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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for The Engagement
    8.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #1 - The Engagement

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Jay Sandrich
  2. Background image for Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?
    7.7/10(963 votes)

    #2 - Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Background image for Rose the Prude
    7.5/10(878 votes)

    #3 - Rose the Prude

    S1:E3

    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.

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    7.7/10(827 votes)

    #4 - Transplant

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Paul Bogart
  5. Background image for The Triangle
    7.8/10(820 votes)

    #5 - The Triangle

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Jim Drake
  6. Background image for On Golden Girls
    7.2/10(828 votes)

    #6 - On Golden Girls

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Liz Sage
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  8. Background image for The Competition
    8.0/10(806 votes)

    #7 - The Competition

    S1:E7

    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.

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  9. Background image for The Break-In
    8.0/10(809 votes)

    #8 - The Break-In

    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Paul Bogart
  10. Background image for Blanche and the Younger Man
    7.7/10(761 votes)

    #9 - Blanche and the Younger Man

    S1:E9

    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.

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    7.8/10(733 votes)

    #10 - Heart Attack

    S1:E10

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

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    7.4/10(670 votes)

    #11 - The Return of Dorothy's Ex

    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Jim Drake
  13. Background image for The Custody Battle
    7.5/10(674 votes)

    #12 - The Custody Battle

    S1:E12

    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.

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  14. Background image for A Little Romance
    8.3/10(834 votes)

    #13 - A Little Romance

    S1:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for That Was No Lady
    7.2/10(680 votes)

    #14 - That Was No Lady

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Liz Sage
  16. Background image for In a Bed of Rose's
    8.2/10(736 votes)

    #15 - In a Bed of Rose's

    S1:E15

    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.

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    Director:Terry Hughes
  17. Background image for The Truth Will Out
    7.0/10(680 votes)

    #16 - The Truth Will Out

    S1:E16

    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.

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    7.4/10(685 votes)

    #17 - Nice and Easy

    S1:E17

    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.

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    8.0/10(686 votes)

    #18 - The Operation

    S1:E18

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

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  20. Background image for Second Motherhood
    7.5/10(615 votes)

    #19 - Second Motherhood

    S1:E19

    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.

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  21. Background image for Adult Education
    7.6/10(623 votes)

    #20 - Adult Education

    S1:E20

    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.

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    8.2/10(715 votes)

    #21 - Flu Attack

    S1:E21

    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.

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    7.6/10(635 votes)

    #22 - Job Hunting

    S1:E22

    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.

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    Director:Paul Bogart
  24. Background image for Blind Ambitions
    7.4/10(637 votes)

    #23 - Blind Ambitions

    S1:E23

    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.

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    Director:Terry Hughes
  25. Background image for Big Daddy
    7.1/10(629 votes)

    #24 - Big Daddy

    S1:E24

    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.

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  26. Background image for The Way We Met
    8.6/10(742 votes)

    #25 - The Way We Met

    S1:E25

    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Engagement" is the best rated episode of "The Golden Girls" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 1249 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Susan Harris, it aired on 9/14/1985. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?".