Tony Bravo December 15, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 2:12 pm
“The Golden Girls” Rose (Betty White, left), Dorothy (Bea Arthur), Sophia (Estelle Getty) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) was a hit with its biting humor and its heartfelt depiction of female friendship. Photo: Ron Tom, NBC
Picture it: Miami, 1985. Three single women of a certain age share a house. The ladies a sarcastic substitute teacher, a Midwestern innocent and a sexually liberated Southern belle are joined by the teacher’s 80-something Italian mother, and hilarity ensues. Over seven seasons they laugh together, face the challenges of aging together and eat enough cheesecake together to keep bakeries afloat.
Tony Bravo December 15, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 11:04 am
Sophia (Estelle Getty, left), Rose (Betty White), Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) deal with a range of family and social issues in “The Golden Girls.” Photo: Paul Drinkwater, NBC
“The Golden Girls” has many fan-favorite episodes, dealing with topics from family issues to social dilemmas, and what it means to age in American society. For those who have never watched the series and are looking for a guide to where to start, here are 10 essential episodes that show the range of the storytelling and the performers, and they may surprise you with how forward-looking this 1980s series was.