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Phyllis Lindstrom discovers her dermatologist husband Lars is having an affair with the star of WJM-TV’s “Happy Homemaker Show,” and demands Mary’s help in saving her marriage.

The newsroom is divided when Murray, the father of three daughters, decides that he wants a son even though his wife doesn’t want to have another baby.

Mary dates a much younger man – despite the advice of friends. Should the fact that the woman is seven years older than the man keep them from having a happy relationship? Mary Richards doesn’t think so, and she ignores advice from her friends and co-worker to the contrary.

Trapped, hooked and reeled in, Lou Grant discovers he’s been had when Sue Ann Nivens, WJM-TV’s “Happy Homemaker,” finally maneuvers him to her apartment for a romantic dinner. Sue Ann realizes that she’s getting absolutely nowhere in chasing Lou — he’s outrunning her — so she decides to use some special bait and pressure Mary into helping her.

Desperate for a salary increase, Lou Grant suggests that he and Mary will have more leverage against the station if they join forces to demand a raise. However, the scheme backfires when the station refuses to increase their salary and allows them to walk out. After being out for several weeks, negotiations are reopened and Mary and Lou get their raise and return to work.

Rhoda’s boyfriend arranges a date for Mary with Warren Sturges, who begins a whirlwind campaign to win Mary’s hand in marriage. Mary tries to avoid Warren, but he pops up everywhere she goes, even renting a giant billboard across from her office to proclaim his love. Warren disappears for a few days, but appears again at a restaurant where Mary and her date are dining. Mary promptly starts to tell Warren off, and when a cake arrives with “Will you marry me?” written on it, she spoils it by writing “No” in the icing with her finger. Mary’s date abandons her when Warren introduces his new girlfriend, the one for whom the cake was actually intended.

Ted Baxter always dreamed that some day he’d meet his idol, famous newscaster Walter Cronkite, and that the meeting would lead to his own fame and fortune in New York. Well, Baxter does meet Cronkite – but the occasion is not as auspicious in reality as it is in Ted’s dream.

Ted is flabbergasted when his mother decides to move in with her boyfriend rather than marry the man.