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The Best Episodes of Rhoda Season 1

Every episode of Rhoda Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rhoda Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rhoda Season 1 Episode 8 - Rhoda's Wedding (1)
    8.8/10(150 votes)

    S1:E8

    Complications arise when Rhoda and Joe's plans to have a small wedding is complicated by Ida, who invites all of her friends.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:James L. Brooks

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  2. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 4 - Parents' Day
    8.4/10(93 votes)

    S1:E4

    Rhoda and Joe decide to set aside one day to tackle the generation gap, and schedule lunch with his parents and dinner with hers.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 25 - Along Comes Mary
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    S1:E25

    Mary Richards shows up unexpectedly and throws a monkey wrench into Rhoda's and Joe's plans for a long-awaited weekend alone at Cape Cod.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 1 - JOE
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    S1:E1

    While on vacation in New York, Rhoda meets a man (Joe) and she decides not to return to Minneapolis.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Lorenzo Music

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  5. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 2 - You Can Go Home Again
    8.1/10(86 votes)

    S1:E2

    Rhoda has difficulty finding an apartment in New York City and finally moves into the one place she never even considered--her parents' apartment.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 6 - Pop Goes the Question
    8.1/10(80 votes)

    S1:E6

    Joe pops the question, but it's not exactly the one Rhoda wants to hear. Instead of ""Will you marry me?"" it's ""How about living together?""

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 7 - The Shower
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    S1:E7

    Unable to think of just the right gift to get Rhoda, Brenda decides to throw a shower for her soon-to-be-wed sister and uses the occasion to stage a small reunion for Rhoda with some of her old high school classmates.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Gail Parent

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  8. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 21 - Chest Pains
    8.1/10(64 votes)

    S1:E21

    Rhoda and Brenda have to take their mother on her very first trip to the doctor, a visit that mama Ida faces with a combination of fear and embarrassment.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  9. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 24 - Ida, the Elf
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    S1:E24

    Bored with her life, Rhoda's mother Ida decides to become a ""now"" woman and surprises Rhoda and Brenda by announcing she's launched a whole new career.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 12 - I'm a Little Late, Folks
    8.0/10(79 votes)

    S1:E12

    Rhoda thinks she may be pregnant, but she isn't sure enough to tell her husband Joe, especially when he comes home with the news that his business is facing economic troubles.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 11 - 9-E is Available
    7.9/10(77 votes)

    S1:E11

    Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 3 - I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    S1:E3

    Rhoda's smooth romance with Joe gets a little bumpy when he decides it might be best if the two of them begin dating other people as well as each other.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 5 - The Lady in Red
    7.7/10(82 votes)

    S1:E5

    Rhoda lands a job with a small publishing firm and ends up delivering the eulogy at the funeral of an author whose specialty was X-rated books.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Gail Parent

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  14. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 10 - The Honeymoon
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    S1:E10

    Rhoda and Joe's cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected.

    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 18 - Not Made for Each Other
    7.7/10(70 votes)

    S1:E18

    Rhoda's shy, retiring high-school chum, Myrna Morgenstern, shows up unexpectedly to demonstrate her new, Rhoda-like, head-on approach to life, and she begins a tumultuous non-romance with Joe's best friend.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 22 - Windows by Rhoda
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    S1:E22

    Distracted by visitors who keep interrupting her work at home, Rhoda opens an office and soon learns about the problems faced by a woman launching her own business.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 17 - Whattaya Think It's There For?
    7.6/10(68 votes)

    S1:E17

    At Ida's insistence, Rhoda talks Joe into asking her father for the money he needs to save his business, but then is surprised to learn things about her dad's financial state that are news to even her mother.

    Director:Jerry Belson
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  18. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 19 - Strained Interlude
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    S1:E19

    Rhoda and Joe work very hard at being the perfect modern couple, free of all jealousies and hang-ups until a man Rhoda once loved asks her out for dinner.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  19. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 13 - Anything Wrong?
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    S1:E13

    Joe goes to his father for marital advise.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  20. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 14 - 'S Wonderful
    7.3/10(79 votes)

    S1:E14

    Despite Joe and Brenda's insistence that she butt out, Rhoda continues to plunge ahead to prove to her younger sister that her new boyfriend is really a married man.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 20 - Everything I Have is Yours, Almost
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    S1:E20

    When Rhoda discovers Joe has been visiting a doctor without telling her, she begins to worry, but not as much as when she finds out what kind of doctor he is.

    Director:Jay Sandrich
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 23 - A Nice Warm Rut
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    S1:E23

    Brenda decides to break out of her ""nice, warm rut"" by moving to San Francisco, a plan that isn't discouraged by Rhoda, but one that Joe thinks is rotten.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 16 - Guess What I Got You for the Holidays
    7.2/10(68 votes)

    S1:E16

    With his business on the verge of failure, Joe becomes ever increasingly worried, resisting Rhoda's advice to free his emotions, even if it means crying.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Geoffrey Neigher

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  24. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 15 - Good-Bye Charlie
    6.4/10(76 votes)

    S1:E15

    It's a case of mutual dislike at first sight when Rhoda meets Joe's friend Charlie Burke, a patronizing ""man's man"" who is not exactly thrilled with his best buddies wife.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Rhoda Season 1 Episode 9 - Rhoda's Wedding (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E9

    Rhoda almost doesn't make it to her own wedding when, at the last minute, Phyllis forgets to pick her up.

    Director:Robert Moore
    Writer:James L. Brooks

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Rhoda's Wedding (1)" is the best rated episode of "Rhoda" season 1. It scored 8.8/10 based on 150 votes. Directed by Robert Moore and written by James L. Brooks, it aired on 10/28/1974. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Parents' Day".