My 30 Most Favorite Episodes of "The Golden Girls".
If the title didn't give it away - these are my 30 most favorite episodes of the TV Show, "The Golden Girls". Watch one per day for a full month of hilarity and smiles!
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- 1985–199230mTV-PG9.0 (712)TV EpisodeDirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanA murder mystery weekend turns deadly, and Blanche is the prime suspect in a real-life murder.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanRose feels unsafe in her own house after a burglary.
- 1985–199230mTV-PG9.1 (746)TV EpisodeDirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanAs Dorothy and Lucas prepare to get married, they try to persuade Sophia to come live with them in Atlanta.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanThe 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.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanAn adult education teacher offers Blanche a passing grade in his course if she sleeps with him.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanBlanche, Rose, and Dorothy find themselves vying for the attention of the same artist, while Sophia takes up practical joking.
- 1985–199230mTV-PG7.8 (431)TV EpisodeDirectorJudy PioliStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhen the entire cast catches the Measles, the girls must take their places in the class play.
- DirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy learns that her father was not Sophia's first husband.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy's son Michael is engaged to a black woman who is twice his age.
- DirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanBlanche pushes her granddaughter Melissa into a beauty pageant she doesn't want to participate in. Meanwhile, an injured Sophia bonds with her nurse.
- DirectorPeter D. BeytStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhile pretending to be people they picked at random from a yearbook at a high school reunion, Rose suffers a heart attack.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhen 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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy learns that she has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanRose 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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanBlanche'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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy goes out on a date with Stan's brother Ted.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy and Blanche make up a fictional man who "responds" to Rose's personals ad.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy and Stan decide to remarry.
- DirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy 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.
- 1985–199230mTV-PG7.9 (583)TV EpisodeDirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanSophia donates an old jacket to charity, not knowing that it contains a winning lottery ticket.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhen Sophia's brother Angelo, a priest, comes to visit, she makes Dorothy and Stan pretend that they are still married.
- DirectorJim DrakeStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanStan returns to try and make amends with Dorothy.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhen 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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy 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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanWhen 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.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanRose is convinced that Bob Hope is her real father and that he will perform as the Master of Ceremonies at an upcoming charity benefit.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanAlthough he is engaged to be married, Rose's cousin Sven falls in love with Blanche.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanTwo police officers stake out in the girls' house to investigate their neighbors, who are suspected jewel thieves.
- DirectorTerry HughesStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy, 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.
- 1985–199230mTV-PG8.3 (421)TV EpisodeDirectorLex PassarisStarsBea ArthurBetty WhiteRue McClanahanDorothy 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.