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TVFactFan · 07-28-2013, 11:41 PM

It was some very crappy episodes in this season. Especially eps 9 to 13.

Other Observations

1.Brenda is smaller

2. Rhoda's hairstyle is awful

3. The opening episode is stupid with having martin run away to Florida

4. Carlton the doorman is heard only twice between eps 1 to 9

5. Opening Credits is the same as season 4

6. Stupid addition......"TINA" who came off as a Female Vinnie Barbarino

7. The character jack was trying to hard to be another Lou Grant

8. Rhoda didn't have a love life at all this season

9. Benny was pathetic for a grown man

10. Benny's older brother earl was creepy and weird

11. The worst episode of the season was......"The Total Brenda"

12. The best episode of the season was.........."Rhoda vs Ida"

Glad I didn't have to buy this crappy season on DVD

As far as I'm concerned this season can stay unreleased.

scotsguy · 07-29-2013, 04:31 PM

Yes season 5 wasn't very good,think the writers had given up,why all the stuff about Martin and Ida separating,weren't we all depressed enough after Joe and Rhoda split?

TVFactFan · 07-29-2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by scotsguy

Yes season 5 wasn't very good,think the writers had given up,why all the stuff about Martin and Ida separating,weren't we all depressed enough after Joe and Rhoda split?

I know and for that to be the season opener at the time probably turned most fans off

snowpeck · 07-29-2013, 07:36 PM

Agreed, the season was not very good. The Martin/Ida split plot was depressing, Brenda's engagement made her less interesting (and Benny was kind of a dud), Ron Silver was gone, and there were too many goofy stories ("The Date in the Iron Mask" for instance.) Plus it seems there were hardly any stories about Rhoda herself. Supposedly the reason for getting rid of Joe in the first place was because Rhoda had become hard to write for and they found themselves writing nothing but Brenda and Ida stories. By season 5 they were doing that again, and Rhoda wasn't even married anymore. The show should have ended sooner than it did.

TVFactFan · 07-29-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by snowpeck

Agreed, the season was not very good. The Martin/Ida split plot was depressing, Brenda's engagement made her less interesting (and Benny was kind of a dud), Ron Silver was gone, and there were too many goofy stories ("The Date in the Iron Mask" for instance.) Plus it seems there were hardly any stories about Rhoda herself. Supposedly the reason for getting rid of Joe in the first place was because Rhoda had become hard to write for and they found themselves writing nothing but Brenda and Ida stories. By season 5 they were doing that again, and Rhoda wasn't even married anymore. The show should have ended sooner than it did.

And jack was a fake Mr. Grant

LittleRickyII · 08-15-2013, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I know and for that to be the season opener at the time probably turned most fans off

I was around back then and it seems the show had sort of been forgotten about by that point. I think they moved it to another night for the 5th season. It had been in Sunday nights after 60 Minutes, and by the 4th season, people were mainly still watching only because they were already tuned into CBS to watch 60 Minutes. So when it changed nights, viewers didn't follow. I remember becoming disenchanted with the show in the third and fourth season following the separation and divorce, and particularly when the brought on that Johnny Venture character. They seemed to be trying to turn the show into another MTM Show, but the new characters being created seemed like copycat characters of MTM, rather than anything original, and they all sort of fell flat. Everything about Rhoda that had made her fun on MTM was taken away, so she wasn't so much fun anymore. And she was being surrounded by dull characters. It was really disappointing because Valerie Harper deserved much better.

TVFactFan · 08-15-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LittleRickyII

I was around back then and it seems the show had sort of been forgotten about by that point. I think they moved it to another night for the 5th season. It had been in Sunday nights after 60 Minutes, and by the 4th season, people were mainly still watching only because they were already tuned into CBS to watch 60 Minutes. So when it changed nights, viewers didn't follow. I remember becoming disenchanted with the show in the third and fourth season following the separation and divorce, and particularly when the brought on that Johnny Venture character. They seemed to be trying to turn the show into another MTM Show, but the new characters being created seemed like copycat characters of MTM, rather than anything original, and they all sort of fell flat. Everything about Rhoda that had made her fun on MTM was taken away, so she wasn't so much fun anymore. And she was being surrounded by dull characters. It was really disappointing because Valerie Harper deserved much better.

