The Best Episodes Written By Richard Vaczy

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Mrs. George Devereaux

   S6:E911/17/1990

   Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her supposedly dead husband, George. Meanwhile, Dorothy is being wooed by two men, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Older and Wiser

   S6:E182/16/1991

   Wanting someone to watch after Sophia during the day, Dorothy gets Sophia a job under false pretenses. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose are all excited about being hired as models for a Penny Saver.

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   #3 - The Commitments

   S7:E161/25/1992

   Dorothy gets wrapped up in "Beatlemania" and begins dating a Beatle impersonator. Meanwhile, Blanche begins to worry about her looks after she pulls out all the stops to get a certain man into bed, but to no avail.

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   #4 - Love Me Tender

   S4:E142/6/1989

   When Sophia sets Dorothy up on a blind date, Dorothy secretly falls for the seemingly simple man, claiming "he's the greatest lover she ever had." Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose join the "Be a Pal" and become pals to two motherless girls.

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   8.5/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Out With the New, Inn With the Old

   S3:E193/18/1985

   George is upset when Dick and Harley Estin try to remodel the garage so it looks like the carriage house it was originally built as several centuries ago. Joanna hosts a rummage sale.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Clinton Avenue Memoirs

   S5:E162/3/1990

   Dorothy becomes alarmed when Sophia forgets the date of her wedding anniversary. This leads Dorothy to face the fact that Sophia is becoming more and more forgetful with age. After visiting a doctor, Sophia decides to regain some of the memories she has lost and decides to take a trip to Brooklyn and their old apartment.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Ro$e Love$ Mile$

   S7:E1011/16/1991

   Rose has had it with Miles' penny pinching ways and decides to take Blanche's advice and go out with her and some big spenders. Meanwhile, Blanche has been left in charge of Sophia while Dorothy is away, and Sophia decides this would be the best time to take a trip to Sicily.

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   #8 - Room Seven

   S7:E1111/23/1991

   Sophia has an after-life experience, seeing her late husband in heaven, while choking on a piece of candy. Meanwhile, Blanche is distraught over the demolition of her grandmother's plantation, so the girls travel to Atlanta. Once there, Blanche handcuffs herself to the radiator.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #9 - Till Death Do We Volley

   S4:E193/18/1989

   Dorothy's old friend, Trudy comes for a visit and this revives their old rivalry between each other. However, the visit turns tragic when Trudy suddenly dies and Dorothy blames herself.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Voroniny Season 1 Episode 1

    S1:E111/16/2009

    Kostya's parents quarrel. His mother moved him. If Kotsya not reconcile the parents, he faces a big fight with his wife

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - 72 Hours

    S5:E192/17/1990

    Rose discovers that she may be carrying the HIV virus after learning the blood they used in her gallbladder operation may have contained HIV antibodies. What really gets to her though is the 72 hours she must wait before hearing the test results. Meanwhile, Dorothy organizes a Save the Swamplands charity.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Sophia's Choice

    S4:E224/15/1989

    Sophia goes into action to break her friend, Lillian out of ""the worst nursing home in the city."" However, Lillian proves to be too much of a handful for Sophia to handle. Meanwhile, Blanche considers having her breasts enlarged.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)

    S6:E244/27/1991

    The deathbed confession of an ex-patient at Shady Pines, means bad news for Sophia, since in her confession she stated that Sophia and her stated the 1985 Shady Pines fire.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Snap Out of It

    S6:E410/13/1990

    Dorothy decides to help Sophia with the Meals on Wheels program and runs across a reclusive man who hasn't stepped out of his apartment since the 1960's. Meanwhile, Blanche's birthday is coming up and Rose becomes determined to find out her real age.

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    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (2)

    S2:E610/18/1987

    A stripper shows up at Al's with Marcy's wedding ring. Al convinces Steve to make Marcy feel guilty about losing it, and confronts Peg about what she was doing at the strip club.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)

    S6:E254/27/1991

    Sophia cannot recall the events that lead to the Shady Pines fire.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Love Under the Big Top

    S5:E510/28/1989

    Dorothy is in a serious relationship with a lawyer and jumps to the conclusion that he's on the verge of proposing. However, his announcement is a shocker, he's leaving law to become a circus clown. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche put together a protest to save some dolphins.

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1)

    S2:E510/18/1987

    Marcy and Steve have a fight, which leads to Marcy joining Peggy and her friends going to a strip club, where Marcy accidentally loses her wedding ring ... down a stripper's pants.

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