MTM season 5 update: I miss Rhoda :(
I love sitcoms but I don't have a great sense of their history. These are my thoughts while I work through a few classic sitcoms from the '70s to the present.
Friday 16 September 2011
Thursday 8 September 2011
Mary Tyler Moore season 4
Late season 4 now and Mary Tyler Moore has become
the wonderful show I hoped it would. All the stories are now
character-driven and the show has started exploring the relationships
between the characters in a serious, mature way. Each character gets a
fair portrayal, even Ted and, increasingly, Georgette. And my god is it
funny. "Better Late... That's a Pun... Than Never," the episode I just
watched, began with a long scene of Mary and Rhoda making each other
giggle, then turned into a straight drama halfway through and in the end
actually resolved the "Mary gets fired" plotline in a believable way.
And that wasn't even my favourite episode so far this season. "Happy
Birthday, Lou!" was perfect from start to finish, and the rest of the
season isn't far behind. I didn't see it in season 1, but now I
understand why the show has become such a tentpole for quality sitcoms. I
can see its fingerprints everywhere.
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