Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Rhoda' from 1970-1982:
- Harold Gould as Martin Morgenstern (1974-1978)
- Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern (1974-1978)
- Lorenzo Music as Carlton the Doorman (voice) (1974-1978)
- Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern (1974-1978)
- Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern (1974-1978)
- David Groh as Joe Gerard (1974-1977)
- Ron Silver as Gary Levy (1976-1978)
- Kenneth McMillan as Jack Doyle (1977-1978)
- Ray Buktenica as Benny Goodwin (1977-1978)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Rhoda':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Robert Moore
With Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Bill Zuckert (Nolan Arthur), Todd Turquand (Donnie Gerard), Richard Reicheg (Airport Guard).
Mary Richards sends Rhoda off on a New York vacation where she meets and falls in love with the head of a demolition company. She takes up temporary residence on the trip with her younger sister, Brenda, who reminds Rhoda of herself at that age.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Robert Moore
With Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler).
While she looks for an apartment in New York, Rhoda moves back in with her parents -- and life reverts back to the way it used to be in "the good old days".
Season 1, episode 3
W: Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore D: Alan Rafkin
With Todd Turquand (Donnie Gerard), Howard Hesseman (Kirk Stevens).
Rhoda's enchantment with Joe is stilled when he suggests that they each broaden their dating interests. Her first attempt at it is with an egotistical actor whose biggest role has been in a cleanser commercial.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Bella Bruck (Neighbor), Paula Victor (Ruth Maginness), Robert Alda (Paul Gerard), Norman Bartold (Maitre d').
Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to hurdle the generation gap and schedule a lunch with their parents.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Gail Parent D: Robert Moore
With Louise Latham (Louise Shattner), Robert Moore (Mr. Graham), James Burrows (Agent), Byron Webster (Funeral Director), Bill Smillie (Minister), Loretta Fury (Clerk).
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.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore D: Robert Moore
With Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Tom Atkins (Vic Rhodes).
Joe pops the question, but it's not exactly the one Rhoda is expecting to hear -- that of the prospects of living together.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Gail Parent D: Robert Moore
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Linda Lavin (Linda Monroe), Millie Slavin (Jeanette Lamont), Phyllis Glick (Ellen), Florida Friebus (Harriet).
Unable to think of just the right gift for Rhoda, Brenda decides to throw a shower for her soon-to-be-wed sister and use the occasion for a high school reunion.
Season 1, episode 8
W: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Davis D: Robert Moore
With 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).
An hour-long edition of the program finds Rhoda Morgenstern and Joe Gerard getting married, planning a small wedding and getting a large, catered affair with the arrival of several old friends from Minneapolis.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Alan Rafkin
With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Fosner), Charles Lane (Mr. Fosner), Burt Mustin (Sleeping Man), Arthur Space (Doctor), Alfonso Williams (Bartender).
It looks like a rough honeymoon cruise for Rhoda and Joe, when they discover that they are the youngest passengers on board ship -- by at least 30 years.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Richard Romanus (Luis Alvarez), Pamela Bellwood (Jill Martin), Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini (Luis's Girl).
Rhoda is certain that it is time to move from Joe's place when one of his old girlfriends lets herself in with her own key.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore D: Robert Moore
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Cara Williams (Mae), Maidie Norman (Nurse).
Rhoda thinks she may be pregnant, but doesn't know what to tell Joe because he is in a financial squeeze.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Robert Alda (Paul Gerard), Sharon Spelman (Rachel), Martin Kove (Gary), Al Stevenson (Stan).
Something is causing problems in the Gerard marriage, and Rhoda thinks Joe should see someone about it -- but not Joe's twice-divorced father.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Marilyn Suzanne Miller D: Robert Moore
With Pat Sturges (Waitress), Barry Brown (Jimmy Klein).
Against Joe and Brenda's insistence that she butt out, Rhoda continues her effort to prove that Brenda's new boyfriend is a married man.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Candy Azzara (Alice Barth), Richard Schaal (Charlie Burke), George Loros (Julie), Joel Lawrence (Mike).
It's a case of mutual dislike at first sight when Rhoda meets Joe's best friend, a patronizing "man's man" who is not exactly thrilled with his pal's new wife.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Cara Williams (Mae), Joseph Sirola (Charlie Curran).
With his business on the verge of failure, Joe becomes a walking knot of worry, resisting Rhoda's encouragement to free his emotions.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Jerry Belson
With Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Cara Williams (Mae).
