Originally Posted by Paul1511:
“In Monica's defence though, Mrs Green was acting like a complete plank. She could have simply accepted the apology and been civil for the sake of keeping the peace, but instead she continued to be prickly towards Monica. Hence why Monica felt the need to keep trying to make amends.”
Agreed. She does treat Monica horribly throughout the episode but that doesn't mean Monica has to go over the top with her actions and comments just to get some level of forgiveness she feels she needs.
The apology was enough. She didn't need to go any further.
I suppose the bit I find the most annoying is the end of the episode when after all the overboard stuff, she finally snaps and stands up for herself. If the episode had ended there that would have almost made up for Monica's weird behaviour, but after that she totally retracts and goes back to apologising and being weird again.
And as I say I do realise Mrs Green was being horrible to Monica but I imagine she must have been getting more annoyed at Monica throughout the episode (she couldn't even have a personal moment with Rachel without Monica interfering) but all the more reason for Monica to stand up to her.