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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 417119" data-attributes="member: 5079">I don't recall the episode, but it begs the question: and then what?  Were Eunice and Mama back to squabbling in their next appearance together, in which case what was the point?   And if not, didn't it fundamentally change what made their relationship funny in the first place?All of which ties into one of the recurring themes discussed with MTM: the inherent risk of a sitcom's characters and relationships evolving and eventually no longer being the very show audiences liked in the first place.  Not that I think the changes on MTM were drastic enough to wreck the show, but it's the age old dilemma of long running shows: stay the same and get stale or change and risk losing the magic that made the show work.</blockquote>