Season 1 (Maude)

Also see: All in the Family Archie Bunker's Place

The first season of Maude aired from September 12, 1972 to March 20, 1973 and consisted of 22 episodes.

Cast

• Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay
• Bill Macy as Walter Findlay
• Conrad Bain as Dr. Arthur Harmon
• Rue McClanahan as Vivian Harmon
• Adrienne Barbeau as Carol Traynor
• Esther Rolle as Florida Evans
• Brian Morrison as Phillip Traynor, Carol's son (in recurring apperances)

Season 1 (1972–73)

Season 1 episodes
Image	# in series	# in Season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
	1	1	"Maude's Problem" (also titled: "Maude and the Psychiatrist")	Robert H. Livingston	Susan Silver	September 12, 1972	102
Maude (Beatrice Arthur) is suspicious when she notices changes to her daughter Carol's (Adrienne Barbeau) mood. Initially thinking Carol is having an affair, Maude is surprised to learn she is actually seeing a psychiatrist, and that he has a few questions for Maude.
	2	2	"Doctor, Doctor"	Bill Hobin	Budd Grossman	September 19, 1972	103
Carol's eight-year-old son Phillip (Brian Morrison) is caught playing doctor with next-door neighbor Arthur's (Conrad Bain) visiting granddaughter, Angela. Arthur insists that Phillip be punished for the act, while Carol and Maude believe it to be just simple young expression. This sparks an argument between Arthur and Maude on "the moral decay in our society".
	3	3	"Maude Meets Florida"	Robert H. Livingston	Rod Parker & Walter Stone	September 26, 1972	101
Forward-thinking Maude tries to prove her worth as a liberal by hiring a black maid, Florida Evans (Esther Rolle). In doing so, Maude overcompensates by going out of her way to treat her as an "equal," which Florida cannot stand. Maude's husband Walter is troubled to find Phillip swearing into a tape recorder and then playing it back.
	4	4	"Like Mother, Like Daughter"	Bill Hobin	Susan Harris	October 3, 1972	104
Carol starts dating a man named Russell Asher (Cesare Danova) who once dumped her mother. While Maude does her best to warn Carol of his ways, Carol believes Maude is interfering too much in her life. However, a late night that went a bit too far, in which Russell calls Carol "Maude", proves that Maude was right.
	5	5	"Maude and the Radical"	Bud Yorkin	Budd Grossman & Eugene Pratt	October 10, 1972	105
Maude organizes a fund-raising party for a black militant politician and invites all her rich white friends under false pretenses. Maude also tries to get black people to attend the party, but the best she can do is make Florida go to the event, calling her Florida DuBonnet. Then, during the party, Maude mixes Arthur's prescribed tranquilizers with alcohol, which causes her to reveal the fundraising part of the party, and causing her guests to leave.
	6	6	"The Ticket"	Bill Hobin	Erik Tarloff	October 17, 1972	109
Maude receives a speeding ticket that could result in the suspension of her driver's license. Despite having a connection to someone who can "fix" the ticket, she insists on protesting the citation even after the judge immediately dismisses her "fixed" ticket.
	7	7	"Love and Marriage"	Bill Hobin	Ralph Goodman & Budd Grossman	October 24, 1972	108
Tired of being 27 years old and raising her son while living with her mother, Carol believes her ticket out of the house is to get married to a man (Frank Aletter) she does not truly love. Meanwhile, Walter gets tired of Maude neglecting him, which leads to a dish-breaking fight in the kitchen.
	8	8	"Flashback"	Bill Hobin	Alan J. Levitt	October 31, 1972	110
While Maude and Walter wait to see who won the presidential election, they reminisce about the same night four years before. Carol is going through a divorce and moving in with Maude, and Walter and Maude must make a decision either to marry or just cohabit.
	9	9	"Maude's Dilemma: Part 1"	Bill Hobin	Austin & Irma Kalish (story) Susan Harris (teleplay)	November 14, 1972	106
At 47-years-old, Maude discovers she is pregnant and must figure out how to tell the news to Walter as she plays cards with neighbors Arthur and Vivian Cavender (Rue McClanahan).
	10	10	"Maude's Dilemma: Part 2"	Bill Hobin	Irma Kalish (story) & Susan Harris (teleplay)	Novmber 21, 1972	107
Carol suggests that Maude should terminate the pregnancy now that the practice is legal in the state of New York. Maude cannot gauge Walter's reaction as he is publicly indifferent to the idea. After soul-searching and taking advice from Carol, Walter, Arthur and Vivian, Maude decides to terminate the pregnancy.
	11	11	"Maude's Reunion"	Bill Hobin	Alan J. Leavitt, Budd Grossman (teleplay) & Leo Rifkin (teleplay/story)	November 28, 1972	112
