The best episodes of The Golden Girls
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- 01
When Rose competes for St. Olaf's Woman of the Year honors, Dorothy and Blanche decide to "punch up" her list of accomplishments in order to ensure her victory.
- 02
Dorothy is all excited when she learns the 'Jeopardy' is having tryouts in Miami. This leads her to begin cramming for the audition test and later proves to be an annoyance to everyone at the audition.
- 03
One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest (2)
Dorothy and Lucas' plot to get even with Blanche leads to a surprise wedding.
- 04
Blanche has been seeing less and less of her latest boyfriend, Fidel Santiago, and begins to suspect him of seeing another woman. She doesn't know what to think, however, when she finds out the identity of that other woman -- Sophia. Meanwhile, Dorothy teaches a night school history class and discovers Rose is one of her students.
- 05
A hurricane is brewing and it's not just outside after Dorothy gets a visit first from Stan with news that he's over her and moving on with his life. Dorothy quickly discovers who he's moving on with, her sister, Gloria. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose hold a telethon to save a lighthouse.
- 06
The girls hire a housekeeper, Marguerite, who ends up not doing very much housekeeping. As a result, they soon fire her, but once she leaves strange and terrible things begin to happen to the girls, who begin to suspect Marguerite has placed a curse on them.
- 07
Stan returns yet again, this time with upsetting news for Dorothy: the two of them are being audited by the IRS. Thanks to Stan's careless spending while they were married, the two may end up having to face jail time. Meanwhile, Rose takes a Spanish class in night school, and Blanche soon joins her.
- 08
Blanche is in for a surprise when her daughter Becky visits -- Becky, a former model, is now significantly overweight. To make matters worse, her boyfriend insults her and makes jokes about her weight at every opportunity. Meanwhile, Sophia orders a strike against her employer at the fast food restaurant where she works.
- 09
Dorothy becomes friends with author Barbara Thorndyke, who doesn't take nearly as kindly to Dorothy's roommates, putting a strain on their friendship.
- 10
Sophia's brother, Dorothy's Uncle Angelo, is coming by for a visit, and since Angelo's a Catholic priest, Sophia asks of Dorothy a small favor: pretend that she and Stanley are still married and never divorced. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche prepare to star in a local production of The Sound of Music.
- 11
The series' first clip show sees Sophia preparing to move out to live with Dorothy's brother Phil and his family. Dorothy, Rose and Blanche are so stunned by the news they remember the times they have all had together.
- 12
The clip show concludes with the three ladies remembering old times while trying to figure out how to stop Sophia from moving out.
- 13
Ham Lushbough, the one man Blanche has never been able to get into bed with her, is visiting Miami and wants to see her, and Blanche is thrilled at the opportunity -- until she sees the older, balder, heavier Ham. Meanwhile, Rose and Dorothy see a strange object in the night sky, and Rose is convinced it was a UFO.
- 14
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.
- 15
Newlyweds Max and Sophia open a pizza knish stand on the beach, while Dorothy has gotten into the habit of smoking cigarettes.
- 16
Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
Blanche's tattered jacket, containing a winning lottery ticket, is given to charity.
- 17
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.
- 18
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.
- 19
After being dumped on Valentine's Day by their dates, Blanche, Dorothy, and Rose reminisce about past Valentine's Day experiences that didn't turn out as planned. Meanwhile, Sophia has a special date with Latin singer Julio Iglesias.
- 20
Dorothy's high school class is meeting at the house for their class reunion. When she meets up with her best friend before the party, they decide to have a somewhat friendly game of tennis. However, when her friend dies unexpectedly while on the court, Dorothy blames herself, until she begins to suspect that it might be a prank like they used to pull on one another while still in school.
- 21
Upon arriving home one afternoon, Blanche, Dorothy, and Rose are shocked to find Sophia showing the house to a wealthy Japanese businessman. When he makes an offer to buy the place, it causes the girls to reminisce about all the good and bad times they had in it.
- 22
When Blanche makes her decision whether to accept Mr. Yakamora's offer to buy her house, she receives a surprising call that puts their agreement on hold.
- 23
The girls' neighbor, Dr. Harry Weston, recommends Dorothy to a specialist who may be able to diagnose her mystery illness. Meanwhile, Blanche goes on a 72-hour writing binge.
- 24
Rose begins dating her dancing partner, college professor Miles Webber, but when he invites her to mingle among his colleagues at a party she begins to feel stupid and unworthy of his affections. Meanwhile, Blanche is in a dating slump.
- 25
Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom
Blanche stuns her roommates, and eligible male population of Miami when she swears off sex after her doctor recommends she get a pacemaker.
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