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<blockquote data-quote="Marley Drama" data-source="post: 411721" data-attributes="member: 23">This makes sense to me.I&#039;d agree with this. I wouldn&#039;t say I find it cold, but generic and functional certainly fits. Early on in my viewing I commented how much I enjoyed the apartment set. It looked like somewhere I&#039;d be happy to spend some time or even live. The new one looks as though it could be anywhere, and feels much more impersonal. The only aesthetic feature I&#039;ve noticed is the (very of its time) tiling in the kitchen, and that only evoked a kind of nostalgia in me because it&#039;s similar to one the tile behind the cold meat counter&nbsp; in a nearby supermarket when I was young.I&#039;ve wondered if these mixed signals are actually the cause of the problem for me.I&#039;ve raised eyebrows a couple of times at some of those sneering responses she&#039;s given. At times it&#039;s felt the writers have confused assertiveness with just plain brittle.The final scene of the episode with Ted&#039;s tax returns hinged on all of his colleagues building him up to give him an &quot;out&quot; before throwing him under the bus by withdrawing any potential help. While it was in character for Mary to have a problem with lying even to save his hide, the way she toyed with him before (again) leaving him hanging felt as though it crossed a line into cruelty.Oh, shame. Thinking about it, I&#039;d probably struggle to describe the premise of Rhoda to someone, so perhaps it&#039;s the law of diminishing returns.Fortunately, I think Rhoda&#039;s cast is an area where it&#039;s succeeded and that gets it through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marley Drama, post: 411721, member: 23"] This makes sense to me. I'd agree with this. I wouldn't say I find it cold, but generic and functional certainly fits. Early on in my viewing I commented how much I enjoyed the apartment set. It looked like somewhere I'd be happy to spend some time or even live. The new one looks as though it could be anywhere, and feels much more impersonal. The only aesthetic feature I've noticed is the (very of its time) tiling in the kitchen, and that only evoked a kind of nostalgia in me because it's similar to one the tile behind the cold meat counter in a nearby supermarket when I was young. I've wondered if these mixed signals are actually the cause of the problem for me. I've raised eyebrows a couple of times at some of those sneering responses she's given. At times it's felt the writers have confused assertiveness with just plain brittle. The final scene of the episode with Ted's tax returns hinged on all of his colleagues building him up to give him an "out" before throwing him under the bus by withdrawing any potential help. While it was in character for Mary to have a problem with lying even to save his hide, the way she toyed with him before (again) leaving him hanging felt as though it crossed a line into cruelty. Oh, shame. Thinking about it, I'd probably struggle to describe the premise of [I]Rhoda[/I] to someone, so perhaps it's the law of diminishing returns. Fortunately, I think [I]Rhoda's[/I] cast is an area where it's succeeded and that gets it through. [/QUOTE]

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