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Let's start talking about Mary Richards!

It was a groundbreaking show to see a thirty year old single woman who was happy with her life and not desperate to find a husband.

It was interesting to see a gorgeous woman like Rhoda with such a low opinion of herself and no ego. She absorbed all the negatives thrown at her. After a few years, she shed a few pounds and a lot of the negativism and started to blossom.

Some people didn't like Murray. But I did. He was a man who had a good job and a nice family, but he was a dreamer. He wanted more, he had a big crush on Mary. I think his situation was typical of a lot of hard working married men. He thought life was passing him by. He didn't realize that he had a good life.

Phyllis was the epitome of the spoiled wife. Her husband made a good living and all she had to do was spend his money. In the episode when Lars cheated on her, she baked a pie for him. Her first pie! In about fifteen years of marriage she never baked a pie?

Just a few thoughts about the world of Mary Richards. Any comments? Agree? Disagree?

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I watched this on Nick at Nite in the nineties, and as an adult I appreciate more what Mary Tyler Moore did with this sitcom. "It was a groundbreaking show to see a thirty year old single woman who was happy with her life and not desperate to find a husband." That quote sums up what was great about this show perfectly. I even like the fact that the series did not conclude with her "white knight" showing up and "rescuing" her from her singleness. She was the same, happy single lady at the end of the series that she was at the beginning.

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