Yeah Jack was too similar to mr. grant

mets82 · 08-16-2013, 03:11 PM

Solomon, where did you watch season 5? I'm watching it on ME-TV and we are in the middle of season 2. If I get a chance to see season 5, I'd like to see how the show went downhill.

TVFactFan · 08-16-2013, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mets82

Solomon, where did you watch season 5? I'm watching it on ME-TV and we are in the middle of season 2. If I get a chance to see season 5, I'd like to see how the show went downhill.

Season 5 of Rhoda is now on Youtube.

McGillicuddy · 08-17-2013, 07:49 PM

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Season 5 of Rhoda is now on Youtube.

Rhoda Season 5 must have been pulled from Youtube. I saw all the episodes there a couple weeks ago, now I can't find them. I only watched episode 1, Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

TVFactFan · 08-17-2013, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by McGillicuddy

Rhoda Season 5 must have been pulled from Youtube. I saw all the episodes there a couple weeks ago, now I can't find them. I only watched episode 1, Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

No it isn't, this is episode 11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgwz...SxptRA&index=5

TVFactFan · 08-17-2013, 08:10 PM

All the eps are on there except episode #3 and episode #6

Not sure what happened to those

TVFactFan · 08-17-2013, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by McGillicuddy

Rhoda Season 5 must have been pulled from Youtube. I saw all the episodes there a couple weeks ago, now I can't find them. I only watched episode 1, Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Ok they are all on there. You have to put in the search box like this

S05E03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdxtC5ig4aU

Which is Season 5 episode 3

McGillicuddy · 08-18-2013, 12:15 AM

Thank you, Solomon, I just watched episodes 2&3.

TVFactFan · 08-18-2013, 12:32 AM

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Thank you, Solomon, I just watched episodes 2&3.

No problem. I wanted to watch all of them in one day because I wasn't sure how long they were going to be available LOL

07-28-2013, 11:41 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,949	Well just finished watching season 5 and............ It was some very crappy episodes in this season. Especially eps 9 to 13. Other Observations 1.Brenda is smaller 2. Rhoda's hairstyle is awful 3. The opening episode is stupid with having martin run away to Florida 4. Carlton the doorman is heard only twice between eps 1 to 9 5. Opening Credits is the same as season 4 6. Stupid addition......"TINA" who came off as a Female Vinnie Barbarino 7. The character jack was trying to hard to be another Lou Grant 8. Rhoda didn't have a love life at all this season 9. Benny was pathetic for a grown man 10. Benny's older brother earl was creepy and weird 11. The worst episode of the season was......"The Total Brenda" 12. The best episode of the season was.........."Rhoda vs Ida" Glad I didn't have to buy this crappy season on DVD As far as I'm concerned this season can stay unreleased.

07-29-2013, 07:36 PM	#4
snowpeck Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 13, 2001 Location: Atlanta Posts: 759	Agreed, the season was not very good. The Martin/Ida split plot was depressing, Brenda's engagement made her less interesting (and Benny was kind of a dud), Ron Silver was gone, and there were too many goofy stories ("The Date in the Iron Mask" for instance.) Plus it seems there were hardly any stories about Rhoda herself. Supposedly the reason for getting rid of Joe in the first place was because Rhoda had become hard to write for and they found themselves writing nothing but Brenda and Ida stories. By season 5 they were doing that again, and Rhoda wasn't even married anymore. The show should have ended sooner than it did.
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08-16-2013, 03:11 PM	#8
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	Solomon, where did you watch season 5? I'm watching it on ME-TV and we are in the middle of season 2. If I get a chance to see season 5, I'd like to see how the show went downhill.
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07-29-2013, 04:31 PM	#2
scotsguy Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 25, 2002 Location: Edinburgh,Scotland Posts: 696	Yes season 5 wasn't very good,think the writers had given up,why all the stuff about Martin and Ida separating,weren't we all depressed enough after Joe and Rhoda split?

08-17-2013, 08:10 PM	#12
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,949	All the eps are on there except episode #3 and episode #6 Not sure what happened to those

08-18-2013, 12:15 AM	#14
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	Thank you, Solomon, I just watched episodes 2&3.