The Golden Girls

Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

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

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Engagement

Sat, Sep 14, 1985

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche are three women who share a house in Miami, Florida. Dorothy's elderly mother, Sophia, unexpectedly moves in after her retirement home burns down, and Blanche accepts a proposal of marriage.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

Sat, Sep 21, 1985

When Dorothy's daughter Kate gets married, Dorothy must confront her ex-husband Stanley, who walked out on their 38 year marriage for a younger woman.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Rose the Prude

Sat, Sep 28, 1985

Rose is afraid of sexual intimacy with her boyfriend, Arnie, because she feels she would be cheating on her late husband, Charlie.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Transplant

Sat, Oct 5, 1985

Blanche's sister, Virginia, with whom she has had a tense relationship for years, comes to visit. She reveals that she needs a kidney transplant to save her life.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Triangle

Sat, Oct 19, 1985

When Dorothy's doctor boyfriend makes a pass at Blanche, their friendship becomes threatened.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ On Golden Girls

Sat, Oct 26, 1985

Blanche's belligerent grandson David comes to visit.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Competition

Sat, Nov 2, 1985

The girls' friendship is tested by a bowling tournament.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Break In

Sat, Nov 9, 1985

Rose feels unsafe in her own house after a burglary.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Blanche and the Younger Man

Sat, Nov 16, 1985

Blanche dates an aerobics instructor who is considerably younger than she is. Meanwhile, Rose's mother comes to visit and resents the way her daughter treats her.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Heart Attack

Sat, Nov 23, 1985

Sophia falls ill suddenly, and the other girls worry she may be having a heart attack.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Stan's Return

Sat, Nov 30, 1985

Stan returns to try and make amends with Dorothy.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Custody Battle

Sat, Dec 7, 1985

Dorothy's wealthy sister Gloria wants Sophia to move to California with her.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ A Little Romance

Sat, Dec 14, 1985

Rose doesn't tell her friends that her boyfriend is a little person because she fears people will make fun of them.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ That Was No Lady

Sat, Dec 21, 1985

Dorothy's affair with a married co-worker meets with disapproval from her friends and her mother.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ In a Bed of Rose's

Sat, Jan 11, 1986

After Rose's boyfriend Al dies in her bed, she believes his death was her fault; her late husband had died under similar circumstances.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Truth Will Out

Sat, Jan 18, 1986

Rose goes over her last will and testament with her daughter, who is shocked when she learns what happened to her expected inheritance.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Nice and Easy

Sat, Feb 1, 1986

Blanche is concerned about the flirtatious behavior of her niece, Lucy.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Operation

Sat, Feb 8, 1986

Dorothy is afraid to have an operation for a benign growth on her foot.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Second Motherhood

Sat, Feb 15, 1986

A wealthy widower with two young children asks Blanche to marry him.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Adult Education

Sat, Feb 22, 1986

An adult education teacher offers Blanche a passing grade in his course if she sleeps with him.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Flu Attack

Sat, Mar 1, 1986

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche all come down with the flu at the same time.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Job Hunting

Sat, Mar 8, 1986

Rose loses her job and has trouble finding another one.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Blind Ambitions

Sat, Mar 29, 1986

Rose's sister Lily must come to terms with the fact that she is blind and needs assistance.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Big Daddy

Sat, May 3, 1986

Blanche's father visits, telling that he has sold the family mansion to finance his dream to become a country music singer. Dorothy disputes with the girls' next-door neighbor over storm damage.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ The Way We Met

Sat, May 10, 1986

The girls remember how they came to live together; Blanche put an ad for a room for rent on a grocery store bulletin board, and Rose and Dorothy answered it.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ End of the Curse

Sat, Sep 27, 1986

Blanche believes she is pregnant. When she turns out not to be pregnant, but going through menopause, she believes her life is over.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Ladies of the Evening

Sat, Oct 4, 1986

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.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Take Him, He's Mine

Sat, Oct 11, 1986

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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ It's a Miserable Life

Sat, Nov 1, 1986

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.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Isn't It Romantic?

