They cut him loose as soon as they realized their mistake. What if they had waited a year to get married? Would that have made a difference or would it have just staved off the inevitable? My parents' courtship was about 18 months.
When this show was on its last legs, David Groh did a show for...
That leaves Julie Kavner as the last living member of the Morgenstern family. It seemed like after Rhoda and Joe's divorce* Brenda became "the Rhoda" and Rhoda became "the Mary."
If anything hurt Rhoda most as a show, it was losing Nancy Walker to ABC.
*See also: Florida and Carl on Good Times.