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Mary Tyler Moore Show and Its Spin-Offs
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 408902" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><em>Rhoda</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><u>Season One</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Good-Bye Charlie / Guess What I Got You For The Holidays / Whattya Think It’s There For? / Not Made For Each Other / Strained Interlude / Everything I Have Is Yours… Almost / Chest Pains / Windows By Rhoda / A Nice Warm Rut / Ida The Elf / Along Comes Mary</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The latter part of Season One has been as good as I could have hoped considering the new circumstances. Married life - so far at least - hasn’t dulled the character Rhoda as much as I feared it might. </p><p></p><p>As previously mentioned, it helps that her relationship with Joe isn’t idyllic. There’s still some fire there, and some friction too. Rhoda’s taken a dislike to Joe’s best friend, been concerned over his emotional wellbeing when she finds out he’s seeing a psychiatrist, faced the prospect of Joe’s business going under and had many a domestic disagreement. At the same time she’s begun carving out a life and career for herself, just as she would have done had Joe not been in the picture. But it helps, too, that Joe himself is very watchable. </p><p></p><p>The roles of characters like Ida and especially Brenda haven’t been as diminished as they could have been, which is another good thing. I do miss Brenda and Rhoda living together, but since they’re still in the same building and visiting one another’s apartment all day long the dynamic is still more or less intact.</p><p></p><p>Appropriately for its lead character, the series rarely feels too cosy or safe. Even Mary’s surprise visit in the final episode of the year brought friction as she interrupted a planned weekend getaway</p><p></p><p>Not much to say about the episodes themselves, other than they’re all working for me and I’m looking forward to beginning Season Two in due course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 408902, member: 23"] [SIZE=5][B][I]Rhoda[/I][/B] [U]Season One[/U] Good-Bye Charlie / Guess What I Got You For The Holidays / Whattya Think It’s There For? / Not Made For Each Other / Strained Interlude / Everything I Have Is Yours… Almost / Chest Pains / Windows By Rhoda / A Nice Warm Rut / Ida The Elf / Along Comes Mary[/SIZE] The latter part of Season One has been as good as I could have hoped considering the new circumstances. Married life - so far at least - hasn’t dulled the character Rhoda as much as I feared it might. As previously mentioned, it helps that her relationship with Joe isn’t idyllic. There’s still some fire there, and some friction too. Rhoda’s taken a dislike to Joe’s best friend, been concerned over his emotional wellbeing when she finds out he’s seeing a psychiatrist, faced the prospect of Joe’s business going under and had many a domestic disagreement. At the same time she’s begun carving out a life and career for herself, just as she would have done had Joe not been in the picture. But it helps, too, that Joe himself is very watchable. The roles of characters like Ida and especially Brenda haven’t been as diminished as they could have been, which is another good thing. I do miss Brenda and Rhoda living together, but since they’re still in the same building and visiting one another’s apartment all day long the dynamic is still more or less intact. Appropriately for its lead character, the series rarely feels too cosy or safe. Even Mary’s surprise visit in the final episode of the year brought friction as she interrupted a planned weekend getaway Not much to say about the episodes themselves, other than they’re all working for me and I’m looking forward to beginning Season Two in due course. [/QUOTE]
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