Lou needs a date for a dinner meeting and asks Mary to come with him. When she gets sick, Rhoda agrees to go along. They have a nice time and begin to do things together. Of course, all the office gossip makes it really uncomfortable. Normally Lou wouldn't care, but this seems to bother him. It's totally clear that nothing is going on, although there are some teasing moments when the audience isn't so sure. Eventually things come to a head and the conclusion is quite nice. There is one ongoing visual joke. Ted starts using a hair product that slowly darkens his hair a little at a time. Every time he enters the studio, his hair is a bit darker. Pretty funny.
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Rrrobert3 November 2019
Funny episode.
The main storyline of Lou "dating" Rhoda is well done. There are many funny moments as WJM staff - especially Sue Ann - get uptight about the relationship. Even Mary goes a bit kooky about it all.
In the subplot Ted gradually darkens his hair and is convinced no one has noticed.
This was Valerie Harper's last episode as a regular. The quick relocation to New York and farewell to Mary was shown in the first episode of her spinoff series Rhoda, not shown in TMTMS.
The main storyline of Lou "dating" Rhoda is well done. There are many funny moments as WJM staff - especially Sue Ann - get uptight about the relationship. Even Mary goes a bit kooky about it all.
In the subplot Ted gradually darkens his hair and is convinced no one has noticed.
This was Valerie Harper's last episode as a regular. The quick relocation to New York and farewell to Mary was shown in the first episode of her spinoff series Rhoda, not shown in TMTMS.
Time, distance, and new feelings
wgunnelsiii29 July 2008
Warning: Spoilers
If Lou never had any secret feelings for Rhoda until this episode, why was Rhoda allowed in the newsroom so often?
This was VH's last episode of TMTMS before moving on to RHODA. How much time elapsed between the events of this episode and Rhoda's return to New York? If Rhoda was going to leave for New York immediately, why did she make a date to meet Lou secretly at a hockey game? I didn't know it before rediscovering the delightful "Mary and Rhoda: Love and Laughs" article in TIME, but the hockey date was a sweet allusion to Valerie's father's former profession.
This was perhaps an introduction to the new, sentimental Rhoda of the early episodes of her own series--the romantic bud that died and later fully flowered in Valerie Hogan, however different the two characters were otherwise.
This was VH's last episode of TMTMS before moving on to RHODA. How much time elapsed between the events of this episode and Rhoda's return to New York? If Rhoda was going to leave for New York immediately, why did she make a date to meet Lou secretly at a hockey game? I didn't know it before rediscovering the delightful "Mary and Rhoda: Love and Laughs" article in TIME, but the hockey date was a sweet allusion to Valerie's father's former profession.
This was perhaps an introduction to the new, sentimental Rhoda of the early episodes of her own series--the romantic bud that died and later fully flowered in Valerie Hogan, however different the two characters were otherwise.
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