Edith seemed more outspoken at first. Usually, she wouldn't get ballsy until she was really upset, in the later episodes
Yup. And her Noo Yawk accent is flat & not quite as refined yet. Season 1 worked out a lot of the bugs to get to the AITF we all know & adore. Season 2-5 is the AITF Golden Age, where 90% of the show took place in the living room, Mike & Gloria still lived at 704 Hauser St., all the great peripheral characters [Barney Hefner, Mr. Munson, Irene Lorenzo, Stretch Cunningham, etc.] were up & rolling, the show was #1 in the ratings ....