Rhoda
CBS (ended 1978)
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Season 5
- Ep 13Brenda Runs Away
Feeling trapped and confused when everybody tries to run her life for her, Brenda runs away. - Ep 12Earl's Helping Hand
Benny's brother, Earl, generously offers to lend Jack the $5,000 he needs to get his company out of debt, but only because it means being able to spend a week with Rhoda on her job. - Ep 11Martin Swallows His Heart
Martin buys a heart-shaped gold charm for Ida--and promptly swallows it. - Ep 10The Date in the Iron Mask
Rhoda's date manages to get his head stuck inside a silly-looking mask right before an awards dinner. - Ep 9The Total Brenda12/9/78
When Benny starts to feel down-and-out, Brenda tries to cheer him up by catering to his every whim. - Ep 8Jack's New Image12/2/78
Rhoda convinces her boss that he needs some new clothes to go with his new svelte physique, but both learn a valuable lesson that beauty is only skin deep. - Ep 7Martin Comes Home11/11/78
Martin returns from his "fling" in Florida ready for a reconciliation, but Ida insists on a second courtship before she's willing to forgive and forget. - Ep 6Ida's Roommate10/28/78
Ida advertises for a roommate and gets more than she bargained for when she chooses a couple to share her home. - Ep 5Meet the Goodwins10/21/78
Brenda insists that Rhoda accompany her when she meets her prospective in-laws for the first time, and Rhoda becomes an unexpected hit with Benny's big brother, leading unfortunately to one of the most harrowing dates of her life. - Ep 4Brenda Gets Engaged10/14/78
Brenda is stung when Ida refuses to give her blessing to Brenda's engagement to Benny. - Ep 3Rhoda vs. Ida10/7/78
Rhoda isn't pleased with her mother's dating of a younger man. - Ep 2In Search of Martin9/30/78
Rhoda, Brenda, and Benny head to Florida to search for Martin. - Ep 1Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore9/23/78
Rhoda and Brenda are disappointed that Martin isn't feeling well enough to come to his 60th birthday party, until they learn that Martin moved out over two months ago.
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Season 4
- Ep 24Five for the Road (2)4/23/78
With food getting low, and tempers flying, a valuable lesson is learned. - Ep 23Five for the Road (1)4/16/78
Trying to find out why Jack has been in a funk all week, Rhoda decided to lift his spirits with a road trip, but ends up stuck in the mud. - Ep 22Jack's Back4/9/78
With an evening out ruined by Jack's troubled back, Rhoda plays nurse. - Ep 21So Long, Lucky4/2/78
Feeling guilty after she thinks she caused a horse to die, Rhoda only makes things worse when she visits its owner. - Ep 20Brenda and the Bank Girl3/12/78
Brenda is in the final running for the First Security Bank Girl. - Ep 19Two's Company3/5/78
Gary and Benny go into business together, something friends should think twice about. - Ep 18As Time Goes By2/26/78
With a party to stir up business underway, Rhoda and Jack get locked in a bathroom. - Ep 17Gary and Ida2/19/78
With Gary's parents now living in Florida, Rhoda and Brenda get tired of "mothering" him, until he forms a bond with Ida. Then even Ida has her limits! - Ep 16Rhoda Cheats2/12/78
Rhoda and Brenda go to night school and Rhoda get accused of cheating. - Ep 15The Jack Story2/5/78
Rhoda's boss asks her to help him out when an old chum comes into the city and wants to get together. - Ep 14Happy Anniversary1/29/78
With Ida hinting of a party, everyone leads her to believe there won't be one. - Ep 13All Work and No Play1/22/78
Rhoda's job at the costume company begins to take up all her time. She forgets her obligations to her friends and family. - Ep 12Ida Alone1/14/78
With Ida missing her dearly departed friends, Rhoda and Brenda set out to boost her spirits. - Ep 11Blind Date1/8/78
Ida stops by Rhoda's after her hair appointment with wonderful news—she's arranged another blind date for Rhoda! - Ep 10Who's Shy?12/25/77
At Rhoda's urging, Brenda tries therapy to overcome her shyness. - Ep 9Johnny's Solo Flight12/11/77
