The BEST episodes written by Tom Whedon

The Case of the Libertine Belle
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8.49
271 votes

#1 - The Case of the Libertine Belle

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 2

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.

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Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas
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8.27
179 votes

#2 - Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 12

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.

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Clayton, Go Home
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8.17
6 votes

#3 - Clayton, Go Home

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 16

After receiving death threats, Clayton moves into the mansion.

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That Old Feeling
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8.09
174 votes

#4 - That Old Feeling

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 8

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.

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Alice's Decision
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8.00
2 votes

#5 - Alice's Decision

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 19

Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.

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A Midwinter Night's Dream (1)
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7.91
231 votes

#6 - A Midwinter Night's Dream (1)

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 20

A full moon on Leap Year, prompts Blanche to throw a Moonlight Madness Party. However, her plans of being ogled by men go drastically awry when Dorothy gets all of the attention. Meanwhile, Rose contemplates marrying Miles after winning a free honeymoon to Paris.

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Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser
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7.90
230 votes

#7 - Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 26

Dorothy is in charge of directing a school play, Henny Penny, but when the cast is quarantined, she gets Rose, Blanche and herself to perform as the leads. But when Rose reads the ending, she wants no part in the play.

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Cheaters
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7.89
165 votes

#8 - Cheaters

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 22

The married man whom Dorothy once dated re-enters her life and has news that he's now divorced and would like to reconcile with Dorothy. Meanwhile, Blanche and Sophia become the victims of a con game.

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Stand By Your Man
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7.84
193 votes

#9 - Stand By Your Man

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 11

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.

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Fireside Chat
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7.75
4 votes

#10 - Fireside Chat

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 12

While the governor makes a televised speech, Marcy and her boyfriend squabble and then announce their engagement.

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Fool's Gold
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7.67
6 votes

#11 - Fool's Gold

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 3

The staff goes on a frantic search for gold that may be hidden in the mansion.

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Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
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7.67
3 votes

#12 - Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 9

Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.

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Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
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7.67
3 votes

#13 - Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 1

Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.

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A Midwinter Night's Dream (2)
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7.65
111 votes

#14 - A Midwinter Night's Dream (2)

The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 21

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.

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Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)
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7.62
250 votes

#15 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (1)

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 24

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.

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The Indian Taker
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7.60
5 votes

#16 - The Indian Taker

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 2

A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

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Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)
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7.60
121 votes

#17 - Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (2)

The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 25

Sophia cannot recall the events that lead to the Shady Pines fire.

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Big Buddy
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7.50
6 votes

#18 - Big Buddy

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 11

Benson becomes a mentor to a boy from a broken home.

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Alice by Moonlight
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7.50
4 votes

#19 - Alice by Moonlight

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 4

Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

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Mel's in a Family Way
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7.50
2 votes

#20 - Mel's in a Family Way

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 8

Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.

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The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2)
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7.49
94 votes

#21 - The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2)

The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 26

When the FBI agent announces that George Bush will make a visit to their home, the girls continue to reminisce and Dorothy quickly readies a list of points she wants to make to the president.

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The Second Time 'Round
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7.36
11 votes

#22 - The Second Time 'Round

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 1

A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

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The Governor's House Call
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7.33
3 votes

#23 - The Governor's House Call

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 20

The governor, Benson and Clayton are trapped in a bordello and must avoid being noticed.

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The Sixty Minutes Man
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7.33
3 votes

#24 - The Sixty Minutes Man

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 6

Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

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A Semi-Merry Christmas
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7.00
2 votes

#25 - A Semi-Merry Christmas

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 9

Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

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Whatever Happened to the Class of '78?
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7.00
2 votes

#26 - Whatever Happened to the Class of '78?

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 6

Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.

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Mona Lisa Alice
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7.00
1 votes

#27 - Mona Lisa Alice

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 2

Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.

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Mel's Recession
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6.75
4 votes

#28 - Mel's Recession

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 21

Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

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Don't Lock Now
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6.50
2 votes

#29 - Don't Lock Now

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 19

Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

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Vera's Popcorn Romance
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6.50
4 votes

#30 - Vera's Popcorn Romance

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 4

Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.

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Love Me, Love My Horse
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6.00
1 votes

#31 - Love Me, Love My Horse

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 15

Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

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If the Shoe Fits
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5.67
3 votes

#32 - If the Shoe Fits

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 22

Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).

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Florence of Arabia
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2.00
2 votes

#33 - Florence of Arabia

Alice - Season 2 - Episode 16

Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

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Better Never Than Late
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0.00
0 votes

#34 - Better Never Than Late

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 7

While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.

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Little Alice Bluenose
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0.00
0 votes

#35 - Little Alice Bluenose

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 6

Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.

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Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
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0.00
0 votes

#36 - Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 8

Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.

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My Cousin, Art Carney
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0 votes

#37 - My Cousin, Art Carney

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 10

Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.

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My Funny Valentine Tux
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0.00
0 votes

#38 - My Funny Valentine Tux

Alice - Season 4 - Episode 16

Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.

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Baby Makes Five
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0 votes

#39 - Baby Makes Five

Alice - Season 5 - Episode 20

Vera refuses to give up the baby girl someone left in her pile of wash at the laundromat.

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