Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Season 2 - Episode 8
Merle announces his plan to leave Fernwood, but first, a bowler at the Capri Lounge wonders if he might run for public office. Dr. Williams attempts to assuage Mary's fears about Chester's plan to level Ohio with a nuclear device. Ackerman fights to keep Mary institutionalized as long as possible because she's "money in the bank." Mary receives a stack of fan mail from TV viewers and talks to Gore Vidal on the phone.
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: 7/10 (from 15 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