History Heartwarming / TheMaryTylerMooreShow

* A subtler example, perhaps, but the theme song lyrics changing from season 1's "You might just make it after all" to season 2's "You're ''gonna'' make it after all".

* In "Operation: Lou", while Lou is resting in the hospital, Ted drops by several times to keep him company. While Lou is initially wary like he usually would be, he softens when Ted admits that Lou is his best friend, and he's furthur touched when Ted makes him a paperweight for him. He spends a fair amount of the episode afterwards singing Ted's praises, even defending him when Murray starts insulting him like usual. It unfortunately is sullied when Lou tries to get the drop on a hot story on the air only for Ted to ruin it by dedicating the last few minutes of the broadcast to talking about Lou's recovery instead, infuriating Lou, but the thought was still there.

* In what could be seen eerily as a parallel to Gavin [=MacLeod=] being the only ''MTM'' cast member never to receive an Emmy nomination, Season 7's "Murray Can't Lose" chronicles some of Murray's frustrations with never managing to receive a win at the Teddy's Awards for his work, while the rest of his colleagues are often acknowledged. In the episode itself, Lou hears from an inside source that Murray is apparently a lock to win that year, and Murray becomes excited by the [[DayInTheLimelight prospect of some recognition]]. However, [[TearJerker Murray ends up losing]], left out once again (while Mary, Lou, Sue Ann and Ted all managed to win that very night). In the end, Murray's wife tells him to read out what would have been his acceptance speech, and it results in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when everyone finds out that the speech was going to highlight the depths to which he loved all of his friends.

* In "Operation: Lou", while Lou is resting in the hospital, Ted drops by several times to keep him company. While Lou is initially wary like he usually would be, he softens when Ted admits that Lou is his best friend, and he's furthur touched when Ted makes him a paperweight for him. He spends a fair amount of the episode afterwards singing Ted's praises, even defending him when Murray starts insulting him like usual. It unfortunately is sullied when Lou tries to get the drop on a hot story on the air only for Ted to ruin it by dedicating the last few minutes of the broadcast to talking about Lou's recovery instead, infuriating Lou, but the thought was still there.

* In "Operation: Lou", while Lou is resting in the hospital, Ted drops by several times to keep him company.

* A subtler example, perhaps, but the theme song lyrics changing from season 1's "You might just make it after all" to season 2's "You're ''gonna'' make it after all".

* In what could be seen eerily as a parallel to Gavin [=MacLeod=] being the only ''MTM'' cast member never to receive an Emmy nomination, Season 7's "Murray Can't Lose" chronicles some of Murray's frustrations with never managing to receive a win at the Teddy's Awards for his work, while the rest of his colleagues are often acknowledged. In the episode itself, Lou hears from an inside source that Murray is apparently a lock to win that year, and Murray becomes excited by the [[DayInTheLimelight prospect of some recognition]]. However, [[TearJerker Murray ends up losing]], left out once again (while Mary, Lou, Sue Ann and Ted all managed to win that very night). In the end, Murray's wife tells him to read out what would have been his acceptance speech, and it results in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when everyone finds out that the speech was going to highlight the depths to which he loved all of his friends.

* After Ted reveals to everyone that Murray actually penned a successful article that the former was supposed to write in Season 7's "Murray Ghost of Ted", Murray drops by his dressing room to thank him personally. With it airing so close to the end of the series' run, it's particularly gratifying to see how much the two could care for each other.

* In what could be seen eerily as a parallel to Gavin [=MacLeod=] being the only ''Mary Tyler Moore'' actor not to ever receive an Emmy nomination, Season 7's "Murray Can't Lose" chronicles some of Murray's frustrations with never managing to receive a win at the Teddy's Awards for his work, while the rest of his colleagues are often acknowledged. In the episode itself, Lou hears from an inside source that Murray is apparently a lock to win that year, and Murray becomes excited by the [[DayInTheLimelight prospect of some recognition]]. However, [[TearJerker Murray ends up losing]], left out once again (while Mary, Lou, Sue Ann and Ted all managed to win that very night). In the end, Murray's wife tells him to read out what would have been his acceptance speech, and it results in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when everyone finds out that the speech was going to highlight the depths to which he loved all of his friends.

* In what could be seen eerily as a parallel to Gavin MacLeod being the only ''Mary Tyler Moore'' actor not to ever receive an Emmy nomination, Season 7's "Murray Can't Lose" chronicles some of Murray's frustrations with never managing to receive a win at the Teddy's Awards for his work, while the rest of his colleagues are often acknowledged. In the episode itself, Lou hears from an inside source that Murray is apparently a lock to win that year, and Murray becomes excited by the [[DayInTheLimelight prospect of some recognition]]. However, [[TearJerker Murray ends up losing]], left out once again (while Mary, Lou, Sue Ann and Ted all managed to win that very night). In the end, Murray's wife tells him to read out what would have been his acceptance speech, and it results in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when everyone finds out that the speech was going to highlight the depths to which he loved all of his friends.

* In what could be seen eerily as a parallel to Gavin MacLeod being the only ''Mary Tyler Moore'' actor not to receive an Emmy nomination, Season 7's "Murray Can't Lose" chronicles some of Murray's frustrations with never managing to receive a win at the Teddy's Awards for his work, while the rest of his colleagues are often acknowledged. In the episode itself, Lou hears from an inside source that Murray is apparently a lock to win that year, and Murray becomes excited by the [[DayInTheLimelight prospect of some recognition]]. However, [[TearJerker Murray ends up losing]], left out once again (while Mary, Lou, Sue Ann and Ted all managed to win that very night). In the end, Murray's wife tells him to read out what would have been his acceptance speech, and it results in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when everyone finds out that the speech was going to highlight the depths to which he loved all of his friends.

-->'''Murray''': For a long time now, I made you the butt of my jokes because you were there and you happened to be a preposterous figure. But what you did today was classy. You're a fine man, Ted Baxter. It's an honor to know you.

** It works.

* Lou realizing that he really cares for Ted when the latter decides to take a new job as a game show host in Season 6's "Ted's Moment of Glory". When Ted is saying his final goodbyes to everyone at the station, he comes up to Lou, who is unable to say anything but one word:

* The legendary final few moments of the series finale, where the cast engages in a group hug for the ages. There's a reason that modern TV writers look to "The Last Show" as the pinnacle for closing out a series' run.