Johnny's nightclub solo debut fizzles out, and Rhoda is left to pick up the pieces. - Ep 8Home Movies12/4/77
Dinner at the Morgensterns goes anything but predictably. - Ep 7The Weekend11/13/77
Rhoda arranges a weekend alone with Mike. - Ep 6Rhoda Likes Mike11/6/77
Rhoda gets a bonus from her new job at the Doyle Costume Company—her boss introduces her to a handsome customer who is the owner of three successful restaurants, and it's love at first sight. - Ep 5Ida Works Out10/30/77
Ida wreaks havoc at the Doyle Costume Company, where she is working part-time so that she can buy her husband a waterbed for their anniversary. - Ep 4One is a Number10/23/77
Rhoda comes face-to-face with an old problem again when she has two great theater tickets and can't find anyone to go with her. - Ep 3Lady's Choice10/16/77
Brenda enjoys the luxury of having two boyfriends, Gary and Benny, competing for her attention until they both show up for a date on the same night. - Ep 2The Job10/9/77
After weeks of depressing pavement pounding, Rhoda manages to talk the owner of a rundown costume-rental company into giving her a job. - Ep 1The Return of Ida10/2/77
Ida returns from a year of touring the country to face a few home-front surprises: Rhoda is divorced and Brenda is unwilling to discuss the state of her innocence.
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Season 3
- Ep 24To Vegas With Love3/13/77
Rhoda flies to Las Vegas for another encounter with her amorous suitor, Johnny Venture. - Ep 23Pajama Party Bingo3/6/77
An innocent "truth" type verbal game uncovers an old sisterly jealousy during an all-night pajama party. - Ep 22The Second Time Around2/27/77
Rhoda has a date with Brenda's boss. - Ep 21Nose Job2/20/77
Rhoda is aghast to learn that Brenda is considering having cosmetic surgery done on her nose. - Ep 20Nick Lobo, Superstar2/13/77
Because of an agreement made with his father almost five years ago, Nick Lobo, Brenda's hip musician boyfriend, must gain superstar status soon or else be forced to go into his father's garbage-collecting business. - Ep 19Rhoda's Mystery Man2/6/77
Rhoda becomes the romantic target for a mysterious suitor who sends her anonymous gifts of roses, chocolates and a diamond pendant. - Ep 18The Ultimatum1/30/77
Rhoda delivers an ultimatum to her separated spouse, Joe, that either he comes back or she starts seeing other men. - Ep 17Somebody Has to Say They're Sorry1/23/77
It's Rhoda against the establishment when she is mistakenly arrested for soliciting. - Ep 16A Night in the Emergency Room1/16/77
Rhoda has a hand in breaking up Brenda's romance with musician Nick Lobo, and he retaliates by accidentally breaking Rhoda's toe. - Ep 15Love for Sale1/10/77
Rhoda and her sister help Gary run a gigantic day-long sale to save his mod clothing business, but Brenda gets far more than she bargains for when love blossoms. - Ep 14What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?1/3/77
Not wanting to be alone on New Year's Eve, Rhoda throws a memorable party with a wildly improbable Halloween touch. - Ep 13Guess Who I Saw Today12/27/76
Rhoda experiences a severe separation pain when she sees Joe with another woman. - Ep 12A Touch of Classy12/20/76
Sally's former husband brings good news and bad news: the good news—he's getting married again; the bad news—he'd like Sally to consider accepting a reduction in alimony. - Ep 11You Deserve a Break Today12/13/76
Brenda has a short-lived engagement with a prosperous young man who owns three McDonald's franchises. - Ep 10Man of the Year11/29/76
Rhoda has another terrible encounter with Joe's best friend, Charlie Burke. - Ep 9Meet the Levys11/15/76
Gary's parents give Rhoda the once-over as a prospective daughter-in-law, which she is pretending to be only as a favor for Gary. - Ep 8Rhoda Questions Her Life and Flies to Paris11/8/76
Rhoda plans a wildly impulsive act to demonstrate to her estranged husband, Joe, that she's far from being a dull person. - Ep 7An Elephant Never Forgets11/1/76
