10.0/101 votes#1 - Love Under The Big Top
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1989
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#2 - Clinton Avenue Memoirs
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1990
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#3 - 72 Hours
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1990
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#4 - Snap Out of It
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1990
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.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#5 - Mrs. George Devereaux
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1990
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.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#6 - Older and Wiser
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1991
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.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#7 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 4/27/1991
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.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#8 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 4/27/1991
Sophia cannot recall the events that lead to the Shady Pines fire.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#9 - Ro$e Love$ Mile$
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1991
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Vaczy
10.0/101 votes#10 - The Commitments
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1992
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Vaczy
9.5/102 votes#11 - Sophia's Choice
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/15/1989
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
9.0/102 votes#12 - Love Me Tender
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1989
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
9.0/102 votes#13 - Till Death Do We Volley
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1989
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.
Director: Terry Hughes
Writer: Richard Vaczy
9.0/101 votes#14 - Room Seven
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1991
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Vaczy
6.9/1011 votes#15 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (2)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Richard Vaczy
6.4/1011 votes#16 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Richard Vaczy
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"Love Under The Big Top" is the best rated episode written by Richard Vaczy. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Terry Hughes. It aired on 10/28/1989 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Clinton Avenue Memoirs".