Maude

Carol and Maude thinks its cute when they discover a curious Phillip playing doctor with Arthurs equally curious granddaughter. However, the prudish Arthur insists that Phillip be severely punished which leads to a debate between Maude, Cariol and Arthur over morals.

Carol is dating Russell Asher, a dashing writer, who just happens to have once dated and later jilted Maude. This leads Maude to do her best to warn Carol of Russells egotistical ways. However, Carol refuses to heed Maudes warnings and continues to date him, even spending the night with him which turns into a disaster.

Returning home from shopping, Maude gets pulled over for speeding 34 miles in a 30 mph zone, but adamantly refuses to believe she was speeding at all. Later, during the trial, Maude tries all attempts to get out of paying the fine and prove her innocence.

While waiting for the electoral results for Election 1972, Maude and Walter recall Election 1968. Carol had just gotten a divorce and moved in with Maude. Meanwhile, Walter and Maudes relationship had reached a pivotal moment; should they marry or live together.

After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walters ""what-ever-you-want"" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyones opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.

As a 19-year-old faces a lengthy prison sentence for marijuana possession, Maude and a group of middle-aged housewives plan a protest at a police station. The plan is to get arrested for possession and Maude is supposed to provide the pot. However, trying to get her hands on some, proves to be problematic.

Walter and Maude go to Massachusetts for an appliance sellers convention. When their reservations at a upscale hotel are botched, they must share a shabby motel. This is when a squabble ensues when Maude tries to confide in Walter the angst she has over not having any meaning in her life and the troubles shes been having trying to find a job because shes a woman.

Walter and Maude are planning on taking a second honeymoon to Italy, however, the day their plane leaves, Maude gets a tetnus shot which results in a rash. She immediatley hotfoots it down to the doctors office where she encounters a busy preoccupied doctor who perscribes her medication but doesnt advise her on how to take it, resulting in an overdose, cancellation of the honeymoon and a possible malpractice suit.

Florida is backed into a corner by her chauvinistic husband, Henry, who has picked up a second job and orders her to quit her housekeeping job at the Findlays home. Soon it begins to cause problems for Maude and Walter as Walter takes Henrys side and Maude takes Floridas.

An old friend of Maudes comes for a visit with news of a feud between herself and her daughter. This leads Maude to go all out and try to reconcile the two but a generation gap and financial matters are working against her attempts. Meanwhile, at the same time, Maude tries to matchmake her friend up with Arthur.

Maude and Walter prepare for a dinner party at Cliff and Joanna Naylors home. However, while they are getting ready, they discuss and bicker about Cliffs apparent crush on Maude and how she is flattered by him, that is until Walter breaks the news that Cliff is having an affair with someone else at the country club.

After giving Maude a black eye, Walter continues to drink. Later, Arthur sends over a recovering alcoholic to talk some sense into Walter who adamantly refuses help. When Walter discovers Maude got rid of all the alcohol, he goes ballistic and she locks him in the closet. Thats when Carol makes an announcement, shes taking Phillip and is moving out

At age 47 and recently divorced, Vivian begins her single career (a.k.a. husband search) by getting a face-lift; her new face receives plenty of cheers from Carol and Walter, but only jeers from Maude. This leads Vivian to state the obvious, Maude is jealous and would like a face-lift herself. Maude finally decides to have one and intends to keep it a secret from Walter until she has it done.

The lazy furnace repairman, Whitnauer, has been showing an interest in Florida and she doesnt quite know what to do about his advances. This situation ultimately causes marital problems between Florida and her husband, Henry, when he catches her dancing with the man. Meanwhile, Maude and Walter are finding it hard to get Whitnauer to hurry it up on the furnace.

Carol and her boyfriend, Chris return from a camping trip and Maude voices her old fashioned morals to Carol when he stays over and the question becomes where should he sleep, in Carols room or in the guest room. Later, Carol and Chris make an exciting announcement, theyre engaged.

Maude is putting together a charity musical to raise money for a library. The musical is set to be in the style of burlesque, however, Arthur is having a problem with almost every sketch that is planned, accusing them of being distasteful and in some cases pornographic. Maude is quickly faced with an ultimatum, Arthurs way or no musical.

As their impending nuptials draw near, Maude decides to give Carol and Chris their wedding gift early. They are both certainly surprised to find out that Maude has put a down payment on a house for them but the even bigger surprise is that the house is located right across the street. Immediately this sparks family tension between mother and daughter and future husband and wife.

An office party on Christmas Eve at the Findlays home sets the stage for Walters employees to break the news that they are planning to be unionized. When Walter learns this he decides to fire all of them, however, there is yet another issue at hand, Maude is on there side.

Maude is all excited to have a young black girl from the ghetto stay with the Findlays for awhile. She soon discovers that that the girl is actually a feisty teenager who is not thrilled to be staying in a white, guilt ridden, liberals home and quickly starts driving everyone up the wall.

Walter throws Maude a surprise birthday party and she truly is surprised but unhappy about turning another year older. Tired of the men going off by themselves and the women going off by themselves, Maude makes Walter promise to not leave her side the entire evening. However, he soon breaks his promise and Maude goes into her bedroom and refuses to come out.

After Henry, Floridas husband, gets a job promotion, she must tell Maude shes leaving to become a full-time housewife. Maude is heartbroken and is reluctant to hire anyone new but as applicants for the new job come in, Maude finds something wrong with each one. Finally, at the end of the day, Maude must say goodbye to Florida.