Sat, Nov 8, 1986

Dorothy's lesbian friend Jean develops a crush on Rose.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Big Daddy's Little Lady

Sat, Nov 15, 1986

Blanche's father reveals that he is getting married. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Rose enter a songwriting contest.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Family Affair

Sat, Nov 22, 1986

Rose's daughter Bridget has an affair with Dorothy's son Michael.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Vacation

Sat, Nov 29, 1986

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.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Joust Between Friends

Sat, Dec 6, 1986

When Dorothy gets a job at the art museum where Blanche also works, tensions grow between the two of them.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Love, Rose

Sat, Dec 13, 1986

Dorothy and Blanche make up a fictional man who "responds" to Rose's personals ad.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ 'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas

Sat, Dec 20, 1986

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.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ The Sisters

Sat, Jan 3, 1987

Dorothy invites Sophia's sister Angela to visit, not knowing that the two of them hate each other.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Stan Who Came to Dinner

Sat, Jan 10, 1987

Stan takes advantage of the girls' hospitality while recovering from heart surgery.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ The Actor

Sat, Jan 17, 1987

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.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Before and After

Sat, Jan 24, 1987

Rose's behavior changes after she says that she died from a throat spasm while in the hospital.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ And Then There Was One

Sat, Jan 31, 1987

The girls believe that an infant entrusted to their care by a couple during a marathon has been abandoned.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Bedtime Story

Sat, Feb 7, 1987

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.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Forgive Me, Father

Sat, Feb 14, 1987

A teacher to whom Dorothy is attracted turns out to be a priest.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Long Day's Journey Into Marinara

Sat, Feb 21, 1987

Sophia believes her sister Angela is trying to steal her boyfriend from her.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Whose Face Is This, Anyway?

Sat, Feb 28, 1987

The other graduates at Blanche's sorority reunion make her feel her looks have faded, and she decides to have plastic surgery.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Dorothy's Prized Pupil

Sat, Mar 14, 1987

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.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Diamond in the Rough

Sat, Mar 21, 1987

Blanche is bothered by her boyfriend's lack of polish and social graces.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Son-in-Law Dearest

Sat, Apr 11, 1987

Dorothy's daughter Kate visits with the news that her husband has cheated on her and she is leaving him.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ To Catch a Neighbor

Sat, May 2, 1987

Two police officers stake out in the girls' house to investigate their neighbors, who are suspected jewel thieves.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ A Piece of Cake

Sat, May 9, 1987

As they plan a surprise birthday party for a friend, the girls recall prior birthday celebrations.

26Season 2

S2.E26 ∙ Empty Nests

Sat, May 16, 1987

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."

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Old Friends

Sat, Sep 19, 1987

Sophia befriends an elderly man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Rose tries to get her teddy bear back from one of her Sunshine Cadets, who holds it hostage.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ One for the Money

Sat, Sep 26, 1987

The girls recollect past attempts at starting their own businesses.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Bringing Up Baby

Sat, Oct 3, 1987

Rose's uncle Hingeblotter dies and leaves Baby, his 29-year-old prize-winning pig, to her. The other girls object until they learn about the cash they will receive if they take care of the animal until it dies.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Housekeeper

Sat, Oct 17, 1987

The girls believe that a housekeeper that they fired has put a curse on them.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Nothing to Fear, But Fear Itself

Sat, Oct 24, 1987

Rose's aunt's funeral provides an opportunity for her, Dorothy, and Blanche to cope with some of their phobias.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Letter to Gorbachev

Sat, Oct 31, 1987

Rose is concerned about nuclear war, so she writes letters to both Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan expressing her fears. Thinking it to be a heartfelt letter from a little girl, a Soviet emissary is so touched by the letter that he arranges a press conference to have "little Rose" read it publicly.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Strange Bedfellows

