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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 412346" data-attributes="member: 5079">This is where I think the loss of Rhoda and Phyllis is keenly felt.&nbsp; There are those who think the loss of those two characters wasn&#039;t too impactful to MTM because Georgette and Sue Ann were solid characters to fill the void.&nbsp; I only partially agree.&nbsp; One of the great things about S1-4 is that it followed a lesson learned by Mary&#039;s previous sitcom: it split the storylines between work and home life.&nbsp; S6 &amp; 7 are almost entirely about Mary&#039;s work life; even her home life revolves around her co-workers or the WJM-adjacent&nbsp; Georgette.&nbsp; Attempts at introducing new friends or love interests for Mary sputtered out; presumably, heading to the end, the writers decided it wasn&#039;t worth further effort.&nbsp; So all that was left was the workplace interactions of 5 people leading to repetition.If you&#039;re going to any degree of impact, I&#039;d suggest watching all except RHODA S5 ahead of MTM S7.&nbsp; That&#039;s the closest alignment to air dates, without going episode-by-episode.&nbsp; I believe you&#039;ll find some emotional payoff by saving MTM&#039;s finale towards the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 412346, member: 5079"] This is where I think the loss of Rhoda and Phyllis is keenly felt. There are those who think the loss of those two characters wasn't too impactful to MTM because Georgette and Sue Ann were solid characters to fill the void. I only partially agree. One of the great things about S1-4 is that it followed a lesson learned by Mary's previous sitcom: it split the storylines between work and home life. S6 & 7 are almost entirely about Mary's work life; even her home life revolves around her co-workers or the WJM-adjacent Georgette. Attempts at introducing new friends or love interests for Mary sputtered out; presumably, heading to the end, the writers decided it wasn't worth further effort. So all that was left was the workplace interactions of 5 people leading to repetition. If you're going to any degree of impact, I'd suggest watching all except RHODA S5 ahead of MTM S7. That's the closest alignment to air dates, without going episode-by-episode. I believe you'll find some emotional payoff by saving MTM's finale towards the end. [/QUOTE]

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