Love Is All Around (Episode)

## Love Is All Around

**Love Is All Around** is the first episode of the first season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the very first episode of the series overall.

## Plot Description

Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis. She had been dating a doctor, Bill for two years during his internship and residency. Bill had promised they would marry when he began his practice, but after two years, he continued to stall. Mary moved to Minneapolis and into an apartment in the same building as her old friend Phyllis Lindstrom. Brassy Rhoda Morgenstern lives in an apartment upstairs and claims to have a prior claim on Mary's apartment. Mary applies for a secretarial job at WJM-TV, but the position has been filled. Manager Lou Grant concludes that Mary has "spunk" and hires her as an associate producer. Bill surprises Mary with a visit to Minneapolis. An inebriated Lou shows up at Mary's apartment before Bill arrives, noting that his wife is away for a whole month and praising Mary's "great caboose." Lou decides to write a letter to his wife telling her how much he misses her. When Bill arrives, Mary notices how he chokes over his words when he says he loves her. Mary says a final "goodbye" to Bill. Lou comforts Mary, saying that she didn't miss out on much, and Mary notes that Bill has (Wikipedia).

### **Premiere Episodes Season 1** VHS Description

It's the landmark episode of the Emmy Award-winning comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show!" Mary Richards, determined to make it on her own, moves to Minneapolis after a broken romance. Ambitious and look-ing for a new life, she moves into an apartment and lands a job as the asso-ciate producer of the local news show on WJM-TV. Follow Mary as she meets her new boss Mr. Grant, who hates spunk; the egotistical newsanchor, Ted Baxter, her neighbor, Rhoda; and the other unforgettable characters that make "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" a television classic!

### **The Best of Season 1 DVD Description**

New to Minneapolis and rebounding from a broken engagement, Mary Richards takes a job in the WJM-TV newsroom working for the crusty Lou Grant.

## Characters

* Mary Richards.
* Rhoda Morgenstern.
* Lou Grant.
* Murray Slaughter.
* Ted Baxter.
* Phyllis Lindstrom.
* Bess Lindstrom.
* Bill.
* The Locksmith.

## Trivia

* The episodes title shares its name with the shows Theme Song.
* Angus Duncan (Who played Bill) so disliked the script for this episode, that he threw it, and was almost fired on the spot. However, after the problems were worked out, and the pilot episode was shot, to very positive reviews from the audience, Duncan asked if his character could become semi-regular, to which Messers, Brooks and Burns said 'thanks, but no thanks'.
* The pilot script's character description for Rhoda said that she would be responsible for "all of the violence but none of the sex" on the show.
* American television writer and comedy teacher Danny Simon used to screen this episode to his comedy writing classes.
* Bess calls Phyllis "Mom" and "Mother" here, but in all future episodes, she refers to her by her first name.
* At Mary's job interview she states that she is a Presbyterian, but in later episodes Rhoda says she is Episcopalian.

## Goofs

* When Mary arrives at WJM to inquire about the secretarial position, she is told the position is already filled. We never see a secretary employed in the newsroom in any future episodes however.