Best episode ever. Their relationship was the backbone of the show and Ida handled him coming back like a classy pro. 🤗🤗🤗

I forgot this show ran right up until 1979. You can see how much their fashion changed as it approached 1980.

This was hilarious when Rhoda lifts mother and carrys her to the door .

The way Rhoda carries Ida. 😂😂😂😂

The yell from the audience when Martin was at the door was Everything🤗. The show really wasn't the same without him. Wow. It really was good to see him back at home. Yaaaay!!! One more thing, the animals at the zoo. Oh my God! My heart melted. Best freaking episode ever. Love love love this one.😊💖🤍💖🤍💖🤍💖🙌

I truly loved that sitcom

When I was a child and teenager, during the 1960's & 1970's, most women over age 60 used those purses like Ida has, most were black or white, and made of vinyl. Women back then called them pocket books...I never knew why. My grandma had a black one, and called it a pocket book.Not all men want to 'find themselves'. In fact, I never knew any man who went through that.

Yeah, this was the low point of all the show’s season. After season 3, the show focused more on drama, anger and hurt, than great comedy.... but what a great cast of seasoned comedic actors. They made even a dull episode special. Love them all. Rhoda, Ida and Brenda. Iconic TV characters.

I'm not sure I could take my husband back after leaving so abruptly without any warning because he had some oats to sow. If I did I know I wouldn't trust him like before he left. I like how she wanted to be courted, he had to win her back.

Martin was Roses BF on Golden Girls. Ida was Sophia's sis.

The lows of this show are still better than a lot of the rubbish put out today!

OMG ! Plastic covered furniture! Ah, the good old days!

How Could Rhoda And Brenda Not Get Mad At Their Father.

Who remembers Earth shoes?

Oddly enough, Aunt Rose was mentioned in numerous episodes of "Rhoda", but only ever seen in the MTM episode "Rhoda's Sister Gets Married", played by Brett Somers. As great as Brett was, I guess they just never wrote anything for her on "Rhoda." Probably she was too busy over at "Match Game."

Erik, There wasn’t anyone like Rhoda😄

Excellent!

What a strong mother she carried it with one hand

Early version of Ross's " pivot, pivot !".

Season 5 ‘s theme song was wack at the beginning

Ida shouldn't have taken him back.

Have you ever known a loving husband leave his wife without warning to "find himself" indefinitely many many miles away and expect it to be alright coming home maybe soon, maybe later....what a stupid concept! So obviously a desperate idea to fill in time while the actor's not available. If the actor was under contract in another production then ok, but they could've come up with something more feasible surely....oddly enough, going to prison for a crime he didn't commit would've been more believable. Or maybe visiting a distant relative in a different country and losing his passport. Or how about getting stuck in quarantine on a boat coming back? Or even being put in an asylum!! ANYTHING instead of 'I just fancy a change, darling, without you...bye!!!" (do they think we're dumb or something??) Other than that, it's still one of the most entertaining sitcoms ever and a great distraction from the woes of the world in 2020.

At the episode start Ida talks of Grandma Morgenstern, which would be a relative of Martin, not of hers. So that makes Ida nice to visit Martin's grandmother (or maybe mother)

Wikipedia accused Martin of having an AFFAIR

Especially Rhoda.

Ida looks so cute in slacks! That's the only good thing I can say about this episode:/

Ida was so much better than l ever would hv bn It would hv taken so much more & even then, l still wouldn't hv.... He really had some nerve

Rhoda's shoes in season 4 &5 are hot!

I FEEL IDA HERE!!!!!!! I totally 100% understand & agree w Ida... I would HV slapped Martin, then slammed the door in his face.... I NVR would HV thought to tell him to to date me thiugh, but tht WAS PURE GENIUS on Ida part & PRICELESS... I Love THIS episode 🎉😂❤ I just could NVR understand hw Rhoda & Brenda couldn't see Ida PLITE...(hurt)...

It's very Jewish for a Jewish man to run off y join the circus. It's rather heartwarming because back then parents were loved y respected. Today their usually pushed onto the fire escape y the screws are generally pulled from the iron. I'm getting up in years y I'm in a co owner Jewish nursing home. They love me so much, as my father was the Jew in our family y not mother, that they took the screws out of one side of my headboard. I was showered in ice cold water last night by an Asian woman y got in a Laos lesson. Óscar Schindler treated the gentiles better than i as a fellow Jewess by 'my own'. A chimpanzee is very far from what why thoughts were of this NY owner last night, with an already 2 FBI raids already under his belt, y much more including 11 deaths of children in his other facilities y still even more. Leominster housing y rehabilitation center sends their love y gratitude. 🇮🇱

Man, she was super kind to say that he went prison. I would have said that he joined a gay retreat to find himself y mailed myself photos accidentally dropping them open in the neighbour's presence. If she wanted the jail story to stick, i could have worked that angle well. Big time! Walking out on your own wife is acceptable!

Rhoda's hair is absolutely hideous, but not as hideous as this storyline. I wanted Ida to tell Martin to shove it for leaving her, and live happily ever after with the handsome doctor she dated a couple of episodes ago.

104 7 "Martin Comes Home" Tony Mordente Charlotte Brown November 11, 1978 8159 Martin returns from Florida hoping to reconcile with Ida, but she wants a second courtship to forgive him for his affair.

why do americans call a handbag a pocket book

Season 5 was ranked 95 so the show wasn’t as good as the first couple. I personally think that the Rhoda character was perfect as a supporting character on Mary Tyler Moore show. Rhoda as a central character is overpowering and the constant self deprecating and self doubting gets tiring. Brenda’s whining throughout the series gets old as well.

Show was totally an off track/mess at this point.... aweful

This intro is so bad. The intro from seasons 1-3 are better.

Again with Benny's reindeer sweater?! And I can suspend belief for a whole lot on TV, but I'm sorry, this entire story arc between Ida and Martin is too far-fetched for even me.

People need to stop posting about her hair as if they have said something new and fresh. I am really getting annoyed with “parrots.” Polly wanna can it.

I prefer the theme from seasons 1-4. This version is garbage. Still a good episode.

Rhoda's hair is terrible!! Doesn't flatter her at all.

Lose Benny.

I watched all of the seasons. I now detest all of the characters on the show with the exception of Carlton the Doorman and Sophie the fish.. Gawd, awful!!