The Golden Girls
The Engagement
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1985-09-14
Synopsis
Senior Miami roommates Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White) and Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) are in for a shock when Blanche's boyfriend of one week, Harry, proposes marriage to her. Meanwhile, Dorothy's mother Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) moves in with the girls after her retirement home burns down.
From the desk: The Golden Girls opens its catalog run with “The Engagement” (1985-09-14). Centered older women as comic leads and cultural icons. Cast chemistry legends and the usual 'who was hardest to work with' biographies.
In the series
This episode is part of The Golden Girls (1985–1992) on NBC.
Four women, infinite cheesecake, jokes that still slap harder than half of prestige TV.
Key cast
- Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak
- Betty White as Rose Nylund
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo