TV Show: The Golden Girls
Title: Stand By Your Man
Season 6 Episode 11
Original Air Date: December 1, 1990
Favorite Quotes:
+Dorothy: My mother talked me into getting her the new Stephen King.Librarian: Well, we do have the one that came out last Tuesday. As long as it’s not about some little creature who finds new and inventive ways of terrorizing a household. It’s for my mother. I don’t wanna give her any ideas.
+Blanche: Now, do I have to call in all the favors you owe me?
Sophia: I don’t owe you any favors.
Blanche: Oh, really? “But, officer, the little old lady was with me. She couldn’t possibly have put that banana in your tailpipe.”
Sophia: It’ll be an honor to serve.
+Rose: That’s not fair. Last week, you got to keep the boxboy who followed you home.
Blanche: There, you see? You don’t need a dog. If you’re lonely, get yourself a man.
+Sophia: Oh, great, we gotta live with a sad-eyed, hyperactive nuisance with the intelligence of a squeaky toy. And now she’s got a dog.
+Ted: Well, I suppose it’s been nice having someone look after you since you were young.
Sophia: I had to. When she was 15, I caught her under a pile of hillbillies. Picture it – me with a crowbar prying cousins off left and right.
+Dorothy: So you can imagine my heartbreak when one morning I find it dead.
Blanche: How does a paper bird die?
Dorothy: Good question. Someone used it to restart the pilot light.
+Blanche: Rose, Ted’s coming over later, and I don’t want that dog making a big mess. He’s already been into my personal things.
Rose: Maybe we should get him some rubber toys.
Blanche: They do seem to be his preference.
+Sophia: She said St. Olaf, Bingo. I told you, that’s the attack command.
+Blanche: I was actually starting to feel love for you, Ted. I thought you were noble. Never dawned on me you could be a jerk in a wheelchair.
+Blanche: Oh, as God is my witness, I will never pick up another man. In a library. On a Saturday. Unless he’s cute and drives a nice car. Amen.
Summary:
Dreyfus has brought the puppies over to visit. They love Rose because she will play with them. Blanche is upset because it’s Saturday and she doesn’t have a date. Dorothy suggests she reads a book. Blanche goes with Dorothy to the library. Blanche tells Dorothy about the book burnings that she witnessed as a child. They get there and instead of checking out books, Blanche checks out a man. Dorothy gets a Stephen King book for Sophia and hopes it doesn’t give her ideas. The librarian manages to offend her. Blanche and the man make a date, but she didn’t realize he was in a wheelchair. Later that night she freaks out and thinks about cancelling the date. She has never gone out with someone disabled. Blanche decides to take a chaperone, Sophia. She tried for Dorothy first, but she refused. Rose wants one of the puppies but Blanche says no. Blanche goes on her date with Andy. He’s surprised that she has brought Sophia as a chaperone. Sophia tells some colorful stories about Blanche. Ted picks up on her discomfort about the wheelchair. Sophia checks out the apartment and likes what she sees. Blanche and Ted decide to send Sophia off in the limousine. Blanche spends the night. Back at the house, Rose has kept the puppy but it’s tearing up the house. Blanche finally comes home. She had a very nice evening with Ted. Blanche discovers one of her shoes has been chewed on. Rose says she did it. They discuss pets and Dorothy talks about a pony she wanted. But Sophia gave her a paper bird instead and then lies to her that it will turn into a real bird. Later, Blanche is a bit nervous. Ted is coming back to town and wants to see Blanche again. She thought it was a one and done, but it’s not. Ted wants to continue seeing Blanche. They tell her to see it through and see what happens. Ted is coming over and Blanche wants the dog to stop making a mess. Blanche points out that there isn’t anyone at home to properly care for the dog. Rose decides its time to find a more suitable home for Bingo. She takes him to an organization and they find a good match for him. Blanche goes to Ted’s place. He informs her that he has a wife. He wants to keep seeing her but Blanche is not interested now. She kicks him out.
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