Arthur gives Walter a stock tip which causes Walter to lose $3,700. Walter, angry at Arthur, insists on being angry with Arthur for saying it was a sure thing. Later, when Walter finds out Arthur didnt invest in the stock himself, questions arise about his financial situation, which leads to a huge blowup between Walter, Maude, Vivian and Arthur.

Francie Potter, the teenage house-guest from the ghetto returns again, this time asking for money to run away from home. In a plot with her boyfriend, Francie worms her way into Maudes wallet using a bogus story about her drunken father who abuses her and she now want to escape to become a rock and roll star.

Maude becomes concerned when Walter begins smoking a pipe and wearing high heeled shoes. She suggests that perhaps hes going through male menopause. However, what really concerns both her and Arthur is when they catch Vivian and Walter sharing a kiss. This obviously leads to yet more marital strife between the Findlays and the Harmons.

With Florida gone, Maude has finally decided to hire a new housekeeper. She is excited with the fact that the new one, Mrs. Naugatuck is British but quickly the two of them clash over gender roles, as Mrs. Naugatuck insists on calling Walter the master of the house and begins to pamper his every need.

Maude and Vivian go out for drinks one evening, while Arthur and Walter go away for a golfing weekend. The two girls soon compare notes and discover that an old flame who once dated both of them has sent them each a post card saying hell be in town. The two girls quickly get drunk while debating over who he finds more attractive.

Maude is having a restless night, she cant sleep because she has something very important on her mind and wants to tell Walter about it, but hes too busy worrying about the blizzard outside and his end of the summer sale scheduled for the next day. So she decides to just drop the bomb, her doctor has told her that she should have a hysterectomy.

Vivian is throwing a party and she is a nervous wreck, luckily she has Maude to help her. Things get worse when her maid refuses to serve during the event so, Maude extends a hand and gets Mrs. Naugatuck to help out. However, after all that, Maude is in for a shock, Walter and her are not invited to the party.

Maude is spending much of her time with a best-selling author and Walter resents her new-found friendship.

Maude is determined to make her New Years Eve party something to remember.

Maude is left organizing a telethon without a cause, when the charity for which Maude has put in a lot of work withdraws at the last moment.

Maude recruits Vivian into womens liberation, which may threaten Vivians marriage.

Walter would rather go bankrupt than allow Maude to mortgage the house that is in her name.

Maude plans a romantic weekend with Walter to rekindle her marriage, but the situation turns out to be less than ideal.

Maudes political ambitions, and possible election as Senator, threaten her and Walters marriage.

Maude and Walter arrive at a party with ""dates"" of their own.

It is finally election day, and Maudes political and marital fates hang in the balance.

Mrs. Naugatuck is conning everyone, and Maude has to get to the bottom of her scheme.

Maude pours out her innermost feelings, revealing long-hidden secrets and anxieties as well as new insights into her character.

Arthur and Vivian fall out over issues of intimacy and honesty in relationships.

One of Maudes ex-husbands gives himself to her, literally.

Who broke Maudes priceless crystal bowl? There are several conflicting versions of what happened to the punch bowl.

Maude decides Henry Fonda would make the perfect President of the United States and starts a campaign to get him elected, with or without his approval.

Maude stages a tribute to American women for the Tuckahoe Bicentennial celebration. All the men are convinced it is a money losing proposition.

Maudes nephew streches everyones patience, as his laid back lifestyle is just a cover up for his lack of responsibility.

Carol is determined to get promoted at all costs, but Maude does not want her to sacrifice her integrity.

Vivians first funeral is an ordeal for everyone.

Mrs. Naugatucks wedding plans run into problems, and Maude makes a bad situation worse.

Maudes attempts to help Walter in his crisis push him over the edge.

The eve of the national election offers more than political worries for Maude as she meets Carols latest boyfriend.

Walter has a very strange dream involving Arthur.

Will an evening with friends involve mate-swapping? Visitors to Maudes house have more in mind for an evenings entertainment than polite conversation.

A generous gift from Arthur casts a pall on holiday celebrations.

Maude has lunch with a handsome, newly divorced ""friend,"" much against Walters wishes.

Maude feels her life is in danger from an oversexed housepainter, and reacts hysterically.

Maude learns more than she would like to know about Vivian, when she tries to figure out why Vivian is behaving so strangely.

Walter is jealous of Arthurs new friendship, and his sense of loneliness and betrayal makes Maude in turn feel bad.

Maude fires Mrs. Naugatuck, but panics when she finds out she will never see Mrs. Naugatuck again.

Maude extends an invitation to an annoying aunt out of guilt, but suffers for it.

Maude sees a UFO but no one will believe her.

One of Walters female employees wants not just a raise but Walter himself.

Arthur starts a doctors strike, but will he treat his friends when they fall ill?

Maude attacks Walters bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.

Maudes plans for the holiday do not turn out as expected.

Maude receives a series of crank calls. She is in for a bigger shock when she finds out who the caller is.

A fire breaks out at a restaurant, and Walter must face what kind of person he is.

Vivian decides after a thirty-year college reunion that she wants to be single again.

A grandfather learns a lesson about life from his grandson.

Phillip is devastated when he finds out why an older woman has been showing interest in him.

Maudes plans for a dinner party for a friend, a U.S. Congresswoman, changes her life in ways she could never have forseen.