Sat, Nov 7, 1987

A politician running for city council claims that Blanche slept with him.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Brotherly Love

Sat, Nov 14, 1987

Dorothy goes out on a date with Stan's brother Ted.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ A Visit from Little Sven

Sat, Nov 21, 1987

Although he is engaged to be married, Rose's cousin Sven falls in love with Blanche.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ The Audit

Sat, Nov 28, 1987

Dorothy and Stan owe $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Three on a Couch

Sat, Dec 5, 1987

The girls go to group therapy to deal with the growing problems in their friendship.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Charlie's Buddy

Sat, Dec 12, 1987

Rose is smitten when an old army buddy of Charlie's arrives at her door with eyes only for her but the other girls are suspicious of his intentions.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Artist

Sat, Dec 19, 1987

Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy find themselves vying for the attention of the same artist, while Sophia takes up practical joking.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Blanche's Little Girl

Sat, Jan 9, 1988

Blanche sees her daughter Rebecca for the first time in three years. When she learns her daughter is engaged to a man who mistreats her, she is afraid to speak out for fear of destroying their relationship again.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Dorothy's New Friend

Sat, Jan 16, 1988

Dorothy's friend, local author Barbara Thorndyke, treats Rose and Blanche condescendingly.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Grab That Dough

Sat, Jan 23, 1988

The girls go to Hollywood to appear on the TV game show "Grab that Dough."

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ My Brother, My Father

Sat, Feb 6, 1988

When Sophia's brother Angelo, a priest, comes to visit, she makes Dorothy and Stan pretend that they are still married.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Golden Moments: Part 1

Sat, Feb 13, 1988

Sophia decides to move out of the house and live with her son Phil.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Golden Moments: Part 2

Sat, Feb 13, 1988

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche try to convince Sophia not to move away.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ And Ma Makes Three

Sat, Feb 20, 1988

Sophia, depressed over the departure of her best friend, becomes a third wheel in Dorothy's promising relationship with a new boyfriend.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Larceny and Old Lace

Sat, Feb 27, 1988

Sophia believes that her boyfriend Rocco, who claims to be a retired gangster, has robbed a bank to impress her.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Rose's Big Adventure

Sat, Mar 12, 1988

Rose tries to light a fire under her newly-retired boyfriend who has become a couch potato. But she's not sure she wants to go along when he decides to sail around the world. Meanwhile, the ladies' attempt to convert the garage into a guest room faces many obstacles.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Mixed Blessings

Sat, Mar 19, 1988

Dorothy's son Michael is engaged to a black woman who is twice his age.

24Season 3

S3.E24 ∙ Mister Terrific

Sat, Apr 30, 1988

Rose must persuade a kids' TV show host not to kill himself after he is fired.

25Season 3

S3.E25 ∙ Mother's Day

Sat, May 7, 1988

On Mother's Day, the girls, who are all mothers themselves, recall past celebrations of the day.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Yes, We Have No Havanas

Sat, Oct 8, 1988

Blanche and Sophia are caught in a love triangle with an elderly Cuban cigar mogul.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo

Sat, Oct 22, 1988

While Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche sit around and feel like their lives are boring, Sophia goes out and fights with the grocery store over a nectarine and a piece of meat, conducts a jazz band made up of old ladies, and volunteers at the hospital.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The One That Got Away

Sat, Oct 29, 1988

Blanche tries to woo Ham Lushbough, the only man who ever turned her down. Meanwhile, Rose believes she saw a UFO fly over the house.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Yokel Hero

Sat, Nov 5, 1988

Rose is nominated for the St. Olaf Woman of the Year award, while Blanche and Dorothy embellish her accomplishments on her entry form.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Bang the Drum, Stanley

Sat, Nov 12, 1988

When Sophia gets hit in the head by a baseball at a game, Stan encourages her to exaggerate her injuries to try and get a class action settlement out of it.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Sophia's Wedding: Part 1

Sat, Nov 19, 1988

When Sophia's friend Esther Weinstock dies, she goes to her funeral in Brooklyn. There, she confronts Esther's widower, Max, whom Sophia blames for the failure of her husband's old business.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Sophia's Wedding: Part 2

Sat, Nov 26, 1988

Newlyweds Max and Sophia open a pizza knish stand on the beach, while Dorothy has gotten into the habit of smoking cigarettes.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?

