RHODA S02E13 - A Night with the Girls

[@williamwalker3336]

One of my favourite shows. Used to watch this w my mother. Sweet memories.

[@rosemaryrojahn584]

Love Rhoda's clothes in this season and she looked her best too. I liked this show so much more than MTM.

[@randysills4418]

Me too! I thought that Mary Richards was a whiney character...

[@PaulManzi-gy6kc]

I feel like Mary T. M. was my Aunt but Rhoda was my friend.

[@babbitsmom]

When she said, “Princeton ‘65” like a dude, I laughed so hard. 15:30

[@dawndavis6194]

I know! I rewound and watched it 7xs!

[@joshcardnell4840]

I love this gem of a show it’s incredible

[@m.e.d.7997]

It aged very well. A little better than MTM show.

[@Lifeafterthedarknarc]

Off topic but you’re cute lol

[@randilevson9547]

The total fantasy that Rhoda weaves to explain Joe's overnight absence is phenomenal. So well acted, and very well written. Very impressive. Joe's story of what may or may not have actually happened, is lacklustre, and dull.

[@margarethughes3763]

Used to watch this when first on tv. Still like it now.

[@janetduncan87]

I'm loving that blue blouse and head wrap. That necklace really pulls that all together. I love bohemian styles.

[@kdjixs]

That man is lying his butt off!

[@yolandagrady7232]

kdjixs He probably was.

[@louiserichardson5212]

It is tricky to organise a girls' night out when you're married. I feel for Rhoda and Susie. But Myrna's becoming a real pain in the...

[@sugarbabylove1000]

Yes. Myrna is getting on my nerves now

[@yachoobful]

Myrna was always a pain in the...

[@jennife333]

Not really . My friends and I even do girls trips a few times a year. It is important to keep friendships and not forget friends when you have a relationship. My mom used to even do girls trips in the 70's and leave us with my dad. Wasn't a big deal. My dad was happy to take over with the kids while she went. That is how it should be. And vice versa if a guy wants guy time.

[@louiserichardson5212]

I agree that it's important to keep friends. I just remember it was much easier to organize girls'nights when I was single and childless.

[@carmenowens3375]

Didn't realize Myrna was such a ho.

[@dascho5385]

Valerie was a master at using her hands in her acting.

[@mariethompson6421]

When Joe was explaining to Rhoda where he was all night, his body language and the look on his face told me he was lying.

[@draydayj1]

Then comes the break up!!!

[@themaggattack]

Yep. He looked guilty as sin.

[@Gobi512]

She should have asked for the receipt or he should have just offered it

[@jackies1729]

Rhoda knew he was

[@leonandrews7180]

“It’s 2 am, where could Joe be?” “You can call him and Instagram him a message.” “It’s 1975.” “Oh yeah, right.”

[@justshelby4589]

Beepers...lol

[@dionlindsay2]

I'm so glad to be out of the dating scene, now that everybody's expected to be contactable 24/7.

[@themaggattack]

@@justshelby4589 I don't even think doctors had beepers yet in the 70's. Maybe doctors did. But I know for sure that regular Joe's didn't have beepers until the 90's.

[@MelodyLovesMusic]

@@themaggattack no such thing as beepers in the 70s

[@paintedbird]

LOL Brenda checked the phone book for the made up girl. That's funny.

[@MsSunshine610]

Thought joe sold his car in season 1

[@wishmaster7438]

We must learn to accept that even friends can let us down in the real world. I believe the character of Rhoda has high expectations. I knew some people like her who were easily emotionally wounded.

[@emilyedwards9809]

It was so funny seeing Rhoda cry like that!! Her face completely changed, she was unrecognizable. lol

[@jamesr1703]

6:25 Look it's Isaac from the Love Boat.

[@pwallace5359]

That’s what I thought!

[@janetduncan87]

I noted that as well.

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

I find it so adorable that so many people discuss the characters in this show as if they were REAL people with real problems. The power of stories. And people love to be detectives for sure. That kind of instinct helped us survive, apparently. As a writer, I find it really interesting. Anyway, great show. And I agree with everyone that Joe character is a real jerk.

[@thenaturalboxer]

Yes, the power of stories. I find myself rooting for Brenda.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

I don't think so. Wednesday night was their night together - so Rhoda makes plant with the girls?

[@mariethompson6421]

He really was a jerk. I don't know what Rhoda ever saw in him. She could have done much better.

[@jeanmiller1142]

Joe cheated this night I think

[@yolandagrady7232]

Regardless of whether Joe was lying or not, I found it troubling and disturbing that Rhoda accepted his story so easily. He could have told her anything apparently and she would have believed it without any proof.

