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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 412340" data-attributes="member: 23">Mary Tyler MooreSeason SixOne Boyfriend Too Many / What Do You Want To Do When You Produce? / Not With My Wife, I Don’t / The Seminar / Once I Had A Secret Love / Ménage-à-Lou / Murray Takes A Stand / Mary’s Aunt Returns / A Reliable Source / Sue Ann Falls In Love / Ted And The KidHere we are at the end of the penultimate season, with 85% of MTM episodes under my belt. I’m relieved that even with the changes I’m finding the series as enjoyable as ever. A few lines and scenarios from episodes in this latter part of the run have given me some big laughs. Such as the exchange where someone, in reference to a newspaper article, asked Murray if he’d seen “the spread on Sue Ann” and he quipped that it didn’t show as much when she sat down. Or the scene at the awards where Sue Ann was introduced as “the Happy Homemaker” and it cut to a shot of her blubbering over her latest catch making a pass at Mary. The familiar faces have been enjoyable. Penny Marshall had her finest (half) hour on the series when Paula was roped into being Lou’s companion for a double date with the recast Charlene. I assume this is the last we’ll see of Paula on the series, but she made it memorable. The return of Mary’s aunt was fun. And when the First Lady has a cameo, taking insults over the telephone from the series’ lead, you know you’ve made it after all. There’s still a sense that some material is being recycled. It can sometimes feel as though Mary threatens to resign every third episode, and perhaps five or six of these episodes have involved someone resigning or being sacked, only for it to be corrected by episode’s end. On the plus side, the falling out between Lou and Mary over Mary’s indiscretion felt very truthful (I felt Lou forgave her far too easily, but I have a very low tolerance threshold when it comes to “well intentioned” gossip, so I’m not sure this was the intent of the writers). Ted and Georgette adopting a child felt rather like a rehash of Murray going the same route in the last season. I was geared up to hate this one for it all happening in the space of an episode (the process is so fast tracked it’s like they’re using Amazon Prime rather than an adoption agency), but there was at least some attempt to make sense of this with the reasoning of there being a shorter wait for an older child, along with the explanation that another couple dropped out at the last minute. It’s not entirely without holes, but it was enough for me to willingly suspend disbelief. Before returning to the Maryverse. I have fifteen to twenty episodes of Brookside to catch up on this week. When I resume, it will probably go:Phylis S1 - Rhoda S3 - Phyllis S2 - Mary S7There are two alternatives. One for if I’m really enjoying Phyllis:Phyllis S1 - Phyllis S2 - Rhoda S3 - Mary S7And one for if she does my box in:Phyllis S1 (first few episodes only) / Rhoda S3 - Mary S7</blockquote>

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