8.0/1094 votes#1 - JOE
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1974
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
7.9/1073 votes#2 - You Can Go Home Again
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1974
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: N/A
7.5/1065 votes#3 - I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1974
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: N/A
8.3/1079 votes#4 - Parents' Day
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1974
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: N/A
7.7/1068 votes#5 - The Lady in Red
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1974
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
8.0/1067 votes#6 - Pop Goes the Question
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1974
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: N/A
8.1/1070 votes#7 - The Shower
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1974
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
8.8/10131 votes#8 - Rhoda's Wedding (1)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1974
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
NaN/100 votes#9 - Rhoda's Wedding (2)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/1974
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
7.6/1065 votes#10 - The Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1974
Rhoda and Joe's cruise doesn't turn out the way they expected.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
7.8/1062 votes#11 - 9-E is Available
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/1974
Rhoda wants a new apartment, especially after an old beau of Joe's lets herself in with a key.
Director: Robert Moore
Writer: N/A
7.8/1066 votes#12 - I'm a Little Late, Folks
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1974
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: N/A
7.4/1063 votes#13 - Anything Wrong?
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/1974
Joe goes to his father for marital advise.
Director: Robert Moore
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
7.0/1068 votes#14 - 'S Wonderful
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/1974
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: N/A
6.3/1063 votes#15 - Good-Bye Charlie
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1974
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: N/A
6.9/1053 votes#16 - Guess What I Got You for the Holidays
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/1974
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
7.4/1056 votes#17 - Whattaya Think It's There For?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1975
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
7.6/1058 votes#18 - Not Made for Each Other
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1975
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: N/A
7.4/1053 votes#19 - Strained Interlude
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/1975
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
7.2/1049 votes#20 - Everything I Have is Yours, Almost
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/1975
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: N/A
8.0/1052 votes#21 - Chest Pains
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/1975
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
7.5/1048 votes#22 - Windows by Rhoda
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1975
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: N/A
7.1/1045 votes#23 - A Nice Warm Rut
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1975
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: N/A
7.9/1046 votes#24 - Ida, the Elf
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1975
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: N/A
8.1/1060 votes#25 - Along Comes Mary
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1975
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: N/A
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!
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"JOE" is the best rated episode of "Rhoda" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Robert Moore and written by Lorenzo Music, it aired on 9/9/1974. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "You Can Go Home Again".