The Golden Girls Forever Podcast

In this episode, we dive into "Old Boyfriends" as a man from St. Olaf arrives claiming to have been Rose's teenage boyfriend — and Rose has absolutely no memory of him whatsoever. The episode plays Rose's blankness not as cruelty but as an honest portrait of someone who has loved a lot of people and kept better track of some than others. Meanwhile, Sophia is convinced she's found her perfect match through the personals, which goes exactly how Sophia's romantic endeavors tend to go.

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In this episode, we examine "The Pope's Ring" as Pope John Paul II's Papal mass comes to Miami and Sophia is determined to receive a personal blessing — by any means necessary. What starts as religious devotion escalates into Sophia attempting to get closer to the Pope than anyone around her considers appropriate, and eventually ends with the Pope's ring. The episode is one of Season 7's most purely Sophia episodes, which is the highest compliment this show can receive.

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In this episode, we break down "From Here to the Pharmacy" as a soldier returns from the Persian Gulf and shows up at Blanche's door — he was her lover before he deployed, and now he's back. The episode handles the reunion with more complexity than a simple love story would, asking what we owe someone who held onto us through something we may have moved past. Blanche is not always good at those calculations, and this episode makes her sit with one she can't charm her way out of.

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Blanche's grandmothers plantation is going to be torn down. It's more than she can handle. She drags them all there to try and stop it. Meanwhile, Sophia has a near death experience and reunites with Sal for a few moments in heaven. Dorothy tries to keep everyone in one piece.

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Rose and Miles are having some issues. He has suddenly become extremely cheap. Dorothy goes off on a cruise and leaves Blanche incharge of Sophia. Poor Blanche.

The aftermath of Gloria and Stan sleeping together is bad. Sophia goes out into the hurricane. The fundraiser ends when the lighthouse is destroyed in the storm. The location they are filming out becomes the hurricane shelter and everyone is forced into the same space together.

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Stan is in therapy, again. But now he's got a monkey head on a traffic cone to carry around. Meanwhile, Gloria is also coming to town. But there's a twist. She's broke and alone. And Rose and Blanche? They are trying to raise money to fix a lighthouse. Anyone up for a talent show?

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Dorothy goes out on a date while the girls stay home, dateless. At the kitchen table they discuss a number of dates. Dorothy returns later after her date went badly and they talk it out.

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Blanche is dating a new man, but he's got a mother that is over attached. Does she clip those apron strings or choose her own dignity? Stan convinces Dorothy to go to therapy with him. He wants healing and most likely to get back together with Dorothy.

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Rose begins to see signs of Charlie everywhere. The girls are concerned she's in a bad state. Blanche is dating a professional baseball player. But he's still human.

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Dorothy is devasted to learn that Sophia was married to another man before Sal. More so because she feels Sophia lied to her. But leaving out something you find embarassing isn't lying, is it?

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Blanche's granddaughter Melissa is visiting. Blanche enters her in a beauty pageant. Melissa is not happy. Sophia has an injury and requires a home nurse to recover. She and the nurse start off rocky, but it winds up making Dorothy a bit jealous.

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The girls go to a murder mystery weekend. One of Blanche's exes are there. They fight. Later he turns up dead. Blanche is the main suspect. Can they figure out the truth before Blanche is sent to prison?

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Sophia is having trouble hearing, but can't accept it. Rose finds an old camera of Charlies, but the images are not what she expected.

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Dorothy is directing a childrens play, Henny Penny. However, the kids get the measles. Instead of cancelling the play, the girls step in to fill the roles and put on the performance.

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Sophia is arrested for starting the fire at Shady Pines that led her to move in with Dorothy and the girls. Her hot plate is suspected of starting the fire. It's a race against time to prove Sophia's innocense.

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The girls participate in a charity auction. Rose and Blanche don't want Dorothy to be upset if she doesn't get bid on so they enlist someone to win her. However, Stan shows up and bids $5,000. What's a girl to do?

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John Moretti comes to town. He was supposed to take Dorothy to her senior prom but he never showed. Now we learn what realy happened.

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Rose is finally moving on with a new guy. However, Miles returns unexpectedly because of how much he missed her. Sophia's glasses have gone missing. Blanche is trying to get into a group about her her southern heritage.

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Dorothy is teaching an honors class for the semester. She starts off excited but quickly becomes depressed. Blanche uses Aurora (her granddaughter) to get a date/boyfriend. When her daughter Rebecca finds out it ends badly.

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Blanche has a date get cancelled on her. She's not happy. She calsl her back up Mel Bushman but he doesn't answer? Where could he be? A freaked out Blanche goes to his home. Then once he arrives she wants a full blown relationship and he is overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Rose tries out for a reporter spot. She gets the story she was assigned but she misses a bigger one.

