Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.
Cast:Bea Arthur , Betty White , Rue McClanahan , Estelle Getty , Herb Edelman , Harold Gould , Sid Melton , Bill Dana , Bear the Dog , Meg Wyllie , Lynnie Greene , Jonathan Schmock , David Jay Willis , Debra Engle , Scott Jacoby , Chick Vennera , Tony Carreiro , Ellen Albertini Dow
Blanche believes she is pregnant. When she turns out not to be pregnant, but going through menopause, she believes her life is over.
Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche win tickets to attend a post-premiere movie party with Burt Reynolds. However, a hitch in their plan occurs when they are mistaken for prostitutes.
Blanche goes on a date with Stan as a favor to Dorothy, who is shocked and upset when the two of them actually have a good time.
Rose's petition to save a very old tree attracts the ire of Freida Claxton, a misanthropic old woman, on whose property the tree stands. At a public hearing, Rose gets angry at Mrs. Claxton and tells her to "drop dead," which she does. Rose blames herself for Mrs. Claxton's death, so the girls decide to pay her one final act of kindness.
Blanche's father reveals that he is getting married. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose enter a songwriting contest.
Rose's daughter Bridget has an affair with Dorothy's son Michael.
Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche's vacation to a tropical island is a complete disaster. Meanwhile, Sophia befriends a Japanese gardener who speaks almost no English.
When Dorothy gets a job at the art museum where Blanche also works, tensions grow between the two of them.
Dorothy and Blanche make up a fictional man who "responds" to Rose's personals ad.
The girls all plan to visit their respective families for Christmas, but their plans are ruined when they are held hostage by a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Grief Counseling Center.
Dorothy invites Sophia's sister Angela to visit, not knowing that the two of them hate each other.
Stan takes advantage of the girls' hospitality while recovering from heart surgery.
A famous actor in town for a local play tries to carry on separate, clandestine affairs with Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche at the same time.
Rose's behavior changes after she says that she died from a throat spasm while in the hospital.
The girls believe that an infant entrusted to their care by a couple during a marathon has been abandoned.
As the girls figure out how they plan to accommodate some upcoming guests, they recall other unusual sleeping arrangements they've had to endure in the past.
A teacher to whom Dorothy is attracted turns out to be a priest.
Sophia believes her sister Angela is trying to steal her boyfriend from her.
The other graduates at Blanche's sorority reunion make her feel her looks have faded, and she decides to have plastic surgery.
One of Dorothy's students writes a prize-winning essay on what it means to be an American. After this, the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services reveals that the boy is in the country illegally.
Blanche is bothered by her boyfriend's lack of polish and social graces.
Dorothy's daughter Kate visits with the news that her husband has cheated on her and she is leaving him.
Two police officers stake out in the girls' house to investigate their neighbors, who are suspected jewel thieves.
As they plan a surprise birthday party for a friend, the girls recall prior birthday celebrations.
Paul Dooley and Rita Moreno guest star as neighbors of Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia contending with family and friends in this initial spin-off pilot of "Empty Nest."