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's pregnant daughter Rebecca comes to Miami to have her baby.
While Sophia is in the hospital, Rose is reunited with her biological father.
When Stan finally has a successful business venture, he grows tired of being browbeaten by Dorothy.
Dorothy tries to convince an aging hippie shut-in to come out of his apartment.
Blanche's former nanny, Viola Watkins, reveals a shocking fact about Big Daddy.
Dorothy attracts severe criticism for refusing to pass a star football player in the high school English Literature course which she is teaching. Meanwhile, Rose is concerned her dentist may have behaved improperly while she was under sedation.
Dorothy resists Stan's attempts at reconciliation after he finally hits it big; Rose asks Sophia for help with dealing with an annoying co-worker.
Sophia decides to become a nun to honor a friend who recently passed away.
Blanche's late husband George suddenly turns up, claiming to have faked his own death, while Dorothy finds herself caught in a love triangle with two celebrities.
Sophia asks Blanche for tips on how to please her boyfriend Tony.
Blanche makes a date with a man she meets at a library, not realizing that he is confined to a wheelchair.
When Sophia's son Phil dies, she must deal with her animosity towards his widow, Angela.
Rose and Miles decide that they need more adventure in their relationship, so they take up skydiving. At the same time, Blanche is in an abusive relationship, but unlike the rest of the girls, doesn't see it.
Blanche's gay brother, Clayton, plans a commitment ceremony with his boyfriend, Doug.
Rose learns that her boyfriend Miles is really Nicholas Carbone, a mob witness relocated to Miami by the Witness Protection Program.
As Dorothy and Stan plan their wedding, the other girls interview potential new roommates.
Sophia starts a new role as recreations director for a senior citizen's center, or at least that's what she thinks. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose become photographic models.
After fearing him dead, Blanche wants her relationship with Mel Bushman to become more serious.
To land a man at an audition for a production of "The Taming of the Shrew," Blanche pretends that her baby granddaughter Aurora is really her own child.
As Rose moves on with her life, Miles' sudden return complicates matters with her new boyfriend.
Dorothy learns that Sophia turned away her prom date John, who is now in Miami, because of the way he was dressed. When she told her that he stood her up, Dorothy lost all her self-esteem and went out with Stan because of this.
Police suspect that Sophia may be responsible for the fire that destroyed the Shady Pines Retirement Home.
Sophia cannot recall the events that lead to the Shady Pines fire.
When the entire cast catches the Measles, the girls must take their places in the class play.