At her mother's insistence, Rhoda talks Joe into asking her father for the money he needs to save his business, and then is surprised to learn things about her dad's financial state.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstein), Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Richard Schaal (Charlie Burke).
Rhoda's shy high-school chum, Myrna Morgenstein, shows up unexpectedly to demonstrate her new head-on approach to life and begins a tumultuous non-romance with Joe's best friend.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Candy Azzara (Alice Barth), Allen Garfield (David Bloom).
Rhoda and Joe work very hard at being the perfect modern couple -- but the facade breaks when Rhoda's ex-boyfriend asks her out to dinner.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Michael Leeson D: Jay Sandrich
With Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp).
When Rhoda discovers that Joe has been visiting a doctor without telling her, she begins to worry -- but not as much as she does when she discovers what kind of doctor it is.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Julie Mannix (Nurse), Norman Fell (Dr. Henry Gerber), John Ritter (Vince Mazuma).
Rhoda and Brenda take their mother on her very first trip to the doctor, a visit that Ida faces with a combination of fear and embarrassment.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Will Mackenzie (Mr. Pennick), Louis Guss (Leo), Harryette Warren (Saleslady).
Distracted by visitors who keep interrupting her work at home, Rhoda opens an office and soon learns the problems faced by a woman launching a business of her own.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Marilyn Suzanne Miller D: Robert Moore
With Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp).
Brenda decides to break out of a rut and move to San Francisco -- a plan Rhoda does not discourage, but Joe thinks is lousy.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Frank Campanella (Mickey).
Bored with her life, Ida decides to become a contemporary woman and goes out and gets a job.
Season 1, episode 24
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Candy Azzara (Alice Barth).
Mary Richards arrives unexpectedly and throws a wrench into Rhoda's and Joe's plans to have a long-awaited weekend alone.
September 8, 1975: Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye
Season 2, episode 1
W: Michael Leeson D: Robert Moore
With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Ruth Gordon (Carlton's Mother), Jess Nadelman (Detective Lail), Joe George (Detective Parker), Lee Vines (Raymond).
The second year kicks off with Ruth Gordon guesting as the mother of Carlton the Doorman, who comes along to vouch for her son's competence and efficiency in spite of his being fired from his job.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Joan Van Ark (Marian Gerard), Cynthia Towne (Doris), Ned Wilson (Hal Newman).
Rhoda is finally going to have that long-awaited meeting with Joe's ex-wife -- but after second thoughts, isn't so sure she wants to meet her.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Dave Shelley (Man at Bar), Norman Fell (Dr. Henry Gerber).
Ida finds herself dying to have an affair with her doctor, but out of guilt decides to cool her almost-romance.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Robert Moore
With Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Ron Silver (Sonny Michaels), John Crawford (Man in Bar).
Rhoda and Joe are having a difficult time trying to celebrate their first anniversary together because both keep losing their tempers.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Charlotte Brown D: Robert Moore
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Candy Azzara (Alice Barth), Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Denise Nicholas (Denise Culp), Stuart Margolin (Dr. Arthur Alborn), Paul Lichtman (Pizza Man).
A psychiatrist tries to give the Gerards' party a boost by directing a group-encounter session.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Sue Grafton D: Robert Moore
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), James Kiernan (Mr. Myers), Melanie Mayron (Sandy Franks), Howard Storm (Man in Bank).
Controlling their tempers are not the easiest things for Rhoda and Brenda -- especially when both discover they have been taken advantage of.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Pamela Herbert Chais D: Howard Storm
With Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Sid Melton (Herb).
Brenda's job at the bank begins to look good to her after facing several weeks of unemployment.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Howard Storm
With Rita Taggart (Groovy Girl), Denise Galik-Furey (Heather Andrews).
An increase in Brenda's rent means she must find a roommate or move out. But it's the beautiful roommate who turns out to be the real burden when she comes on strongly to Joe.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Charlotte Brown D: Howard Storm
With Billy Braver, Shane Sinutko (Donny Gerard), David L. Lander (Mel Towers), Stephen Nathan (Paul Baruch).
Brenda finally puts her foot down when her mother arranges another blind date for her.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason D: Martin Cohan
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Michael Lerner (Ralph Bentley), Wally Dalton (Phil Faber), Gil Boccaccio (Al).
