ever know any better.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6
Mon, Oct 11, 1976
Mary and Tom are happily reunited at Fernwood Receiving, but the visit takes an unfortunate turn when she confesses she thinks Chester is dangerous. Cathy wants to have a talk with Clete, who interviews Merle about the most recent tragedy in his motel room. Charlie insists that Loretta pledge not to tell a soul about the exact nature of his injuries.
It always surprises me how many attractive–truly attractive–men there are in the Fernwood area.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7
Tue, Oct 12, 1976
News of Jimmy Joe distresses Mary. Cathy’s pregnancy delights Clete until he realizes that she’s three months along. Martha and Heather discuss death. Tom reassures Heather that Mary’s condition is improving. Loretta secretly phones Merle and agrees to meet him at the Capri. Mary questions Nurse Gimble about her latest injury in a series of injuries.
Are they reusing Heather’s lunchbox prop? Looks like it.
Is there swine flu there?
Oh, listen. We can get you anything you want!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8
Wed, Oct 13, 1976
Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri Lounge wonders if he might run for public office. Dr. Williams attempts to assuage Mary’s fears about Chester’s plan to level Ohio with a nuclear device. Ackerman fights to keep Mary institutionalized as long as possible because she’s “money in the bank.” Mary receives a stack of fan mail from TV viewers and talks to Gore Vidal on the phone.
Thrilling star sighting: GORE VIDAL! This show is so weird.
Merle Jeeter drinks TAB?
Because I hate push-ups, particularly before sex.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9
Thu, Oct 14, 1976
Dr. Williams confirms Mary’s chat with Gore Vidal when Mary requests an overnight pass to go home and clean her kitchen for his visit. Mary wonders if she’ll be required to have sex with Dr. Medwick, the sex therapist Dr. Williams recommends for her treatment. Martha reports George’s disappearance to Detective Sergeant Johnson, Heather’s former bodyguard during the Davey Jessup saga. Dr. Medwick explains to Mary how the bible encourages healthy sex for pleasure.
Yay, the triumphant return of Detective Sergeant Johnson!
I don’t have money for an RV and even if I did I wouldn’t buy it.
Heather.
I’d buy a 1952 jukebox with only Neil Sedaka records.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10
Fri, Oct 15, 1976
Loretta eases Charlie’s mind by telling him that Merle’s leaving Fernwood. Dr. Williams promises to give Mary an overnight pass from the ward. Tom discusses his new job with Heather. Charlie is released from the hospital but has performance anxiety when he and Loretta get home.
OH MY GOD HEATHER HAS PLATFORM SHOES. ALL LOOSE ENDS ARE TIED UP AND THE SHOW CAN END NOW.
I don’t know what it means but it is true.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11
Mon, Oct 18, 1976
Charlie’s up in the night, but not the way Loretta dreamed, so she works on the song “Moanin’ in the Night.” At the Bide-a-Wee Inn, Cathy meets Mrs. Delorean who’s moonlighting as a hotel clerk, and convinces her to see the guest register in hope of finding The Armenian’s last name. Merle visits the Haggers house and tells an ambivalent Loretta that he’s been reborn by the Lord as a politician. Mary arrives home to find her kitchen trashed, Heather in platform shoes, and lots of drama in the family.
Why is it a ‘challege’ instead of ‘challenge?’
/image grammar bunny
@njfan It’s, oh, I don’t know, French? Maybe? Maybe someone can fix it. In English, which it is currently definitely not.
@mossygreen I tease
The door. I’ll concentrate on the door. Look at that door! LOOK HOW CALM THE WOOD ON THAT DOOR LOOKS!
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12
Tue, Oct 19, 1976
Tom arrives home from his white collar job, and Mary is stunned at how much he looks like the husband she imagined in her doll house. Detective Johnson informs Martha that George may have led a double life and doesn’t want to be found, leading him to ask her to accompany him to a dance. Martha receives a phone call from the mysterious Jack and Jill, who claim that George has been abducted on a UFO. In the bedroom, Mary tells Tom what she learned about the bible and sex from Dr. Medwick. At first Tom is disgusted by the sight of his and Mary’s reflection in the bedroom mirror, but as they begin to make love, he becomes aroused by it.
Tom does look great. Nurse Gimbel is right about the attractive men of Fernwood. Martha also looks great in her Diane Von Furstenberg-style wrap dress.
That’s what Detective Johnson said just before he asked me to go dancing with him next week.
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E13 ∙ Episode #2.13
Wed, Oct 20, 1976
Martha explains George’s disappearance to Mary. Loretta confides to Mary the exact nature of Charlie’s injuries and how it affects her marriage. Merle attempts to make amends to Charlie, but Mary interrupts and accidentally reveals Charlie’s impotence. Charlie rages at Loretta for her betrayal. Heather and Mary discuss going crazy.
Because I know since we can’t have knives in here and we can’t have forks in here, but we can have fingers, right?
IMDB synopsis:
S2.E14 ∙ Episode #2.14
Thu, Oct 21, 1976
Tom gives Mary the choice of returning to the psychiatric ward when her overnight pass ends. Dr. Williams tells Ackerman that nothing short of induced psychosis will prevent Mary from successfully completing treatment soon. Mary enjoys a reunion and marble swirl cake with her Fernwood Receiving family. Merle meets with Commissioner Rittenhouse, Fernwood’s zoning commissioner, to discuss tax exempt status on the Condos for Christ property, but Rittenhouse wants green papers in exchange. Loretta attempts to tell Merle why she can’t talk to him ever again. Mary, Wanda, and Nurse Gimble chat about their husbands, and Mary notices that Nurse Gimble has added another injury to her body.