Rhoda (1974)
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
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Episode 1 - Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye
Release Date: 1975-09-08After 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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Episode 2 - Rhoda Meets the Ex-Wife
Release Date: 1975-09-15All of Rhoda's insecurities surface when she meets Joe's ex-wife, who turns out to be beautiful.
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Episode 3 - Ida's Doctor
Release Date: 1975-09-22Ida Morgenstern finds herself tempted to have an affair with her doctor.
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Episode 4 - Mucho, Macho
Release Date: 1975-09-29Rhoda and Joe have a difficult time trying to celebrate their first anniversary pleasantly when their tempers keep getting the best of them.
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Episode 5 - The Party
Release Date: 1975-10-06A psychiatrist tries to give the Gerards' party a boost by directing a group-encounter session, revealing some interesting suppressions from the guests.
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Episode 6 - Brenda's Unemployment
Release Date: 1975-10-13That 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.
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Episode 7 - With Friends Like These
Release Date: 1975-10-20Seething tempers result when two of Rhoda's and Brenda's closest friends take advantage of them.
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Episode 8 - Somebody Down There Likes Him
Release Date: 1975-10-27To 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.
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Episode 9 - Call Me Grandma
Release Date: 1975-11-03Mama Ida's innocent but overzealous desire to become a grandmother results in her arranging another rock-bottom date for Brenda.
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Episode 10 - Myrna's Story
Release Date: 1975-11-10Business 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.
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Episode 11 - Love Songs of J. Nicholas Lobo
Release Date: 1975-11-17Against his better judgment, Joe hires Nick, Brenda's obnoxious boyfriend, to become a wrecker at his demolition firm.
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Episode 12 - Friends and Mothers
Release Date: 1975-11-24Rhoda's new, delightful, vivacious middle-aged neighbor becomes a threat to mother Ida.
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Episode 13 - A Night with the Girls
Release Date: 1975-12-01Rhoda 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.
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Episode 14 - Bump in the Night
Release Date: 1975-12-08Somewhere 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.
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Episode 15 - If You Don't Tell Her, I Will
Release Date: 1975-12-29Two's company and three's a crowd, as both Brenda and Rhoda discover when they have uninvited guests moving in with them.
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Episode 16 - Rhoda's Sellout
Release Date: 1976-01-05Torn 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.
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Episode 17 - Attack on Mr. Right
Release Date: 1976-01-12Rhoda 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.
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Episode 18 - If You Want to Shoot the Rapids You Have to Get Wet
Release Date: 1976-01-19Rhoda, 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.
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Episode 19 - The Return of Billy Glass
Release Date: 1976-01-26Martin Morgenstern 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.
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Episode 20 - A Federal Case
Release Date: 1976-02-02Love 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.
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Episode 21 - The Marty Morgan Story
Release Date: 1976-02-09The emotional, high-strung Ida Morgenstern demonstrates her knack for jumping to conclusions when hubby Martin begins to act very secretive.
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Episode 22 - Let's Call it Love
Release Date: 1976-02-16Rhoda 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.
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Episode 23 - It's Not My Fault, Is It?
Release Date: 1976-02-23When Brenda turns down his marriage proposal, Lenny, the hearbroken lad, quits his job and sinks into a fit of depression.
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Episode 24 - Don't Give Up the Office
Release Date: 1976-03-01Rhoda has one little problem with money; she doesn't have any, and it's forcing her window-dressing firm out of business.