[@glen7318]

Why should she be so suspicious?

[@Gobi512]

I thought he sold his car in a previous episode.

[@mthivier]

the guy who plays Rick, Don Chastain, was very handsome. The character may seem over the top to younger viewers, but Rick was typical of someone whom you might meet in a bar in the '70s: self-consciously handsome, styled, moussed hair, shirt unbuttoned to his navel with a gold chair or two around his neck, and a smooth, easy of talking to women.

[@themaggattack]

When he said "I own this bar, I don't take orders, I give them." 😳 Excuse me, Mr. Big! That's a fast way to lose customers now adays! I feel like even back then it was probably considered rude. But maybe I'm wrong, because they just accepted it like it was par for the course.

[@markxxx21]

He was Debbie Reynold's husband in the short lived "Debbie Reynolds Show."

[@celialovett5880]

My friends and I always thought of them as Lounge Lizards!

[@ginaloverofangels]

Rhoda has quite the imagination.

[@themaggattack]

Yeah, but he WAS wearing that navy turtleneck, so maybe she's not too far off.

[@PernellsBabe00]

That poor Suzie she is always preggers

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Amazing. Because her husband is such a jerk!

[@sueb6662]

?? he's never even been in the series.

[@emilyedwards9809]

@@sueb6662 uh yes he was.

[@Shamonwhitehurst252]

@@StrongnBeautiful there’s no pleasing a feminist

[@blendezfamily8727]

I use Head & Shoulders too, Rhoda!!

[@michellepost1016]

I saw most of the 'Rhoda' episodes when new.I never thought even back then that Rhoda and Joe were right for each other.He seemed cold and aloof, lacked a personality, really.Rhoda acted like she'd rather do single person things instead of being married.Joe's explanation for his lateness sounded like he rehearsed it over in his mind for hours...too lame and stiff.

[@ophiecat]

Michelle Post I was a little girl when this show was on. I hated Joe then and still do, watching this all these decades later.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Rhoda is not a good wife.

[@leonandrews7180]

Joe was a dick.

[@themaggattack]

@@ophiecat Good instincts.

[@Robert-ws3mk]

Unpopular opinion.. this show is better than mtm show..

[@lorraineb.4698]

It aged much better too. MTM show is very dated

[@Robert-ws3mk]

Thank you for the uploads !

[@JasonMovieGuy]

Joe was lying. This was to set up their divorce by season 3. He was not committed to Rhoda, and was having affairs behind her back. The writers wanted to add tension and drama to the series, because once they got married where do you go from there?

[@feliciagarland8462]

JasonMovieGuy I thought viewers weren't happy with Joe. Rhoda wasn't "our girl" once she got married.

[@glen7318]

Was he having affairs? I thought that they split because he told her he had never really wanted to be married and had felt under pressure to marry her...

[@yolandagrady7232]

@@glen7318 They did split because he felt stifled & he finally admitted that the most he wanted to do was live together without marriage. But in this episode, he acted a lot like a guy who was guilty of cheating on this particular night. As another person said, his story sounded rehearsed & his body language looked weird & "off" like a guilty person trying to get away with something.

[@glen7318]

@@yolandagrady7232 if they'd meant him to be cheating, surely when the marriage broke up, Rhoda could have asked him if he had been with another woman and that would provide a good reason to end the marriage.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I look at ‘King of Queens’ though and they made it work, but Rhoda was not Carrie Heffernan and Joe was was Doug.

[@randilevson9547]

Susan Alborn (Beverly Sanders) also played Rayette, the coffee shop waitress on the MTM show for a couple of episodes. She is a good actress.

[@YankeeJet24]

Suzie looks like Tori Spelling with a LOT less makeup. And I thought the waiter was Ted Lange, Isaac Your Bartender on The Love Boat. Joe was in Sheepshead Bay all right, but he spent the night with some Russian girl at The Windjammer.

[@DontFartOnMyPillow619]

I think that's an insult to Beverly Sanders who was always a pretty lady with a beautiful smile. Tori is not a pretty woman. Plus, the work she's had done on her face has aged her more.

[@sugarbabylove1000]

I know it's just comedy, but why go to a singles bar?

[@juannunez5767]

14:56 Great scene by Valerie Harper.

[@mariawelsh3190]

Looks like Rhoda missed her calling... she should've been an author. What a story👏💜👍

[@faywoo9258]

Wow! Life before cellphones was crazy and awkward!!! 😆

[@themaggattack]

And people got away with murder! Now nobody can fart without everyone posting reciepts all over social media.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Not if you lived it. We knew no other way. IT was okay.