Sat, Dec 3, 1988

Sophia donates an old jacket to charity, not knowing that it contains a winning lottery ticket.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Scared Straight

Sat, Dec 10, 1988

Blanche's brother Clayton is afraid to admit his homosexuality, so he claims he slept with Rose.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Stan Takes a Wife

Sat, Jan 7, 1989

When Sophia is hospitalized with pneumonia, Stan comforts Dorothy. At the hospital, she sees a side of him that impresses her, and she tries to prevent him from getting married again to another woman.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Auction

Sat, Jan 14, 1989

The girls need a new roof, so they scheme to buy and then sell a painting by Jasper DeKimmel, an arrogant painter who has a few days to live.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Blind Date

Sat, Jan 28, 1989

Blanche makes a date with a man without realizing that he is blind. Meanwhile Rose convinces Dorothy and Sophia to help her coach a football team of 10-year olds.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Impotence of Being Ernest

Sat, Feb 4, 1989

Rose tries to do something about her boyfriend's sexual dysfunction.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Love Me Tender

Mon, Feb 6, 1989

Dorothy dates a short, bald man with whom she has nothing in common - except for great lovemaking. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche volunteer as big sisters for two teenage girls.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Valentine's Day

Sat, Feb 11, 1989

The girls' Valentine's Day dates all stand them up, so they sit around, eat cheesecake, and look back at memorable Valentine's Days past.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Two Rode Together

Sat, Feb 18, 1989

Dorothy takes Sophia to Walt Disney World for "quality time," but Sophia wants to ride Space Mountain instead. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche collaborate on a children's book.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ You Gotta Have Hope

Sat, Feb 25, 1989

Rose is convinced that Bob Hope is her real father and that he will perform as the Master of Ceremonies at an upcoming charity benefit.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Fiddler on the Ropes

Sat, Mar 4, 1989

Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Till Death Do We Volley

Sat, Mar 18, 1989

Dorothy blames herself when her friend and former classmate Trudy dies suddenly while playing tennis.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ High Anxiety

Sat, Mar 25, 1989

Rose tries to overcome her addiction to painkillers. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Sophia are hired to appear in a TV commercial for a pizzeria.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Little Sister

Sat, Apr 1, 1989

Nobody believes Rose when she says that her younger sister, Holly (Inga Swenson), is a troublemaker.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Sophia's Choice

Sat, Apr 15, 1989

Sophia breaks her friend Lillian out of a retirement home that is worse than Shady Pines was. Meanwhile, Blanche decides to use her work bonus to have her breasts enlarged.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Rites of Spring

Sat, Apr 29, 1989

As the girls vow to get in shape for an upcoming beach party, they recall past attempts at self-improvement.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Foreign Exchange

Sat, May 6, 1989

Two friends of Sophia's come to visit from Sicily with the revelation that Dorothy and their daughter, Gina, may have been switched at birth.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ We're Outta Here: Part 1

Sat, May 13, 1989

A wealthy Japanese businessman offers to buy the house.

