The Golden Girls
Season 1
25 episodes
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S01E01 The Engagement
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.
Pilot note — 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.
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S01E02 Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?
Dorothy's daughter Kate comes to Miami for a visit, and announces she's getting married. Dorothy is overjoyed at the news until she learns that Kate wants her father, Dorothy's ex-husband Stanley, to be present at the ceremony.
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S01E03 Rose the Prude
Rose becomes nervous when her latest beau, Arnie, invites her to go on a cruise with him. The two will be sharing a stateroom, which would be the first time Rose has slept with a man since her husband Charlie's death several years prior. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Sophia face off in a gin rummy marathon.
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S01E04 Transplant
Blanche's sister Virginia stops by for a visit, and tells Blanche some horrific news -- she's dying from renal failure, and needs Blanche's kidney to survive. Meanwhile, the girls babysit for a neighbor.
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S01E05 The Triangle
Dorothy begins dating a doctor who Blanche also has an eye on. Unfortunately, the good doctor also has an eye on Blanche, and makes a pass at her.
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S01E06 On Golden Girls
Blanche's troubled grandson David visits the household and causes a ruckus, partying at night with a rough crowd and interrupting the girls' lives. Meanwhile, Dorothy studies for her French final.
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S01E07 The Competition
Blanche and Dorothy team up against Rose and Sophia in a bowling tournament. Meanwhile, an old flame of Sophia's visits from Sicily.
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S01E08 Break-In
The girls come home from a Madonna concert to find the house has been broken into, which frightens Rose to such an extent that she buys a gun for protection.
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S01E09 Blanche and the Younger Man
Rose's feisty mother comes for a visit and becomes fed up with how Rose treats her like a child. Meanwhile, Blanche begins dating her much younger aerobics instructor.
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S01E10 Heart Attack
Sophia appears to suffer a heart attack after dinner one night. The paramedics are called, but the ambulance is stalled by downed trees and power lines that are the result of a tropical storm.
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S01E11 The Return of Dorothy's Ex
Stanley shows up to settle a piece of land he and Dorothy had bought on their honeymoon. When the two meet up for lunch, he tells her his wife has left him. Meanwhile, she, Rose and Blanche figure out where to go on a vacation trip.
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S01E12 The Custody Battle
While Dorothy's wealthy sister Gloria is in town, Dorothy blows up at Sophia over constantly interfering in her life and not giving her her space. As a result, Gloria asks Sophia to move in with her, and Sophia accepts.
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S01E13 A Little Romance
Rose is reluctant to invite her latest boyfriend, Dr. Jonathan Newman, over to the house for dinner. When he finally comes over, the girls discover why -- he's a midget. Meanwhile, Sophia attends the graduation of one of her grandsons from a dog grooming school.
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S01E14 That Was No Lady
Dorothy is head over heels for her latest boyfriend, Glen O'Brien, but falls flat when he tells her he's married. Meanwhile, Blanche sells her old car to Rose to pay for a new one.
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S01E15 In a Bed of Rose's
Rose brings a man home one night, but the girls find him dead in her bed the next morning. Upon trying to notify his sister, whom he lived with, Rose discovers the "sister" was actually his wife.
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S01E16 The Truth Will Out
Rose's daughter Kirsten and granddaughter Charley arrive to settle her late husband Charlie's will, something that Rose is not looking forward to. Meanwhile, Blanche becomes engrossed in the tabloid reportings of a high society murder.
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S01E17 Nice and Easy
Blanche becomes concerned when her visiting niece Lucy becomes romantically involved with a different man every night. Meanwhile, Dorothy tries to get rid of a mouse.
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S01E18 The Operation
A tumor on Dorothy's foot prevents her from practicing with Rose and Blanche for a dance recital. Though the tumor requires surgery, Dorothy refuses to have it, due to her phobia of hospitals. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche rework the routine around Dorothy's absence.
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S01E19 Second Motherhood
Blanche's wealthy suitor asks her to marry him, but she is reluctant to accept on account of him having very small children. Meanwhile, after dealing with a sexist plumber, Rose and Dorothy decide to install a new toilet themselves.
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S01E20 Adult Education
Blanche is about to fail her psychology course at the junior college, and her professor ultimately makes her a deal -- he'll give her an A on the final exam, but only if she sleeps with him. Meanwhile, Dorothy tries to score tickets to a Frank Sinatra concert.
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S01E21 The Flu
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose all come down with the flu a week before they're scheduled to attend an awards banquet -- where one of them is rumored to have won the big award.
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S01E22 Job Hunting
The grief counseling center where Rose works is suddenly closed, leaving Rose out of a job. She looks everywhere she can for another job, but finds no one is willing to hire her on account of her age. Meanwhile, Dorothy has a date with a man she had a crush on in high school.
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S01E23 Blind Ambitions
Rose's now-blind sister Lily visits Miami, and struggles to keep taking care of herself despite the loss of her sight, resulting in her almost setting the house on fire. Meanwhile, the girls have a yard sale to pay for a new TV.
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S01E24 Big Daddy
Blanche's father, Curtis "Big Daddy" Hollingsworth, arrives for a visit, and delivers some news that upsets Blanche greatly -- he's sold the family plantation to embark on a singing career. Meanwhile, hostile relations between the girls and a neighbor lead Sophia to place a curse on him.
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S01E25 The Way We Met
The girls find themselves too scared to sleep one night after watching the movie Psycho, so they instead stay up and reminisce about the time they all first met.
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