Embarrassed before a country club lunch, Tom wants Mary to keep up with the Joneses by shopping for chic dresses at Tufts and Tweeds. Martha fears God will punish Cathy…

Mary and Dr. Medwick rap about rape and upward mobility. Loretta kisses Jody and tells him goodbye forever. About to jump from the bridge, Charlie hears Loretta’s love song to…

Garth bungles Merle’s press conference, angering him, but Merle turns it around with an engagement announcement. Wanda requests a private celebration, but Merle insists on abstinence until their wedding night….

Pat introduces Mary to Garth Phillip Gimble, Jr., who doesn’t like to be called “Little Garth”. During Merle’s election night party, Garth threatens Pat, but she swears she’ll expose him…

Mary suggests that an upset Loretta seek advice from Bob Gilroy, the plant psychologist. Gilroy makes a house call to the Haggers home, but Loretta’s tale of Charlie’s accident in…

Mary appeals to Cathy not to sell her baby, and although the idea is sound financially, Cathy feels shame. Suspecting that Big Honey is using the CB to run Fernwood’s…

Garth escalates his abuse of Pat. Annie informs Merle that her gift to Wanda is to never be intimate with him again. Merle flirts with Big Honey on Annie’s CB….

Merle and Wanda marry with Mary’s unusual ceremonial vows. Detective Johnson arranges for Tom to pose as a john and help him crack the prostitution ring by exposing Big Honey….

Merle arrives at the mortuary where Big Honey’s partner Mac is reluctant to let him see her. Merle talks his way into the slumber room and is stunned to learn…

Detective Johnson’s shocking confession about his past prompts Martha to end their courtship. Garth and Pat have yet another fight, this time over his accusation that she doesn’t support his…

Financially strapped Tom visits the plant to ask Crimins if he has any unpaid money due him. Christine mimics Cathy’s movements to appear pregnant. Mary’s kitchen is filled with women…

Guests fill Mary’s kitchen on Christmas Day, including the Jeeters, Gimbles, Annie, and Loretta who arrives late with one Jimmy Joe’s bicentennial Christmas trees. Mary leads the group with a…

Charlie and Loretta express their passion in the car on the side of a public road. Heather hands over another sex questionnaire that Mary had hidden in a box of…

Mary refers Wanda to Bob Gilroy when Wanda begins lisping. Gilroy reacts with disgust when Wanda confesses she spent her wedding night at Annie’s trailer, but Wanda’s cured when she…

Mr. Donally, Tom’s boss at the RV dealership, warns Tom that his aggressive approach and low sales have put him danger of being fired. Christine’s snobbish father mistreats Cathy during…

Charlie and Loretta grab the dictionary when Fernwood’s new skywriter writes the word “foreplay” in the sky. Montgomery Monk arrives at the Shumway home to begin George’s deprogramming. Mary gives…

In Dayton, Jake stops by Lou’s diner where amnesiac Loretta is pegged as a slut. Loretta, calling herself Lulu, is befriended by owner Lou and regular customer Mac Slattery. Wanda…

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….