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Watch Online / "Rhoda" Home Movies (TV Episode 1977)
Desc: Home Movies: Directed by Tony Mordente. With Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner, Ron Silver, Ray Buktenica. It's a snowy Friday, and having to fight the snow to get there is the least of Rhoda and Brenda's problems about their bi-weekly dinner with their parents this evening. They are finding that they have little in common with their parents, which makes these dinners less exciting than watching paint dry. At least for Brenda, she has a late date with Benny so that she has a legitimate and parent approved excuse to leave early. At dinner, Rhoda plans on telling their parents the truth about no longer wanting to have these dinners. Meanwhile, out in the Bronx, Ida and Martin are also dreading the dinner as they too feel they have nothing in common with their daughters. They want to get what they feel is their obligation this evening over with as quickly as possible so that they can get to what they really want to do (wink, wink). The dinner starts off as badly as most have lately, but gets worse when Benny telephones saying that he will be late since his car broke down. Being stuck together, the Morgenstern family, through their shared history, comes to the realization that family does matter and their family really does want to spend their time together.