This is another great episode! It is very funny. Ted's dilemma is presented in a tactful way,and he handles it just about like we might expect Ted Baxter to handle it.. Because as much of a boor that Ted is,he's a decent and honest guy at heart. Basically,married Ted Baxter is on a weekend trip out of town with his co-workers. Ted's wife is at home. A lovely young lady journalist 'Whitney Lewis' takes a serious shine to Ted Baxter,and pretty much offers herself to married Ted! This woman is a beauty,and Ted is pretty shaken-up after she makes her offer,and her intentions,clear. Something like this doesn't happen often,and Ted is getting older..
On the other hand,Ted knows that he has a one-in-a-million partner in sweet little Georgette. While this is running through his mind,he tries to tell anyone in the group that will listen to him that the young reporter is putting the moves on him! Naturally nobody takes him seriously,as Ted is well-known for his vanity and delusions of grandeur. Eventually,Mary Tyler Moore gets to hear some of a later phonecall between Ted and the beautiful 'Whitney Lewis',and this removes all doubts as to this woman's intentions.
Well,somehow we eventually do get to a"showcase showdown" when Ted visits Whitney in her hotel room. Somehow,some way,Ted manages to turn his back and walk away from a very lovely and eager younger woman.
Ted is a better man than many other men would have been in this one episode!
Review of Ted's Temptation
