The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls is the story of four older women who share a house in Miami Beach, Florida. Bea Arthur plays Dorothy, a divorced school teacher, with a sardonic wit. Rue McClanahan plays Blanche, a man-hunting Southern Belle. Betty White plays Rose, a very sweet woman who is somewhat spacey. Rounding out the trio is Estelle Getty, playing Dorothy's outspoken mother, Sophia.
- Metascore82
- 1985-1992
- 7 seasons
- NBC
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
The Golden Girls is the story of four older women who share a house in Miami Beach, Florida. Bea Arthur plays Dorothy, a divorced school teacher, with a sardonic wit. Rue McClanahan plays Blanche, a man-hunting Southern Belle. Betty White plays Rose, a very sweet woman who is somewhat spacey. Rounding out the trio is Estelle Getty, playing Dorothy's outspoken mother, Sophia.
Season 7 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1991 - 1992
Episode 1
Hey, Look Me Over
Sat, Sep 21, 1991 24 mins
Rose gets a big shock when she develops some old film she discovers in one of Charlie's cameras.
Episode 2
The Case of the Libertine Belle
Sat, Sep 28, 1991 30 mins
A murder mystery weekend turns deadly, and Blanche is the prime suspect in a real-life murder.
Episode 3
Beauty and the Beast
Sat, Oct 5, 1991 30 mins
Blanche pushes her granddaughter Melissa into a beauty pageant she doesn't want to participate in. Meanwhile, an injured Sophia bonds with her nurse.
Episode 4
That's for Me to Know
Sat, Oct 12, 1991 30 mins
Dorothy learns that her father was not Sophia's first husband.
Episode 5
Where's Charlie?
Sat, Oct 19, 1991 30 mins
Rose is convinced Charlie is communicating with her from beyond the grave; Blanche dates a baseball player.
Episode 6
Mother Load
Sat, Oct 26, 1991 30 mins
Blanche faces off against the mother of her latest boyfriend over his affections; Stan convinces Dorothy to join him in therapy.
Episode 7
Dateline: Miami
Sat, Nov 2, 1991 30 mins
While Dorothy goes out on a date, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia stay at home and recall past dates that they've had.
Episode 8
The Monkey Show: Part 1
Sat, Nov 9, 1991 30 mins
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.
Episode 9
The Monkey Show: Part 2
Sat, Nov 9, 1991 30 mins
Dorothy discovering Gloria sleeping with Stan just adds to their sibling rivalry and Sophia has had it so she leaves just prior the the hurricane hitting.
Episode 10
Ro$e Love$ Mile$
Sat, Nov 16, 1991 30 mins
While Dorothy is on a weekend cruise with a doctor, she leaves Blanche in charge of watching Sophia. Sophia is looking through Dorothy's things and finds a letter she wrote back in 1920 of things she wanted to do, including making up with her first husband, Guido Spirelli. She sneaks off to Sicily to make things right.
Episode 11
Room Seven
Sat, Nov 23, 1991 30 mins
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.
Episode 12
From Here to the Pharmacy
Sat, Dec 7, 1991 30 mins
A soldier returning from the Persian Gulf sweeps Blanche off her feet.
Episode 13
The Pope's Ring
Sat, Dec 14, 1991 30 mins
For her birthday, Dorothy gives Rose the original sweatshirt that Roy wore on the Mickey Mouse Club. Always trying to top Dorothy, Blanche gives Rose the gift of suspicion. She hired a detective to follow Miles Webber around for two weeks because he has been wearing bikini bottoms and doing other strange things.
Episode 14
Old Boyfriends
Sat, Jan 4, 1992 30 mins
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.
Episode 15
Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
Sat, Jan 11, 1992 30 mins
Dorothy is elated to hear from her old high school teacher, Mr. Gordon, who may have ulterior motives for wanting to see her again; Rose secures Blanche and Dorothy a spot on her local TV show, with some embarrassing results.
Episode 16
The Commitments
Sat, Jan 25, 1992 30 mins
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."
Episode 17
Questions and Answers
Sat, Feb 8, 1992 30 mins
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.
Episode 18
Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan
Sat, Feb 15, 1992 30 mins
Dorothy and Stan are accused of being slumlords by the tenants of the apartment building they jointly own.
Episode 19
Journey to the Center of Attention
Sat, Feb 22, 1992 30 mins
Blanche is upset when Dorothy becomes popular with the patrons at her favorite bar, the Rusty Anchor.
Episode 20
A Midwinter Night's Dream: Part 1
Sat, Feb 29, 1992 30 mins
There's a full moon on a leap year's day, and Sophia must break a long-standing curse that she believes could cost Dorothy her life. Meanwhile, Blanche throws a party and Rose asks Miles to marry her (so they can use a free honeymoon to Paris that she won in a contest).
Episode 21
A Midwinter Night's Dream: Part 2
Sat, Feb 29, 1992 30 mins
Blanche throws a men-only moonlight madness party; Sophia tries to reverse a witch's hex on Dorothy.
Episode 22
Rose: Portrait of a Woman
Sat, Mar 7, 1992 24 mins
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.
Episode 23
Home Again, Rose: Part 1
Sat, Apr 25, 1992 30 mins
While pretending to be people they picked at random from a yearbook at a high school reunion, Rose suffers a heart attack.
Episode 24
Home Again, Rose: Part 2
Sat, May 2, 1992 30 mins
As Rose prepares for a triple coronary bypass, she makes the girls promise to have their heads cryogenically preserved when they die.
Episode 25
One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest: Part 1
Sat, May 9, 1992 30 mins
Blanche's uncle Lucas visits Miami and has dinner with Dorothy. After learning of the unflattering descriptions of her in Blanche's letters, they decided to get even by pretending to be in love.
Episode 26
One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest: Part 2
Sat, May 9, 1992 30 mins
Dorothy and Lucas' plot to get even with Blanche leads to a surprise wedding.