Show: The Golden Girls
Season 3 Episode 24
Title: Mister Terrific
Original Air Date: April 30, 1988
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Favorite Quotes:
* Dorothy: Ma, TV soap operas aren’t real life.* Sophia: Simple? I haven’t seen so much brass since the brass-knuckle RV show at the Palermo Hilton.
* Dorothy: I guess old habits die hard.
* Blanche: Just slap the handcuffs on me. The beds this way.
Synopsis:
Blanche arrives home and tells the ladies she is exhausted from bed shopping all day. Sophia thinks she said bed hopping. Rose comes home and tells them she met Mr. Terrific. Blanche then tells a story about a guy she met who was married and the wife through a vase at her. Rose explains and shows them a picture. They are all confused. Sophia finally realizes who she is talking about. Rose is going to dinner with him tonight. The next day Blanche asks Sophia if her new bed arrived. She confirms it did and took a long time to set up. Blanche is confused and realizes they delivered the wrong bed to her. She learns it costs the same price as the one she ordered. They sent the expensive bed but charged her for the inexpensive one. Rose and Mr. Terrific arrive. Rose handles the introductions. When Mr. Terrific learns Dorothy is a teacher he offers to get her a job on his show. She is cautiously excited. We are now on the set of Mr. Terrific’s show. Dorothy has gotten a job on the show. She’s given a number of ideas to the producer and he likes them. As soon as taping is over, the producer wants to speak with Mr. Terrific. Rose returns to the house. Blanche confesses she is guilty about the bed, but they would never take it back now. Mr. Terrific arrives at the house still in costume. He informs Rose that Dorothy got him fired. Dorothy says she will get his job back for him. The next day Dorothy speaks with the producer about Mr. Terrific, but it doesn’t help. He makes Dorothy guest host. Mr. Terrific drowns his sorrows at a bar. He tells his whole life story, and no one cares. He sees Dorothy hosting the show and tells Rose he has one last thing to do. Dorothy is not doing well hosting the show. Rose bursts on the set upset at Dorothy. There’s an announcement that Mr. Terrific is going to jump off the building. Rose tries to talk him down. He tells her he’s going to fly, not jump. People from below chant at him to jump. Rose tries to bring him in by telling him he’ll have to take her as well. He holds Rose and then jumps off the ledge and flies with Rose in his arms. The stunt works and he has his job back. Back at the house, Blanche can’t sleep. Mr. Policeman from the kids show comes over. Blanche surrenders to him out of guilt.
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