Was anyone as impressed with her as I was? She stole the first half of the episode for me. She was totally cool, absolutely grownup and as witty as Roger. THAT'S the wife he deserves. In contrast, Janie and Margaret seem to be having sibling rivalry...who can cry the hardest for daddy.

She had all the great lines:

"Just because she's been to India doesn't mean she's not an idiot."

"What did everyone think of the sweetbreads?"

I would love to see a show just about Roger and Mona's marraige (the actors are married in real life to each other and have great chemisty on screen.) She certainly knows how to keep up with Roger's wit and Roger had some great lines as well in this episode, as he always does.

Mona is obviously in a rebound RL but I think she will settle in fine, she seems like a sharp woman who is ahead of her time. But that daughter! What a horror- not sure who is worse Margaret or Jane.

I didn't know they were married in RL. That's a great piece of MM trivia. Thanks!

Roger's toast to her was wonderfully written and played. A tigress, indeed! Some regret there....

I think he refered to her as a "lioness".

Yes, it was a lioness. Followed shortly by 'thankfully, she didn't eat her cub"

She and Joan do share some important personality traits. They're both sharp, super-competent and unafraid of putting Roger in his place. Maybe when he looks at Joan, he sees a younger version of Joan, and thus himself.

Yes, Mona rocked in this episode. I was glad to see it. In the past, she has come across mostly as angry and unhappy -- most women in her position, with her allycatting husband Roger, would be angry and unhappy. Even when she was showing concern for Roger, like when he had his heart attack, she had an edge of anger and misery . . . rightly so, I submit. But now, it seemed like she was feeling more relaxed.

Lots of mothers would be very uptight about their only child's wedding but Mona took it in stride. I loved how she told Margaret to go to her room if she was going to act like a child, loved how Mona, on the phone with Roger, made up stuff to tell Margaret, using the opportunity to use Roger to manipulate Margaret. . . parents do that all the time, like partners playing off one another. . . and mothers do it more, using the relatively absent father (wait until your father gets home!) to advance their own agenda. She was note perfect in the face of Margaret's very childish tantrum.

And I loved it when Margaret, on the dance floor with her father, Roger, told him that her mother is happy. Mona deserves to be happy. It wasn't her fault Roger went out drinking and whoring, which would have hurt her. Now that she is free of that emotional abuse, isn't it great that she is finding there is life after Roger?

The sweetbreads line kinda bugged me. It was a great line, revealing that there are many aspects to Mona. She must have pored over all details of the wedding, wanting everything to be perfect for her baby girl. And she wanted some recognition. With that line, and Margaret's quick response, that Mona had been right, told us a lot about that mother daughter relationship: it told us about Mona but also some about margaret. Yes, Margaret can be childish but she has a real relationship with her mom and real affection for her mom. She said "you were right mom" because she loves her mom and she understood that Mona needed some validation.

Mona totally rocked. I am sure that Roger compared Mona and Jane throughout that wedding.

They will be reunited, I think - maybe following Joan's suggestion to Roger.

I've had a crush on Talia Balsam from way back (waaay back) when she played Judd Hirsh's estranged daughter on "Taxi." She stole the show last night. I'd love to see more of her.

Mona did look hot in this episode. I guess being a rich divorcee in Manhatten will do that. Getting laid on a regular basis does wonders for one's outlook and disposition.

Mona rocked, she looked good, she's smart, and she had the satisfaction of knowing Roger is married to an idiot.