Maude reunites with an old high school friend, Phyllis "Bunny" Nash (Barbara Rush), who was not a beauty when Maude knew her. She is horrified to learn that Ms. Nash is now a very attractive, single career woman, and it makes Maude resentful of her own position in life, especially when she bonds with Carol.
	12	12	"The Grass Story"	Bill Hobin	Arnold Kane & Gordon Farr	December 5, 1972	113
Maude stands up for her principles when she hears of a teenager arrested for possession of marijuana. Maude convinces her rich liberal girlfriends to picket with her at the police station, and to get arrested themselves as a symbolic move when the police sees that they are also in possession of the drug. It proves to be a challenge for Maude to "score" some, but when she does, she and Walter fight over it.
	13	13	"The Slumlord"'	Bill Hobin	Marvin Kaplan (story) & Woody Kling (teleplay)	December 19, 1972	111
Maude and Walter are labeled slumlords after they learn that they own a rundown apartment building and someone pickets the conditions on their front lawn. It leads to problems for Phillip and aggravation for Florida, who temporarily quits her job.
	14	14	"The Convention"	Hal Cooper	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	January 2, 1973	114
Maude accompanies Walter to an appliance convention in Massachusetts. They must share a room in a cheap motel after their reservations are mixed up at their first choice of hotel. At this inopportune time, Maude shares her feelings with Walter about the lack of meaning in her life and the difficulties she is facing in her quest for employment due to her gender. This leads to another fight between them.
	15	15	"Walter's 50th Birthday"	Hal Cooper	Pamela Herbert Chais (teleplay) & Maurice Richlin (story)	January 23, 1973	115
Maude prepares a surprise birthday party for Walter, who is depressed about turning 50. Always the optimist, however, Maude brings over an old friend to cheer Walter up, but it leads to even more ruin when the friend shows up to the party and dies. Maude and Walter argue, with them throwing their respective suitcases through the bedroom windows.
	16	16	"Maude and the Medical Profession"	Hal Cooper	Alan J. Levitt (teleplay) & Lou Shaw (teleplay/story)	January 30, 1973	116
Maude and Walter are all ready to take their second honeymoon to Rome. A tetanus shot Maude received as a prerequisite for travel gives her a rash, and when she encounters a busy doctor (Tom Bosley) who gives her medication without telling her correct dosage, her equilibrium becomes completely off balance, forcing both of them to cancel their trip. Out $800 for their deposit, they are enraged enough to sue the doctor for malpractice.
	17	17	'Arthur Moves In"	Hal Cooper	Pamela Herbert Chais (teleplay) & Norman & Harriet Belkin (story)	February 6, 1973	117
Arthur quickly wears out his welcome with both Maude and Florida after he must move in due to fire damage at his house. After one demand too many, Maude insists that Walter tell Arthur to get out.
	18	18	"Florida's Problem"	Hal Cooper	Budd Grossman (teleplay) & Alan J. Levitt (story)	February 13, 1973	118
Florida's husband Henry (John Amos) insists that she does not need to work, and after he starts a second job, he gives her an ultimatum to quit. When Maude hears of the news, Maude stands up for Florida's rights while Walter sides with Henry.
	19	19	"Walter's Secret"	Hal Cooper	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	February 27, 1973	119
Carol catches Walter having a cozy drink with a much younger woman who used to work for him at his appliance business, Gladys Horton. Carol tells Maude, and fearing the worst, demands that Walter take his things and move out.
	20	20	"Maude's Good Deed"	Hal Cooper	Pamela Herbert Chais	March 6, 1973	120
Maude's old friend Jane comes to visit, but the visit turns sour when Maude tries to reconcile Jane with her daughter Linda (Lee Lawson), who took her mother to court for her inheritance and later snags away Arthur, who Jane dated! The next day, Maude's final plan for peace goes completely awry.
	21	21	"The Perfect Marriage"	Hal Cooper	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	March 13, 1973	121
Maude's best friend Vivian Cavender unexpectedly announces that she is getting a divorce, which shakes Maude as she believed Vivian's marriage to be completely perfect. It leads Maude to her own neuroses and second thoughts about her own marriage and how perfect it is.
	22	22	"Maude's Night Out"	Hal Cooper	Pamela Herbert Chais	March 20, 1973	122
While getting ready for Cliff Naylor's party, Maude makes Walter jealous with the revelation that Cliff always checks Maude out. Walter responds by dropping a bomb on Maude: Cliff is cheating on his wife. Maude feels foolish that Cliff went after another woman and perhaps she is not as sexually attractive as she thought she was.