
After Rhoda and Joe are robbed, Rhoda blames the mishap on Carlton's lack of ability to handle his job, causing Carlton to be fired.
Guest Stars:
Richard Masur, Wes Stern, Ruth Gordon
All of Rhoda's insecurities surface when she meets Joe's ex-wife, who turns out to be beautiful.
Guest Stars:
Joan Van Ark
Ida Morgenstern finds herself tempted to have an affair with her doctor.
Guest Stars:
Norman Fell, Dave Shelley
Rhoda and Joe have a difficult time trying to celebrate their first anniversary pleasantly when their tempers keep getting the best of them.
Guest Stars:
Scoey Mitchell, John Crawford
A psychiatrist tries to give the Gerards' party a boost by directing a group-encounter session, revealing some interesting suppressions from the guests.
Guest Stars:
Richard Masur, Denise Nicholas, Candice Azzara, Beverly Sanders, Paul Lichtman
That rotten job Brenda felt she held at the bank looks like a rose garden after she quits being a teller and is faced with the thorns of unemployment.
Guest Stars:
Sid Melton, Wes Stern
Seething tempers result when two of Rhoda's and Brenda's closest friends take advantage of them.
Guest Stars:
Melanie Mayron
To help the financial burden of a rent increase, Brenda takes on a roommate, but it's the beautiful roommate who turns out to be a real burden when she comes on strongly to Joe.
Mama Ida's innocent but overzealous desire to become a grandmother results in her arranging another rock-bottom date for Brenda.
Guest Stars:
David L. Lander
Business is booming at Rhoda's window-dressing firm, due partly to her creative sketches, but also because of Myrna Morgenstern's ""persuasive"" sales pitches, something which Rhoda puts an end to.
Guest Stars:
Michael Lerner
Against his better judgment, Joe hires Nick, Brenda's obnoxious boyfriend, to become a wrecker at his demolition firm.
Guest Stars:
Richard Masur, Scoey Mitchell, Candice Azzara, Louis Guss
Rhoda's new, delightful, vivacious middle-aged neighbor becomes a threat to mother Ida.
Guest Stars:
Vivian Vance, David White
Rhoda is determined to prove to her friends that women can have a great time without men, although she becomes dubious of her own theory when she tries it one night.
Guest Stars:
Don Chastain, Beverly Sanders
Somewhere in Rhoda's neighborhood, a burglar is walking the street, possibly going after her because she just might be the only person able to identify him.
Two's company and three's a crowd, as both Brenda and Rhoda discover when they have uninvited guests moving in with them.
Guest Stars:
Melanie Mayron
Torn between her pride at losing a huge account for her window-dressing firm, Rhoda battles with a stubborn though prosperous tuxedo chain-store owner who wants her to decorate his windows his way, or not at all.
Guest Stars:
Dick O'Neill
Rhoda drills Brenda on the finer points of life, such as how to land a man, when Brenda's Mr. Right seems to be taking her for granted.
Guest Stars:
John Ritter
Rhoda, whose only real luck with a man has been with her husband Joe, finds herself playing marriage counselor to a couple who has been married for 12 years.
Guest Stars:
Mike Henry, Don Chastain, Beverly Sanders, David Ogden Stiers, Stuart Margolin
Martin Morgenstern is overjoyed when his best friend visits him after a 35-year hiatus, but is overwhelmed with insecurity when he recalls that his best friend was also once engaged to Ida.
Guest Stars:
Jack Gilford, Florida Friebus
Love beats a pathway to Brenda's door when a young federal agent uses her apartment to run a security check on the residence across the street.
Guest Stars:
Melanie Mayron, Tim Matheson, Anthony Charnota
The emotional, high-strung Ida Morgenstern demonstrates her knack for jumping to conclusions when hubby Martin begins to act very secretive.
Rhoda and Joe decide the only way they can spend more time together is to barricade themselves in their apartment, disregarding family, friends, work, and in short, the world.
Guest Stars:
Scoey Mitchell
When Brenda turns down his marriage proposal, Lenny, the hearbroken lad, quits his job and sinks into a fit of depression.
Guest Stars:
Wes Stern, Joseph Mell, Eileen Heckart