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Maude Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1976 - 1977
Episode 1
Vivian's First Funeral
Mon, Sep 20, 1976 30 mins
Vivian is traumatized when she must attend her first funeral. Maude: Beatrice Arthur. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. MacDonald: Arny Freeman. Malcolm Flanagan: Richard McMurray.
Episode 2
Maude and Chester
Mon, Sep 27, 1976 30 mins
Maude and Husband No. 2 meet to clear up some postmarital legal work and end up locked in the lawyer's office for the weekend. Beatrice Arthur. Harry: Gene Blakely. Cleaning Woman: Noreen Gammill.
Episode 3
Bert Moves In
Mon, Oct 4, 1976 30 mins
Mrs. Naugatuck's fiancé withdraws his marriage proposal after losing his job. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley. Bert: J. Pat O'Malley. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Walter: Bill Macy.
Episode 4
Walter's Crisis
Mon, Oct 11, 1976 30 mins
Walter's business loan falls through, putting an end to the Findlays' vacation plans. First of three parts. Bill Macy, Beatrice Arthur. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Gordon Coleman: Dick Van Patten. Shirley Coleman: Phyllis Avery.
Episode 5
Walter's Crisis
Mon, Oct 18, 1976 30 mins
Second of three parts. Bankrupt and unemployed, Walter sinks deeper into depression. Beatrice Arthur. Ned: Alan Manson. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Sidney: Brian O'Byrne. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 6
Walter's Crisis
Mon, Oct 25, 1976 30 mins
Walter overdoses on sleeping pills and is confined to a mental-health center for observation. Last of three parts. Beatrice Arthur. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley.
Episode 7
The Election and Carol's Boyfriend
Mon, Nov 1, 1976 30 mins
Maude disapproves of Carol's boyfriend a man 11 years her junior. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley. Leon: William Schallert. Ursula: June Vincent.
Episode 8
The Game Show
Mon, Nov 8, 1976 30 mins
On a visit to New York, Maude and Vivian (Rue McClanahan) are chosen as game-show contestants, and enjoy a winning streak. Lyle Bellamy: Conrad Janis. Walter: Bill Macy. Mario: Billy Sands. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Sally: Jane Connell.
Episode 9
Arthur's Worry
Mon, Nov 15, 1976 30 mins
Walter's dream of having kissed Arthur cools their fishing-trip camaraderie. Bill Macy, Beatrice Arthur. Mrs. Shubeck: Queenie Smith. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 10
Mrs. Naugatuck's Wedding
Mon, Nov 22, 1976 30 mins
Bride-to-be Mrs. Naugatuck refuses to take her fiancé's surname. Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley. Bert: J. Pat O'Malley. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Phillip: Brian Morrison.
Episode 11
Maude's New Friends
Mon, Nov 29, 1976 30 mins
Helen Page Camp and James Coco play a liberated couple eager to introduce the Findlays to wife-swapping. Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau.
Episode 12
The Rip-Off
Mon, Dec 13, 1976 30 mins
Walter wants to form a neighborhood patrol after his house is robbed. Beatrice Arthur. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Chick: Alan Hewitt. Off. Lopez: Abraham Alvarez. Eddie Hanks: Dennis Burkley.
Episode 13
Walter's Christmas Gift
Mon, Dec 20, 1976 30 mins
Christmas looks bleak for the bankrupt Findlays until Arthur offers Walter a partnership in his new business. Beatrice Arthur. Binder: Cliff Norton. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau.
Episode 14
Captain Hero
Mon, Jan 3, 1977 30 mins
Maude's cousin offends a potential contributor to Maude's mental-health clinic. Marshall Keebler: John Byner. Avery Potter: Logan Ramsey. Maude: Beatrice Arthur. Walter: Bill Macy. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley.
Episode 15
Maude's Adult Relationship
Mon, Jan 17, 1977 30 mins
Maude insists her friendship with a handsome associate is platonic. Jeremy Hubbard: Liam Sullivan. Walter: Bill Macy. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 16
Arthur's Crisis
Mon, Feb 7, 1977 30 mins
Arthur's confidence is shattered when his best friend dies after a routine operation. Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Albie Doyle: Eugene Roche. Dr. Pritchard: Charles Lane. Chip Morgan: Michael Keaton.
Episode 17
Maude's Desperate Hour
Mon, Feb 14, 1977 30 mins
A house painter threatens Maude after she rejects his advances. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Det. Bronson: Philip Sterling. Det. Kennedy: Robert DoQui.
Episode 18
Maude's Reunion 1977
Mon, Feb 21, 1977 30 mins
Seeing a wheelchair-bound college friend ends Maude's griping about growing old. Beatrice Arthur. Walter: Bill Macy. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Ritchie Myers: Roger Bowen.
Episode 19
Feminine Fulfillment
Mon, Feb 28, 1977 30 mins
Maude is horrified when Vivian joins a "total-womanhood" group and soon becomes Arthur's self-effacing slave. Bill Macy. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Greenblatt: Don Sherman.
Episode 20
Maude's Aunt
Mon, Mar 7, 1977 30 mins
Eve Arden plays Maude's Aunt Lola, a lover of ribald jokes and balding men. Beatrice Arthur, Bill Macy. Bert: J. Pat O'Malley. Mrs. Naugatuck: Hermione Baddeley. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 21
Arthur's New Friend
Mon, Mar 14, 1977 30 mins
Arthur's new friend snobbishly ignores Walter (Bill Macy). Conrad Bain, Beatrice Arthur. Hubie: Larry Gelman. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 22
Vivian's Surprise
Mon, Mar 21, 1977 30 mins
Arthur is not behaving at all like himself, and Vivian is delighted. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Arnold: Bonor Bain (Conrad's real-life twin brother). Maude: Beatrice Arthur. Walter: Bill Macy.
Episode 23
The Household Feud
Mon, Mar 28, 1977 30 mins
Mrs. Naugatuck purposely smashes a Findlay heirloom after Maude accidentally breaks the housekeeper's cremation urn. Bert: J. Pat O'Malley. Carol: Adrienne Barbeau. Walter: Bill Macy. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Vivian: Rue McClanahan.
Episode 24
The New Maid
Mon, Apr 4, 1977 30 mins
In a bid for interracial amity, Maude hires a black maid to replace Mrs. Naugatuck. Bill Macy. Vivian: Rue McClanahan. Arthur: Conrad Bain. Wino: Cliff Norton.
