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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 410678" data-attributes="member: 5079">For what it&#039;s worth, I don&#039;t regard it has a dip in quality.&nbsp; One of the episodes I skip is what&#039;s regarded as the series&#039; best episode and often considered one of the best American sitcom episodes of all time.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t care for it; or, perhaps, just find it overrated.By season six, we&#039;ll come full circle in the discussion.&nbsp; I think what intrigued you to watch MTM was comments about this being a rare American sitcom to evolve.&nbsp; By the last two seasons, those changes are in place.&nbsp; Characters, relationships and situations aren&#039;t the same as they were in the beginning.&nbsp; These changes are organic and logical, but they also changed so much of what I loved about the early seasons.&nbsp; Change is a double edged sword!I just passed a season six episode with a detail I had not really noticed previously.&nbsp; Ted likes Murray&#039;s teasing; a nice touch by the writers to keep that relationship pleasant.I&#039;m not well versed in British sitcoms, but in broad strokes that seems to be the case.&nbsp; &quot;Realism&quot;, insults, and sauciness all seemed to make their way into American TV by way of British inspiration.Other than Ted Knight, who passed away in the 80s, the MTM cast was remarkably long lived.&nbsp; It&#039;s only in the last 10 years or so that the rest have passed on.&nbsp; At this point, only Joyce Bulifant (Marie) and Lisa Gerritsen (Bess) are still with us.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 410678, member: 5079"] For what it's worth, I don't regard it has a dip in quality. One of the episodes I skip is what's regarded as the series' best episode and often considered one of the best American sitcom episodes of all time. I just don't care for it; or, perhaps, just find it overrated. By season six, we'll come full circle in the discussion. I think what intrigued you to watch MTM was comments about this being a rare American sitcom to evolve. By the last two seasons, those changes are in place. Characters, relationships and situations aren't the same as they were in the beginning. These changes are organic and logical, but they also changed so much of what I loved about the early seasons. Change is a double edged sword! I just passed a season six episode with a detail I had not really noticed previously. Ted [I]likes [/I]Murray's teasing; a nice touch by the writers to keep that relationship pleasant. I'm not well versed in British sitcoms, but in broad strokes that seems to be the case. "Realism", insults, and sauciness all seemed to make their way into American TV by way of British inspiration. Other than Ted Knight, who passed away in the 80s, the MTM cast was remarkably long lived. It's only in the last 10 years or so that the rest have passed on. At this point, only Joyce Bulifant (Marie) and Lisa Gerritsen (Bess) are still with us. [/QUOTE]

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