“Allow me to introduce myself,” spoke a sarcastic voice from the couch during the second episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. “I’m another person in the room.” Her name was Rhoda Faye Morgenstern , and for a time she was a window dresser and Mary Richards’ upstairs neighbor in Minneapolis. In this instance, she’s learned that the man she’s asked out on a date, the one she met when she accidentally ran him over with her car, is in fact married and he’s brought his wife along for the evening.
Valerie Harper's Rhoda Became a Fan Favorite on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' It would have been very easy for network television in 1970 to not include a secondary character of a different religious or social background to show that while yes, Mary does struggle to get by in a male-dominated workforce and the fact that she does was groundbreaking, she still has it relatively easy even by the oppression standards of the day.
Valerie Harper's Rhoda Finally Finds Love in the Spinoff It wasn’t unusual for stars of the original series to make regular guest appearances during the initial episodes of the spinoff, especially in the 1970s. Henry Winkler did several guest spots as the Fonz during Laverne & Shirley’s first season, as did Mary Tyler Moore during Rhoda’s.
Rhoda and Joe's Divorce Was When the Spinoff Lost Direction Cut to Rhoda’s Season 3 premiere. She and Joe have been searching for a house to buy together, but Rhoda’s husband becomes increasingly standoffish as the episode goes on. At first, it seems he’s objecting to her choice of house, but the root of the problem soon becomes that Joe isn’t sure he wants to move into a house, with her or with anyone. As inexplicably as their relationship began, Rhoda and Joe decide to separate.