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When Mary and Sue Ann attend a broadcaster’s convention in Chicago, Mary learns that Sue Ann is actually a very lonely person.

After 30 years have passed, Lou’s army buddy, Ben, finally thinks of a way he can be repaid for covering once for an A.W.O.L. Lou. He wants a date with Mary Richards. After a few dates, Ben is convinced he can stay the night with Mary, but finds he is very much mistaken and ends up thrown out of her apartment by both Mary and Lou. Lou also faces another problem in handling Georgette, Ted’s new agent, who is negotiating a raise for him.

Mary Richards checks into the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds out her nasty roommate, Loretta, gives her more trouble than the operation. Mary tries to win Loretta over by sharing her chocolates and rental TV set but the situation seems hopeless.

Mary takes on the frustrating task of helping Sherry Ferris, a girl with whom she once shared a jail cell, “go straight,” even though the girl herself doesn’t seem too thrilled with the idea.

A local newspaper columnist, who Lou is convinced loves to destroy people’s reputations, interviews Mary about being the only woman in the newsroom at WJM.

Murray suffers the pains of being Ted’s ghostwriter when a small article he writes for the anchorman for $200 turns out to be worth $2,500 to Reader’s Digest, not to mention the fame and glory Ted is gobbling up.

Georgette visits boyfriend Ted Baxter at WJM-TV, only to find him kissing another woman in his dressing room; so she decides to become a nun.

Out of a job when told that her “Happy Homemaker” show is not being renewed, Sue Ann refuses station WJM’s offer to buy out her contract for a pittance. The station attempts to break her down by assigning her to degrading menial jobs. However, she outwits them by conning Lou and Mary into giving her a job in the newsroom where she immediately becomes a continual and permanent source of irritation.