The BEST episodes written by Gail Parent

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die
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8.31
169 votes

#1 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 10

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.

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There Goes the Bride (2)
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8.29
206 votes

#2 - There Goes the Bride (2)

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 17

Totally against Dorothy and Stan's impending nuptials, Sophia vows to not let the ceremony go off. Meanwhile, Blanche begins interviewing for a new roommate since Dorothy is planning to move out.

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Home Again, Rose (1)
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8.14
205 votes

#3 - Home Again, Rose (1)

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 23

Rose is upset when she has missed her high school reunion due to being sick, so Blanche convinces her, Dorothy and Sophia to crash a reunion held in Miami, posing as absentees from that school. Dorothy goes as the lame prom queen Cindy Lou Peoples, Blanche is the seemingly slutty Susan, Rose is the Korean exchange student Kim FongToi and Sophia is Mrs. Gonzales. With that, the girls mingle with their "former" classmates, only to realize that their counterparts lives are as dull as theirs, however, when the girls are found out by the guests...Rose has a heart attack!

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Triple Play
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8.13
177 votes

#4 - Triple Play

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 15

Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal with meeting Miles's daughter who makes it clear she wants their relationship to be no more and Dorothy discovers Sophia is hoarding Social Security money, thanks to a computer error.

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Where's Charlie?
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8.05
227 votes

#5 - Where's Charlie?

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 5

After Miles gives Rose a friendship ring, Rose becomes convinced Charlie is trying to contact her from the grave with the message that he disproves of her relationship with Miles. Meanwhile, Blanche begins coaching her new baseball player boyfriend.

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The Accurate Conception
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7.90
245 votes

#6 - The Accurate Conception

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 3

Blanche's daughter, Rebecca has some wonderful news. She's going to become a mother, through artificial insemination. However, Blanche is less then thrilled, she's totally against the entire thing.

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From Here to the Pharmacy
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7.88
216 votes

#7 - From Here to the Pharmacy

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 12

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.

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We Closed in Minneapolis
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7.88
31 votes

#8 - We Closed in Minneapolis

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 1 - Episode 19

Murray's play, All Work and No Play, is finally produced but his happiness is short-lived when he discovers that the leading role will be played by Ted.

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Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
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7.87
241 votes

#9 - Goodbye, Mr. Gordon

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 15

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.

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Blanche Delivers
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7.84
201 votes

#10 - Blanche Delivers

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 1

Blanche's daughter wants to give birth in a birthing center while Blanche is preoccupied by the possibility of Rebecca delivering in a local hospital. Blanche doesn't want to be embarrassed by the fact that her daughter was artificially inseminated.

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Even Grandmas Get the Blues
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7.68
243 votes

#11 - Even Grandmas Get the Blues

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 20

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.

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Not Another Monday
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7.66
212 votes

#12 - Not Another Monday

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 7

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.

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The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (1)
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7.61
109 votes

#13 - The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (1)

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 25

An FBI agent investigates the girls' life's for a possible visit from President Bush. This leads the girls to reminisce about times they have spent together.

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Guilt Trip
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6.84
95 votes

#14 - Guilt Trip

Amazing Stories (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 9

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

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Hell Toupee
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6.47
72 votes

#15 - Hell Toupee

Amazing Stories (1985) - Season 1 - Episode 21

A new toupee causes a man to feel an urge to kill the first lawyer he sees.

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The Shower
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6.29
38 votes

#16 - The Shower

Rhoda - Season 1 - Episode 7

Unable to think of just the right gift to get Rhoda, Brenda decides to throw a shower for her soon-to-be-wed sister and uses the occasion to stage a small reunion for Rhoda with some of her old high school classmates.

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The Lady in Red
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5.51
37 votes

#17 - The Lady in Red

Rhoda - Season 1 - Episode 5

Rhoda lands a job with a small publishing firm and ends up delivering the eulogy at the funeral of an author whose specialty was X-rated books.

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