In the first season of "Rhoda", Mary Tyler Moore made five guest appearances as Mary Richards to help with the transition of Rhoda moving from Minneapolis to New York City, getting married, and establishing her new life. The episodes Moore appeared in were: the premiere episode "Joe"; the sixth installment "Pop Goes The Question"; the two-part hour- long episode "Rhoda's Wedding" - which also featured other characters from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" such as Lou Grant (Edward Asner), Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), Georgette Franklin (Georgia Engel), and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) - and the season finale "Along Comes Mary". During the second season, Moore made no appearances on "Rhoda", but Valerie Harper and David Groh were briefly featured as Rhoda and Joe Gerard on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'s eleventh installment of the sixth season "Mary Richards Falls in Love".