Business is booming for Rhoda's window-dressing firm, but the sweet smell of success dampens when Rhoda suspects partner Myrna of soliciting business beyond the traditional sense.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Joan Darling
With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Candy Azzara (Alice Barth), Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp), Louis Guss (Vito Malzone).
Joe goes against his better judgment when he hires Brenda's boyfriend, whom he can't stand, to become a wrecker at his demolition firm.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Bob Claver
With Vivian Vance (Maggie Cummings), David White (Ted Cummings), Shane Sinutko (Donny Gerard).
Rhoda's new neighbor is a vivacious middle-aged woman whom Ida immediately sees as a threat to her relationship with her daughters.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Don Chastain (Rick), Doug Johnson (Waiter), Ron Seka (Herb).
Rhoda is determined to prove to her friends that women can have a great time without men.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Seth Freeman D: Bob Claver
With Robert Rothwell.
Somewhere in Rhoda's neighborhood a burglar is walking the streets, and she is terrified that the man could be after her because she thinks she saw a glimpse of him.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Bruce Kane D: Howard Storm
With Sherry Hursey (Patty Pappas), Melanie Mayron (Sandy Franks).
Brenda has invited Sandy, her best friend, to move in with her -- a merry little set-up until Sandy decides that a third party would be involved.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Martin Cohan
With Dennis Kort (Kid), Dick O'Neill (Mr. Guthrie).
Torn between her pride and losing a huge account for her window-dressing firm, Rhoda battles with a chain store owner who wants his windows decorated his way.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Harvey Miller
With John Ritter (Jerry Blocker), Ric Mancini (Man), Rick Sultan (Man at Bank).
Rhoda drills Brenda on how to land a man, when Brenda's Mr. Right seems to be taking her for granted.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Charlotte Brown D: Howard Storm
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Don Chastain (Rick), Mike Henry (Man), David Ogden Stiers (George), Stuart Margolin (Dr. Alborn).
For a woman whose only real luck with a man has been her husband Joe, Rhoda finds herself playing marriage counselor to a couple who have been married for 12 years.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Howard Storm
With Florida Friebus (Edna Brundidge), Jack Gilford (Billy Glass).
Martin Morgenstern suffers ambivalent feelings when his best friend comes to visit after 35 years -- recalling that his friend was once engaged to Ida.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Tony Mordente
With Tim Matheson (Michael Stearns), Melanie Mayron (Sandy Franks), Anthony Charnota (Bartender).
Love arrives for Brenda when a young federal agent uses her apartment to run a security check on the residence across the street.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Charlotte Brown D: Doug Rogers
With Marion Scherer (Waitress).
Ida Morgenstern becomes convinced that husband Martin is chasing other women.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Scoey Mitchell (Justin Culp).
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 the rest of the world.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Tony Mordente
With Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Jack Bernardi (Uncle Jack), Eileen Heckart (Aunt Lillian), Ruth Manning (Aunt Ruth), Joseph Mell (Uncle Sid).
After Brenda turns down a marriage proposal from a distant cousin, the heartbroken lad quits his job and sinks into a fit of depression.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Bud Wiser D: Tony Mordente
With Barbara Sharma (Myrna Morgenstern), Robert Moore (Lowell Snyder), Liam Dunn (Gene Dempsey).
Rhoda has one little problem with money -- she doesn't have any, and it's forcing her window-dressing firm out of business.
September 20, 1976: The Separation
Season 3, episode 1
W: Charlotte Brown D: Jay Sandrich
With Phoebe Dorin (Mrs. Carvello).
The third season begins with Rhoda becoming bewildered as to why Joe is reluctant to buy their first house. She senses a problem beyond that, and eventually her worst fears are realized -- Joe decides he wants a separation.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Don Chastain (Rick), Terry Kiser (Dennis), Wendy Schaal (Jan), Renee Lippin (Marcia).
Rhoda's first date with Joe following their separation turns into a fiasco.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Tony Mordente
A swinging bachelor makes a play for Rhoda as she undergoes the first few difficult days of her separation from Joe.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Charlotte Brown D: Doug Rogers
With Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher), Paul Lichtman (Stan), Kip Gilman (Ron), Lindsay Bloom (Joni), Phil J. Macias (Bellhop).
Accompanied by Brenda, Rhoda tries to lose her separation blues by going away on a singles weekend.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Doug Rogers
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher), Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Al Mancini (Steve Kovacks), Jerry Whitman (Tenor).
