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Rhoda

Season 5

13 listed hours · 1974–1978 · CBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Valerie Harper takes Mary's best friend home to New York, gets the wedding America watched, then lets the marriage fall apart on network air. MTM spin-off with Ida, Brenda, and sharper neurotic edges. Single-woman comedy that risked a real 'I don't.'

TV Flash files Season 5 of Rhoda (1974–1978) on CBS as the last listed season of 5 — 13 listed hours, 1978-09-23–1978-12-09 from “Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore” (S05E01) to “Brenda Runs Away” (S05E13). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S05E01 Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore is late-run household weather. The New York family still the Greek chorus; the series keeping Ida's orbit while the marriage plot stays honest.

  2. S05E13 Brenda Runs Away

    Brenda Runs Away is the 1978 tail. Five seasons of neurotic spin-off craft, then a sister-title closer: the show that risked a real I don't after the wedding America watched.

  1. S05E01

    Martin Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Rhoda and Brenda are disappointed that Martin isn't feeling well enough to come to his 60th birthday party, until they learn that Martin moved out over two months ago.

  2. S05E02

    In Search of Martin

    Rhoda, Brenda, and Benny head to Florida to search for Martin.

  3. S05E03

    Rhoda vs. Ida

    Rhoda isn't pleased with her mother's dating of a younger man.

  4. S05E04

    Brenda Gets Engaged

    Brenda is stung when Ida refuses to give her blessing to Brenda's engagement to Benny.

  5. S05E05

    Meet the Goodwins

    Brenda insists that Rhoda accompany her when she meets her prospective in-laws for the first time, and Rhoda becomes an unexpected hit with Benny's big brother, leading unfortunately to one of the most harrowing dates of her life.

  6. S05E06

    Ida's Roommate

    Ida advertises for a roommate and gets more than she bargained for when she chooses a couple to share her home.

  7. S05E07

    Martin Comes Home

    Martin returns from his "fling" in Florida ready for a reconciliation, but Ida insists on a second courtship before she's willing to forgive and forget.

  8. S05E08

    Jack's New Image

    Rhoda convinces her boss that he needs some new clothes to go with his new svelte physique, but both learn a valuable lesson that beauty is only skin deep.

  9. S05E09

    The Total Brenda

    When Benny starts to feel down-and-out, Brenda tries to cheer him up by catering to his every whim.

  10. S05E10

    The Date in the Iron Mask

    Rhoda's date manages to get his head stuck inside a silly-looking mask right before an awards dinner.

  11. S05E11

    Martin Swallows His Heart

    Martin buys a heart-shaped gold charm for Ida--and promptly swallows it.

  12. S05E12

    Earl's Helping Hand

    Benny's brother, Earl, generously offers to lend Jack the $5,000 he needs to get his company out of debt, but only because it means being able to spend a week with Rhoda on her job.

  13. S05E13

    Brenda Runs Away

    Feeling trapped and confused when everybody tries to run her life for her, Brenda runs away.

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