Valerie Harper
Rhoda Morgenstern
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1974
Rhoda
Season 1
The first season of Rhoda aired on CBS from September 9, 1974 to March 10, 1975.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 130 min1974-09-09
JOE
While on vacation in New York, Rhoda meets a man (Joe) and she decides not to return to Minneapolis.
Episode 230 min1974-09-16
You Can Go Home Again
Rhoda has difficulty finding an apartment in New York City and finally moves into the one place she never even considered--her parents' apartment.
Episode 330 min1974-09-23
I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes
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.
Episode 430 min1974-09-30
Parents' Day
Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to tackle the generation gap, and schedule lunch with his parents and dinner with hers.
Episode 530 min1974-10-07
The Lady in Red
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.
Episode 630 min1974-10-14
Pop Goes the Question
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?""
Episode 730 min1974-10-21
The Shower
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.
Episode 830 min1974-10-28
Rhoda's Wedding (1)
Complications arise when Rhoda and Joe's plans to have a small wedding is complicated by Ida, who invites all of her friends.
Episode 930 min1974-10-28
Rhoda's Wedding (2)
Rhoda almost doesn't make it to her own wedding when, at the last minute, Phyllis forgets to pick her up.
Episode 1030 min1974-11-04
The Honeymoon
Rhoda and Joe's cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected.
Episode 1130 min1974-11-11
9-E is Available
Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key.
Episode 1230 min1974-11-18
I'm a Little Late, Folks
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.
Episode 1330 min1974-11-25
Anything Wrong?
Joe goes to his father for marital advise.
Episode 1430 min1974-12-02
'S Wonderful
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.
Episode 1530 min1974-12-09
Good-Bye Charlie
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.
Episode 1630 min1974-12-16
Guess What I Got You for the Holidays
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.
Episode 1730 min1975-01-06
Whattaya Think It's There For?
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.
Episode 1830 min1975-01-13
Not Made for Each Other
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.
Episode 1930 min1975-01-20
Strained Interlude
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.
Episode 2030 min1975-01-27
Everything I Have is Yours, Almost
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.
Episode 2130 min1975-02-03
Chest Pains
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.
Episode 2230 min1975-02-10
Windows by Rhoda
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.
Episode 2330 min1975-02-24
A Nice Warm Rut
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.
Episode 2430 min1975-03-03
Ida, the Elf
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.
Episode 2530 min1975-03-10
Along Comes Mary
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.