A weighty problem develops when Rhoda adds a few unwanted pounds, and Brenda becomes slim for the first time in her life. - Ep 6Two Little Words - - Marriage Counselor10/25/76
Rhoda and Joe take their marital problems to a marriage counselor, where Joe makes a startling disclosure. - Ep 5H-e-e-e-r-e's Johnny10/18/76
Rhoda experiences the trauma of a "blind date" when Brenda's boyfriend fixes her up with a loud, pushy, arrogant and egotistical showbiz type. - Ep 4I Won't Dance10/11/76
Accompanied by Brenda, Rhoda tries to lose her separation blues by going away on a singles weekend. - Ep 3No Big Deal10/4/76
A swinging bachelor makes a play for Rhoda as she undergoes the first few difficult days of her separation from Joe. - Ep 2Together Again for the First Time9/27/76
Rhoda goes out with Joe for the first date since their separation and labels it as a weird experience. - Ep 1The Separation9/20/76
Rhoda and Joe decide to separate.
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Season 2
- Ep 24Don't Give Up the Office3/1/76
Rhoda has one little problem with money; she doesn't have any, and it's forcing her window-dressing firm out of business. - Ep 23It's Not My Fault, Is It?2/23/76
When Brenda turns down his marriage proposal, Lenny, the hearbroken lad, quits his job and sinks into a fit of depression. - Ep 22Let's Call it Love2/16/76
Rhoda and Joe decide the only way they can spend more time together is to barricade themselves in their apartment, disregarding family, friends, work, and in short, the world. - Ep 21The Marty Morgan Story2/9/76
The emotional, high-strung Ida Morgenstern demonstrates her knack for jumping to conclusions when hubby Martin begins to act very secretive. - Ep 20A Federal Case2/2/76
Love beats a pathway to Brenda's door when a young federal agent uses her apartment to run a security check on the residence across the street. - Ep 19The Return of Billy Glass1/26/76
Martin is overjoyed when his best friend visits him after a 35-year hiatus, but is overwhelmed with insecurity when he recalls that his best friend was also once engaged to Ida. - Ep 18If You Want to Shoot the Rapids You Have to Get Wet1/19/76
Rhoda, whose only real luck with a man has been with her husband Joe, finds herself playing marriage counselor to a couple who has been married for 12 years. - Ep 17Attack on Mr. Right1/12/76
Rhoda drills Brenda on the finer points of life, such as how to land a man, when Brenda's Mr. Right seems to be taking her for granted. - Ep 16Rhoda's Sellout1/5/76
Torn between her pride at losing a huge account for her window-dressing firm, Rhoda battles with a stubborn though prosperous tuxedo chain-store owner who wants her to decorate his windows his way, or not at all. - Ep 15If You Don't Tell Her, I Will12/29/75
Two's company, and three's a crowd, as both Brenda and Rhoda discover when they have uninvited guests moving in with them. - Ep 14Bump in the Night12/8/75
Somewhere in Rhoda's neighborhood, a burglar is walking the street, possibly going after her because she just might be the only person able to identify him. - Ep 13A Night with the Girls12/1/75
Rhoda is determined to prove to her friends that women can have a great time without men, although she becomes dubious of her own theory when she tries it one night. - Ep 12Friends and Mothers11/24/75
Rhoda's new, delightful, vivacious middle-aged neighbor becomes a threat to mother Ida. - Ep 11Love Songs of J. Nicholas Lobo11/17/75
Against his better judgment, Joe hires Nick, Brenda's obnoxious boyfriend, to become a wrecker at his demolition firm. - Ep 10Myrna's Story11/10/75
Business is booming at Rhoda's window-dressing firm, due partly to her creative sketches, but also because of Myrna Morgenstern's "persuasive" sales pitches, something which Rhoda puts an end to. - Ep 9Call Me Grandma11/3/75
Mama Ida's innocent but overzealous desire to become a grandmother results in her arranging another rock-bottom date for Brenda. - Ep 8Somebody Down There Likes Him10/27/75
To help the financial burden of a rent increase, Brenda takes on a roommate, but it's the beautiful roommate who turns out to be a real burden when she comes on strongly to Joe. - Ep 7With Friends Like These10/20/75
