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)

“Rose: The name Madonna doesn't really fit her. Sophia: 'Slut' would be better! Rose: Sophia! Dorothy: Oh, please, please! She did things on that stage I never did with my husband!”

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

Tagged: Madonna, Slut Shaming

“Blanche: Well, what do you know? Sophia has a past! Sophia: That's right! But unlike yours, I didn't need penicillin to get through it.”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, imdb.com

Tagged: STDs, Gonorrhea

“Rose: I wonder why Italian men are so romantic. Dorothy: It’s the tight pants, Rose.”

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

Tagged: Italian Men, Tight Pants, Romantic

“Blanche: We cannot have a baby in the house! My sister's coming. Dorothy: Does she eat them?”

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

Tagged: Cannibalism

“Dorothy: I do not snore. Sophia: Please, I'll bet less disgusting noises come out of Ernest Borgnine! [later] Dorothy: Ma, I do not snore. Sophia: Please! I had to turn you away from the windows so you wouldn't inhale the drapes!”

— Liz Sage, Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Bea Arthur, imdb.com

Tagged: Snoring, Ernest Borgnine

“Nobody ever believes me when I'm telling the truth. I guess it's the curse of being a devastatingly beautiful woman.”

— Winifred Hervey, Blanche Devereaux, Rue Mcclanahan, imdb.com

Tagged: Humblebragging

“Things happened, you're damn right, things happened. 38 years happened. 38 years of sharing and... and crying and dreaming and fighting... and loving and... and children and diapers and... and... school plays and little league. And worrying if you'd get through your gallbladder surgery and wondering…”

— Winifred Hervey, Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, Bea Arthur, imdb.com

Tagged: Divorce, Cheating, Heartbreak, Bad Memories

“I know I look square, but I'm like my father's tractor. I take a while to warm up, but once I get going I can turn your topsoil till the cows come home.”

— Winifred Hervey, Rose Nylund, Betty White, imdb.com

Tagged: innuendo, Double Entendre

“I'm an old white woman. I'm not supposed to have color. You want color? Talk to Lena Horne.”

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

Tagged: Lena Horne, White Women

“Blanche: I'm going to have to meet men lying down. Sophia: I thought you did.”

— Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan, imdb.com

Tagged: Double Entendre, Slut Shaming