Question about Season 3...

[OOliver]

I'm watching Season 3 on ALN, and we made it to the New Years Eve episode. What's strange is that so far, there has been no mention of Rhoda's employment! At the end of S2, one of the last eps (if not the very last ep) was that Rhoda was losing her business, "Windows by Rhoda". Her friend Myrna had left the business because there was no money left, and Rhoda's neighbor in the building was getting ready to take over her space.

We jump into S3, and it's about Rhoda's seperation ~ and her new friends "Sally" and "Gary". They each talk about their jobs (she's a stewardess, he owns his clothing store) as does Brenda (she's still a bank teller). Yet nothing is mentioned of Rhoda's employment!

Does anyone know what she is supposed to be doing at this point? I think she joins the costume company in S4.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by OOliver

I'm watching Season 3 on ALN, and we made it to the New Years Eve episode. What's strange is that so far, there has been no mention of Rhoda's employment! At the end of S2, one of the last eps (if not the very last ep) was that Rhoda was losing her business, "Windows by Rhoda". Her friend Myrna had left the business because there was no money left, and Rhoda's neighbor in the building was getting ready to take over her space.

We jump into S3, and it's about Rhoda's seperation ~ and her new friends "Sally" and "Gary". They each talk about their jobs (she's a stewardess, he owns his clothing store) as does Brenda (she's still a bank teller). Yet nothing is mentioned of Rhoda's employment!

Does anyone know what she is supposed to be doing at this point? I think she joins the costume company in S4.

I've been wondering the same thing, Oliver! Is Joe paying all her bills? That seems unlikely given (if I remember correctly) how much trouble it was talking Joe into moving into 9E because of the cost. And this "new" apartment can't be that much cheaper: she moved from one one-bedroom apartment (with no separate dining room) to another one-bedroom apartment (with no separate dining room). The only real difference between the apartments is she gave up the terrace. I doubt the rent would be that much cheaper just because she doesn't have a terrace anymore.

[OOliver]

Since posting this question, there has been subsequesnt episodes which deal (to a degree) with Rhoda's employment...

In one ep, Gary is afraid he's going to lose his store, so he has a clearance sale to move the inventory. We learn all this when he goes down to Rhoda's apartment to tell her he can't use her for his upcoming window dispalys, even though he liked her sketches.

In the next ep, Nick Lobo drops his accordion on Rhoda's foot (breaking her toe), right before she was leaving her appointment to show some skecthes to a potential client 'downtown'. In this ep, we also learn (when she's in the emergency room) that her address is on W. 64th Street.

In the next ep, Rhoda is waiting for a client to arrive at her apartment to review her sketches, and she gets mistaken as a prostitute.

So apparently, in 1976-77, she is still a window-dresser, but she works out of her apartment...she no longer has her studio.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by OOliver

Since posting this question, there has been subsequesnt episodes which deal (to a degree) with Rhoda's employment...

In one ep, Gary is afraid he's going to lose his store, so he has a clearance sale to move the inventory. We learn all this when he goes down to Rhoda's apartment to tell her he can't use her for his upcoming window dispalys, even though he liked her sketches.

In the next ep, Nick Lobo drops his accordion on Rhoda's foot (breaking her toe), right before she was leaving her appointment to show some skecthes to a potential client 'downtown'. In this ep, we also learn (when she's in the emergency room) that her address is on W. 64th Street.

In the next ep, Rhoda is waiting for a client to arrive at her apartment to review her sketches, and she gets mistaken as a prostitute.

So apparently, in 1976-77, she is still a window-dresser, but she works out of her apartment...she no longer has her studio.

Yeah, I noticed that, too. And it makes sense given that by the end of season two, she could no longer afford to maintain her office space and an employee. So now she's tightening her budget and free lancing. I wonder if Joe is helping her out with the rent? He ought to. After all, he's the one who decided to leave.