TV Show: The Golden Girls
Title: Even Grandmas Get the Blues
Season 6 Episode 20
Original Air Date: March 2, 1991
Favorite Quotes:
+Dorothy: I’m gonna be teaching that honors program class, and it’s going to be a challenge. I’m gonna have students who know that Chekhov is a brilliant Russian playwright, not the guy who was the navigator on the Enterprise.+Sophia: So, what you’re telling me is I’m gonna take this recipe with me to the grave.
Dorothy: Right along with the secret of why Uncle Gino legally adopted that goat.
+Blanche: Am I convincing?
Sophia: As what, ye olde towne slut?
Blanche: It so happens our community playhouse is doing The Taming of the Shrew, and I’m to audition for the role of Kate, the fiery tart of Padua who no man could tame.
+Sophia: Hi, Pussycat. How was school?
Dorothy: Oh, I hate those smart kids. They may be our brightest, but they’re also our rudest, considering most of them are guests in our country. Oh, give me a class of red-blooded underachievers.
+Dorothy: But, Ma, this is different. I’ve always wanted to teach an honors class, but now that I am, well, the kids are making me feel stupid.
+Blanche: Jason thinks the baby’s mine. Well, don’t look at me that way. He thought the baby was mine. I just didn’t correct him. It’s not a lie. I’m-I’m just withholding the truth.
+Blanche: Listen, I’m warnin’ you, if anybody blows the whistle on me, the old lady’s out on the street.
+Jason: Wait. Let me get a picture. Isn’t she the most beautiful mother you’ve ever seen? Sophia: Grand, just grand.
+Sophia: And a pinch of red pepper That’s not a pinch. Did you ever get pinched by an Italian? It takes about five minutes.
+Rebecca: Mother, this is so unlike you. You’ve never really liked babies.
+Blanche: Shall we take the baby to the park?
Rebecca: Why? So you can pick someone else up? I really thought you were gettin’ to love Aurora, but you were just usin’ your granddaughter to try and land a man. Goodbye, Mama. Thanks for baby-sittin’. You won’t have to do it again.
+Sophia: Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny. I’ve been messin’ with your head for almost 60 years.
Summary:
Sophia is preparing to do a small celebration. One of many that her village in Sicily had. She wants Dorothy to help her make the sauce. She doesn’t want to as it takes weeks to prepare and has over 100 ingredients. Dorothy has an honors class she is teaching so she doesn’t have the time. Rose volunteers and Sophia accepts. Blanche is auditioning for The Taming of Shrew. Before she leaves, Rebecca shows up with Aurora. She needs Blanche to babysit so she can go to a job interview. Blanche gets upset when Rebecca calls her Grandma. Now at the audition, Blanche is ready to try out for the part. However, it’s a different director. She caused the other ones back to go out in her backseat audition. Her actual tryout does not go well, but she winds up with a date. The only problem is he thinks the baby is hers and she doesn’t correct him. He invites Blanche and “her daughter” to the zoo. Dorothy’s class isn’t going well. She’s not enjoying the students. They are making her feel stupid. To cheer her up Sophia tells Dorothy she had the highest IQ in Brooklyn. Later, Dorothy is doing the New York Times crossword in ink. Dorothy tells Blanche she is happy to see her take such an interest in her granddaughter. But when she finds out it’s because her new boyfriend thinks it’s hers, she’s horrified. She threatens them if they tell Jason the truth. Rebecca finally gets there with the baby and Blanche pretends she is the nanny. Jason is over the moon and hopes there will be room for he and a baby of their own in the future. It’s another day and Dorothy has let what Sophia told her, about how smart she is, go to her head. Blanche wakes up unable to sleep. Jason wants to settle down and have another baby with her soon. Sophia jokes that medicare can pay for it. It all depresses her. Rebecca brings the baby over again and is shocked at how much time Blanche has been spending with her. Rebecca gives a small speech and Blanche feels guilty. She is about to confess when Jason arrives early. She confesses that she is not the baby’s mother, but grandmother. She and Jason end. She wants to take the baby to the park, but Rebecca is horrified that she used her to land a man and storms out. Sophia and Rose finish the sauce and start the festival. Sophia is upset that Dorothy isn’t staying. She tells Dorothy she lied to her about her IQ. Blanche is more upset than before. Rebecca wants to come collect the baby’s things. She is going to go no contact.
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