[@NoName-ot8kl]

Notice how Joe was wearing the turtle neck Rhoda described in her imagination. The story Rhod told could have been what Joe's character did. The writers probably wanted us to imagine it and keep us guessing while telling us what happened.

[@themaggattack]

Yes! SUCH good writing! It really makes the audience feel that uneasy feeling that a person gets when they just KNOW their spouse is cheating on them, but they can't accuse them or they'd look "crazy." "Idk if it's E.S.P or C.R.A.Z.Y."

[@sammavacaist]

I love the character who is always pregnant because she hates it. And the husband is an arrogent jerk who is always working. I like that the writers dared to get a little honest about womens' lives. Probably for the first time back then.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Why have 6 children ?? Why ?

[@Carrie-xo7yx]

I'm so over that Myrna woman!

[@StrongnBeautiful]

She's crazy!

[@sugarbabylove1000]

Me too!

[@ginaloverofangels]

@@sugarbabylove1000 Her voice drives me up the wall.

[@gwenwachsman3739]

She had a non-entity role on the show. A nymphomaniac without any conscience.

[@carmenowens3375]

@@gwenwachsman3739 I hadn't realized what a ho she was.

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

The character "Rhoda" was a little insecure. She didn't want to lose that hunk of a hubby of hers

[@themaggattack]

Yeah, but in a previous episode, he told her she should try to be more secure in herself or she would ruin their relationship. That's the LAST way to make her feel secure! And then he pulled this kind of $#!+. This is why I do NOT want any "hunks" never no more. Too much trouble.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@themaggattack The dull ones are better. They stand by you.

[@msromo]

He wore his blue turtleneck for a drive? Yeah, ok. Liar.

[@BobShay]

Brah was sweating nuts

[@scottgates6993]

A guy fixed Joe's battery? Hmm...Rhoda, you don't know "The Awful Truth".

[@skunk69x29]

I'm thinking Joe was out cruising the adult book stores, or was at The Mineshaft/Anvil getting fisted.

[@Mejiaelis]

There was more chemistry between joe and Brenda than there was between joe and Rhoda IMO

[@Mangos68]

Nooo

[@themaggattack]

I see it.

[@carmenowens3375]

He was a great brother-in-law to Brenda

[@traceyaz125]

Myrna looked so much better with long hair

[@favorite3932]

Rhoda has a R like Mary

[@diorme7510]

and a J which Joe didn't deserve.

[@jamescress]

always liked Rhoda but the intro music to her show was awful!

[@glen7318]

God yes, Im ttrying to see what it was I liked about the show years ago.. and WHY didn't I remember how stupid that intro music was..

[@lorimiller4301]

And it just goes on and on ugh 😑 Rhoda was so much cooler on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I liked her sassy not insecure.

[@mikurtis1767]

I liked the intro music when they didn't have the annoying kids singing "La la la la la" along with it

[@jamescress]

@@mikurtis1767 me too

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Terrible and off putting immediately.

[@givememore4free]

Naaaah - Joe knew that Rhoda was out with the girls and they came back at 2 am. , and he was not there what I would do is to give my friend the boots, not call my sister because it is 2 am and then go to sleep. Joe would come home the next day and then we would talk about where he left if he didn't leave a note. And I could do this even without a cell phone. As for Joe's story of what happened, he should've showed some proof that he got his car fixed otherwise I would not believe him. As for the friend and sister leaving when Joe came back I would have just sleep where they are. This episode made Rhoda seem really crazy in the head though.

[@ald668]

Love the intro music!

[@vintagehippie3647]

The beginning of the end. Not a good move to make plans with friends on couple night.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Yep !

[@amandajstar]

But it's nothing much in the long annals of married life.... If *that's* a divorcable offence, then EVERYTHING is, and God help us all....

[@michellepost3098]

Susie had several kids, she had responsibilities Rhoda didn't have. Rhoda had no kids, but seemingly thought Susie should neglect her own kids for Rhoda. It was crappy of Rhoda to be so bossy to Susie. Myrna should have kept the dinner date with Rhoda at her apt., she could have taken a rain check for a date with the bus driver. Rhoda should have been more attentive to her own marriage instead of bossing Myrna and Susie. Rhoda was always insecure about her marriage, and her self esteem was so low. She was always so wired, and very negative. She has no trust in Joe. She needed to chill out, big time.

[@Gobi512]

Maxwell's Plum...thats a blast from the past. Happy memories.

