The BEST episodes written by Mort Nathan
#1 - Bedtime Story
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 17
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.
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#2 - Ladies of the Evening
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 2
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.
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#3 - 'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 11
The girls each plan to spend Christmas with their families but a series of strange occurrences lead them to spend Christmas together in Miami.
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#4 - A Little Romance
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 13
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.
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#5 - Sophia's Wedding (1)
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 6
The death of a close friend, Esther Weinstock, brings Sophia face to face with Esther's husband a man whom she vowed never to speak to again due to things that happened in the past. However, when Dorothy prompts them to make up they get a little to close and wind up in bed together. Soon after, they announce their engagement, something that Dorothy is totally against. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose begin a Elvis Presley fan club.
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#6 - Long Days Journey into Marinara
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 19
Sophia's sister, Angela arrives in Miami for a visit and decides to move there but while she's looking for an apartment Dorothy invites her to stay with the girls. This ticks off Sophia since she thinks that Angela is after everything that she has.
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#7 - It's a Miserable Life
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 4
The girls circulate a petition to save a 200 year old oak tree which is located on the property of the most hated woman in the neighborhood, Frieda Claxton, who wants the tree cut down.
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#8 - The Way We Met
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 25
One night after watching "Psycho," the girls find it hard to sleep so they stay up and reminisce about how they all came to live with one another.
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#9 - A Piece of Cake
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 25
While preparing for a friend's birthday party, the girls recall past birthdays, including Rose's surprise birthday party for Dorothy, a surprise birthday party for Blanche and a memory of Sophia's birthday involving her late-husband Sal.
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#10 - Bringing Up Baby
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 3
Rose is shocked to learn that in her late-uncle's will he left her his "Baby". However she is quickly delighted to learn the "baby" is a pig but delighted is not a word to describe Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia, at least not until they learn that when Baby dies Rose gets a large sum of money.
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#11 - The Actor
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 14
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose each vie for the attention of an actor in the local community theatre, who on the sly begins romancing each of them.
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#12 - The Competition
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 7
In a bowling competition, it's Dorothy and Blanche verses Rose and Sophia. If Sophia and Rose win, Dorothy will allow Sophia to go back to Sicily for a visit with an old beau and if Dorothy and Blanche win Sophia will give her a pair of antique earrings.
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#13 - Yes, We Have No Havanas
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 1
Blanche's latest boyfriend is a charming Cuban whom sweeps Blanche off her feet but she's not the only one when Blanche discovers he's been dating Sophia behind her back. Meanwhile, Rose takes a course taught by Dorothy in order to get a high school diploma.
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#14 - Mother's Day
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 25
While waiting for phone calls from their children wishing them a happy Mother's day, the girls reminisce about past Mother's days.
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#15 - Valentine's Day
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 15
It's Valentine's Day, and the girls are all excited until each one of their dates cancel at the last minute. This leaves them to reminisce about Valentine's Day past.
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#16 - You Gotta Have Hope
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 17
Dorothy is in charge of a hospital charity show and things aren't going her way. She can't find any talent for the talent show and her emcee has just cancelled. Rose's solution for her problem makes things worse when the girls scour Miami in hopes of getting Bob Hope to perform in the show.
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#17 - Letter to Gorbachev
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 6
Rose becomes concerned about nuclear war when girls in her cadet troop draw pictures of a bleak future. This prompts her to write letters to Gorbachev and Reagan. She's stunned when she gets a response and learns that Gorbechev would like to meet her.
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#18 - Rose the Prude
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 3
Having not dated since her husband died, Rose reluctantly agrees to go on a blind date. This date turns into a serious relationship when she is invited on a cruise which would involve sharing a stateroom.
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#19 - My Brother, My Father
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 17
Sophia's brother, Angelo, a priest, is coming to Miami for a visit and he doesn't know Dorothy and Stan are divorced. So in order to spare his feelings, Sophia convinces Dorothy and Stan to pretend to be married. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche prepare to star in a play, The Sound of Music.
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#20 - One For the Money
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 2
Sophia's latest get rich quick scheme prompts the girls to recall other various get rich quick schemes they've had over the years including, catering, a dance marathon and a memory of Sophia's from 1954.
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#21 - Big Daddy
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 24
Blanche's father, Big Daddy, comes to Miami for a visit, with an announcement, he's sold the family plantation and is setting out to become a country singer. Meanwhile, Sophia places a "curse" on a neighbor who refuses to remove his tree that fell over onto the lanai during a storm.
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#22 - Sophia's Wedding (2)
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 7
Sophia and Max come back from their honeymoon with no place to stay so Blanche, Dorothy and Rose put them up until they can find a place. Meanwhile, Sophia and Max decide to restart the old business Max had with Sophia's late husband, a pizza knish stand. However, Dorothy begins smoking again!
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#23 - Golden Moments (1)
The Golden Girls - Season 3 - Episode 18
Sophia announces her intentions of moving out and in with her son Phil. This prompts the girls to reminisce about the good times and the bad times they've had together.
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#24 - We're Outta Here (1)
The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 25
Blanche, Dorothy and Rose return home from a play to discover Sophia in the midst of selling the house. It's later discovered a for sale sign was accidentally placed on the front lawn but Blanche begins to consider it after seeing the amount that she's offered.
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Benson - Season 6 - Episode 1
Benson discovers that the lieutenant governor is accepting bribes.
#27 - Make War, Not Love
Benson - Season 6 - Episode 12
Benson attends a trade conference where two enemy nations declare war on each other.
#28 - Take This Job and Love It
Benson - Season 6 - Episode 15
Benson fights city hall over a proposed ordinance to ban breakdancing.
#29 - Jung at Heart
Benson - Season 6 - Episode 24
Passed over for a prestigious award, a delusional Clayton comes to think he is Benson.