The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) The Seminar (1976) User Reviews

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[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 27 February 2017]

Lou gets funding so he and Mary can go to a seminar in Washington, D. C. Ted gets wind of it and remembers that Lou had promised him he could go on the next trip. To save face, he has to agree to let Ted be the producer for two days while they are gone. Of course, he does the Frank Burns thing where changes are going to be made. Fortunately, no one pays any attention to him, so he just runs around looking over people's shoulders and getting in the way. Meanwhile Lou and Mary hit the Capitol and Lou sits around while Mary goes out with a Congressman, played by Dabney Coleman. Mary has a great time and feels sorry for Lou, who doesn't seem to be doing anything. The ending is quite amazing, but I won't ruin it.

Cute episode with big plot hole

[nbrice18 · 8/10 · 15 November 2020]

Lou takes Mary to Washington DC for a seminar....on the weekend. The sub plot is that since he had promised to take Ted on the next out of town trip, and didn't, Ted would get to be in charge. Since when do Murray and Ted work on a weekend? Newsrooms never have the same people 7 days a week. The writers goofed; the seminar should have been during the week. Yes, I notice the little things.

A bird in the hand...

[Rrrobert · 8/10 · 5 February 2020]

Well done episode.

Lou asks Mary to accompany him to a seminar in Washington DC. Ted is upset at not being invited, so Lou appeases him by putting him in charge of the newsroom, to Murray's horror.

In Washington, Lou wants to stay in awaiting calls from his old contacts while Mary wants to take up the offers she has received from people at the seminar like the Congressman (Dabney Coleman).

Cool ending.