The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Season 1, Episode 5: Keep Your Guard Up

Episode synopsis

A football player turned insurance salesman applies for a job as a sportscaster and attaches himself to Mary. Mary and Rhoda discover that he hasn't had much success at anything and encourage him to pursue his dreams.

About The Mary Tyler Moore Show

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Love is All Around
• E2Today I Am a Ma'am
• E3Bess, You is My Daughter Now
• E4Divorce Isn't Everything
• E6Support Your Local Mother
• E7Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists
• E8The Snow Must Go On
• E9Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary
• E10Assistant Wanted, Female
• E111040 or Fight
• E12Anchorman Overboard
• E13He's All Yours