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“The Bloom is Off the Rose” is on right now and I’m reminded that I really hate this episode. Rex’s abuse was OTT. Theatrical. It would have been much more effective if it was subtly done with small criticisms and moments of anger. I’m no fan of Miles, but Rose constantly comparing him to Charlie was pretty mean-spirited for such a “nice” lady. To the point she made him jump out of an airplane. He could have been killed. Miles should have told her to shove it.

Hated Miles too. So many horrible and annoying qualities. I liked Officer Al but I also like John Neretti for Dorothy. She had good chemistry with quite a few actors over the seasons. I guess the one I didn't like was Leslie Nielsen just because it seemed so contrived for the finale. It was like they just threw Dorothy a bone and the pairing of them made no sense.

Those triplets weren't good. Like at all. Talk about noise pollution. Everything about that episode was ridiculous.

Anyone hate the episode “Three Rode Together”? Just hate everything about it. Ma was insufferable. Dorothy had no spine. And Dorothy’s boyfriend was a jerk. I get that he was sick of Sophia. Anyone would be. But I saw nothing about him that was special and his constant eye rolling was rude to Dorothy.

Miles was truly the worst. Nothing endearing about him at all.

In “Ladies of the Evening”, Blanche says she woke up the night of the presidential inauguration in the arms of the 1972 election winner to which Dorothy says “you and Nixon?” And Blanche delivers the punchline that it was the President of the Chamber of Commerce. But in 1972, George would still have been alive. George didn’t die when Blanche was in her early 40’s surely. And we know Blanche never cheated on George. So it was just some dumb story the writers came up with to get in a Nixon zinger.

Worst hairstyle on the show? Kate 2.0’s hideous mullet. What the hell was her hairdresser thinking.

Bea looked really drab and worn out in Season 5. I’m watching the Dick Van Dyke episode. That hairstyle and color is godawful! It looks like she got caught in a downpour.

In “Who’s Face is This Anyway?” Blanche wants to get Cheryl Tiegs’ nose. Why? Blanche (Rue) has literally the smallest nose in the world. If she got a nose job, she would look like Voldemort.

Oh yeah how could I forget George Grizzard? He was in one of my favorite eps “The Chaser”.

There were a couple other Twilight Zone actors in the GG: Anne Francis (Trudy), Lois Nettleton (Jean). Who am I missing?

Things that make no sense: Uncle Angelo has supposedly been a “priest” since 1914. Did no one in his family, over the course of 60+ years, ever want to hear him say Mass or have him perform any sacraments?? (Whereby they would figure out he was lying.) Sophia’s family was just as insipid as Rose’s.

I don’t know if anyone mentioned this but in Season 1 Big Daddy sells Twin Oaks to fund his music career, but then when he dies they show Blanche back at Twin Oaks for the funeral.

I agree that Rose’s sex-every-night storyline was stupid. Beyond being completely implausible from a physical standpoint, we know a Charlie was a traveling salesman. It was just a stupid joke/plot device by the writers to make Rose one-up Blanche. Same when Rose says she had 56 boyfriends before marrying Charlie. It’s just so Blanche could say “I’m the biggest slut”. The writers were idiots.

Yeah I’m sure the actresses didn’t want to show varicose veins and crepey skin. Thus the layers of clothes. It doesn’t bother me because A/C is usually too cold for me. The only time the writers were stupid is when supposedly theirs a “cold snap” in Miami and they all have to sleep in bed together. How cold could it gas possibly been? 45 degrees?

There were a lot of clunker jokes too that fell flat. Just saw the episode where Dorothy replies "Wasn't the musical version called Hey Hey That's My Tractor?" The laugh track barely budged on that one. Another Dorothy clunker: "But it's a great way to rack up lots of frequent tobogganer mileage." Hardee har har, my reaction is like Rose's to that one.

This is where the inconsistency of the writing comes into play. In one story, Blanche says a cop called her in the middle of the night to tell her George had been killed in a car accident (crunch, crunch). In another story, she was getting her nails done(?) when George was dying in the hospital. And then another story where she said her final thought of him was “I hate you”. I tend to believe George was everything Blanche claimed he was. However, I have no doubt Charlie Nylund was as big a yutz as Stan was, minus the cheating.

Oh yeah Buzz was a total dud. Even Dorothy acknowledges this when she says “Frankly Rose, I don’t get it. What is this hold Buzz has over you??” Rose had terrible taste in men.

In Season 5 they revisited quite a few themes and plots - "All Bets Off" and Dorothy's speech at the end about "never really being cured and taking it one day at a time" is exactly what Rose said in her pill addiction episode (Season 4). "Cheaters" was just a total re-hash of the earlier Glen O'Brien episode, albeit with the superior Jerry Orbach. "Rose Fights Back" was exactly the same plot as a previous Season 1 Rose episode where she loses her job.

The Bob Hope episode was defied logic. I have a feeling Bob Hope agreed to be in the show and they had to explain his presence (and stand up comedy act) in some capacity, but THAT was what the writers came up with??

Dorothy dumping Al the Cop because he had a dangerous job was lame. So cops, firefighters, armed forces, etc don't deserve love? There's more of a chance of a cop dying in a random car accident or of cancer than of being killed on the job. I just thought it was really selfish of Dorothy.

I’m watching the episode “Family Affair” and it always bothered me how Rose could dish it out but couldn’t take it. If I was Dorothy I wouldn’t have forgiven her. I think the term “loser” is way worse than “tramp”.

Yeah the Phil dying episode really made no sense. Why would they have the funeral in a Miami when Phil has never lived there a day in his life? Why wasn’t it possible to have it set in Brooklyn? It’s not like they were filming outside on location. It didn’t ring true to Sophia’s character at all that she was intolerant of Phil’s cross dressing. She gave Blanche a lecture about accepting Clayton’s homosexuality and seemed to be pretty progressive in terms of hot button issues. I just think that episode was really poorly written.

Watching “Job Hunting” right now and the writers really were morons when it came to timeline and ages. It’s stated several times in the first season that Charlie has been dead for 15 years. In this episode, Dorothy states Rose is 55 years old so Rose was 40 when Charlie died. Not completely out of the realm of possibility but still...40 was young to be a widow in 1970. THEN when discussing the loss of her job, Rose states she had been a housewife for 32 years when Charlie died and had no professional experience. Which would have made her 8 years old when she married him!

It's natural when a loved one suddenly dies to go through the litany of "what ifs" even if there's no blame or fault on your part. What if I had come when he wanted me to? What if I visited just one last time? What if I had called them and told them I loved them? Etc etc. Those kinds of thoughts can torture you. At least in my experience.