Rhoda experiences the trauma of a blind date when Brenda's boyfriend fixes her up with a loud, arrogant Las Vegas singer.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Rene Auberjonois (Dr. John Fox).
Rhoda and Joe Gerard take their marital problems to a marriage counselor, where Joe makes a startling disclosure.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Michael Leeson D: Tony Mordente
With Joyce Jameson (Mrs. Gruenwald), Brian Avery (Eric Jurgenson), Leland Palmer (Kelly Fisk), Elizabeth Sturges (Miss Ramsey), Michael McManus (Herb Buck), Rosalyn Borden (Rosalyn).
A weighty problem develops when Rhoda adds a few unwanted pounds and Brenda becomes slim for the first time in her life.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Michael Leeson D: Asaad Kelada
With Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher).
Rhoda plans to demonstrate to her estranged husband, via a wildly impulsive act, that she's far from being a dull person.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Charlotte Brown D: Doug Rogers
With Nedra Volz (Elderly Woman), Norman Burton (Ben Levy), Doris Roberts (Sylvia Levy), Lee Vines (George).
Gary Levy's parents give Rhoda the once-over as a prospective daughter-in-law.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Tony Mordente
With Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher), Don Chastain (Rick), Richard Schaal (Charlie Burke), Howard Storm (Guy at Bar).
Rhoda uses all her feminine wiles to save her friend Sally Gallagher from the clutches of a woman-hungry man.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Alan Myerson
With Jeremy Stevens (Marty Davidson), Erica Yohn (Woman in Bank), Peter Elbling (Jacques), Ray Ballard (Mr. Maloney).
A wealthy restaurant owner sweeps Brenda off her feet with a marriage proposal.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Asaad Kelada
With Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher), Jerry Stiller (Lloyd Zimmer), Caren Kaye (Cissy).
Sally's former husband brings good news and bad news: the good news is he's getting married again; the bad news is he'd like Sally to consider accepting a reduction in alimony.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Burt Prelutsky D: Doug Rogers
With Don Chastain (Rick), Charles Thomas Murphy (Murphy), Wendy Schaal (Jan), Tim Reid (Kitchen Helper).
Rhoda experiences a severe separation pain when she sees Joe with another woman.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Tony Mordente
With Anne Meara (Sally Gallagher), Queenie Smith (Mrs. Buck), Michael McManus (Herb Buck).
Rhoda throws a memorable New Year's Eve party that includes a wildly improbable Halloween touch -- and her estranged husband.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Renee Lippin (Allison Levy), Joanna Kerns (Customer).
Rhoda and her sister help Gary Levy run a giant day-long sale to save his mod clothing business, but Brenda gets far more than she bargained for.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Paul Cavonis (Dr. Cooper), Andre Pavon (Julio), Chip Hurd (Nurse Franklin), Richard Foronjy (Brubaker).
Rhoda has a hand in breaking up Brenda's romance with musician Nick Lobo, and he retaliates by accidentally breaking Rhoda's toe.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski D: Tony Mordente
With Robert Walden (Ernie Joyce), Valerie Curtin (Michele Joyce), Dave Shelley (Mel's Friend), Joe Warfield (Man), Ray Buktenica (Benny Goodwin).
It's Rhoda against the establishment when she is mistakenly arrested for soliciting.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards), Rene Auberjonois (Dr. John Fox), Anna Berger (Betsy), Howard Honig (Carl), Tom Castronova (Charlie).
Rhoda delivers an ultimatum to her separated spouse, Joe, that either he comes back or she starts seeing other men.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Larry Gelman (Wendell), Murray Korda (Violinist).
Rhoda becomes the romantic target for a mysterious suitor who sends her anonymous gifts of roses, chocolates and a diamond pendant.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo).
Rhoda must drop her own allergy problems when Brenda involves her in an all-out effort to rebuild Nick's confidence in his musical career.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With David Ogden Stiers (Dr. Curt Dreiser), Elizabeth MacRae (Adele), Ray Buktenica (Benny Goodwin), Barbara Minkus (Millie), Sarina C. Grant (Nurse).
Rhoda is aghast to learn that Brenda is considering having cosmetic surgery done on her nose.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Asaad Kelada
With Frank Converse (Sam Ellis), Shirley O'Hara (Marge), Dolores Mann (Rose), Phug Phud Adooldest (Chef), Erica Yohn (Woman).
