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Mary accepts a job as producer of a television talk show for a competitive station. She decides after a great deal of soul-searching, and then finds her last day in the newsroom almost impossible to bear. Mary almost misses her farewell party as she drinks a prolonged farewell luncheon with her co-workers. Then, when she tearfully tries to say her final goodbyes, her boss offers to match her new salary.

Mary finds herself in a complicated situation when she is pursued by two charming bachelors, each of whom is seeking her constant companionship. Joe Warner, who has been a steady romantic figure in Mary’s life, finds his confidence shaken when Mary decides to go out for an evening with an ex-boyfriend to whom she was once almost engaged.

When Mary Richards gets city councilman Peter Peterson to appear on “Face the People,” she learns that he’s not ready to face the people – he’s completely ignorant of current events. Mary, along with Peterson’s aides, desperately try to bring Councilman Peterson up to speed with the latest news so he doesn’t embarrass himself.

Out of town visitor Doug Booth stops by the WJM newsroom looking for Murray, who is out of the office at the time, and introduces himself to Mary. Doug charms Mary into accepting a date with him, but she is stunned moments later when Murray returns and she learns Doug is his father. After several dates with Doug they become the butt of numerous May-December romance jokes and Mary blows her top and tells everyone off at a party. Returning to her own apartment, she learns the effort has been in vain as Doug has just made up with a former girlfriend in Europe and plans to return to her.

After Lou loses his temper with Ted, Mary’s advocacy of non-violence backfires when Ted takes advantage of Lou’s new disposition and becomes more insufferable than ever.

Jerry Van Dyke guest stars as one of Mary’s ex-boyfriends, who gets a job in the newsroom with a desk right across the room from Mary and tries to turn the old romance on again.

Murray Slaughter’s teenage daughter needs a job, and Lou Grant wants Mary to hire someone to make coffee and help out with typing and filing, so Mary thinks the problem is solved – but she’s wrong.

When the staff is trapped in the newsroom, Sue Ann decides that it’s time for a little Christmas cheer—no matter that it’s only November.