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The Mary Tyler Moore Show/Father's Day
| Father's Day | |
| Season 4, Episode 6 | |
| Airdate | October 20, 1973 |
| Production Number | 7303 |
| Written by | Ed. Weinberger |
| Directed by | Jay Sandrich |
| Produced by | Ed. Weinberger |
| ← 4x05 Hi There, Sports Fans |
4x07 → Son of "But Seriously Folks" |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Season Four | |
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Father's Day is the sixth episode of the fourth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the seventy-eighth episode overall.
Starring: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards)
Co-Starring: Edward Asner (Lou Grant)
with Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern), Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter), Ted Knight (Ted Baxter)
Additional Cast: Georgia Engel (Georgette), John Holland (Mr. Caldwell)
Guest Star: Liam Dunn (Ted's Father)
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Plot Overview
At the newsroom, Mary takes three telephone messages from a man stating that he's Ted's father, who wants to see Ted while he's visiting from Gary, Indiana. It surprises Mary since Ted's never mentioned his father before. Ted doesn't take the news well, since he hasn't ever really seen the man since his father ran off when Ted was two. Ted doesn't want to see his father for a variety of reasons - primarily fear and anger - and does whatever he needs to hide out from him. But they do meet. In Ted's mind, the unknown was better than the man he meets. The worst part in Ted's mind is that the reason his father came to see Ted was to ask to borrow $2,000. Before his father leaves Minneapolis, Ted has to decide if blood truly is thicker than water.
