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The Best Episodes of Maude Season 1

Every episode of Maude Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Maude Season 1!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Maude Season 1 Episode 1 - Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist
    7.4/10(215 votes)

    #1 - Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist

    S1:E1

    Carol's odd behavior leads Maude to believe she's having an affair. When Maude learns Carol is really seeing a psychiatrist, she is determined to get to the bottom of the situation and find out why her daughter needs therapy. Maude promptly makes an enexpected visit to Carol's psychiatrist but soon finds herself being analyzed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Maude Season 1 Episode 2 - Doctor, Doctor
    7.4/10(175 votes)

    #2 - Doctor, Doctor

    S1:E2

    Carol and Maude thinks it's cute when they discover a curious Phillip playing doctor with Arthur's equally curious granddaughter. However, the prudish Arthur insists that Phillip be severely punished which leads to a debate between Maude, Cariol and Arthur over morals.

    Director:Bill Hobin
    Writer:Budd Grossman

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  3. Maude Season 1 Episode 3 - Maude Meets Florida
    8.2/10(192 votes)

    #3 - Maude Meets Florida

    S1:E3

    Maude hires a new housekeeper, Florida Evans, and from the moment she walks through the front door, Maude is determind to make her feel like an equal. However, her attempts lead Florida to decide to quit. Meanwhile, Walter is a bit disturbed to find Philip swearing into a tape recorder.

    Director:Robert H. Livingston
    Writers:Rod Parker, Walter Stone

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  4. Maude Season 1 Episode 4 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
    7.5/10(158 votes)

    #4 - Like Mother, Like Daughter

    S1:E4

    Carol is dating Russell Asher, a dashing writer, who just happens to have once dated and later jilted Maude. This leads Maude to do her best to warn Carol of Russell's egotistical ways. However, Carol refuses to heed Maude's warnings and continues to date him, even spending the night with him which turns into a disaster.

    Director:Bill Hobin
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  5. Maude Season 1 Episode 5 - Maude and the Radical
    7.3/10(153 votes)

    #5 - Maude and the Radical

    S1:E5

    Maude throws a fund raising party for a black militant leader and invites rich white liberals but doesn't tell them it is a fund raising party. Meanwhile, Maude does her best to get a black couple to attend the party but must settle for a disguised Florida. Arthur doesn't help the situation either after prescribing tranquilers to Maude who during the party mixes them with alcohol.

    Director:Bud Yorkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maude Season 1 Episode 6 - The Ticket
    7.4/10(161 votes)

    #6 - The Ticket

    S1:E6

    Returning home from shopping, Maude gets pulled over for speeding 34 miles in a 30 mph zone, but adamantly refuses to believe she was speeding at all. Later, during the trial, Maude tries all attempts to get out of paying the fine and prove her innocence.

    Director:Bill Hobin
    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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  7. Maude Season 1 Episode 7 - Love and Marriage
    7.3/10(144 votes)

    #7 - Love and Marriage

    S1:E7

    Tired of living with her mother and stepfather and wanting a father figure for Phillip, Carol decides to propose marriage to a man she doesn't love. Meanwhile, married life doesn't seem to be all what it's cracked up to be for Maude and Walter who's argument leads to destruction in the kitchen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Maude Season 1 Episode 8 - Flashback
    7.4/10(135 votes)

    #8 - Flashback

    S1:E8

    While waiting for the electoral results for Election 1972, Maude and Walter recall Election 1968. Carol had just gotten a divorce and moved in with Maude. Meanwhile, Walter and Maude's relationship had reached a pivotal moment; should they marry or live together.

    Director:Bill Hobin
    Writer:Alan J. Levitt

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  9. Maude Season 1 Episode 9 - Maude's Dilemma (1)
    8.1/10(182 votes)

    #9 - Maude's Dilemma (1)

    S1:E9

    Maude and Walter are scheduled to play cards one evening with some friends but Maude is anything but in a card playing mood. Especially since, she just came back from a doctor's appointment with some shocking news. At 47 years old, Maude has become pregnant. Now the hard part, breaking the news to Walter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  10. Maude Season 1 Episode 10 - Maude's Dilemma (2)
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    #10 - Maude's Dilemma (2)

    S1:E10

    After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's ""what-ever-you-want"" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Susan Harris

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  11. Maude Season 1 Episode 11 - Maude's Reunion
    7.8/10(142 votes)

    #11 - Maude's Reunion

    S1:E11

    Maude pulls out all her high school memorabilia as she awaits the arrival of an old school friend, Phyllis Nash, who was nicknamed both ""Bunny"" because of an overbite and ""Mousie"" because of her looks. However, Maude is stunned and becomes envious when she discovers Phyllis is now a beauty with a career to match.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maude Season 1 Episode 12 - The Grass Story
    7.4/10(138 votes)

