Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Season 2 - Episode 51
Garth bungles Merle's press conference, angering him, but Merle turns it around with an engagement announcement. Wanda requests a private celebration, but Merle insists on abstinence until their wedding night. Merle's rejection prompts Wanda to visit Annie, who claims she isn't a threat to the marriage. Wanda and Annie realize they both see people as numbers. Mary phones Italy to tell Gore Vidal that she can't continue co-writing their book because she' preoccupied with all the drama in Fernwood. Merle eavesdrops on the conversation and professes to Mary that he sees something in her that Tom doesn't. Mary invites Merle into her kitchen for a quiet cup of tea.
About Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Title: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
First Air Date: 1976-01-05
Last Air Date: 1977-07-01
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.692/10 (from 14 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 325
Network: Syndication
Genres: Drama, Soap, Comedy
Production Companies: TAT Communications Company, Filmways Television
Synopsis
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
Mary Hartman

Greg Mullavey
Tom Hartman

Mary Kay Place
Loretta Haggers

Graham Jarvis
Charlie Haggers

Dody Goodman
Martha Larkin Shumway

Debralee Scott
Cathy Shumway

Victor Kilian
Raymond Larkin

Claudia Lamb
Heather Hartman

Philip Bruns
George Shumway

Dabney Coleman
Merle Jeeter