10.0/102 votes#1 - Bringing Up Baby
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1987
Rose is shocked to learn that in her late-uncle's will he left her his ""Baby"". However she is quickly delighted to learn the ""baby"" is a pig but delighted is not a word to describe Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia, at least not until they learn that when Baby dies Rose gets a large sum of money.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
10.0/101 votes#2 - Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1987
When Rose must give a eulogy at her aunt's funeral, Rose must try to get over her biggest fear in the world, giving speeches. This also brings up Dorothy and Blanche's biggest fears, Dorothy's of flying and Blanche's of a recurring dream.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Christopher Lloyd
10.0/101 votes#3 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1987
The girls try to help in a campaign to get Gil Kessler elected as local official. To his advantage, his chances of winning are boosted when reporters snap photos of Blanche entering his home one evening while his wife was away.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Christopher Lloyd
10.0/101 votes#4 - The Audit
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1987
Dorothy is stunned to learn that Stan's tax problems are her tax problems since Stan is being audited for a number of years when they were still married. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose take a Spanish class, each for different reasons.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Winifred Hervey
10.0/101 votes#5 - Golden Moments (1)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1988
Sophia announces her intentions of moving out and in with her son Phil. This prompts the girls to reminisce about the good times and the bad times they've had together.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
10.0/101 votes#6 - Golden Moments (2)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1988
As Sophia makes up her mind on whether or not to move in with her son, the girls continue to reminisce about the years they've shared together.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Winifred Hervey
10.0/101 votes#7 - Sophia's Wedding (2)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1988
Sophia and Max come back from their honeymoon with no place to stay so Blanche, Dorothy and Rose put them up until they can find a place. Meanwhile, Sophia and Max decide to restart the old business Max had with Sophia's late husband, a pizza knish stand. However, Dorothy begins smoking again!
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
10.0/101 votes#8 - Dancing In The Dark
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1989
Rose has been dating Miles Webber, a college professor, but the only thing they seem to have in common is the dance floor. When Miles invites her to a party, Rose feels like a fish out of water being surrounded by all his intelligent friends. Meanwhile, Blanche battles a dating slump.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#9 - Episode 7
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1975
Sketches include The Newsreader, The Similar Party Guests and part seven of Death Can Be Fatal. Michel Legrand plays one of his songs and The Plumstead Ladies gossip in song.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: N/A
9.5/102 votes#10 - Ladies of the Evening
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986
The house is fumigated and the girls move into a Miami Beach hotel. Previously, Blanche had won three tickets to see the opening of Burt Reynolds new movie and passes to the party held afterwards where they could meet him. However, on the evening of the opening, the hotel is raided and, mistaken as prostitutes, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose are dragged off to jail.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
9.5/102 votes#11 - Old Friends
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1987
Sophia befriends an old man on the boardwalk whom she becomes quick friends with. However, his strange behavior signals that he has a medical condition, Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Blanche accidentally gives away Rose's teddy bear at a garage sale.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Kathy Speer
9.5/102 votes#12 - Not Another Monday
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1989
Sophia's friend has come up with an idea that will change her life. She wants to commit suicide and she wants Sophia there to hold her hand. Meanwhile, Blanche, Rose and Dorothy become singing nursemaids to a sick baby that they are taking care of for the weekend.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Gail Parent
9.0/102 votes#13 - End of the Curse
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986
Blanche is mortified after taking a pregnancy test which indicates she's pregnant. Then after visiting her doctor, she learns the truth, she's beginning menopause. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia go into the mink breeding business.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Susan Harris
9.0/101 votes#14 - It's a Miserable Life
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1986
The girls circulate a petition to save a 200 year old oak tree which is located on the property of the most hated woman in the neighborhood, Frieda Claxton, who wants the tree cut down.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
9.0/101 votes#15 - Isn't It Romantic
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1986
Dorothy's old friend, Jean comes to Miami for a visit and Dorothy decides not to tell Blanche and Rose that Jean is a lesbian. Then, after spending time with Rose, Jean begins to fall for her. Meanwhile, a new VCR, prompts Sophia to rent ""dirty movies.""
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
9.0/101 votes#16 - The Actor
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1987
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose each vie for the attention of an actor in the local community theatre, who on the sly begins romancing each of them.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
9.0/101 votes#17 - Long Day's Journey Into Marinara
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1987
Sophia's sister, Angela arrives in Miami for a visit and decides to move there but while she's looking for an apartment Dorothy invites her to stay with the girls. This ticks off Sophia since she thinks that Angela is after everything that she has.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Mort Nathan
9.0/102 votes#18 - One for the Money
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1987
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Kathy Speer
9.0/102 votes#19 - The Housekeeper
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1987
The girls' search for a housekeeper ends when they hire Marguerite, a woman who appears to have mystical powers. However, when they fire her, a string of bizarre events convince the girls that Marguerite has placed a curse on them.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Winifred Hervey
9.0/102 votes#20 - Brotherly Love
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1987
Blanche makes a move at Ted, Stan's brother the minute she learns he's a neurosurgeon. She is furious when she discovers the only woman Ted is apparently interested in is Dorothy. Meanwhile, Rose is suffering from insomnia.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Jeffrey Ferro
9.0/102 votes#21 - A Visit From Little Sven
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1987
Rose's cousin Sven, arrives in Miami for a visit just prior to him being married by arrangement. However, when Blanche plays a trick on her latest beau, which involves Sven, the naive groom falls for her. Meanwhile, Sophia tries to renew her driver's license.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: David E. Nichols
9.0/102 votes#22 - Three on a Couch
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1987
Constant bickering, causes the girls to seek help from a therapist. This prompts the girls to reminisce about times they didn't get along. The therapist's conclusion, they should not live with one another.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Frederic Weiss
9.0/102 votes#23 - Blanche's Little Girl
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1988
Blanche is thrilled by a visit from her daughter, Rebecca, an ex-model who has now gained quite a bit of weight. Also visiting with Rebecca is her oafish beau who constantly puts down her weight. The kicker: she's thinking of marrying him.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Kathy Speer
9.0/102 votes#24 - Dorothy's New Friend
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1988
Dorothy befriends a novelist, Barbara Thorndyke and she quickly infringes on Dorothy's relationship with Blanche and Rose who think Barbara is nothing but a stuck up snob.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Robert Bruce
9.0/102 votes#25 - Grab That Dough
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/1988
Sophia got the girls a chance to appear on a hit game show Grab that Dough in California. At the hotel, they miss their reservations and they must sleep in the lobby...as a result, all their personal belongings are stolen. Sophia still has the tickets but once they arrive to the game, the girls fight and split into two separate competing teams.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Winifred Hervey
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"Bringing Up Baby" is the best rated episode directed by Terry Hughes. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Mort Nathan. It aired on 10/3/1987 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself".