This is a great lesson for today. NEVER ignore the red flags you get. We all know that she and Joe get married and he tells her he is not sure he wants to be married and they get divorced. In the first 3 episodes alone, they fight when they meet, he ditches her to go to a ballgame, he sleeps over at his ex-wife's house, tells her that they should see other people and generally behaves like an ass. Instead of heeding all these red flags, she pushes full steam ahead into a relationship with a self-centered guy that is not that into you Rhoda, that she has to constantly soothe his ego, make excuses for his bad behavior, always saying she is sorry for not being as understanding as he wants her to be and has to use sex to keep him remotely interested. Run Rhoda Run.

This is when the show should have taken a turn to have Rhoda date other guys and see Joe off and on. It would have kept the spirit of Rhoda alive longer and maybe she could have married Joe later on down the road. The show could have had a longer run then it did!

David Groh (Joe) was so darn handsome! Sadly, he passed away in 2008 at the age of 68...May he be resting in heavenly peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏

This show brings back a lot of good memories. Sitting on my mom's bed eating chips, just before bedtime watching different sitcoms on black and white TV. My dad, downstairs watched a different Chanel on the TV downstairs. I don't remember having a color TV until i was about 12 years old. You know such simple things seemed to bring such enjoyment back then.

Am I the only one who got the feeling that this Rhoda is completely different from the character we know and love in the Mary Tyler Moore Show? It's so weird

Boy, Joe is a crab. Run Rhoda Run.

It’s neat to see the small parts being done by actors who went on to bigger things. This episode had the future Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati) and the precious episode had The Fonz (Happy Days).

I've always loved Rhoda and Joe! Never felt the same after the divorce! Nearly 50 years later, here I am!

People opining about “red flags” need to consider that this show is from the 70s. For the 70s, Joe was pretty “advanced” for a man. Modern eyes see decades worth of societal introspection about the more problematic aspects of romantic relationships between men and women…Insights which weren’t as fully developed or widely adopted in 1974. Hell…Maude had only been on for 2 years!

A very talented and lovely woman....A true TV icon and role model. Thank you Valerie for being you, and Rhoda.

so wonderful... RIP Valerie Harper

RIP also Lorenzo Music and Ron Silvers and David Groh...who after Rhoda went on to do a well respected performance on General Hospital. Harold Gould was so handsome!!!!!!!!

I like all her show so classic and clean👍

This episode hit very close to home as a single 30-year old in a big city :D such a good show!

Cool to see Howard Hessman on here! always a funny guy :)

Johnny Fever and in the 1st episode The Fonz!Always cool to see sitcom icons before they were famous.

Anybody else remember those artist entry exams on matchbooks!?

Dr. Johnny Fever!😂

I loved this series and the other one called Valerie Harper -1980s it was never the same when she was fired. I was so disappointed.

Phone booths? Yea, those were good days. Always loved Valerie. She is now stress free.