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ We're Outta Here: Part 2

Sat, May 13, 1989

The girls plan to accept a generous offer for the house.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Sick and Tired: Part 1

Sat, Sep 23, 1989

Dorothy says that she is seriously ill, but none of the doctors she sees believe her.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Sick and Tired: Part 2

Sat, Sep 30, 1989

Dorothy learns that she has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The Accurate Conception

Sat, Oct 14, 1989

Blanche's daughter Rebecca shocks her with her plans to conceive a baby by means of artificial insemination.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Rose Fights Back

Sat, Oct 21, 1989

When Rose loses her pension fund, she must get a second job to support herself. A local TV station hires her as an assistant to Enrique Mas, an egotistical consumer reporter.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Love Under the Big Top

Sat, Oct 28, 1989

Ken Whittingham, Dorothy's lawyer boyfriend, wants to give up his law practice and become a circus clown.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Dancing in the Dark

Sat, Nov 4, 1989

Rose feels inferior to her boyfriend Miles, a college professor.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Not Another Monday

Sat, Nov 11, 1989

Martha Lamont, one of Sophia's close friends, is tired of the physical pain and suffering in her life and wants to kill herself.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ That Old Feeling

Sat, Nov 18, 1989

Blanche falls in love with her late husband's brother Jamie.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Comedy of Errors

Sat, Nov 25, 1989

After a high school classmate dies unexpectedly, Dorothy decides to fulfill a long-forgotten dream of being a stand-up comedian.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ All That Jazz

Sat, Dec 2, 1989

Dorothy's son Michael moves in with her after his wife kicks him out.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Ebb Tide

Sat, Dec 9, 1989

Blanche and her sister Virginia clash at Big Daddy's funeral, which Dorothy also attends. Meanwhile, Sophia takes advantage of their absences to rent their rooms out to boarders.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas

Sat, Dec 16, 1989

The girls volunteer at a homeless shelter on Christmas day and learn that Stan has been thrown out on the streets by his current wife.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Mary Has a Little Lamb

Sat, Jan 6, 1990

The girls try to reconcile a pregnant teenage girl and her father. Meanwhile, Blanche starts to regret having written sympathetic "love" letters to a man in jail.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Great Expectations

Sat, Jan 13, 1990

Blanche is afraid to get too close to her boyfriend, even after he suffers a heart attack.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Triple Play

Sat, Jan 27, 1990

Miles' daughter tells Rose to stop seeing him, Sophia has received over $100,000 in Social Security checks, and Blanche rents a car and pretends to sell it so that she can meet men.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Clinton Avenue Memoirs

Sat, Feb 3, 1990

Sophia is suffering from memory problems so she decides to make a trip back to her old Brooklyn home in the hope of rekindling her fading past.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom Tom

Sat, Feb 10, 1990

Blanche feels insecure about her body after having a pacemaker installed.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ An Illegitimate Concern

Mon, Feb 12, 1990

A young man shocks Blanche when he shows up unannounced from Dallas, Texas and tells her that her late husband George was his father. Meanwhile, Sophia convinces Dorothy to participate with her in the Shady Pines Mother/Daughter pageant.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ 72 Hours

Sat, Feb 17, 1990

Rose is afraid that a blood transfusion she had several years ago may have contained HIV-infected blood.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Twice in a Lifetime

Sat, Feb 24, 1990

Rose's old boyfriend Buzz, a musician with Spike Jones' band, shows up and wants to get back together with her.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Sisters and Other Strangers

Sat, Mar 3, 1990

Blanche thinks the risqué novel her sister Charmaigne has written is about her. Meanwhile, Dorothy argues with Stan's Czechoslovakian cousin Magda over Communism.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Cheaters

Sat, Mar 24, 1990

Dorothy rekindles her romance with Glenn O'Brien, the married (now divorced) man she had an affair with several years ago.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present

Sat, Mar 31, 1990

Sophia must confront a man that she put a curse on after he jilted her at the altar decades ago.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ All Bets Are Off

Sat, Apr 28, 1990

Dorothy falls back into patterns of habitual gambling that she thought she had kicked several years ago.

25Season 5

S5.E25 ∙ The President's Coming! The President's Coming! Part 1

Sat, May 5, 1990

All the girls except Dorothy are excited when President George H.W. Bush plans to visit their house on his tour of Miami.

