The Golden Girls

Through a series of flashbacks, the housemates reminisce about their birthday celebrations.

The housemates could earn $100,000 if they adopt an elderly pig.

Blanche announces that she is canceling a date with her latest boyfriend, because he does not meet her standards.

One of Dorothy's pupils may face deportation, and she feels responsible.

The women try to help a neighborhood couple, George and Renee Corliss, patch up their faltering marriage.

The women confront their phobias on a flight to the Bahamas to attend a funeral.

Sophia's new friend, an elderly gentleman, has Alzheimer's disease.

The housemates recall some of their absurd moneymaking schemes.

Dorothy dismays when her daughter is too forgiving of her unfaithful husband.

Courtesy of their new housekeeper's magic potions, Blanche's social life perks up and Dorothy wins the battle against insomnia.

When two police officers set up surveillance equipment in Blanche's house, Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia are more interested in snaring the policemen.

After attending a sorority reunion, Blanche considers having a face lift.

Dorothy and her former tennis rival play practical jokes during a reunion.

Blanche's unmarried daughter announces her desire to have a baby.

Dorothy sends her unemployed son to live with his equally irresponsible father.

Dorothy decides to do something with her life by signing up for a comedy spot at the Comedy Barrel, but Sophia is unimpressed; Blanche is having tax problems, but decides it's nothing that a négligée won't put right.

Rose feels insecure about her romance with a college professor.

Blanche renews hostilities with her sister when she travels home to attend her father's funeral.

Sophia invests her roommates' money in a prizefighter named ``Kid Pepe`` who is a gifted violinist.

Sophia learns that the hospital may have switched Dorothy at birth with another baby.

The ladies grow tired of Christmas shopping during a heat wave; they volunteer to serve Christmas dinner at a soup kitchen.

Dorothy and Blanche try to help Rose overcome a 30-year dependency on prescription medication.

Rose thinks her visiting sister is trying to steal her friends.

Dorothy's beau gives up a lucrative legal practice to become a circus clown.

The girls help a pregnant teen and play host to Blanche's visiting pen pal.

Sophia faces a moral dilemma when an ill friend asks for help in ending her life.

Flashbacks recall previous attempts by the roommates to lose weight.

Rose has to go and get a job when she loses her late husband's pension, where she is confronted for the first time by ageism.

Dorothy consults medical experts about her chronic fatigue, which raises concern in Rose and Sophia.

Harry Weston recommends a specialist who diagnoses Dorothy's illness.

Sophia and Rose help a friend escape from an inadequate nursing home.

Blanche turns the tables and proposes to her brother-in-law.

Blanche decides to sell her house, and the roommates prepare to go their separate ways.

Blanche decides to sell her house, and the roommates prepare to go their separate ways.

Rose finally gets to confront her fantasy that Bob Hope is her father.

Rose must test for AIDS following the revelation that she may have received a tainted transfusion.

Dorothy's gambling addiction worries Sophia; Blanche dates a co-worker.

A young man claims to be the illegitimate son of Blanche's late husband.

Blanche's pregnant daughter, Rebecca, pales at the thought of childbirth.

Dorothy sees an old flame; Blanche and Sophia fall prey to con artists.

Sophia visits Brooklyn, N.Y., for her anniversary, hoping to confront the ghost of her dead husband.

Blanche cannot bring herself to enter the hospital following her boyfriend's heart attack.

Stan interests Dorothy in re-establishing a relationship; Rose makes an ill-advised sale.

Blanche must have a pacemaker implanted and worries that it will affect her sex life.

Rose, who was adopted, meets her biological father while Sophia is in the hospital.

Blanche's love life is the basis for her sister's romantic novel.

Dorothy tries to bring a reclusive aging hippie out of his shell.

Blanche supplies a date for wedding-bound Dorothy; Sophia puts a curse on the newlyweds.

An FBI agent investigates the girls ahead of a possible visit from President Bush, which leads them to reminisce about their experiences together.

