Rhoda (Season 1)

JOE (Episode 1)

Writer: Lorenzo Music

Air date: 1974-09-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While on vacation in New York, Rhoda meets a man (Joe) and she decides not to return to Minneapolis.

You Can Go Home Again (Episode 2)

Air date: 1974-09-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rhoda has difficulty finding an apartment in New York City and finally moves into the one place she never even considered--her parents' apartment.

I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes (Episode 3)

Air date: 1974-09-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Parents' Day (Episode 4)

Air date: 1974-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to tackle the generation gap, and schedule lunch with his parents and dinner with hers.

The Lady in Red (Episode 5)

Writer: Gail Parent

Air date: 1974-10-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Pop Goes the Question (Episode 6)

Air date: 1974-10-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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?""

The Shower (Episode 7)

Writer: Gail Parent

Air date: 1974-10-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Rhoda's Wedding (1) (Episode 8)

Writer: James L. Brooks

Air date: 1974-10-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Complications arise when Rhoda and Joe's plans to have a small wedding is complicated by Ida, who invites all of her friends.

Rhoda's Wedding (2) (Episode 9)

Writer: James L. Brooks

Air date: 1974-10-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rhoda almost doesn't make it to her own wedding when, at the last minute, Phyllis forgets to pick her up.

The Honeymoon (Episode 10)

Air date: 1974-11-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rhoda and Joe's cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected.

9-E is Available (Episode 11)

Air date: 1974-11-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key.

I'm a Little Late, Folks (Episode 12)

Air date: 1974-11-18

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Anything Wrong? (Episode 13)

Writer: Geoffrey Neigher

Air date: 1974-11-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Joe goes to his father for marital advise.

'S Wonderful (Episode 14)

Air date: 1974-12-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Good-Bye Charlie (Episode 15)

Air date: 1974-12-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Guess What I Got You for the Holidays (Episode 16) 7.0

Writer: Geoffrey Neigher

Air date: 1974-12-16

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Whattaya Think It's There For? (Episode 17)

Writer: Geoffrey Neigher

Air date: 1975-01-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Not Made for Each Other (Episode 18)

Air date: 1975-01-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Strained Interlude (Episode 19)

Writer: Geoffrey Neigher

Air date: 1975-01-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Everything I Have is Yours, Almost (Episode 20)

Air date: 1975-01-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Chest Pains (Episode 21)

Writer: Geoffrey Neigher

Air date: 1975-02-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Windows by Rhoda (Episode 22)

Air date: 1975-02-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

A Nice Warm Rut (Episode 23)

Air date: 1975-02-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Ida, the Elf (Episode 24)

Air date: 1975-03-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Along Comes Mary (Episode 25)

Air date: 1975-03-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.