Older and Wiser

Episode aired Feb 16, 1991
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

408

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Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, and Don Lake in The Golden Girls (1985)

Comedy Drama

Sophia starts a new role as recreations director for a senior citizen's center, or at least that's what she thinks. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose become photographic models.Sophia starts a new role as recreations director for a senior citizen's center, or at least that's what she thinks. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose become photographic models.Sophia starts a new role as recreations director for a senior citizen's center, or at least that's what she thinks. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose become photographic models.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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1patrickkeown

Such a dumb episode

I absolutely hate this episode. The later episodes of the series are too far out sometimes and this one is a perfect example.

Sophia gets sick and so the brilliant idea from Dorothy is to set up this outlandish scheme where Sophia gets a "job" that she doesn't really have-and doesn't get paid for- just so someone can keep an eye on her for a few days. THIS is her solution to caregiving? Give me a break. Did she really think that wasn't going to blow up in everyone's faces? Hell, even Rose could've come up with a better solution. There are some funny lines but overall I can't get past the stupid premise.

Trivia
Ellen Albertini Dow appears as a resident in the retirement home Sophia goes to work at. Previously, she made appearances in season 4, The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo (1988) as Mrs. Leonard and Sophia's Choice (1989) as Sophia's friend Lillian.

Goofs
Rose mentions her hands "once reached inside a chicken for a breech birth." Chickens don't give birth, they lay eggs.

Quotes
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: You've never told a lie?
Rose Nylund: That's right, I've never told a lie. Well, just once when I snuck out of class to go to the movies.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: That's not much of a lie.
Rose Nylund: That's what I thought. Turned out to be the day they taught everything.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: The final piece of the puzzle.
Rose Nylund: [later] I'm beginning to think Blanche is hung up on her looks.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: Boy, you don't need lightning to strike you.
Rose Nylund: No, thanks. Not again. Once was enough.
Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak: An extra piece of the puzzle.