A casual date turns serious for Rhoda when a bank branch manager -- who happens to be Brenda's boyfriend -- charms her out on a romantic limb.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Ian Praiser, Vanley Smith D: Bruce Chevillat
With Beverly Sanders (Susan Alborn), Steven Kavner (Danny).
Rhoda and her old high school buddy invite Brenda to an all-night pajama party for a stroll down memory lane, which becomes a very bumpy road when a simple "truth"-type verbal game opens up a long-buried sisterly jealousy.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Tony Mordente
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Carol Arthur (Doris), Sharon Redd (Sherrye), Charlotte Crossley (Renee), Prasuti Kirk (Woman).
Rhoda flies to Las Vegas for another encounter with her amorous suitor, Johnny Venture.
October 2, 1977: The Return Of Ida
Season 4, episode 1
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture).
Season premiere. Ida Morgenstern returns from an extended vacation to find one daughter divorced and the other reluctant to discuss the state of her innocence.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: James Burrows
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.).
After weeks of unsuccessful pavement pounding, Rhoda musters up her last bit of courage and persuades the owner of a rundown costume-rental company to give her a job.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Sy Rosen D: Tony Mordente
Brenda delights in having two men, Gary and Benny, competing for her affections until they both appear on the same night for a date.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Charlotte Brown D: James Burrows
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Anne Jackson (Bea), Jessamine Milner (Marie), David Fresco (Cab Driver).
Rhoda, having two tickets to a play and no one to accompany her, wallows in self-pity until a waitress in a run-down cafe teaches her a valuable lesson.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Dennis Koenig, Larry Balmagia D: Tony Mordente
With Patty Maloney (Witch), Richard Balin (Customer), J.R. Miller (Little Boy).
Ida Morgenstern wreaks havoc at the Doyle Costume Company -- where Rhoda works -- where she is working part-time so that she can buy her husband a waterbed for their anniversary.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Deborah Leschin D: Tony Mordente
With Howard Witt (Customer), Judd Hirsch (Mike Andretti).
Rhoda is introduced to an exciting new man but finds herself becoming more emotionally involved than she had planned.
Season 4, episode 7
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Tony Mordente
With Judd Hirsch (Mike Andretti).
Brenda encourages Rhoda to spend the weekend alone with Mike -- but they forget to consult their mother.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Tony Mordente
Rhoda and Brenda grimly face another boring Friday evening at their parents' home, watching home movies of Rhoda's childhood.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Dennis Koenig, Larry Balmagia D: Tony Mordente
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Sharon Redd (Sherrye), Charlotte Crossley (Renee), Roy West (Announcer).
Johnny's nightclub solo debut fizzles, and Rhoda is left to pick up the pieces.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Dennis Koenig, Larry Balmagia D: Asaad Kelada
With K Callan (Dr. Sanders), Jean Palmerton (Mrs. Henderson), Frank H. Conn (Mr. Harris), Milt Oberman (Mr. Page).
Brenda finds herself unable to relate to people at parties and turns to a "shyness clinic" for professional help.
Season 4, episode 11
W: Don Reo D: Asaad Kelada
With David Landsberg (Steven Miller), Alvin Hammer (David Lefkowitz).
Ida arranges a blind date for Rhoda with a man Rhoda remembers as a high-school heartthrob.
Season 4, episode 12
W: David Lloyd D: James Burrows
With Erica Yohn (Mae Parker), Vanda Barra (Louise), Gina Collins (Verna), Chuck Wells (Police Officer).
With Ida missing her dearly departed friends, Rhoda and Brenda set out to boost her spirits.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Deborah Leschin D: James Burrows
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), George Pentecost (Priest).
Rhoda sparks a family feud when she becomes so wrapped up in her new job that she completely misses Brenda's birthday party.
Season 4, episode 14
W: Charlotte Brown D: Asaad Kelada
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Jack Bernardi (Max), Ruth Manning (Miriam), Helen Verbit (Rose).
Rhoda and Brenda's anniversary party for their parents delivers more surprises than anticipated when the building's ancient elevator breaks down as guests and food begin to arrive.
Season 4, episode 15
W: Allan Katz D: Asaad Kelada
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), Howard Witt (Larry Kruger), Candy Azzara (Sharon Kruger), Carmen Filpi (Frank), Tom Castronova (Roland).
