The Best Episodes of The Golden Girls Season 1
Every episode of The Golden Girls Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Golden Girls Season 1!
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 the perfect circle of friends.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Golden Girls" season 1 is "The Engagement", rated 8/10 from 1156 user votes. It was directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Susan Harris. "The Engagement" aired on 9/14/1985 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?".
8.0/10 1,156 votes#1 - 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
7.7/10 895 votes#2 - 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
7.5/10 816 votes#3 - 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
7.7/10 767 votes#4 - 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
7.8/10 764 votes#5 - 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
8.0/10 750 votes#7 - 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
8.0/10 753 votes#8 - 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
7.7/10 712 votes#9 - 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
7.8/10 689 votes#10 - 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
7.4/10 627 votes#11 - 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
7.5/10 628 votes#12 - 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
8.3/10 783 votes#13 - 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
7.2/10 633 votes#14 - 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
8.2/10 684 votes#15 - 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
7.1/10 636 votes#16 - 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
7.4/10 640 votes#17 - 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
8.1/10 640 votes#18 - 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
7.5/10 576 votes#19 - 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
7.6/10 585 votes#20 - 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
8.2/10 671 votes#21 - 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
7.6/10 592 votes#22 - 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
7.4/10 602 votes#23 - 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
7.1/10 593 votes#24 - 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
8.6/10 697 votes#25 - 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