26Season 5

S5.E26 ∙ The President's Coming! The President's Coming! Part 2

Sat, May 5, 1990

A Secret Service agent comes to the house to make sure none of the girls pose a threat to the President's security.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Blanche Delivers

Sat, Sep 22, 1990

Blanche's pregnant daughter Rebecca comes to Miami to have her baby.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Once in St. Olaf

Sat, Sep 29, 1990

While Sophia is in the hospital, Rose is reunited with her biological father.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ If at Last You Do Succeed

Sat, Oct 6, 1990

When Stan finally has a successful business venture, he grows tired of being browbeaten by Dorothy.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Snap Out of It

Sat, Oct 13, 1990

Dorothy tries to convince an aging hippie shut-in to come out of his apartment.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy

Sat, Oct 20, 1990

Blanche's former nanny, Viola Watkins, reveals a shocking fact about Big Daddy.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Feelings

Sat, Oct 27, 1990

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.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Zborn Again

Sat, Nov 3, 1990

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.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?

Sat, Nov 10, 1990

Sophia decides to become a nun to honor a friend who recently passed away.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Mrs. George Devereaux

Sat, Nov 17, 1990

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.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die

Sat, Nov 24, 1990

Sophia asks Blanche for tips on how to please her boyfriend Tony.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ Stand by Your Man

Sat, Dec 1, 1990

Blanche makes a date with a man she meets at a library, not realizing that he is confined to a wheelchair.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Ebbtide's Revenge

Sat, Dec 15, 1990

When Sophia's son Phil dies, she must deal with her animosity towards his widow, Angela.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ The Bloom Is Off the Rose

Sat, Jan 5, 1991

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.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Sister of the Bride

Sat, Jan 12, 1991

Blanche's gay brother, Clayton, plans a commitment ceremony with his boyfriend, Doug.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Miles to Go

Sat, Jan 19, 1991

Rose learns that her boyfriend Miles is really Nicholas Carbone, a mob witness relocated to Miami by the Witness Protection Program.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ There Goes the Bride: Part 1

Sat, Feb 2, 1991

Dorothy and Stan decide to remarry.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ There Goes the Bride: Part 2

Sat, Feb 9, 1991

As Dorothy and Stan plan their wedding, the other girls interview potential new roommates.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ Older and Wiser

Sat, Feb 16, 1991

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.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ Melodrama

Sat, Feb 16, 1991

After fearing him dead, Blanche wants her relationship with Mel Bushman to become more serious.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ Even Grandmas Get the Blues

Sat, Mar 2, 1991

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.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Witness

Sat, Mar 9, 1991

As Rose moves on with her life, Miles' sudden return complicates matters with her new boyfriend.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ What a Difference a Date Makes

Sat, Mar 23, 1991

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.

23Season 6

S6.E23 ∙ Love for Sale

Sat, Apr 6, 1991

Stan wins a date with Dorothy at a charity auction.

24Season 6

S6.E24 ∙ Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home: Part 1

Sat, Apr 27, 1991

Police suspect that Sophia may be responsible for the fire that destroyed the Shady Pines Retirement Home.

25Season 6

S6.E25 ∙ Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home: Part 2

Sat, Apr 27, 1991

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

26Season 6

S6.E26 ∙ Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser

Sat, May 4, 1991

When the entire cast catches the Measles, the girls must take their places in the class play.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ Hey, Look Me Over

Sat, Sep 21, 1991

Rose gets a big shock when she develops some old film she discovers in one of Charlie's cameras.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ The Case of the Libertine Belle

Sat, Sep 28, 1991

A murder mystery weekend turns deadly, and Blanche is the prime suspect in a real-life murder.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Beauty and the Beast

Sat, Oct 5, 1991

Blanche pushes her granddaughter Melissa into a beauty pageant she doesn't want to participate in. Meanwhile, an injured Sophia bonds with her nurse.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ That's for Me to Know

Sat, Oct 12, 1991

Dorothy learns that her father was not Sophia's first husband.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Where's Charlie?

