The Golden Girls (season 6)
The sixth season of The Golden Girls premiered on NBC on September 22, 1990, and concluded on May 4, 1991. The season consisted of 26 episodes.
| The Golden Girls | |
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| Season 6 | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 1990 – May 4, 1991 |
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Broadcast history
The season originally aired Saturdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) on NBC from September 22, 1990 to May 4, 1991.[1][2]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 129 | 1 | "Blanche Delivers" | Matthew Diamond | Gail Parent and Jim Vallely | September 22, 1990 | |
| Blanche's pregnant daughter visits and wants to stay in Miami for the birth at a birthing center. Blanche angers her when she disagrees about the birthing center, but also does not want her giving birth in a hospital because the staff will know she is a grandmother. Meanwhile, Rose decides to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming a figure skater. | ||||||
| 130 | 2 | "Once, in St. Olaf" | Matthew Diamond | Harold Apter | September 29, 1990 | |
| Rose meets her biological father (Don Ameche) while volunteering at the hospital while Sophia undergoes hernia surgery and is lost in the hospital during her recovery. | ||||||
| 131 | 3 | "If at Last You Do Succeed" | Matthew Diamond | Robert Spina | October 6, 1990 | |
| Dorothy's ex-husband Stan strikes it rich with a new novelty and asks Dorothy's support to woo some investors, but Dorothy won't trust him. | ||||||
| 132 | 4 | "Snap Out of It" | Matthew Diamond | Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble | October 13, 1990 | |
| Dorothy agrees to help Sophia volunteer for Meals on Wheels and comes across a man, played by Martin Mull, who hasn't left his apartment in over 20 years. Blanche's birthday approaches and Rose goes on a quest to discover her real birthday. | ||||||
| 133 | 5 | "Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy!" | Matthew Diamond | Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten | October 20, 1990 | |
| Blanche gets an unexpected visit from her childhood nanny, who reveals that she and Blanche's father were lovers. Sophia angers Dorothy when she finds her a date using a matchmaker. | ||||||
| 134 | 6 | "Feelings" | Matthew Diamond | Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian | October 27, 1990 | |
| Dorothy receives threats when she fails the star football player at the high school where she is substitute teaching. Rose suspects her dentist fondled her while under anesthesia. | ||||||
| 135 | 7 | "Zborn Again" | Matthew Diamond | Mitchell Hurwitz | November 3, 1990 | |
| Stan is wooing Dorothy and her old feelings for him may be resurfacing; Rose has to deal with an annoying co-worker and asks for Sophia's assistance. | ||||||
| 136 | 8 | "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?" | Matthew Diamond | Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten | November 10, 1990 | |
| After the death of a friend who was a nun, Sophia is accepted by the convent as a novice; Blanche gets into an accident in Rose's car. | ||||||
| 137 | 9 | "Mrs. George Devereaux" | Matthew Diamond | Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble | November 17, 1990 | |
| Strange goings-on: Blanche has a secret admirer and is shocked when she meets him, her dead husband, George; and Dorothy is being wooed by two celebrities, Sonny Bono and Lyle Waggoner. | ||||||
| 138 | 10 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die" | Matthew Diamond | Gail Parent and Jim Vallely | November 24, 1990 | |
| Sophia and Rose take advice from Blanche that lands each of them in hot water: Due to a drought in St. Olaf, Minnesota, Rose swears to be celibate and Blanche advises her not to tell Miles, while Sophia follows Blanche's tips to lure a man into bed. | ||||||
| 139 | 11 | "Stand by Your Man" | Matthew Diamond | Tom Whedon | December 1, 1990 | |
| Blanche meets a man at the library and only after they make a date does she realizes that he is in a wheelchair; Rose wants a puppy, despite Blanche's and Dorothy's opposition. | ||||||
| 140 | 12 | "Ebbtide's Revenge" | Matthew Diamond | Marc Sotkin | December 15, 1990 | |
| Dorothy must give the eulogy at the funeral of her brother, Phil, who was a cross dresser. The long-running feud between Sophia and Phil's widow culminates in Sophia's revelation of her true feelings about her son and his lifestyle. | ||||||
| 141 | 13 | "The Bloom Is Off the Rose" | Matthew Diamond | Phillip Jayson Lasker | January 5, 1991 | |
| Rose wants more adventure in her relationship with Miles, so she signs them up for sky-diving lessons; Blanche uncharacteristically dates an abusive man. | ||||||