[@NathanDunlap-j9w]

Merina funny I think I seen her before she likes crayons or color pencils ❤

[@XNY556-Apple]

That pregnant lady is gorgeous.

[@violetsnotviolence]

Myrna was really annoying.

[@randilevson9547]

Myrna was played by Barbara Sharma, who was also the feeb waitress, turned feeb secretary, on a great episode of the MTM show. Feeb translates to feeble.

[@nmc5858]

Erik, There wasn’t anyone like Rhoda 😃

[@StrongnBeautiful]

WHY did they cut Myrna's hair??! She was *beautiful* with that hair. She must have been too much competition for Rhoda. SMH.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Agree

[@thomasmagnum3588]

UGH. Rhoda’s crying jag??? The audience didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. And Joe’s dead battery story is an insult to wives of adulterers everywhere. I think I’ve seen enough of this show for awhile . What a shame, the actors were always so much better than the material.

[@jamesr1703]

Is it just me or does Rhoda look like a brunette Madonna in this episode?

[@tomorrowmorning8360]

i see it

[@yairmoreno9091]

Madonna is naturally brunette tho... but yeah there are some episodes they both look so similar 😵❗

[@olavwilhelm6843]

nope :-) Madonna looked like rhoda after she finished of to be a marilyn copy :-)

[@jameswillett7186]

That guy who owns the singles restaurant looks a lot like the doctor on Little House On The Prairie.

[@shayjackson-cee6308]

Geesh !!I swear everything is recyclable...even one of my favorite good buy's that I love to "quote to ppl " Chow for now "..Merna says it to the girls in this episode ..when I heard her say it I quench as if to say " dang I thought that was mines."..now come to find out it's me that's using the 1970"s line oh well even tho its retro I just love saying "chow for now "

[@ArkadyKirsanov]

It's "Ciao for now."

[@themaggattack]

SOOOO many things kids think is new actually came from the 70's. "Vibing" came frome the 60's/70's. So did "lit." And "the scene." There's just so much tgat came from the 70's. It's really funny when kids think it's all new.

[@shannonyoung3910]

Joe's lying

[@henrimatisse7481]

And how do you fix a battery?

[@Kat.Evangeline]

You need a jump start.

[@CaptainGrimsdale]

Who answers a phone in the middle of the night? I don't because I am asleep.

[@Lifeafterthedarknarc]

This was an extra good one! I never see Rhoda so upset she’s always smiling big! And ps: I love Rhoda better without joe around, idk why everyone says they should have kept him, he wasn’t so nice to her and I think she was just fine with her sis and okay

[@victoriawood4514]

They got rid of the character of Joe because Rhonda 's sister was getting all the laughs! And it was shifting towards Julie's ( Brenda) life then Rhonda ( Valerie)

[@gwenwachsman3739]

Who's Rhonda?

[@jameshall9402]

@@gwenwachsman3739 🤣

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@gwenwachsman3739 Obviously Rhoda. smh

[@jennyonthecoast]

They have an unhealthy marriage (yes I know it's not real).

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Good

[@DKDiva804]

I get conflict drives an episode but it was always something coming between Rhoda and Joe. I would've loved third season when they were more settled into their marriage to see them attack problems as a unit, instead of the problem dividing them.

[@stuartwise5709]

I think it is the fact that so many episodes with Rhoda and Joe had conflicts that prompted the series developers to get her divorced. These conflicts are really not funny. They both seem to have short tempers, and the basis of their fights I find cringeworthy

[@grainnegowen5758]

a BA in art history lol

[@dannydougin3925]

Great episode... but ugh- those off key brats la la-ing! Ruins the opening!

[@rcbrad3]

There are so many complaints about this theme version all over the second season episodes. I really liked the music for this version. It seems to me that the theme is trying to be lighthearted and fun with youngsters vocalizing.

[@Prieze868]

Look like Madonna when she smiled and she was talking about her husband picking up the samantha

[@LorraineMatthew-oe3mm]

A GOOD VIDEO

[@colleenk60]

Battery, huh?

[@firouz4296]

I have never seen Joe and Rhoda kiss! Is it his hair? Bad breath?🤣

[@m.e.d.7997]

Very interesting.

[@m.e.d.7997]

They kissed in the first season

[@suenelson4123]

I am so sorry so the wraps that Rhoda insist on wearing are horrible

[@emilyedwards9809]

Poor Rhoda. I would've been worried sick too, but she should've trusted him more than that.

[@RuiOliveiraTV]

+Emily Edwards I belive he was lying. What a stupid excuse... and Rhoda insecure bought that.... she deserved better

[@butternutsoapcompany2150]

+Rui Oliveira I thought that too! Almost like they scripted it to be a suspicious ending.