    #12 - The Grass Story

    S1:E12

    As a 19-year-old faces a lengthy prison sentence for marijuana possession, Maude and a group of middle-aged housewives plan a protest at a police station. The plan is to get arrested for possession and Maude is supposed to provide the pot. However, trying to get her hands on some, proves to be problematic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maude Season 1 Episode 13 - The Slumlord
    6.7/10(137 votes)

    #13 - The Slumlord

    S1:E13

    Maude is stunned to discover a black man picketing in front of her home. It isn't until later that she discovers that Walter and her have unwittingly become the owners of a rundown apartment building and they are now being labeled ""slumlords"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Woody Kling

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  14. Maude Season 1 Episode 14 - The Convention
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    #14 - The Convention

    S1:E14

    Walter and Maude go to Massachusetts for an appliance seller's convention. When their reservations at a upscale hotel are botched, they must share a shabby motel. This is when a squabble ensues when Maude tries to confide in Walter the angst she has over not having any meaning in her life and the troubles she's been having trying to find a job because she's a woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

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  15. Maude Season 1 Episode 15 - Walter's 50th Birthday
    7.4/10(124 votes)

    #15 - Walter's 50th Birthday

    S1:E15

    Maude plans a surprise 50th birthday bash for Walter that does not go as well as she planned since Walter is too depressed to have any fun. However, Maude hopes an old friend will be the cure for Walter's gloominess, but she is dead wrong when he drops dead before Walter's eyes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maude Season 1 Episode 16 - Maude and the Medical Profession
    7.4/10(120 votes)

    #16 - Maude and the Medical Profession

    S1:E16

    Walter and Maude are planning on taking a second honeymoon to Italy, however, the day their plane leaves, Maude gets a tetnus shot which results in a rash. She immediatley hotfoots it down to the doctors office where she encounters a busy preoccupied doctor who perscribes her medication but doesn't advise her on how to take it, resulting in an overdose, cancellation of the honeymoon and a possible malpractice suit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Maude Season 1 Episode 17 - Arthur Moves In
    7.3/10(114 votes)

    #17 - Arthur Moves In

    S1:E17

    After a fire breaks out in his home, Arthur moves in with the Findlays and immediately works over Maude's nerves. Not only does Arthur keep Walter up all night playing card games, but he gives Florida work to do and insists Maude prepare his food in a certain way. Pretty soon, Maude insists that Walter throw him out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Maude Season 1 Episode 18 - Florida's Problem
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    #18 - Florida's Problem

    S1:E18

    Florida is backed into a corner by her chauvinistic husband, Henry, who has picked up a second job and orders her to quit her housekeeping job at the Findlays home. Soon it begins to cause problems for Maude and Walter as Walter takes Henry's side and Maude takes Florida's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Maude Season 1 Episode 19 - Walter's Secret
    7.0/10(111 votes)

    #19 - Walter's Secret

    S1:E19

    Carol walks into a cocktail lounge and catches a glimpse of Walter having drinks in a cozy corner with a woman who once worked for him. When Maude finds out, she immediately jumps to the conclusion that Walter is having an affair and promptly packs up his things and orders him out of the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

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  20. Maude Season 1 Episode 20 - Maude's Good Deed
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Maude's Good Deed

    S1:E20

    An old friend of Maude's comes for a visit with news of a feud between herself and her daughter. This leads Maude to go all out and try to reconcile the two but a generation gap and financial matters are working against her attempts. Meanwhile, at the same time, Maude tries to matchmake her friend up with Arthur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Maude Season 1 Episode 21 - The Perfect Marriage
    7.5/10(117 votes)

    #21 - The Perfect Marriage

    S1:E21

    Maude is convinced that her best friend, Vivian has the ""perfect marriage"" so she is completely stunned when Vivian announces plans for a divorce. This leads Maude to analyze her supposed ""perfect marriage"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf

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  22. Maude Season 1 Episode 22 - Maude's Night Out
    7.5/10(111 votes)

    #22 - Maude's Night Out

    S1:E22

    Maude and Walter prepare for a dinner party at Cliff and Joanna Naylor's home. However, while they are getting ready, they discuss and bicker about Cliff's apparent crush on Maude and how she is flattered by him, that is until Walter breaks the news that Cliff is having an affair with someone else at the country club.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist" is the best rated episode of "Maude" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 215 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/12/1972. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Doctor, Doctor".