Rhoda agrees to date her boss, Jack, to help him impress some visiting friends. But when he is rude she walks out, putting both her job and Jack's romantic image in jeopardy.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Elizabeth Kerr (Female Student), Peter Hobbs (Mr. Parsons), Robert Costanzo (Male Student).
In an effort to increase their earning capacity, Rhoda and Brenda take a bookkeeping class in night school, and Rhoda is accused of cheating.
Season 4, episode 17
W: David Lloyd D: Bruce Chevillat
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.).
When Rhoda and Brenda get fed up with being a foster mother to Gary, whose parents have moved to Florida, they turn him over to Ida Morgenstern, super-mother.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Deborah Leschin D: Tony Mordente
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Lynn Benesch (Party Guest).
Rhoda talks Jack into throwing a party at the costume company to bring in new customers, and eveyone shows up but Rhoda and Jack.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Don Reo D: Tony Mordente
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), Jon Lormer (Mr. Steiner).
Benny Goodwin, having invested his life's savings in Gary Levy's jeans store, fancies himself an instant tycoon.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Tony Mordente
With Kit McDonough (Cathy Davis), Phyllis Katz (Nancy Ferraro), Donna Ponterotto (Teller), Mae Marmy (Receptionist).
Brenda wants no part of a "Miss Security Bank Girl" contest, but Ida and Rhoda push her into entering.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Allan Katz D: Tony Mordente
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), Carmine Caridi (Tony Rizzo), Gina Collens (Verna).
Rhoda, feeling like a jinx when she is involved in the death of a policeman's horse, brings a pet cat to his apartment.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Deborah Leschin D: Nancy Walker
With Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz Jr.), Michael DeLano (Johnny Venture), Howard George (Mike Gordon), Steven Kavner (Frogman), Paul Lichtman (Man).
When Jack Doyle's chronic back trouble flares up again while at Rhoda's apartment, he stretches his overnight stay into a week of all the attention and food he can get.
Season 4, episode 23
W: Charlotte Brown, Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Tony Mordente
To cheer up her depressed boss, Rhoda suggests they take a Sunday drive out in the country and have dinner at one of Jack's favorite restaurants.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Charlotte Brown, Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Tony Mordente
With John Evans (Construction Worker).
Faced with the prospect of spending the night in a deserted mansion miles from the highway, Rhoda tries to organize her little band of cowards into searching for food and blankets.
September 23, 1978: Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Season 5, episode 1
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), Wil Albert (Gus).
Ida carries out an elaborate plot to hide the news from Rhoda and Brenda that their father has left her.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Aubrey Tadman, Garry Ferrier D: Tony Mordente
With Jane Rose (Mary), Ernie W. Brown (Mr. Brooks), Maxine Elliott (Erma).
Rhoda, Brenda and Benny go to Florida in search of Martin, and find him living the irresponsible life he desires.
Season 5, episode 3
W: Bob Ellison D: Tony Mordente
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), Charles Siebert (Dr. Murray Berger), Rosanna DeSoto (Receptionist).
Rhoda has to learn a new way of dealing with her mother when Ida starts dating.
Season 5, episode 4
W: David Lloyd D: Tony Mordente
Brenda's new happiness is marred when her mother refuses to give approval to her engagement, so she and Benny decide to live together anyway.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), George Wyner (Earl Goodwin), Peggy Pope (Irene Goodwin), Howard Honig (Lloyd Goodwin), Ron Wilson (The Great Waldo).
Brenda insists that Rhoda accompany her when she meets Benny's family for the first time, and Rhoda makes an unexpected hit with his big brother.
Season 5, episode 6
W: David Lloyd D: Tony Mordente
With Philip Sterling (Phillip Cooper), Sarah Selby (Mrs. Shaw).
Ida advertises for a roommate and gets more than she expected when she chooses a couple to share her home, without meeting the wife.
Season 5, episode 7
W: Charlotte Brown D: Tony Mordente
With David L. Burke (Boy).
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.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Aubrey Tadman, Garry Ferrier D: Nancy Walker
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), Barbara Rhoades (Arlene Paxton), Mari Gorman (Connie), Joe Mays (Waiter).
Rhoda convinces her boss that he needs a new wardrobe to match his new thin image.
Season 5, episode 9
W: Emily Purdum Marshall D: Nancy Walker
With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), Michael Alldredge (Ed Riley).
When Benny starts to feel down-and-out, Brenda tries to cheer him up by catering to his every whim. (Last show of the series.)