Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
“Do my floors have a waxy yellow buildup?”
About
In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.
Cast
Louise Lasser
as Mary Hartman
Greg Mullavey
as Tom Hartman
Mary Kay Place
as Loretta Haggers
Graham Jarvis
as Charlie Haggers
Dody Goodman
as Martha Larkin Shumway
Debralee Scott
as Cathy Shumway
Victor Kilian
as Raymond Larkin
Dabney Coleman
as Merle Jeeter
Claudia Lamb
as Heather Hartman
Marian Mercer
as Wanda Rittenhouse / Wanda Jeeter
Episodes
Season 1
Episode 001
Loretta delivers word that a neighborhood family was murdered; Mary and Tom have a disagreement about making love; Charlie announces he almost has enough money to get Loretta's record demo made; The Fernwood Flasher is finally captured.
Episode 002
Mary brings her grandfather home from the police station; Kathy falls for a blue-eyed Armenian bartender; a reporter interviews Loretta about the murders; and Mary feels ashamed when Tom rejects her sexual advances (or lack thereof).
Episode 003
Mary is interviewed by a reporter; Young Heather Hartman displays suspicious behavior when asked about the recent murders; Grampa Larkin is arrested again.
Episode 004
Grampa Larkin appears in court; Tom and Mary's drought in the bedroom continues.
Episode 005
Word begins to spread that Heather knows more about the Lombardi murders than she's telling; Cathy gets fired; Mary receives a threatening phone call about Heather.
Episode 006
Grampa Larkin visits a psychiatric social worker; Mary gets some sex books; a strange man follows Heather home from school.
Episode 007
Mary turns to the police after Heather confesses that she saw the killer; Loretta is arrested for picketing; Charlie stumbles on Mary's sex ed books.
Episode 008
Tom is furious with Mary after finding her sex books; Grampa Larkin's social worker admits that she's in love with him; Heather's story makes the evening news.
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