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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 404147" data-attributes="member: 57984">Or at least referred to again. To have her parents move around the corner, somewhat to Mary&#039;s dismay, and to never even have her mention that they moved away, is an unusual fumble for the show.But even Mary&#039;s show had continuity issues -- some easy to understand and some not. One of the series&#039; strengths was that it was one of the first programs which unfolded in real time, but they couldn&#039;t keep straight Mary&#039;s highschool name nor which year was born (1939 or 1940?). I just saw an early Season 6 episode yesterday in which Mary referred to knowing Ted &quot;seven years&quot; (when it should have been six or even five, and the program was usually a little more consistent with these things).Yes, and that&#039;s it. It was predictable that when you take a very popular, snarky side-character and give them their own shows, most of the edge will be removed and handed over to a new side-character, Brenda the sister (only she didn&#039;t have much of that edge). Plus, Brenda was so different (and differently cast) than she was on MTM briefly, they should have said Rhoda had two sisters -- the one from MTM you never saw again.RHODA&#039;s identity was indeed up for grabs. There was never the clarity that existed on the parent series -- there&#039;s a rolling sea of pleasantly lame episodes, one after the other, that just don&#039;t entirely work. Interesting. I know the &#039;70s feminists weren&#039;t all that thrilled with MTM because, basically, Mary Richards was too nice, her feministic discovery too subtle and organic. They wanted her to be more of a MUROHY BROWN kind of character, kickin&#039; ass and takin&#039; names (presumably male ass &amp; names) which wouldn&#039;t have worked in 1970 and became tired quite quickly even on Candice Bergen&#039;s show.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 404147, member: 57984"] Or at least referred to again. To have her parents move around the corner, somewhat to Mary's dismay, and to never even have her mention that they moved away, is an unusual fumble for the show. But even Mary's show had continuity issues -- some easy to understand and some not. One of the series' strengths was that it was one of the first programs which unfolded in real time, but they couldn't keep straight Mary's highschool name nor which year was born (1939 or 1940?). I just saw an early Season 6 episode yesterday in which Mary referred to knowing Ted "seven years" (when it should have been six or even five, and the program was usually a little more consistent with these things). Yes, and that's it. It was predictable that when you take a very popular, snarky side-character and give them their own shows, most of the edge will be removed and handed over to a [B]new [/B]side-character, Brenda the sister (only she didn't have much of that edge). Plus, Brenda was so different (and differently cast) than she was on MTM briefly, they should have said Rhoda had two sisters -- the one from MTM you never saw again. RHODA's identity was indeed up for grabs. There was never the clarity that existed on the parent series -- there's a rolling sea of pleasantly lame episodes, one after the other, that just don't entirely work. Interesting. I know the '70s feminists weren't all that thrilled with MTM because, basically, Mary Richards was too nice, her feministic discovery too subtle and organic. They wanted her to be more of a MUROHY BROWN kind of character, kickin' ass and takin' names (presumably male ass & names) which wouldn't have worked in 1970 and became tired quite quickly even on Candice Bergen's show. [/QUOTE]

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