Wonderful repartee between all the cast. Episode looked like a dud, but the brilliant writing kicked in. Maude is no match for Dr Stern (William Redfield). Adrienne Barbeau is absolutely stunning as Carol. Maude in her usual long outfits. Will we see her In other attire as the series progresses?
4 Reviews
Have Times Sure Changed.
Greatornot12 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
When you think about it, this was a perfect pilot episode setting up the dynamics of Maude and how her co-stars interact with each other and interact with Maude .Thus, Maudes overbearing personality with fellow characters that are strong minded themselves and able to stand up to Maude. The WOW factor of this episode is that Maude a very liberal person , in her own right , is upset that her daughter is seeing a Psychiatrist. I guess Psychologists were not that much in the picture than. I shall digress. This episode shows that even very liberal minded of that time period , saw 'counseling' as way over the top , especially if its one of their own. Hence , this episode would be a joke if it came out now. It would be a non-issue. I just love watching old TV shows from any time and notice how things are different and how other things are the same, with the contrast of time periods. Funny thing is that nowadays people in counseling are considered vogue. Oh what a difference a few and half decades makes. In summation, this was a fine first episode but without Arthur the conservative Dr., something lacked. Than again , the writers might have wanted the viewers to be completely immersed in Maudes immediate family dynamics before introducing 'regular' outside characters , so to speak. Sidenote: Look for a very young Ed Begley Jr.
Maude On Psychiatry
Jimmy_the_Gent48 March 2019
Maude is troubled when Carol admits to seeing a psychiatrist.
A good starting point for the series with many amusing moments. The character of Maude was always an opinionated, liberated woman but she constantly found herself herself with her foot in her mouth. Here she tries to show how much she admires psychiatry but is still bothered by her daughter seeing one, thinking that he will tell her it is all the mother's fault. She has a funny encounter with the doctor (played by William Redfield). Funniest scene is when she meets a door to door salesman posing as a Vietnam vet (Ed Begley Jr).
A good starting point for the series with many amusing moments. The character of Maude was always an opinionated, liberated woman but she constantly found herself herself with her foot in her mouth. Here she tries to show how much she admires psychiatry but is still bothered by her daughter seeing one, thinking that he will tell her it is all the mother's fault. She has a funny encounter with the doctor (played by William Redfield). Funniest scene is when she meets a door to door salesman posing as a Vietnam vet (Ed Begley Jr).
Maude's phony confidence always gets her I. Trouble.
mark.waltz19 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Sure, Maude (Bea Arthur) is the epitome of self assured feminism and a great manipulator to get what she wants. But when she finds out things that fill her with self doubt, she becomes the most insecure person in Tukahoe, let alone New York state. When Maude discovers that daughter Carol (Adrienne Barbeau) is having childhood memory issues, she looses all sense of security of what kind of mother she was. She heads to see Carol's psychiatrist and it turns out to be her own issues that take over the situation.
Watching a "Maude" marathon in memory of Bill Macy, I see the detail that Norman Lear put into creating a very complex female heroine. Bea Arthur takes serious situations and makes them hysterically funny just through a side eye, the claw clutch of her hand and that pause that was just perfect to sustain the laugh. The repeat of a similar scene from the beginning focusing on Carol's visit to the psychiatrist and later Maude's visit allows everybody to get a laugh, including guests William Redfield as the shrink, Mary Page Camp as the nail biting patient whom Maude manipulates and the young Ed Begley Jr. as a magazine salesman whom Maude manipulates. This jump starts the series in a great way, although there's no "God'll get you for that, Walter."
Watching a "Maude" marathon in memory of Bill Macy, I see the detail that Norman Lear put into creating a very complex female heroine. Bea Arthur takes serious situations and makes them hysterically funny just through a side eye, the claw clutch of her hand and that pause that was just perfect to sustain the laugh. The repeat of a similar scene from the beginning focusing on Carol's visit to the psychiatrist and later Maude's visit allows everybody to get a laugh, including guests William Redfield as the shrink, Mary Page Camp as the nail biting patient whom Maude manipulates and the young Ed Begley Jr. as a magazine salesman whom Maude manipulates. This jump starts the series in a great way, although there's no "God'll get you for that, Walter."
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