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1. Joe
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
While on vacation in New York, Rhoda meets a man (Joe) and decides not to return to Minneapolis.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) , Bill Zuckert (Nolan Arthur), Todd Turquand (Donnie Gerard), Richard Reicheg (Airport Guard)
2. You Can Go Home Again
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
Rhoda has difficulty finding an apartment in New York City and finally moves into the one place she never even considered--her parents' apartment.
3. I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes
Community Score
| 7.6 Good |
Rhoda's smooth romance with Joe gets a little bumpy when he decides it might be best if the two of them begin dating other people as well as each other.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Todd Turquand (Donnie Gerard), Howard Hesseman (Kirk Stevens)
4. Parents' Day
Community Score
| 8.9 Great |
Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to tackle the generation gap, and schedule lunch with his parents and dinner with hers.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Bella Bruck (Neighbor), Paula Victor (Ruth Maginness), Robert Alda (Paul Gerard), Norman Bartold (Maitre d')
5. The Lady in Red
Community Score
| 6.9 Fair |
Rhoda lands a job with a small publishing firm and ends up delivering the eulogy at the funeral of an author whose specialty was X-rated books.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Louise Latham (Louise Shattner), Robert Moore (Mr. Graham), James Burrows (Agent), Byron Webster (Funeral Director), Bill Smillie (Minister), Loretta Fury (Clerk)
6. Pop Goes the Question
Community Score
| 8.1 Great |
Joe pops the question, but it's not exactly the one Rhoda wants to hear. Instead of "Will you marry me?" it's "How about living together?"
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) , Tom Atkins (Vic Rhodes)
7. The Shower
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Unable to think of just the right gift to get Rhoda, Brenda decides to throw a shower for her soon-to-be-wed sister and uses the occasion to stage a small reunion for Rhoda with some of her old high school classmates.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern) , Linda Lavin (Linda Monroe), Millie Slavin (Jeanette Lamont), Phyllis Glick (Ellen), Florida Friebus (Harriet)
8. Rhoda's Wedding (1)
Community Score
| 9.3 Superb |
Complications arise when Rhoda and Joe's plans to have a small wedding is complicated by Ida, who invites all of her friends.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) , Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter), Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom), Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin), Ted Knight (Ted Baxter), Edward Asner (Lou Grant)
9. Rhoda's Wedding (2)
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
Rhoda almost doesn't make it to her own wedding when, at the last minute, Phyllis forgets to pick her up.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards) , Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter), Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstom), Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin), Paula Victor (Mrs. Gerard), Bella Bruck (Neighbor), Bernard Barrow (Judge), Edward Asner (Lou Grant)
10. The Honeymoon
Community Score
| 7.7 Good |
Rhoda and Joe's cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Guest star: Richard Masur (Nick Lobo) , Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Fosner), Charles Lane (Mr. Fosner), Burt Mustin (Sleeping Man), Arthur Space (Doctor), Alfonso Williams (Bartender)
11. "9-E" is Available
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler) , Richard Romanus (Luis Alvarez), Pamela Bellwood (Jill Martin), Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini (Luis's Girl)
12. I'm a Little Late, Folks
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
Rhoda thinks she may be pregnant, but she isn't sure enough to tell her husband Joe, especially when he comes home with the news that his business is facing economic troubles.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn) , Cara Williams (Mae), Maidie Norman (Nurse)
13. Anything Wrong?
Community Score
| 8.0 Great |
Joe goes to his father for marital advice.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Robert Alda (Paul Gerard), Sharon Spelman (Rachel), Martin Kove (Gary), Al Stevenson (Stan)
14. 'S Wonderful
Community Score
| 9.2 Superb |
Despite Joe and Brenda's insistence that she butt out, Rhoda continues to plunge ahead to prove to her younger sister that her new boyfriend is really a married man.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Pat Sturges (Waitress), Barry Brown (Jimmy Klein)
15. Good-Bye Charlie
Community Score
| 9.0 Superb |
It's a case of mutual dislike at first sight when Rhoda meets Joe's friend Charlie Burke, a patronizing "man's man" who is not exactly thrilled with his best buddies wife.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Candy Azzara (Alice Barth) , Richard Schaal (Charlie Burke), George Loros (Julie), Joel Lawrence (Mike)
16. Guess What I Got You for the Holidays
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
With his business on the verge of failure, Joe becomes ever increasingly worried, resisting Rhoda's advice to free his emotions, even if it means crying.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp) , Cara Williams (Mae), Joseph Sirola (Charlie Curran)
17. Whattaya Think It's There For?
Community Score
| 8.3 Great |
At Ida's insistence, Rhoda talks Joe into asking her father for the money he needs to save his business, but then is surprised to learn things about her dad's financial state that are news to even her mother.
Director: Jerry Belson
Guest star: Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp) , Cara Williams (Mae)
18. Not Made for Each Other
Community Score
| 8.8 Great |
Rhoda's shy, retiring high-school chum, Myrna Morgenstern, shows up unexpectedly to demonstrate her new, Rhoda-like, head-on approach to life, and she begins a tumultuous non-romance with Joe's best friend.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler) , Richard Schaal (Charlie Burke)
19. Strained Interlude
Community Score
| 8.6 Great |
Rhoda and Joe work very hard at being the perfect modern couple, free of all jealousies and hang-ups until a man Rhoda once loved asks her out for dinner.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Candy Azzara (Alice Barth) , Allen Garfield (David Bloom)
20. Everything I Have is Yours, Almost
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
When Rhoda discovers Joe has been visiting a doctor without telling her, she begins to worry, but not as much as when she finds out what kind of doctor he is.
21. Chest Pains
Community Score
| 7.4 Good |
Rhoda and Brenda have to take their mother on her very first trip to the doctor, a visit that mama Ida faces with a combination of fear and embarrassment.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Julie Mannix (Nurse), Norman Fell (Dr. Henry Gerber), John Ritter (Vince Mazuma)
22. Windows by Rhoda
Community Score
| 9.1 Superb |
Distracted by visitors who keep interrupting her work at home, Rhoda opens an office and soon learns about the problems faced by a woman launching her own business.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern) , Will Mackenzie (Mr. Pennick), Louis Guss (Leo), Harryette Warren (Saleslady)
23. A Nice Warm Rut
Community Score
| 8.2 Great |
Brenda decides to break out of her "nice, warm rut" by moving to San Francisco, a plan that isn't discouraged by Rhoda, but one that Joe thinks is rotten.
24. Ida, the Elf
Community Score
| 7.4 Good |
Bored with her life, Rhoda's mother Ida decides to become a "now" woman and surprises Rhoda and Brenda by announcing she's launched a whole new career.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern) , Frank Campanella (Mickey)
25. Along Comes Mary
Community Score
| 8.7 Great |
Mary Richards shows up unexpectedly and throws a monkey wrench into Rhoda's and Joe's plans for a long-awaited weekend alone at Cape Cod.
Director: Robert Moore
Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Candy Azzara (Alice Barth)
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