The girls continue to reminisce about their experiences together; an FBI agent announces that President Bush will be visiting their home; Dorothy readies a list of points to make to the president.

Rose prepares herself for a visit from her boyfriend's daughter; Blanche schemes to meet wealthy men.

Rose's childhood love reappears and vies with Miles for her attention.

Rose's cousin, Sven Lindstrom, arrives from Sweden and falls in love with Blanche.

Sophia is a third wheel when Dorothy and her new boyfriend plan a trip without her.

Dorothy and Rose agree to baby-sit a group of children, but one set of parents fails to claim its child.

Sophia cries foul after being hit with a fly ball at the stadium; Stan tries to sue the ballpark.

The roommates reminisce about the adventures they have shared.

Rose becomes convinced she is dead after suffering an esophageal spasm; after this experience she decides to live for the day.

Blanche reunites with her daughter Rebecca after a four-year estrangement; Blanche wants to defend her from an abusive boyfriend.

Dorothy makes her ex-husband, Stanley Zbornak, jealous when she has an affair with his brother Theodore.

Rose decides to move in with Buddy Rourke, one of her deceased husband's former buddies.

Blanche and Rose despise one of Dorothy's friends, the novelist Barbara Thorndyke.

Dorothy becomes romantically interested in Frank Leahy, a fellow teacher whom she later discovers is a priest.

The women reflect on their years spent together when Sophia announces she is going to live with her son.

The women reflect on their years spent together when Sophia announces she is going to live with her son.

A trip to Hollywood to compete on their favorite game show turns sour for the roommates.

Sophia's new boyfriend Rocco robs a bank and makes her an unsuspecting accomplice.

Rose, concerned about the nuclear arms race, mails letters to President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Angela Petrillo pays a return visit to Miami, making her sister's life miserable.

Dorothy's son Michael is getting married to an older woman, and the mothers of the bride and groom are concerned.

Sophia encourages Dorothy and Stan to pretend they are still married, at least until Sophia's clergyman brother leaves town.

Rose's boyfriend buys a boat and asks her to accompany him on a cruise around the world.

For Sophia's birthday, Dorothy flies her sister Angela in from Sicily, Italy, as a surprise; Dorothy's the one who's surprised when Sophia's reaction is that of disgust.

A political candidate announces that he had an affair with Blanche, a contention that she denies.

The roommates swoon over a TV actor Patrick Vaughn who is appearing at their community theater.

Blanche agrees to pose in the nude for a suave European sculptor.

Dorothy hocks an expensive ring to pay off the debt she and her ex-husband owe to the Internal Revenue Service.

Sophia's roommates, bored with themselves, are unaware of her active daytime life.

Blanche encounters a former schoolmate who is the only man to ever turn her down.

Dorothy feels sympathy for Stan when he tells her he's going to have open-heart surgery; however, that sympathy fades when she learns of his many infidelities while they were married.

Dorothy, Rose and Blanche seek professional help when living with one another becomes unbearable.

Rose competes for St. Olaf's Woman of the Year honors, with a little help of Blanche and Dorothy.

Blanche has reservations about dating a blind man, since he cannot see her physical attributes; Dorothy and Rose coach a children's team.

Blanche's tattered jacket, containing a winning lottery ticket, ends up in charity.

Rose feels inadequate when her new boyfriend experiences impotency.

Sophia disapproves of the man Dorothy is dating; Blanche and Rose befriend juvenile delinquents.

Rose's new boyfriend Mr. Terrific gets Dorothy a job, but her recommendations get him fired.

In flashbacks, the housemates reminisce about Mother's Day celebrations.

Blanche learns that her brother is gay after he claims to have slept with Rose.

Sophia wants to wed Max Weinstock, her husband's partner.

Sophia and Max return from their honeymoon and open a food stand on the boardwalk.

Dorothy wants her ex-husband back when he becomes engaged to another woman.