Seething tempers result when two of Rhoda and Brenda's closest friends take advantage of them. - Ep 6Brenda's Unemployment10/13/75
That rotten job Brenda felt she held at the bank looks like a rose garden after she quits being a teller and is faced with the thorns of unemployment. - Ep 5The Party10/6/75
A psychiatrist tries to give the Gerards' party a boost by directing a group-encounter session, revealing some interesting suppressions from the guests. - Ep 4Mucho, Macho9/29/75
Rhoda and Joe have a difficult time trying to celebrate their first anniversary pleasantly when their tempers keep getting the best of them. - Ep 3Ida's Doctor9/22/75
Ida finds herself tempted to have an affair with her doctor. - Ep 2Rhoda Meets the Ex-Wife9/15/75
All of Rhoda's insecurities surface when she meets Joe's ex-wife, who turns out to be beautiful. - Ep 1Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye9/8/75
After Rhoda and Joe are robbed, Rhoda blames the mishap on Carlton's lack of ability to handle his job, causing Carlton to be fired.
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Season 1
- Ep 25Along Comes Mary3/10/75
Mary Richards shows up unexpectedly and throws a monkey wrench into Rhoda and Joe's plans for a long-awaited weekend alone at Cape Cod. - Ep 24Ida, the Elf3/3/75
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. - Ep 23A Nice Warm Rut2/24/75
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. - Ep 22Windows by Rhoda2/10/75
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. - Ep 21Chest Pains2/3/75
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. - Ep 20Everything I Have is Yours, Almost1/27/75
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. - Ep 19Strained Interlude1/20/75
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. - Ep 18Not Made for Each Other1/13/75
Rhoda's shy, retiring high-school chum, Myrna Morgenstein, 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. - Ep 17Whattaya Think It's There For?1/6/75
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. - Ep 16Guess What I Got You for the Holidays12/16/74
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. - Ep 15Good-Bye Charlie12/9/74
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 buddy's wife. - Ep 14'S Wonderful12/2/74
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. - Ep 13Anything Wrong?11/25/74
Joe goes to his father for marital advice. - Ep 12I'm a Little Late, Folks11/18/74
Rhoda thinks she may be pregnant, but she isn't sure enough to tell Joe, especially when he comes home with the news that his business is facing economic troubles. - Ep 119-E is Available11/11/74
Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key. - Ep 10The Honeymoon11/4/74
Rhoda and Joe's honeymoon cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected. - Ep 9Rhoda's Wedding (2)10/28/74
Rhoda almost doesn't make it to her own wedding when, at the last minute, Phyllis forgets to pick her up. - Ep 8Rhoda's Wedding (1)10/28/74
Rhoda and Joe's plan to have a small wedding is complicated by Ida, who invites all of her friends. - Ep 8Rhoda's Wedding10/28/74
- Ep 7The Shower10/21/74
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. - Ep 6Pop Goes the Question10/14/74
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?" - Ep 5The Lady in Red10/7/74
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. - Ep 4Parents' Day9/30/74
Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to tackle the generation gap and schedule lunch with his parents and dinner with hers. - Ep 3I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes9/23/74
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. - Ep 2You Can Go Home Again9/16/74
Rhoda has difficulty finding an apartment in New York City and finally moves into the one place she never even considered—her parents' apartment. - Ep 1Joe9/9/74
While on vacation in New York, Rhoda meets a man named Joe and decides not to return to Minneapolis.