| 142 | 14 | "Sister of the Bride" | Matthew Diamond | Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten | January 12, 1991 | |
| Blanche's gay brother, Clayton, visits Miami, Florida to announce his commitment ceremony; Rose expects to win a Volunteer of the Year award. | ||||||
| 143 | 15 | "Miles to Go" | Matthew Diamond | Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian | January 19, 1991 | |
| After hearing of a mobster's death, Miles reveals that he is in the Witness Relocation Program in Chicago, Illinois, and that his real name is Nicholas Carbone. When he learns that the mobster faked his death, Miles must leave Miami, Florida and go into hiding. Meanwhile, Blanche must find a way to pay for the expensive dress that she bought, having hit a snag in her plan to return the dress after wearing it. | ||||||
| 144 | 16 | "There Goes the Bride: Part 1" | Matthew Diamond | Story by : Gail Parent, Jim Vallely, and Mitchell Hurwitz Teleplay by : Mitchell Hurwitz | February 2, 1991 | |
| Dorothy has been sneaking around so that Sophia will not know that she is dating Stan; Rose goes out to dinner with a friend of Miles, whose ex-wife begins stalking Rose. | ||||||
| 145 | 17 | "There Goes the Bride: Part 2" | Matthew Diamond | Gail Parent and Jim Vallely | February 9, 1991 | |
| Totally against Dorothy and Stan's impending nuptials, Sophia vows not to let the ceremony come off; Blanche interviews a potential roommate called Trudy (Debbie Reynolds). | ||||||
| 146 | 18 | "Older and Wiser" | Matthew Diamond | Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble | February 16, 1991 | |
| Wanting someone to keep an eye on Sophia during the day, Dorothy gets Sophia a job under false pretenses. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose are excited about being hired as models for a Penny Saver, but it does not turn out the way they expected. | ||||||
| 147 | 19 | "Melodrama" | Matthew Diamond | Robert Spina | February 16, 1991 | |
| Blanche wants to intensify her relationship with her infamous one-night stand man, Mel Bushman (Alan King); Rose tries her hand at TV reporting. | ||||||
| 148 | 20 | "Even Grandmas Get the Blues" | Robert Berlinger | Gail Parent and Jim Vallely | March 2, 1991 | |
| While Blanche is babysitting her granddaughter, a man mistakes Blanche for the baby's mother, and Blanche does nothing to set him straight. Meanwhile, Sophia gets ready for the Festival of the Dancing Virgins, a celebration of mothers and daughters. | ||||||
| 149 | 21 | "Witness" | Zane Buzby | Mitchell Hurwitz | March 9, 1991 | |
| Rose has a new man, Karl, in her life, but out of the blue Miles returns, still undercover in the Witness Protection Program; Sophia loses her glasses; and Blanche discovers that she had a Jewish great-grandmother, a Yankee from Buffalo. | ||||||
| 150 | 22 | "What a Difference a Date Makes" | Lex Passaris | Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten | March 23, 1991 | |
| The man who stood up Dorothy for her senior prom contacts her and they make a date; Blanche goes on a diet to keep to her tradition of annually fitting into her wedding dress. | ||||||
| 151 | 23 | "Love for Sale" | Peter D. Beyt | Don Seigel and Jerry Perzigian | April 6, 1991 | |
| The girls prepare for the Children's Hospital Bachelorette Auction; Stan's uncle dies, leaving him his apartment, and making Dorothy a landlady. Meanwhile, Sophia's brother, Angelo, comes to Miami, Florida, broke and with no place to live. | ||||||
| 152 153 | 24 25 | "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home" | Matthew Diamond | Story by : Gail Parent Teleplay by: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy, Tom Whedon, and Mitchell Hurwitz Story by: Jim Vallely Teleplay by : Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble, Don Seigel, and Jerry Perzigian | April 27, 1991 | |
| The deathbed confession of an ex-resident of Shady Pines is bad news for Sophia: the old lady confessed that she and Sophia started the 1985 Shady Pines fire. With the possibility of Sophia's going to jail hanging over their heads, the girls relive happier times via flashbacks. | ||||||
| 154 | 26 | "Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser" | Judy Pioli | Tom Whedon | May 4, 1991 | |
| The ladies star in Dorothy's school play when a bug quarantines her students. Rose is Henny Penny, the chicken that believes "the sky is falling"; Blanche is Goosey Loosey; and Dorothy is Turkey Lurkey. Meanwhile, Blanche is mortified when an ex-boyfriend plants a fake obituary in the paper claiming she died at age 68; and Sophia continues a decades-old chess-by-mail rivalry with her old nemesis from Sicily, Italy. | ||||||
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