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First Aired: September 14th, 1985
Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Network: NBC
Summary: Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Season 8
Episode 1: Pilot
Air Date: September 18th, 1992
Summary: After their ex-roommate Dorothy moves away to Atlanta with her new husband, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their house and decide to purchase a dilapidated hotel near the beach.
Episode 2: Promotional Considerations
Air Date: September 25th, 1992
Summary: Blanche and Roland clash over who is the boss of the hotel, meanwhile Rose unknowingly opens up the hotel to a serial killer.
Episode 3: Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye
Air Date: October 2nd, 1992
Summary: Rose suspects Miles has been unfaithful to her when his name is found in the hotel registry dating back several years.
Episode 4: One Old Lady to Go
Air Date: October 9th, 1992
Summary: Rose adopts a delusional elderly woman who thinks she's her daughter; Sophia and Chuy decide to go into the Chinese takeout business.
Episode 5: Ebbtide for the Defense
Air Date: October 16th, 1992
Summary: Chuy meets an old friend with a grudge against him; the staff try to make it through the weekend incident free when they realize they don't have any insurance coverage.
Episode 6: Can't Stand Losing You
Air Date: October 23rd, 1992
Summary: Blanche and Rose are concerned that Roland overworks himself and decide to compete to find him a new girlfriend. Rose finds a beautiful young girl and Blanche tracks down Roland's southern ex-girlfriend Tricia. Only when Tricia is already on the plane to Miami does Blanche find out that Roland hates her. Sophia is jealous of Chuy because he was chosen over her to represent the hotel at a television show.
Episode 7: Seems Like Old Times - Part 1
Air Date: October 30th, 1992
Summary: Dorothy visits her ex-roommates at the Golden Palace, hoping to convince Sophia to come and live with her and her husband in Atlanta.
Episode 8: Seems Like Old Times - Part 2
Air Date: November 6th, 1992
Summary: Sophia runs away to her old rest home. When the other girls try to get her, they find that it is no longer anywhere near as bad as she said it was.
Episode 9: Just a Gigolo
Air Date: November 13rd, 1992
Summary: Nick De Carlo, a handsome patron says he cannot pay the bill and wants to work in the kitchen. The girls want to find something more appropriate for him to do and ask him about his trade. Nick says he is a gigolo. Shocked, the girls hire him anyway to wash the dishes. When Blanche's date dies, and Nick proposes to escort Blanche to her diner. They really hit it off on their date, and when he has paid off his debt, he thinks of changing jobs. Blanche offers him to stay at the hotel and take care of him. Roland takes Chuy to a seminar from the author of "Ready, Willing and Able" so he changes his personality. Chuy is supposed to walk on hot coal so he overcomes his fears. It turns out Chuy manages but Roland is afraid to do the same. Chuy talks him into it. Rick tells Blanche he does not want her to pay for everything. He wants to go back to Indiana and work in his brother's store to earn money. But he still asks for more money before he leaves. Rose finds out his hometown does not exist and threatens to tell Blanche. Nick gives up and leaves.
Episode 10: Marriage on the Rocks with a Twist
Air Date: November 20th, 1992
Summary: Roland's parents call to visit. He thinks they are flying over to tell him his dog died. It turns out they have decided to get a divorce. A comic duo is coming for a radio show live from The Golden Palace. Sophia advises the duo to use Rose for the show where they need a stupid person to make fun of. The prank goes too far and Rose thinks she killed one of the hosts. Roland's dad wants to move in with him until he finds a place. Blanche offers to help and gets Roland's parents to talk. Eventually Roland is the one convinced that the divorce is for the best. Sophia decides to tell Rose the truth because she is so upset. But the dead guy comes back dressed as a ghost and chases Rose who shoots him. Sophia, terrified, tells her it was a joke. But Rose reveals she was the practical joker all along. Sophia attempts one last time to turn the situation around.
Episode 11: Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be
Air Date: December 4th, 1992
Summary: When The Daughters of the Traditional South are set to arrive at the hotel, Blanche hangs a Confederate flag on the front counter, though this doesn't bode well with Roland. Meanwhile, Rose is outraged when a married man whom she knows checks in with his mistress.
