Mary makes a disturbing discovery in Season 3: She’s paid less than her male predecessor. In later seasons she’s promoted from associate producer to producer (and fights back when she’s assigned a co-producer). Much of her battle is familiar to Mary, but Flo has a hard edge that is decidedly un-Mary-like. People like Flo Meredith broke the ground for people like Mary Richards.” Mary: “Sometimes you really surprise me. In the first episode of Season 5, Mary goes to jail when she refuses to reveal her source on a story.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2017 15:44 UTC