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Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form...
Genre:Comedy
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Season 1

  • The Engagement
    8.0/101,166 votes
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    The Engagement

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1985

    In the Pilot, Sophia arrives after her retirement home burns down and Blanche prepares to get married.

    Director: Jay Sandrich

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?
    7.7/10899 votes
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    Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1985

    Dorothy's daughter, Kate, comes to Miami with an announcement. She's engaged to a podiatrist named Dennis. Dorothy is thrilled but her happiness quickly turns to anger when she realizes that ex-husband, Stan, is going to be invited. After 38 years of marriage, Stan had left Dorothy for a woman half her age. Dorothy threatens to make a scene at the reception which places Rose and Blanche in the role of peacemaker.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Winifred Hervey

  • Rose the Prude
    7.5/10821 votes
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    Rose the Prude

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1985

    Having not dated since her husband died, Rose reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date. This date turns into a serious relationship when she is invited on a cruise which would involve sharing a stateroom.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

  • Transplant
    7.7/10771 votes
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    Transplant

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1985

    Blanche's sister, Virginia, comes to Miami for a visit and Blanche is convinced she's after something. Later, while out to dinner, she learns just what Virginia is after, Blanche's kidney. Meanwhile, Rose and Dorothy babysit for an infant.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • The Triangle
    7.8/10767 votes
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    The Triangle

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1985

    A doctor Dorothy dates makes a pass at Blanche. But when Blanche tells Dorothy about it, Dorothy doesn't believe her. Dorothy accuses her of being a slut and when Blanche can't take no more she orders Dorothy to move out.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Winifred Hervey

  • On Golden Girls
    7.2/10777 votes
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    On Golden Girls

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1985

    Blanche's 14-year old grandson comes to Miami for a visit and brings a new meaning to the term "generation gap." Meanwhile, Dorothy studies for her French final.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Liz Sage

  • The Competition
    8.0/10755 votes
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    The Competition

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1985

    In a bowling competition, it's Dorothy and Blanche verses Rose and Sophia. If Sophia and Rose win, Dorothy will allow Sophia to go back to Sicily for a visit with an old beau and if Dorothy and Blanche win Sophia will give her a pair of antique earrings.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

  • The Break-In
    8.0/10757 votes
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    The Break-In

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1985

    After a Madonna concert, the girls arrive home to discover their house has been broken into. This leads the girls to seek out means to protect themselves, including a security system, guard dog and mace. Meanwhile, Rose becomes so paranoid that the robbers will come back she goes so far as to purchase a gun.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • Blanche and the Younger Man
    7.7/10716 votes
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    Blanche and the Younger Man

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1985

    Blanche goes all out to try to look good for her latest beau, her aerobics instructor half her age. Meanwhile, Rose's dynamic mother comes for a visit and gets fed up with Rose's ""mothering"" ways.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Stan Zimmerman, James Berg

  • Heart Attack
    7.8/10692 votes
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    Heart Attack

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1985

    After a dinner party, Sophia suffers an apparent heart attack with a heavy storm delaying the paramedics.

    Director: Jim Drake, Paul Bogart

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • The Return of Dorothy's Ex
    7.4/10631 votes
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    The Return of Dorothy's Ex

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1985

    Dorothy's ex-husband, Stan shows up to settle a piece of land they bought on their honeymoon. This leads to Dorothy and Stan spending the night together. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche plan a vacation that Sophia is not invited on.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Kathy Speer

  • The Custody Battle
    7.5/10631 votes
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    The Custody Battle

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1985

    Dorothy's sister, Gloria, comes to Miami for a visit and asks Sophia to come live with her in California. Meanwhile, Blanche is furious when Rose is cast as Lady Macbeth, in a local play, and not her.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Winifred Hervey

  • A Little Romance
    8.3/10787 votes
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    A Little Romance

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1985

    Rose has been dating Dr. Jonathan Newman and begins to think their relationship is leading to the altar. However she begins to have second thoughts especially since he's a midget.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

  • That Was No Lady
    7.2/10638 votes
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    That Was No Lady

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1985

    Dorothy latest boyfriend Glen gives her a shock when he tells her that he's married. She surprises herself when she finds herself sneaking around to be with him. Meanwhile, Blanche unloads her old car on Rose in order to buy a new one.

    Director: Jim Drake

    Writer: Liz Sage

  • In a Bed of Rose's
    8.2/10688 votes
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    In a Bed of Rose's

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1986

    Late one evening, Rose brings a man home and they spend the night together. However, in the morning she finds that he has passed away. Even worse, she later discovers he was married.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Susan Harris

  • The Truth Will Out
    7.1/10640 votes
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    The Truth Will Out

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1986

    Rose is apprehensive about a visit from her daughter and granddaughter, since their reason for coming is to settle Rose's late-husband's will. Meanwhile, Blanche gets caught up in the tabloids of a society murder.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Susan Beavers

  • Nice and Easy
    7.4/10647 votes
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    Nice and Easy

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1986

    Blanche's visiting niece is a chip right off the old block when she dates a different man all night every night. Meanwhile, Dorothy does battle with a mouse living in the house.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Stuart Silverman

  • The Operation
    8.1/10645 votes
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    The Operation

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1986

    Dorothy is hesitant about having foot surgery just as she was scheduled to tap dance with Blanche and Rose at a dance recital.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Winifred Hervey

  • Second Motherhood
    7.5/10582 votes
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    Second Motherhood

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1986

    Blanche is romanced by a wealthy suitor who she learns has several small children. This fact dampens his proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose go to bat with the bathroom plumbing.

    Director: Gary Shimokawa

    Writer: Christopher Lloyd

  • Adult Education
    7.6/10588 votes
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    Adult Education

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1986

    Blanche's psychology professor sexually harasses her when she goes to him for help on a difficult test. Blanche's professor makes her an harassing deal: If she has sex with him, he'll give her an "A" for the exam. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia each try to get a hold of tickets for a sold out Frank Sinatra concert.

    Director: Jack Shea

    Writer: Stan Zimmerman, James Berg

  • Flu Attack
    8.2/10674 votes
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    Flu Attack

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1986

    A week before an awards ceremony, Blanche, Dorothy and Rose each come down with a nasty flu, which compounds their arguing over who will win a prestigious award.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Stan Zimmerman, James Berg

  • Job Hunting
    7.6/10598 votes
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    Job Hunting

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/1986

    When Rose loses her job at the grief center, she begins searching for other sources of work. Meanwhile, Blanche tries to lose a few pounds and Dorothy is excited when a man she once had a crush on, contacts her and asks her out.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Kathy Speer

  • Blind Ambitions
    7.4/10605 votes
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    Blind Ambitions

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/29/1986

    Rose's sister, Lily must deal with life as a blind person after recently losing her sight. Meanwhile, the girls hold a garage sale in order to buy a new TV but find it hard to part with things.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Bob Colleary

  • Big Daddy
    7.1/10596 votes
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    Big Daddy

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/3/1986

    Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement, he's sold the family plantation and is setting out to become a country singer. Meanwhile, Sophia places a curse on a neighbor who refuses to remove his tree that fell over onto the lanai during a storm.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro

  • The Way We Met
    8.6/10701 votes
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    The Way We Met

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/10/1986

    One night after watching Psycho, the girls find it hard to sleep so they stay up and reminisce about how they all came to live with one another.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Kathy Speer, Winifred Hervey, Mort Nathan, Barry Fanaro