The BEST episodes of The Golden Girls
Every episode of The Golden Girls ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Golden Girls!
Four older single women sharing a house in Miami while navigating their "golden years" with humor, friendship, and occasional chaos.
#1 - We're Outta Here (2)
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/13/1989
Blanche debates on whether or not to sell the house as her and the rest of the girls recall times they have spent together (via flashbacks).
#2 - Sick and Tired (2)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1989
Dorothy continues to seek medical advice and turns to Harry Weston for help. Meanwhile, Blanche goes on a writing binge resulting in a novel that is less then enthralling.
#3 - Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1989
It's the Christmas season and the girls are fed up with Christmas shopping in a heat wave. So they decide to buy gifts for the one person they pick from a hat. Later, the girls decide to serve Christmas dinner for the homeless, including a recently homeless Stan.
#4 - Great Expectations
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1990
Rose joins a positive thinking group and tries to get a pessimistic Dorothy to join. Meanwhile, Blanche is scared to get serious with her latest boyfriend especially after he has a heart attack.
#5 - Blanche's Little Girl
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1988
Blanche is thrilled by a visit from her daughter, Rebecca, an ex-model who has now gained quite a bit of weight. Also visiting with Rebecca is her oafish beau who constantly puts down her weight. The kicker: she's thinking of marrying him.
#6 - Bedtime Story
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1987
When the girls learn that a number of relatives are going to be visiting, they reminisce about times they've had to share a bed and strange places they've had to sleep, including a train station.
#7 - 'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1986
The girls each plan to spend Christmas with their families but a series of strange occurrences lead them to spend Christmas together in Miami.
#8 - Larceny and Old Lace
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1988
Sophia's latest boyfriend, Rocco claims to have been involved in the mob, so when the girls discover a bag of Rocco's with thousands of dollars in it, they assume he robbed a bank. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Blanche sneak a peak at Rose's diary.
#9 - Take Him, He's Mine
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1986
Dorothy dumps a depressed Stan on Blanche but then becomes incredibly jealous when Blanche and Stan hit it off. Meanwhile, Sophia and Rose begin selling sandwiches on the Boardwalk but they inadvertently make an enemy of another vendor, "Johnny No Thumbs."
#10 - Sick and Tired (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1989
Dorothy is feeling rundown, tired all the time and has a lack of energy. She is sure she is ill, but all of the doctors she visits tell her she's fine. Meanwhile, Blanche decides to write a romance novel.
#11 - Diamond in the Rough
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/1987
While Dorothy and Rose are planning a hospital charity banquet, Blanche falls for Jake, the caterer hired for the event. She quickly learns he's more blue jeans than a black tie which prompts her to foolishly put a stop to their romance.
#12 - Old Friends
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1987
Sophia befriends an old man on the boardwalk whom she becomes quick friends with. However, his strange behavior signals that he has a medical condition, Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Blanche accidentally gives away Rose's teddy bear at a garage sale.
#13 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1990
Both Sophia and Rose take advice from Blanche that lands each of them in hot water. Due to a drought in St. Olaf, Rose swears to be celibate and Blanche advises her not to tell Miles the truth. While Sophia takes Blanche's tips to lure a man to bed but when she tells him she loves him, he doesn't respond with what she hoped.
#14 - The Truth Will Out
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1986
Rose is apprehensive about a visit from her daughter and granddaughter, since their reason for coming is to settle Rose's late-husband's will. Meanwhile, Blanche gets caught up in the tabloids of a society murder.
#15 - Son-in-Law Dearest
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/11/1987
Dorothy's daughter, Kate is coming for a visit and has a big announcement. Dorothy is excited when she thinks the announcement is going to be that Kate is pregnant. However, when Kate arrives, her announcement is far from exciting. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose stay up and watch an "I Love Lucy" marathon.
#16 - Rites of Spring
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/1989
A week prior to a friend's annual party, the girls debate on what they should do to improve their appearance. This leads the girls to reminisce about previous attempts to improve their looks.
#17 - Ladies of the Evening
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986
The house is fumigated and the girls move into a Miami Beach hotel. Previously, Blanche had won three tickets to see the opening of Burt Reynolds new movie and passes to the party held afterwards where they could meet him. However, on the evening of the opening, the hotel is raided and, mistaken as prostitutes, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose are dragged off to jail.
#18 - Sophia's Choice
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/15/1989
Sophia goes into action to break her friend, Lillian out of "the worst nursing home in the city." However, Lillian proves to be too much of a handful for Sophia to handle. Meanwhile, Blanche considers having her breasts enlarged.
#19 - A Little Romance
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1985
Rose has been dating Dr. Jonathan Newman and begins to think their relationship is leading to the alter. However she begins to have second thoughts especially since he's a midget.
#20 - In a Bed of Rose's
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1986
Late one evening, Rose brings a man home and they spend the night together. However, in the morning she finds that he has passed away. Even worse, she later discovers he was married.
#21 - The Artist
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1987
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose each secretly pose nude for a Hungarian sculptor who will unveil the statue at an art show opening at a museum. Meanwhile, Sophia brushes up on practical jokes to get back a prankster at the Senior Citizens Center.
#22 - The Case of the Libertine Belle
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1991
The girls participate in a murder mystery weekend and Dorothy has a ball when she solves a mystery. However, when Blanche is accused committing a real murder, Dorothy will have to use all her keen detective skills to find the real murderer.
#23 - Golden Moments (2)
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1988
As Sophia makes up her mind on whether or not to move in with her son, the girls continue to reminisce about the years they've shared together.
#24 - Clinton Avenue Memoirs
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1990
Dorothy becomes alarmed when Sophia forgets the date of her wedding anniversary. This leads Dorothy to face the fact that Sophia is becoming more and more forgetful with age. After visiting a doctor, Sophia decides to regain some of the memories she has lost and decides to take a trip to Brooklyn and their old apartment.
#25 - That Old Feeling
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1989
Blanche is visited by her brother in-law and is taken back by his resemblence to her deceased husband. She quickly finds herself falling in love with hopes of marriage.