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The Golden Girls Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Yes, We Have No Havanas
Sat, Oct 8, 198830 mins
Blanche and Sophia are caught in a love triangle with an elderly Cuban cigar mogul.
Episode 2
The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo
Sat, Oct 22, 198824 mins
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.
Episode 3
The One That Got Away
Sat, Oct 29, 198830 mins
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.
Episode 4
Yokel Hero
Sat, Nov 5, 198830 mins
Rose is nominated for the St. Olaf Woman of the Year award, while Blanche and Dorothy embellish her accomplishments on her entry form.
Episode 5
Bang the Drum, Stanley
Sat, Nov 12, 198830 mins
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.
Episode 6
Sophia's Wedding: Part 1
Sat, Nov 19, 198830 mins
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.
Episode 7
Sophia's Wedding: Part 2
Sat, Nov 26, 198830 mins
Newlyweds Max and Sophia open a pizza knish stand on the beach, while Dorothy has gotten into the habit of smoking cigarettes.
Episode 8
Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
Sat, Dec 3, 198830 mins
The girls purchase a winning lottery ticket, but a misunderstanding by Sophia sends them on a bizarre and frenzied search to retrieve it from various locations. Ultimately leading them to a homeless shelter where they learn a lesson more valuable than money.
Episode 9
Scared Straight
Sat, Dec 10, 198830 mins
Blanche's brother Clayton is afraid to admit his homosexuality, so he claims he slept with Rose.
Episode 10
Stan Takes a Wife
Sat, Jan 7, 198930 mins
Stan shows up to tell everyone he is getting married. When Sophia gets sick and has to be taken to the hospital, Stan comforts Dorothy. She finds herself falling in love with him again so she decides to tell him so. But Rose and Blanche try to stop her from doing so.
Episode 11
The Auction
Sat, Jan 14, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 12
Blind Date
Sat, Jan 28, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 13
The Impotence of Being Ernest
Sat, Feb 4, 198930 mins
Rose tries to do something about her boyfriend's sexual dysfunction.
Episode 14
Love Me Tender
Mon, Feb 6, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 15
Valentine's Day
Sat, Feb 11, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 16
Two Rode Together
Sat, Feb 18, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 17
You Gotta Have Hope
Sat, Feb 25, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 18
Fiddler on the Ropes
Sat, Mar 4, 198930 mins
Sophia is given money that is intended to be put into a Certificate of Deposit, but she buys a Cuban prizefighter instead.
Episode 19
Till Death Do We Volley
Sat, Mar 18, 198930 mins
Dorothy blames herself when her friend and former classmate Trudy dies suddenly while playing tennis.
Episode 20
High Anxiety
Sat, Mar 25, 198930 mins
Rose tries to overcome her addiction to painkillers. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Sophia are hired to appear in a TV commercial for a pizzeria.
Episode 21
Little Sister
Sat, Apr 1, 198930 mins
Nobody believes Rose when she says that her younger sister, Holly (Inga Swenson), is a troublemaker.
Episode 22
Sophia's Choice
Sat, Apr 15, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 23
Rites of Spring
Sat, Apr 29, 198930 mins
As the girls vow to get in shape for an upcoming beach party, they recall past attempts at self-improvement.
Episode 24
Foreign Exchange
Sat, May 6, 198930 mins
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.
Episode 25
We're Outta Here: Part 1
Sat, May 13, 198930 mins
A wealthy Japanese businessman offers to buy the house.
Episode 26
We're Outta Here: Part 2
Sat, May 13, 198930 mins
The girls plan to accept a generous offer for the house.