The WORST episodes of The Golden Girls
Every episode of The Golden Girls ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Empty Nests
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/16/1987
In this pilot for another series (Empty Nest, obviously the concept was retooled), the girls' friend Renee is feeling depressed and lonely with her children grown up and moved out and her husband's workaholic habits.
#2 - Snap Out Of It
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1990
Dorothy decides to help Sophia with the Meals on Wheels program and runs across a reclusive man who hasn't stepped out of his apartment since the 1960's. Meanwhile, Blanche's birthday is coming up and Rose becomes determined to find out her real age.
#3 - Not Another Monday
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1989
Sophia's friend has come up with an idea that will change her life. She wants to commit suicide and she wants Sophia there to hold her hand. Meanwhile, Blanche, Rose and Dorothy become singing nursemaids to a sick baby that they are taking care of for the weekend.
#4 - Hey, Look Me Over
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1991
Rose discovers an old camera of Charlie's with some undeveloped film still in it. After getting it developed, Rose is stunned when one of the pictures shows Charlie in bed with Blanche. Meanwhile, Dorothy tries to get Sophia to have her hearing checked.
#5 - Rose Fights Back
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1989
When the company that Rose's husband worked for, cuts off their pension plan, Rose must face the fact that she's going to get a new job, one that pays more. However, she quickly finds herself dealing with something she never expected, age discrimination. Meanwhile, Sophia goes wild buying things in quantity at a Shopper's Warehouse.
#6 - Dorothy's Prized Pupil
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1987
Dorothy feels that it's her fault when her prized pupil wins a writing contest which inadvertently signals the INS that he's an illegal alien.
#7 - Even Grandmas Get the Blues
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/1991
While babysitting for her granddaughter, a man mistakes Blanche as being the baby's mother and Blanche does nothing to set him straight. Meanwhile, Sophia gets ready for the Festival of the Dancing Virgins, a celebration of mothers and daughters but Dorothy wants no part of it.
#8 - Room 7
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1991
Sophia has an after-life experience, seeing her late husband in heaven, while choking on a piece of candy. Meanwhile, Blanche is distraught over the demolition of her grandmother's plantation, so the girls travel to Atlanta. Once there, Blanche handcuffs herself to the radiator.
#9 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)
Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/27/1991
The deathbed confession of an ex-patient at Shady Pines means bad news for Sophia, since in her confession she stated that she and Sophia started the 1985 Shady Pines fire.
#10 - Ebbtide's Revenge
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1990
Dorothy must give the eulogy at her brother (a cross dresser), Phil's funeral. Meanwhile, a feud between Sophia and Phil's widow reaches a peak leading Sophia to reveal her hidden feelings about her son's alternative lifestyle.
#11 - A Midwinter Night's Dream (2)
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/29/1992
The full moon and festivities prompt strange happenings including Blanche's jewelry being swiped, Sophia trying to break a curse and Dorothy and Miles sharing a passionate kiss.
#12 - Till Death Do We Volley
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1989
Dorothy's old friend, Trudy comes for a visit and this revives their old rivalry between each other. However, the visit turns tragic when Trudy suddenly dies and Dorothy blames herself.
#13 - Stand By Your Man
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1990
Blanche meets a man at the library and only after they make a date does she realizes he's in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Rose wants to keep one of the puppies from Dreyfuss' litter despite Blanche's feelings.
#14 - Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1992
Dorothy is contacted by a high school teacher she once had a crush on. They quickly begin seeing each other and Dorothy is convinced his feelings are genuine. Meanwhile, Rose puts together a talk show.
#15 - The Monkey Show (1)
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1991
A hurricane is brewing and it's not just outside after Dorothy gets a visit first from Stan with news that he's over her and moving on with his life. Dorothy quickly discovers who he's moving on with, her sister, Gloria. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose hold a telethon to save a lighthouse.
#16 - The Pope's Ring
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1991
The Pope's in town and Sophia goes to his mass. When she goes to kiss his ring, it slips off into hers. Meanwhile, Rose is convinced Miles is hiding something from her, so as a birthday gift, Blanche gives Rose a detective to spy on Miles.
#17 - From Here to the Pharmacy
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1991
A man Blanche has no memory of returns from the Persian Gulf in hopes of fulfilling the promise she supposedly made to him before he left, that she will be his and only his. Meanwhile, Sophia has Rose help her write up her will.
#18 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)
Season 6 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/27/1991
Sophia cannot recall the events that lead to the Shady Pines fire.
#19 - Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1992
It is the annual "Buy Sophia New Shoes" day, and Dorothy is forced to take her. Blanche also tags along, mentioning that it might be fun. Meanwhile, Uncle Angelo drops by and Rose is there. Since she is trying to find a good story to report on, she is more than happy to hear Angelo's story. Apparently, his apartment building is infested with huge bugs. When the ladies watch the news, Rose insists they watch the news story about the bugs. Dorothy then tells Rose she and Stan are the landlords. Rose then tells her she didn't realize there was a family side to the story. She won't give up on the story, and a minute later, the cops show up to arrest Dorothy. They have a trial, and Stan drops his attorney for a younger woman who knows nothing. The defense lawyer is unbeatable by giving compliments to the witnesses which makes them vulnerable to his advantage. Stan and Dorothy end up losing and are forced to live in a sleasy apartment building for a while.
#20 - All That Jazz
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1989
Dorothy's son, Michael, shows up on her doorstep with news that he's separated with his wife and needs a place to stay. However, Dorothy quickly gets tired of his freeloading and dumps him on Stan. Meanwhile, Rose's stress is getting terrible and is reluctant to talk to her boss about cutting back on her "things-to-do" list.
#21 - Little Sister
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1989
Rose's sister, Holly comes for a visit and becomes quick friends with Dorothy and Blanche, and leaves Rose out in the cold. However, when Rose catches Holly with Blanche's boyfriend and tries to tell Blanche, Dorothy and Blanche refuse to believe her.
#22 - Love for Sale
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/6/1991
The girls prepare for the Children's Hospital Bachelorette Auction and a reluctant Dorothy decides to participate. She is in for a quick surprise when Stan walks in and begins bidding. Meanwhile, Sophia's brother, Angelo, comes to Miami, broke and with no place to live.
#23 - Mother Load
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1991
Blanche begins dating a newscaster who has another woman interfering in his life, his mother. Meanwhile, Stan asks Dorothy to attend a counseling session with him. Once there, Stan begins begging Dorothy to take him back.
#24 - Brotherly Love
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1987
Blanche makes a move at Ted, Stan's brother the minute she learns he's a neurosurgeon. She is furious when she discovers the only woman Ted is apparently interested in is Dorothy. Meanwhile, Rose is suffering from insomnia.
#25 - And Then There Was One
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1987
Sophia readies herself for participating in a walkathon. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose babysit for the walkathon participants children but when the event is over, a baby is left unclaimed.