Sat, Oct 19, 1991

Rose is convinced Charlie is communicating with her from beyond the grave; Blanche dates a baseball player.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ Mother Load

Sat, Oct 26, 1991

Blanche faces off against the mother of her latest boyfriend over his affections; Stan convinces Dorothy to join him in therapy.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ Dateline: Miami

Sat, Nov 2, 1991

While Dorothy goes out on a date, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia stay at home and recall past dates that they've had.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ The Monkey Show

Sat, Nov 9, 1991

As soon as Dorothy frees herself of Stan, her sister Gloria shows up and Dorothy catches her sleeping with Stan. In the meantime, Rose and Blanche hold a telethon to save a local lighthouse when a hurricane blows in.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ Ro$e Love$ Mile$

Sat, Nov 16, 1991

Rose is annoyed with Miles' frugal ways, so Blanche takes her out on a double date with two big spenders.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ Room Seven

Sat, Nov 23, 1991

Blanche goes to Atlanta to try and halt the demolition of her grandmother's house. Meanwhile, Sophia's behavior becomes more reckless after a near-death experience.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ From Here to the Pharmacy

Sat, Dec 7, 1991

A soldier returning from the Persian Gulf sweeps Blanche off her feet.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ The Pope's Ring

Sat, Dec 14, 1991

When Pope John Paul II visits Miami, Sophia wants to see him and ask for the blessing of a sick friend.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Old Boyfriends

Sat, Jan 4, 1992

A man from St. Olaf visits claiming he dated Rose when they were teenagers, but she doesn't remember him as one of the many boyfriends she had in her youth. Meanwhile, Sophia finds the perfect man while looking through the personals - or so she thinks.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Goodbye, Mr. Gordon

Sat, Jan 11, 1992

Dorothy's old high school teacher, Mr. Gordon, plagiarizes something she wrote.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ The Commitments

Sat, Jan 25, 1992

Blanche thinks her sex appeal is fading when her boyfriend doesn't want to sleep with her. Meanwhile, Dorothy dates a musician who portrays a Beatle in "Beatlemania."

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Questions and Answers

Sat, Feb 8, 1992

Dorothy learns that auditions for the TV game show "Jeopardy!" are coming to Miami, and she plans to try out for it. Later, she dreams of a bizarre game of Jeopardy! Which pits her against Rose and her neighbor Charlie Dietz.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan

Sat, Feb 15, 1992

Dorothy and Stan are accused of being slumlords by the tenants of the apartment building they jointly own.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Journey to the Center of Attention

Sat, Feb 22, 1992

Blanche is upset when Dorothy becomes popular with the patrons at her favorite bar, the Rusty Anchor.

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ A Midwinter Night's Dream

Sat, Feb 29, 1992

After she sees Dorothy and Miles' spur-of-the-moment kiss, Sophia must tell this to Rose; the last thing she needs to do to break the curse is tell a friend of a betrayal.

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ Rose: Portrait of a Woman

Sat, Mar 7, 1992

Miles' birthday is coming up, so Blanche convinces Rose to present him a naughty picture of herself as a gift. Meanwhile, Dorothy lands a highly-paid new job teaching adults, much to Sophia's delight.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ Home Again, Rose: Part 1

Sat, Apr 25, 1992

While pretending to be people they picked at random from a yearbook at a high school reunion, Rose suffers a heart attack.

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Home Again, Rose: Part 2

Sat, May 2, 1992

As Rose prepares for a triple coronary bypass, she makes the girls promise to have their heads cryogenically preserved when they die.

23Season 7

S7.E23 ∙ One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest

Sat, May 9, 1992

As Dorothy and Lucas prepare to get married, they try to persuade Sophia to come live with them in Atlanta.