The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series)

Ted's Change of Heart (1976)

Mary Tyler Moore: Mary Richards

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Quotes 

• Ted Baxter : Mary, I didn't get a chance to thank you. You saved my life by pressing your lips to mine.

  Mary Richards : Ted, it was nothing.

  Ted Baxter : What'd you expect? I was sick.

• [Ted has gone out to the balcony to watch the moon] 

  Mary Richards : Wow, he really has changed!

  Georgette Baxter : I know! And, Mary, I've had it with him! I mean, I'm not ready for this. The Ted I married was loud, vain and egotistical; that I could handle. Then he has a little heart attack and turns into St. Francis of Assisi!

• [Everyone's stunned at Ted's sudden return to normalcy] 

  Murray Slaughter : What happened?

  Mary Richards : Well, I guess this experience, this feeling must go away.

  Lou Grant : Yeah. I just remembered. The same thing happened in the war. During combat I never held life more dearly. But the feeling started to go away the minute the Germans stopped shooting at me. I never forgave them for that. I guess it always wears off.