[@yolandagrady7232]

ButterNut Soap Company I'm gonna just pretend I never watched this episode because Joe AND Rhoda irritated me in it. Deep down Rhoda HAD to suspect Joe's story sounded like hogwash that he made up on the drive home! How could she not bust him for lying or at least check for some proof of his story being true?

[@alteredillusions100]

Julie Kavner :)

[@ophiecat]

alteredillusions100 I love her. Its strange to hear Marg’s voice coming out of Brenda’s mouth.

[@Christian_Ada1]

Whoever said in the comment section that she liked Rhoda because she was sassy on the Mary Tyler Moore show and not insecure, you did not watch the show because she was very insecure on the Mary Tyler Moore show as well because she was chunky I

[@theresabollman8061]

I forgot Merna's last name...something like Rhoda's

[@diorme7510]

Myrna was Morgenstein and Rhoda was Morgenstern

[@theresabollman8061]

@UCYN9KG3WbWJv6sfngq5VChQ Yes, thank you!!!!

[@firouz4296]

Women always know there is battery somewhere out there before their husbands need one!

[@jamielunes1841]

What had happened was😀😀😀

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Exactly! 😁 I was like, he is really about to say that!

[@DixieGeek09]

I have never liked Myrna. And why was it okay for Rhoda to stay out so late but not her husband? The only time I stay out that late is with my husband.

[@JanWhite-t8l]

So over this theme song.

[@CDN1975]

Suzie being pregnant constantly is getting annoying and I am not a feminist!

[@sammavacaist]

It's what happens without feminism. Men would be happy to make women be broodmares with no choice in the matter.

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Tell me about it !

[@golumfrog7840]

Oh my GOD how can JOE live with this BABY WOMEN why is BRENDA "ALWAYS" in there Apartment RHODA is VERY INSECURE NO MAN wants a wife like RHODA RUN JOE RUN😊😊😊

[@guesswho2390]

lol rhoda is bad at crying :p funny show!

[@veratony8145]

Rhoda chose her friends over Joe, not a good move......

[@MsSwwood]

Yeah, but Joe was always verbally,, mentally, and emotionally abusive to her. He was a total ass.

[@favorite3932]

No wonder why he mad

[@lorimiller4301]

It's normal to spend a night out with friends, once in awhile. Joe acted so strange about it. I didn't believe his battery story either. You don't often fix a battery, maybe back then it could run dry and some water might do it but sounds fishy. Who wears a sportscoat to go for a drive ??

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Agreed. She didn't want that marriage.

[@fortomnicron5436]

The point is not to trust friends who let you done. Find people who are perfect.

[@firouz4296]

That episode was "Sex And The city"s grandma!

[@vanessapierce231]

Knowing Jews, Rhoda's then husband David groh must have really ticked off the writers of Rhoda for him to leave Rhoda on such a cheesy slimeball manner. Being married to her y then changing y wanting to be a swinging, free loving boyfriend to her again. What a jerk.

[@citytrees1752]

I had forgotten how good this show was. Also, how hideous the opening song is.

[@n.v.1173]

He cheated let’s keep it real! Lol!

[@lisasimpson5465]

Head and shoulders comment. Lol

[@Lilyfranko32]

Joe lied! I don’t like Joe

[@jenniferholzman119]

I can understand why Rhoda and joe didn’t work out

[@kennethlindsey8357]

I see a R in RHONDA apartment wall

[@michellepost1016]

Rhoda sometimes gets bossy, and her husband should be #1 to her.Susan can't dump her kids for Rhoda, and that one had a fever.Rhoda should have told the bar owner she was married, when he first started on her.Rhoda didn't even understand why Susan checked on her child...The kid had a temperature of over 100 degrees! It's also weird that in 2 episodes Rhoda encourages Joe to go somewhere without her, in this one and in Bump in the Night she tells him to go fishing with his dad in FL, that they don't always have to do things together.I think they should've dated longer, even though she is 30, she seems to not have any idea what marriage is, and the writers could've created funny 'adventures' to their dating.She just seemed to be stuck in 'single' mode.Actually, I never could imagine Rhoda or Mary ever being married on their shows because they seemed more like 1970's career women.Brenda, I can see being married.

[@jasonhill279]

Cow her hair?

[@jukes243]

This went on and on and on. Boring !

[@tanyadavies55]

Susie's pregnant - of course she needs to watch her weight! lol

[@audreydempsey7269]

Iove this show but not the name

[@tford2787]

Wow...bad episode.