Episode 12: It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas
Air Date: December 18th, 1992
Summary: Chuy does not like Christmas because of bad memories in his childhood. Roland accepts to be Santa at the children's hospital. Rose wants him to be a perfect Santa so she puts him through a training with Sophia. Unfortunately, a group of guests being medically treated for depression threaten to check out if anything reminds them of Christmas in the hotel. This makes Rose miserable and Chuy very happy. That night, Chuy dreams of Rose as the spirit of Christmas past. She takes him to his father's kitchen so he realizes his father wanted to teach him what Christmas was about when all he could feel was shame being dressed as a giant cake. Blanche appears then as the ghost "of Christmas presents" who shows him that his friends have to celebrate Christmas out in the cold so as not to upset the guests and wait for him to open their presents. Sophia is the ghost of Christmas yet to come. She shows him how his hatred of Christmas made him a hated man who took over the hotel and made his friends miserable. Chuy wakes up and yells Merry Christmas all over the hotel, convincing the guests Christmas is a great time.
Episode 13: Rose and Fern
Air Date: January 8th, 1993
Summary: Miles contacts Rose again and wants them back together. Blanche advises Rose to date other people to get over him. Roland tells Blanche something is wrong in the books and he suspects someone may be stealing money from the hotel. Blanche swears she will not tell anyone while he investigates. A woman wants her wedding organized at the hotel and Rose wants it to be a cow-themed traditional wedding. Blanche suspects Sophia, then Chuy about the thefts. Rose decides to get back together with Miles until she finds out he is about to marry the very woman whose wedding she organized. Roland catches Blanche taking money from the cash drawer, not even realizing she is embezzling. Rose wants to attend the wedding so she can get on with her life.
Episode 14: Runaways
Air Date: January 15th, 1993
Summary: Sophia and Oliver joy ride in a guest's car and wind up in police custody.
Episode 15: Heartbreak Hotel
Air Date: January 29th, 1993
Summary: Rose organizes a romantic getaway night at the hotel with Dr. Ursula as a guest to give a lecture. Blanche is excited because Taylor Michaels is coming to town. She once lost this man to another woman but Rose is the one Taylor is interested in when he arrives. Sophia signs up Roland with her to the lecture because she feels she lost her sex appeal and Roland has a poor sex life. Blanche is jealous that Rose and Ernie are dating so she finds a way to get Rose occupied while she replaces her on a date with Taylor. Taylor offers the two girls to have diner together the next evening. Blanche cannot stand that Taylor wants Rose and not her. Rose shows her that she is more important to her that he is.
Episode 16: Senor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life
Air Date: February 5th, 1993
Summary: The Golden Palace is being sued by the owner of another hotel - he says part of the girls' parking lot is on his property. Blanche challenges herself and tries to deal with this as a business woman instead of seducing the man so he drops his charge. Chuy is mad because Roland, who is the captain of the volleyball team, will not let him play but lets Rose on the team even though she is not better than he is. Blanche finally finds a solution to the problem without getting romantically involved with the hotel owner even though he flirts with her. Rose decides to be a cheerleader instead of playing but one of the player hurts himself so Roland asks Chuy to play. However they loose because of him and Roland gets upset which he later regrets. Once the business chapter is closed with the hotel owner, Blanche accepts a date.
Episode 17: Say Goodbye, Rose
Air Date: February 12nd, 1993
Summary: Rose is enamored with a hotel guest who looks exactly like Charlie; Blanche is horrified to discover her visiting son Matthew wants to pursue a career as a comedian.
Episode 18: You've Lost That Livin' Feeling
Air Date: February 19th, 1993
Summary: A dead body, a news crew and a health inspector all descend upon the hotel during its weekend-long re-opening celebrations leaving the staff scrambling.
Episode 19: A New Leash on Life
Air Date: April 2nd, 1993
Summary: Blanche's relationship with a greyhound breeder becomes strained when Rose finds out what will happen if his dog doesn't win the next race.
Episode 20: Pros and Concierge
Air Date: April 9th, 1993
Summary: Chuy's big mouth results in Roland losing his job after it's revealed he met with the owners of a rival hotel.
Episode 21: Tad
Air Date: April 16th, 1993
Summary: It is revealed that Blanche has another brother - a mentally handicapped man who has been living in an institution.
Episode 22: One Angry Stan
Air Date: April 30th, 1993
Summary: The girls learn that Dorothy's ex-husband Stan has died, but Sophia eventually finds out the truth when Stan shows up - he faked death and left the country to avoid paying back taxes.
Episode 23: Sex, Lies and Tortillas
Air Date: May 7th, 1993
Summary: Spring Break finds a horde of college kids descending upon the hotel; Rose receives a visit from her granddaughter Charlene who is contemplating sex with her boyfriend.
Episode 24: The Chicken and the Egg
Air Date: May 14th, 1993
Summary: Spring Break finds a horde of college kids descending upon the hotel; Rose receives a visit from her granddaughter Charlene who is contemplating sex with her boyfriend.
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