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<blockquote data-quote="Bobby Southworth" data-source="post: 437018" data-attributes="member: 4960">I think you are probably correct on this, for exactly the reasons that you stated. For the show to move forward, it probably wouldn&#039;t have worked as well at the old apartment setting, People missed Rhoda, and I suppose to a lesser extent(well, in my case), Phyllis, but Phyllis also wasn&#039;t around nearly as much as Rhoda, well after the 2nd season. On the other hand, though, as often as the folks from the newsroom stopped by the new apartment, that might have been enough to make the audience accept no longer having Rhoda and Phyllis in the old apartment setting. It&#039;s hard to say for certain. I also think, like everything else about the show we might not have liked losing, it was kind of a natural evolution. Mary had been at WJM for 5 years when she moved, it was time for her to be, &quot;movin&#039; on up&quot;. Did I like the 2nd apartment as much as the first? No. It was pretty nondescript, while the first one had character, and a certain warmth. Again, a woman working her way up in the world probably wouldn&#039;t stay in a studio apartment forever, but there wouldn&#039;t be anything wrong with it if she did, just not very realistic. I actually agree with that unpopular opinion, just based on what I&#039;ve seen of Rhoda. The Joe seasons seem better. It might have worked better had she just not been married to Joe at all, but then I think them making the show primarily about a married couple could have worked, but that kind of limited what Rhoda could do on her own in the series.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bobby Southworth, post: 437018, member: 4960"] I think you are probably correct on this, for exactly the reasons that you stated. For the show to move forward, it probably wouldn't have worked as well at the old apartment setting, People missed Rhoda, and I suppose to a lesser extent(well, in my case), Phyllis, but Phyllis also wasn't around nearly as much as Rhoda, well after the 2nd season. On the other hand, though, as often as the folks from the newsroom stopped by the new apartment, that might have been enough to make the audience accept no longer having Rhoda and Phyllis in the old apartment setting. It's hard to say for certain. I also think, like everything else about the show we might not have liked losing, it was kind of a natural evolution. Mary had been at WJM for 5 years when she moved, it was time for her to be, "movin' on up". Did I like the 2nd apartment as much as the first? No. It was pretty nondescript, while the first one had character, and a certain warmth. Again, a woman working her way up in the world probably wouldn't stay in a studio apartment forever, but there wouldn't be anything wrong with it if she did, just not very realistic. I actually agree with that unpopular opinion, just based on what I've seen of Rhoda. The Joe seasons seem better. It might have worked better had she just not been married to Joe at all, but then I think them making the show primarily about a married couple could have worked, but that kind of limited what Rhoda could do on her own in the series. [/QUOTE]

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