|
Eric Matthews |
Mary finds a guest on WJM-TV's show 'Scrutiny' interesting.
Mary hits it off with Eric and he even dedicates his book to
her. But eventually Eric's height, (he's several inches
shorter) makes Mary self-conscious about the relationship.
Mary inadvertently introduced Eric to Rhoda thusly: "Eric,
I'd like you to meet Rhoda Morgenstern. Rhoda, this is Eric
Shrimp." |
|
Howard & Paul Arnell |
Mary runs into her former boyfriend, Howard when she attends
her Roseburg High School reunion. Mary also become
interested in Howard's brother Paul and dated him, as well.
|
|
Governor's aide. |
Mary's
interest in a Governor's aide soon fizzles when he keeps
canceling all his dates because of political obligations. |
|
Mike Cooper |
Mary
finds a friend of Lou Grant's intriguing - at least his
voice. She asks Mr. Grant to hook her up on a date despite
Lou's objection. |
|
Paul Van Dillen |
Mary
dates a man for his looks only and soon realizes she has
nothing in common with him. |
|
Matt Bryan |
Mary
is attracted to an architect who came to sketch her
building. But she feels awkward about her relationship when
she discovers the man's son, Matt, Jr. is only six year
younger than she is and has also expressed an interest in
her. |
|
Doug Slaughter, Murray's Dad |
Mary
meets a charming older gentleman and begins to date him.
What Mary did not know: it was Murray's father. But Mary
likes the man while everyone in her life was having a hard
time seeing her in such a May/December relationship. |
|
Ross Nelson |
Mary
begins dating the anchorman from Minneapolis's top news
show. But when she compares and contrasts her station with
her competition, she soon suffers from a bad case of low
self-esteem. |
|
Father Terrance Brian
|
Mary
works with a priest on a film project. But when he decides
to leave the Church, Mary thinks she might be the motivating
factor behind his decision.. |
|
Bob |
Rhoda's boyfriend becomes more interested in Mary, much to
her chagrin. |
|
Ken |
Mary
likes her new boyfriend, Ken but finds his son, Stevie
absolutely insufferable. |
|
Stephen, |
In a
reverse of Murray's dad's relationship, Mary dates a man seven
years younger. But after she meets some of his friends, she
begins to rethink her choice in younger men. |
|
Ben Selwyn |
Mary
becomes a sexual pawn when Lou's old and amorous Army buddy
(to whom Lou had owed a big favor for 30 years) asks Lou to
get him a date with her as away of repaying him for past
debts.
|
|
Joe Warner |
Mary
falls for a construction worker. unfortunately, he has a
hard time with the words. "I love you." |
|
John Corcoran |
Mary
innocently accepts a luncheon date with a man.
Unfortunately, she quickly learns two things - she is
attracted to him and that he is also married.. |
|
Wes Callison |
Mary's former boyfriend, Wes gets a job in the WJM-TV newsroom but his
affection for Mary
gets in the way of his work. Wes was formerly a comedy writer
for Chuckles the Clown |
|
William Campbell |
Bess's Lindstrom's 15-year-old boyfriend, William falls in
love with Mary and begins to show up at her home and work
with that far away look in his eyes. |
|
Robert C. Brand |
A shy
IRS agent audits Mary's taxes but soon becomes more
interested in her "figure" than his figures.. |
|
Dan Whitfield |
Mary and Rhoda take a night course in journalism. Mary finds
the professor attractive and they begin to date. Dan leaves
town. When he returns, he bumps into Mary in an elevator.
Realizing, he still has feelings for Mary, he breaks off his
upcoming engagement, and proposes to Mary. Dan leaves town again
but returns to Minneapolis and now Mary is forced to choose
between him and her current boyfriend Joe Warner. |
|
Ted & Hal Baxter |
Ted
wants to make his brother Hal (a professional model)
jealous, so he sets up a double date. Of course, Mary is
Ted's date. Hal gets Rhoda. |
|
Murray Slaughter |
Murray has worked closely with Mary in the newsroom and
develops a crush/love for Mary. At one point, he
jeopardizes his marriage by telling Mary how he
feels. Murray is married to Marie and has a teenage daughter
named Bonnie. Note: Another time, Murray fell in love with,
and nearly had an affair with a woman named Judith Chadler. |
|
Lou Grant |
Lou
Grant like Murray Slaughter has worked closely with Mary in
the newsroom. and they have developed a close bond of
friendship. Mary was there for Lou during his divorce from
his wife, Edie and Lou, likewise, has supported Mary though
her many ups & downs like the time Mary became addicted to
sleeping pills during a bout with insomnia. Once, Mary and
Lou thought to test the waters to see if they actually had a
romantic relationship, but before taking the plunge they
quickly realized they were just great friends and would
always be. Note: Lou once gave dating a shot with Mary's friend Rhoda.
Also, Ted, Murray and Lou once all daydreamed about what
life would be like if they were married to Mary.
LOU: Mary, I don't want you to take this wrong,
but you're a jerk.
MARY: How could I possibly take that wrong? |
|
Tom Vernon |
Mary's former boyfriend (who once broke her heart) visits
Minneapolis and calls Mary. Part of her wants to
see him; the other part wishes that he would just go way. |
|
Warren Sturges |
Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges,
who tries everything including a giant billboard across the
road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his
marriage
proposal. |
|
Wes Stern |
Mary is forced to hold off the amorous advances of Lou's
Nephew, Wes Stern, a young cameraman at the studio, who
tells everyone a different story about what
happened when she invited him home for supper. Wes also
tried to put the moves on Mary's friend Phyllis Lindstrom
when his attempt with Mary failed. |
|
Barry Munroe |
Mary
hires a lawyer when she gets cited for not revealing the
source of a news story. During the proceedings, Barry gets
the hots for Mary. |
