Show: The Golden Girls
Title: The Old Feeling
Season 5 Episode 8
Original Air Date: November 18, 1989
Favorite Quotes:
* Blanche: Oh, girls, I’m so sorry to be late. I ran out of gas on the way home. It was just horrible. Nobody would stop to help me. This could never have happened in the Old South. What has become of chivalry, when men used to open doors for you, pull out your chair, tip their hat, kiss your hand, help you down out of your carriage, leave calling cards on little silver salvers? Dorothy: So how far back do you want to go? Do you still want to be able to vote?* Blanche: After George and I were married, I began to realize that Jamie had this yen for me. Poor boy. Trapped in a seething cauldron of forbidden passion for his gorgeous sister-in-law. There were nights when he actually bayed at the moon. But he finally realized that I was totally committed to George, so he threw himself into a marriage that was doomed to failure. After 20 years they realized they had nothing in common. I can’t wait for him to get here and see how good I look.
* Sophia: In my village in Sicily we had a custom. If your mother-in-law died, you were forced to wear a hair shirt, eat dirt and pound your head on a rock. Anything to keep you from laughing.
* Dorothy: I don’t think Stan and I would have gotten together had I known that his entire family smells their fingers all day after they eat chicken.
* Jamie: Oh, Blanche, honey. It’s never foolish to hold on to a memory. Sometimes it’s all we’re left with.
Summary:
Blanche returns home late. She ran out of gas. She doesn’t understand how as she had almost a full tank. Blanche does have good news though, her mother in law has passed away. The two hated each other. George’s baby brother Jaime is also going to fly in the next day. She talks about how Jamie had a crush on her. She discusses George’s funeral. The next day the doorbell rings and Jamie has arrived. Everyone is introduced and they head off to lunch. Jamie tells her that her mother in law wanted her to have to disease but nothing was actually left to her. Rose goes outside to do grocery shopping and comes back in telling Dorothy her car is missing, it’s been stolen. Minutes later Sophia walks in. She is told that Rose’s car is missing. She tells them it’s in the driveway. Dorothy puts two and two together and realizes Sophia has been taking cars on joy rides. Sophia tells her she renewed her license because she is dating a new guy. Dorothy is furious and does not want her driving alone. Sophia gives her a guilt trip. Blanche comes back from lunch with Jamie on cloud 9. She starts comparing him to George. And it seems as if Jamie and George become the same in her mind. She wants to marry Jamie. Everyone is a bit shocked. Rose tells a St. Olaf story about something similar, but involved the husband’s murder. The girls discuss marrying people they know and are comfortable with and oddities that would prevent them from marrying someone. Blanche walks in and gets upset when she walks in and hears them saying they think she is making a mistake. They are concerned about losing Blanche. She invites them to come to Charleston. Blanche goes to dinner with Jamie. The rest decide on pizza. Dorothy notices the phone book, Sophia and her car are all missing. The police call and Sophia has been in an accident. Blanche and Jamie’s dinner hits a snag. Blanche confesses she loves Jamie but he informs her all they have done is talk about George. He’s not in love with her.
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