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Dorothy gets a fake job for Sophia as Activties Director at a rest home to try and get to her recover from the flu. It backfires and Sophia along with all the residents go missing.


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Dorothy is going to marry Stan again...but his lawyer wants her to sign a prenup. Truby is going to be the new house mate post Dorothy. She's buried three husbands now. Do Stan and Dorothy get married again?


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Stan proposes to Dorothy by putting a ring in a potato. Rose goes to an event with one of Miles friends while he is out of the country. His ex-wife starts stalking Rose. Sophia finds about about the engagement and is furious. She forbids it.

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A poetry reading at Miles comes to an abrupt end when the death of mobster The Cheesman is announced on a news broadcast. Later, Miles breaks the news he's been in witness protection hiding from that mobster. Meanwhile, Sophia is upset at her friend Gladys over a concert. Blanche tries to return a dress she wore but they won't take it back. Miles learns that the Cheesman is not dead and has to be relocated.

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Clayton comes to visit but he brings a surprise. His boyfriend Doug, who he plans to marry. Blanche does not take this news well at all. He behavior becomes embarassing. Rose is nominated for an award and goes into full on competitive mode.

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Blanche is in an abusive relationship with Rex Huntington, but she doesn't realize it. She doesn't understand the danger she is in until she sees him grab Dorothy's arm and hurt her. Meanwhile, Rose is bored with Miles and decides they are going to go skydiving.

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Dorothy's brother and Sophia's son Phil has died. Everyone struggles to accept Phil's death. Sophia takes it very hard.

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Blanche is dateless. Dorothy suggests a trip to the library. Blanche goes with her. Dorothy checks out books and Blanche checks out men. She meets one and makes a date. She didn't realize he was differently abled.

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Sophia has a new boyfriend. She wants to get is attention more. Blanche offers to help. Rose gets a letter from St. Olaf. They are having a drought and asking everyone to be celibate until it rain. Blanche advises her not to tell Miles and do what she says. Blanches advice leads to disaster for both.

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Blanche has a secret admirer. Two celebrities are fighting over Dorothy. The secret admirer is Blanche's late husband George. The two celebrities are Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner. Blanche and George talk and Blanche has mixed emotions. Dorothy picks Sonny. Blanche and George embrace and then she wakes up. It was all a dream.

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Sophia has lost a friend, Sister Agnes. She decides to join a convent to replace her. Blanche takes Rose's car without asking and rear ends someone. It's her scam to get dates. Rose gets sued because of Blanche. She decides to seduce the man to prove he's faking.

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Now that Stan is rich, he wants Dorothy back. He tries to buy her love. Sophia is not happy. Rose has a new coworker who is driving her nuts. She enlists Sophia's help to try and get some peace.

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Dorothy has a struggling student who only cares about playing sports. He's failing her class so he can't play. This causes a number of people to threaten Dorothy so he can play. Rose has a problem with her dentist. He's touched her in a sexual way.

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Blanche's mammy comes to town. She breaks the news to Blanche that she and her father had a longstanding affair with each other. Sophia is up to her tricks. She's hired a matchmaker to set Dorothy up with a date.

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Dorothy meets Jimmy on Sophia's Meals on Wheels route. He's not left his apartmen tin 22 years. Meanwhile, Rose is trying to fing out Blanche's real birthday to throw her a suprise birthday party.

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Rose is having a yard sale. Blanche detests it and buys all her stuff for $50. Turns out there are 50 $1,000 St. Olaf war bonds and Blanche feels like she hit the jackpot. Only cashing out the bonds will bankrupt St. Olaf. Meanhwhile, Stan has created a baked potato opener that is actually a success. He tries to buy everyone's love without much succeess.

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Rose meets her natural father (she was adopted by the Lindstroms). We all get to learn Rose's creatation story along with her. Sophia has a hernia and needs surgery. She's been telling everyone that it's because Dorothy made her move a couch (it was wicker) when the reality is she and her friends moved someone's car. She does have the surgery, but she gets lost in the hospital too.

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Becky is in town. Blanche's daughter is now very pregnant from IVF and close to her due date. She wants to have the baby there, but Blanche is more worried about what all the men she dates at the hospitals will think. Mother nature decides Becky is having the baby. Blanche comes through in the delivery room as a supportive mom to Becky in the end. Meanwhile, Rose has taken up ice skating to make her parents proud.
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The president is coming to town to open a new senior citizen center just down the block. The girls are in the running to possibly meet the president during this time. A secrect servive agent has come to vet them. They each speak with him one by one and retell some of their best moments in the series so far. Dorothy wants to give him a piece of her mind.

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