Maude's unexpected announcement that she is pregnant brings divergent reactions from Carol and Walter. Original airdate, November 14, 1972.
Tropes:
- Absurdly Elderly Mother: What Maude fears.
- But I Can't Be Pregnant!: Maude finds out she's pregnant, despite being 47 years old and taking birth control. She decides to get an abortion.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Vivian starts out with grey hair in a handful of early appearances, and after she gets a facelift, her hair is dyed blond.
- Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Perhaps the earliest well-known aversion of this trope. Discussed in this two-part episode.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: Maude is 47 years old and on birth control so she unexpectedly becomes pregnant.
- Multi-Part Episode: "Maude's Dilemma" parts 1 and 2.
- Surprise Pregnancy: Maude is the one who becomes pregnant, to her dismay.
- Teen Pregnancy: Maude has a nine-year-old grandson from Carol, the daughter of her second husband. If Maude is indeed 47, then both she and Carol must have started very young.
- Very Special Episode: This two-part episode tackles abortion.
- Wham Line: Maude to her friend Vivian: "Vivian, I'm pregnant".
- Younger Than They Look: Maude is only 47 but she looks older. Law of Inverse Fertility,
