Season

The Golden Girls Season 1

by Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue Mcclanahan, Estelle Getty, Tony Thomas and 26 others

The first season of The Golden Girls premiered on NBC on September 14, 1985, and concluded on May 10, 1986. The season consisted of 25 episodes.

(30 total)

Characters

Rue Mcclanahan (13)Blanche Devereaux (13)Mort Nathan (7)Rose Nylund (7)Barry Fanaro (7)Betty White (7)Winifred Hervey (6)Susan Harris (6)Bea Arthur (4)Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak (4)

“Blanche: I also happen to have a room for rent, and the name is Blanche Devereaux. Rose: Why would you name a room Blanche Devereaux?”

— Winifred Hervey, Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Kathy Speer, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Dangling Participle

“You are undoubtedly the meanest, sickest person I've ever met! Not to mention the most unattractive.”

— James Berg, Stan Zimmerman, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: insults

“Rose: Oh, Sophia. I want to explain about last night. When I was a little girl one summer we had a terrible thunderstorm... Sophia: Excuse me Rose, have I given any indication at all that I care?”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Rose Nylund, Betty White, imdb.com

Tagged: Disinterest, IDGAF, Thunderstorm

“Rose: It wasn't a rat! It was a cute little mouse. Dorothy: Rose, it doesn't wear white gloves and work at Disneyland! We're talking about a rodent!”

— Stuart Silverman, Rose Nylund, Betty White, imdb.com

Tagged: Rats, Rodents

“Blanche: [after being awakened by the ringing phone] I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo! Dorothy: Boy, that's pretty jumpy.”

— Kathy Speer, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Prison, Rodeo, Jumpy

“Blanche: Oh, you don't have to worry about me, honey. I never get sick. I take very good care of myself. I treat my body like a temple. Sophia: Yeah, open to everyone, day or night.”

— James Berg, Stan Zimmerman, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Slut-shaming

“Blanche: My whole life is an open book. Sophia: Your whole life is an open blouse!”

— Susan Beavers, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Slut-shaming

“Rose: Dorothy, if the Egyptians built the pyramids, now we can move this toilet. Dorothy: Fine. Get me 20,000 Hebrews and I'll have it out of here in no time.”

— Christopher Lloyd, Rose Nylund, Betty White, imdb.com

Tagged: Egyptians, Toilets, Hebrews, Slave Labor

“Blanche: Have you noticed that Rose has been acting peculiar? Dorothy: Yes, Blanche, from the first day that I met her!”

— Susan Beavers, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Acting Peculiar

“My son married a welder. Too bad she didn't weld his zipper shut. They got ten kids they can't afford.”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Sophia Petrillo, Estelle Getty, imdb.com

Tagged: Welder, birth control, Zipper

“Sophia: [to Rose] There's a man in your bed. Rose: Sophia, there's not! Blanche: [to Rose] Why, you devil, you! Dorothy: So that was what we heard! Rose! Blanche: Rose got lucky! Sophia: Not so lucky. The man in your bed is dead.”

— Susan Harris, Sophia Petrillo, Estelle Getty, imdb.com

Tagged: Erotic Fatality, Sexual Heart Attack

“Sophia: Oh, Dorothy. Can I make a little suggestion when you go for your makeover? Dorothy: Sure. What is it? Sophia: Don't expect a miracle.”

— Winifred Hervey, Sophia Petrillo, Estelle Getty, imdb.com

Tagged: Makeover, Sick Burns

“My great-granddaddy always said that there are two things you never sell to a friend—a car and a slave—because if either one of them quits working you'll never hear the end of it. Of course, they hanged my great-granddaddy. He said a lot of things he shouldn't have.”

— Liz Sage, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Cars, Slavery

“Blanche: He analyzed my dream. Dorothy: What dream? Blanche: Oh, that recurring dream I have where I'm running naked through a train that keeps going through tunnel after tunnel while a sweaty bodybuilder chases me. He said he thinks it's sexual. Dorothy: He thinks? For God's sake, Blanche, you smok…”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Sexual Dream, Bodybuilder

“Blanche: He was looking for a mother, not a lover. It was humiliating. Rose: I think it's sweet. Blanche: You would, Betty Crocker.”

— James Berg, Stan Zimmerman, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: mother, Lover, Betty Crocker

“Dorothy: Why did I ever marry that man? Sophia: Because he knocked you up! Dorothy: Why did I let that happen? Sophia: Because he got you drunk! Dorothy Why am I even discussing this with you? Sophia: Beats the hell out of me!”

— Kathy Speer, Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Bea Arthur, imdb.com

Tagged: Drunk, Knocked Up, Marriage, Divorce

“Dorothy: You know, Ma, you don't look good. Sophia: I'm short and I'm old. What are you expecting—Princess Di?”

— Susan Harris, Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Bea Arthur, imdb.com

Tagged: Aging, Princess Di

“Blanche: [about Dirk] This is strictly off the record, but Dirk's nearly five years younger than I am. Dorothy: In what, Blanche? Dog years?”

— James Berg, Stan Zimmerman, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Younger Men, Dating, Dog Years

“Rose: I wonder if jewelry comes from Jewish people? In Little Falls, the jeweler was Jewish. Jeweler, Jewish—I wonder if there's a connection. Sophia: I think there's a connection between your brain and wallpaper paste.”

— Susan Harris, Rose Nylund, Betty White, imdb.com

Tagged: Jewish People, jewelry, Homonyms

“I though I was gonna die. I swear I have never felt such agony. I saw my entire life flash before my eyes and I thought, ‘What a shame if I die now, I'm too young...and I'm wearing the wrong underwear.’”

— Susan Harris, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Near-Death Experiences, Agony