The roommates buy a dying artist's painting, hoping to sell it for a profit.

Dorothy takes Sophia to Disney World for quality time; Rose and Blanche write a children's book.

The girls sit around, eat cheesecake, and remember terrible Valentine's Day experiences.

A battle for the affections of a Cuban cigar mogul ignites a dispute between Blanche and Sophia.

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.

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.

Dorothy's Saturday night date causes Rose, Blanche and Sophia to recall scandalous evenings from the past.

Dorothy and Stan are ordered by a judge to inhabit one of their substandard apartments.

A teacher breathes life into Dorothy's decades-old crush on him; Rose makes her debut as a TV producer.

Sophia seeks a swinging senior through the personals column; Rose can't recall an old beau who comes to visit her.

Rose gives the boot to penny-pinching Miles; Blanche loses track of Sophia while Dorothy is vacationing.

While choking, Sophia has an out-of-body experience; Blanche protests the demolition of the family's plantation.

Blanche fails to seduce her date and is heartbroken; Dorothy goes bananas over a ``Beatlemania`` cast member.

Sophia predicts a hurricane's path; Blanche and Rose participate in a telethon; Dorothy joins Stan in therapy.

Dr. Halperin counsels Dorothy at home; a police evacuation forces everyone to take refuge at the TV station.

Dorothy must face her ex-husband Stanley Zbornak when her daughter announces her upcoming wedding.

Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia cheer up a hospitalized Rose after she becomes ill at a crashed class reunion.

Before waking from surgery, Rose dreams that she, Blanche and Dorothy are 100 years in the future.

Dorothy replaces Blanche as the center of attention for the men at Blanche's favorite nightspot.

Blanche's unruly teenage grandson visits, and goes out every night with a rough crowd.

Rose finds herself romantically involved for the first time since her husband's death.

Sophia becomes a doting mother when Dorothy accepts a lucrative corporate teaching job.

Blanche's plans to marry go awry when she discovers her fiancé is a bigamist.

Dorothy needs surgery after injuring herself during tap dancing lessons.

Dorothy's attractive date flirts with Blanche, sparking a rivalry between the two.

Blanche must decide whether to donate one of her kidneys to the sister she hates.

Dorothy receives pressure because she refuses to give a passing grade to the school football star.

Dorothy dreams she is a contestant on ``Jeopardy!`` but the game is fixed in favor of neighbor Charlie Dietz.

Dorothy tries to mend the rift between her mother and recently widowed sister-in-law (Brenda Vaccaro).

Sophia becomes a sexy seductress to lure Tony (Cesar Romero) into bed, while Rose promises celibacy.

Blanche dreams of a visit from her deceased husband and that Dorothy meets her ideal man. Cameos by Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner.

Blanche has some soul-searching to do when her brother (Monte Markham) announces he is to be a bride. With Michael Ayr.

The unexpected happens when Blanche tries to break up with her boyfriend.

Miles (Harold Gould) feels he is competing with Rose's late husband; Blanche is mistreated by an old flame (Mitchell Ryan).

Blanche robs the cradle to convince her new lover (Alan Rachins) how young she is.

Rose auditions for a TV reporter job; Blanche seeks a commitment from a lukewarm beau (Alan King).

When Miles admits to lying about his professional standing, Rose gives him the heave-ho.

Sophia throws herself into her job as recreational director at a retirement home.

When Dorothy plans to remarry Stan (Herb Edelman), Sophia threatens to cut her off from the family.

A suspicious Rose asks neighbor Barbara Weston (Kristy McNichol) to investigate her new boyfriend (Barney Martin).

Sophia must be prevented from joining a convent; Blanche is in an accident.

Sophia decides to marry her late husband's business partner (Jack Gilford).

Blanche's childhood nanny (Ruby Dee) pays a visit; Sophia's matchmaking irks Dorothy.

Dorothy will not heed Sophia's advice about the rekindled romance with Stan (Herb Edelman).

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