Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.
Writer: Charlie Hauck
Air date: 1977-09-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude extends an invitation to an annoying aunt out of guilt, but suffers for it.
Air date: 1977-09-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude invites Phillip and his male ""friend"" to spend the night, which puts her liberalism to the test.
Air date: 1977-09-26
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude sees a UFO but no one will believe her.
Writer: Thad Mumford
Air date: 1977-10-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude sides with a ""liberated"" young girl against her father.
Air date: 1977-10-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: One of Walter's female employees wants not just a raise but Walter himself.
Air date: 1977-10-31
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude chaperones Philip birthday party, and finds herself in the middle of ""sex, drugs and rock and roll.""
Air date: 1977-11-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Arthur starts a doctor's strike, but will he treat his friends when they fall ill?
Air date: 1977-11-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude's sexual fantasies about a handsome ecologist and her intense involvement in his project make Walter jealous.
Writer: Thad Mumford
Air date: 1977-12-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude attacks Walter's bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.
Air date: 1977-12-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude and Walter compete against each other for the title of ""Businessperson of the Year.""
Air date: 1977-12-19
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude's plans for the holiday do not turn out as expected.
Air date: 1978-01-02
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude finds herself caught in between a Mother Superior and a mob boss.
Air date: 1978-01-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude receives a series of crank calls. She is in for a bigger shock when she finds out who the caller is.
Air date: 1978-01-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude raises money for what turns out to be a questionable charity.
Air date: 1978-02-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A fire breaks out at a restaurant, and Walter must face what kind of person he is.
Air date: 1978-02-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude's Ethiopian foster child turns out to be something different from what she expected.
Air date: 1978-02-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Vivian decides after a thirty-year college reunion that she wants to be single again.
Air date: 1978-02-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Carol's ex-husband shows up, and has ulterior motives.
Air date: 1978-03-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: A grandfather learns a lesson about life from his grandson.
Air date: 1978-03-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Victoria Butterfield's father returns to take her away, and is confronted with secrets from his past.
Air date: 1978-03-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Phillip is devastated when he finds out why an older woman has been showing interest in him.
Air date: 1978-04-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude mourns the moving of her dearest friends till a death has a profound effect on her.
Writer: Charlie Hauck
Air date: 1978-04-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude's plans for a dinner party for a friend, a U.S. Congresswoman, changes her life in ways she could never have forseen.
Writer: Charlie Hauck
Air date: 1978-04-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Maude arrives in Washington as a newly elected Congresswoman and has to learn to do things differently.
