Mary and Pat cut up Tom’s credit cards. Montgomery Monk uses a Ho-Ho to reprogram George. Merle feels that Wanda is spending more time on public life than married life….

Monk reaches a breakthrough with reprogramming George. Sikanda teaches Martha the Boga Zidi way. Mae Olinski visits Tom and Mary and reveals that she’s behind the sexy skywriting over Fernwood….

Mae informs Mary that she’s writing a book about sexual satisfaction using the women of Fernwood for her research. The Shumways dish the family dirt to a recovered George. Tom…

Charlie and Mary visit a recovered George who’s distressed over all the crazy complications that ensued while he was brainwashed. A police officer gives Martha notice to vacate the Shumway…

Tom is disheartened when Jess, the manager of the Capri Lounge, won’t hire him as the daytime bartender because he’s over-qualified. Mary reminds Brian that she’ll blackmail him if she…

Martha’s new pet sitting service terrifies George after he finds a monkey and a tarantula in his kitchen. Complications arise when lawyer Darcy Pinker demands Cathy sign a contract before…

Merle vetoes Charlie and Tom’s request that he intercede in the police search for Loretta. The experience of natural childbirth becomes more intense for Cathy and Christine. Merle meets Mae…

Heather and Little Garth trade embarrassing secrets, and Mary catches them kissing over the kitchen table where Cathy gave birth. Harold Clemens misses the point in his interview with Mae…

Just as Mary leaves the hospital, sex therapist Mona McKenzie is admitted for getting too much of a good thing. Nurse Gimble continues to show up with more bodily injury….

Mary tells Tom that she switched Heather’s lunch box with Chester’s. Garth decides to use Mary’s comment “you’re only as recovered as you think you are” as the PR catchphrase…

An oblivious Martha receives another visit from Detective Johnson. After a letter from Sgt. Foley arrives, assuring Cathy that it’s physically impossible for him to be the father of her…

Tom asks Mary to leave but allow Annie to stay as he films his TV commercial. Wealthy Brian and Christine Addams drop by the Shumway kitchen to meet with Cathy,…

Mary details her attitudes about Annie in the journal given to her by David Susskind. Martha receives photographic “evidence” that George was beamed aboard a UFO. After Cathy decides to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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’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…

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…

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…

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…

Chester phones Fletch at the laboratory, and he convinces Mary that Chester is in possession of dangerous plutonium 239. Mary exposes Chester’s threat to Nurse Gimble, but she suggests Mary’s…

Tom visits Annie’s trailer and accepts a dinner invitation from her. Dr. Fermin advises Cathy to sell her unborn baby to a needy, but wealthy, couple. Tom finds Mary’s story…

At the Capri Lounge, Loretta sings “Moanin’ in the Night.”

Loretta foresees trouble for Mary and Tom when Annie decides to remain in Fernwood for an extended visit. Mary and Gore Vidal get to know one another. Charlie admits to…

Garth Gimble, Nurse Pat’s husband, tells Ackerman his plan to promote the hospital through a Mary Hartman Homecoming Day and burial of a time capsule to be opened in 2076….

Mary is told that she’ll select the items for the time capsule being buried by the Fernwood Chamber of Commerce. Grandpa visits Mary and recognizes Chester as a madman. Loretta…

Mary schemes to bury Chester’s Peanuts lunch box containing the nuclear device in Fernwood’s time capsule. Martha receives a phone call from Jack and Jill Renquist, who claim they can…

Tom and Heather give Gore the brush off, so he interviews Martha. Mary is in a lather to get Heather’s old Peanuts lunch box, which is identical to Chester’s. Mary…

Gore promises to promote Ackerman and Fernwood Receiving on The Merv Griffin Show, but first he has to convince Merv. Annie accepts Tom’s offer to park her trailer in his…

The Haggers say “hooray for Hollywood.” Mary denies her sister’s wedding day wish for the sake of cholesterol. Charlie makes plans for a VIP tour. Mary wonders if Loretta will…

Mary has hopes for Loretta’s success. Mary’s emergency is a job for Otto Feurenbach. Charlie and Loretta are in a room that’s not green.

It’s Loretta’s big day on the Dinah show and all goes great until she commits a shocking blooper.

Loretta’s TV coverage is more complete than expected. Mary really needs her doctor – so she gets put on hold. Martha makes a confession. Tom gets an unexpected escort.