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Lou Dates Mary

Lou Dates Mary

1977TV Episode⏱️ 30mTV-PG
Comedy
⭐ 8
IMDB Rating
196 votes

Mary asks Lou out for a date after Georgette suggests it.

Director
Jay Sandrich
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Gavin MacLeod
Release Date
March 12, 1977
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore
as Mary Richards
Edward Asner
Edward Asner
as Lou Grant
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
as Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight
Ted Knight
as Ted Baxter
Georgia Engel
Georgia Engel
as Georgette Baxter
Betty White
Betty White
as Sue Ann Nivens
John Reilly
John Reilly
as Jake
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Hazel Frederick
as Scowling Lady in Opening Credits

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
MTM Enterprises

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Two Beautiful Souls
by Hitchcoc β€’ 2017-03-06
8/10

"Mary is fed up with two thousand dates, many of which have been a waste of time. She has another one where the guy takes off his shirt, expecting things from her on the first date. She throws him out. She is frustrated. Back int he office, Georgette tells her she should ask Lou out. She tells her that he has all the qualities of a person she could get to like a lot, socially. They are both like little kids when the time comes. Lou brings her three bouquets of flowers, candy, a bottle of wine, and some mixed nuts. There are more uncomfortable moments than they know what to do with. Maybe, the f..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The only possible personal relationship Mary would ever have with one of her co-workers. During initial planning of the series, Mary was supposed to have possibly had a relationship with Ted Baxter; this was prior to Ted Knight's hiring. This idea was quickly nixed, and the impetus for this episode was not that a relationship between Mary and Lou would ever have come to (long term) fruition, but as a 'what if', similar to Mary's Three Husbands (1977), which had preceded this.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Mary asks Lou out for a date after Georgette suggests it.