I love Maude on All In The Family no one zings Archie like Maude until Irene Lorenzo made her debut. Maude is still funny and I grew up watching her but overall I think All In The Family and Bea's later show The Golden Girls are better and funnier . The characters are funnier. It's funny because Bea was cast mates again with one of her Maude co star later on GG but Blanche was a better written character and Rue McClennahan was funnier on The Golden Girls. Maude as a show covered topics that even other Norman Lear shows didn't especially on the topic of marriage and sex . I think it was ground breaking and topics covered now has Maude and All In The Family that made it possible to cover them now. Some topics like abortion though networks have grown timid. I think it's mainly two issues that I find Maude lacking that the others had . The characters around Maude are not as consistent as the other shows. The other thing is Maude often doesn't seem as independent as I remembered and she's too desperate for Walter who doesn't seem worth it to me. The best of Maude though is still remarkable television.
Review of Maude
