S1.E11

Stan's Return

Episode aired Oct 17, 1986
TV-PG
30m

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Bea Arthur and Herb Edelman in The Golden Girls (1985)

Stan returns to try and make amends with Dorothy.Stan returns to try and make amends with Dorothy.Stan returns to try and make amends with Dorothy.

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7.4/10

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Bea Arthur

Dorothy Zbornak
(as Beatrice Arthur)

Betty White

Rose Nylund

Rue McClanahan

Blanche Devereaux

Estelle Getty

Sophia Petrillo

Herb Edelman

Stanley Zbornak
(as Herbert Edelman)

Simone Griffeth

Chrissy

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Trivia
Simone Griffeth, who played Chrissy, had previously worked with Bea Arthur, playing her daughter in-law, on Arthur's short lived 1983 sitcom Amanda's By the Sea. According to Griffeth she was nervous working on this episode as Arthur had never really warmed to her when working on Amanda's By the Sea. Nevertheless, the episode went off without a hitch as the two worked together fine.

Quotes
Blanche Devereaux: Oh, take it from me, honey, there is no gentle way to end it with a man. When you're gentle with them, they just don't get the message.
Rose Nylund: Oh, Blanche is so right, Dorothy. That was exactly the problem I had with Eddie Parker. He was this real sweet guy who was crazy about me, but I just didn't feel the same way about him. You see, when Charlie went off to war, I went to work for our local USO club. And, that's where I first met Eddie the Aqua Midget.
Blanche Devereaux: He was a blue midget?
Rose Nylund: Don't be ridiculous, he was a diving midget. That was his act. He used to jump off a step ladder into this gigantic punchbowl.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: [stifling laughter] S-so, um... what happened?
Rose Nylund: Nothing. He'd just swim to the side and hop out.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: I mean, uh... what happened between you and Eddie?
Rose Nylund: We talked a lot between shows, and of course I didn't realize it but he- he was falling for me.
Blanche Devereaux: Didn't have far to fall.
[Dorothy grabs Blanche's hand in an attempt to stifle more laughter]
Rose Nylund: It... it started with little things...
Blanche Devereaux: I bet.
[more stifled laughter]
Rose Nylund: Pretty soon the situation got out of control, and I... I tried to let him down gently...
Blanche Devereaux: You tried to make it short and sweet?
[more stifled laughter]
Rose Nylund: He just wouldn't take no for an answer. So I finally had to tell him straight out that I- I didn't feel about him the way he felt about me. It had nothing to do with his size. It- it was simply that... w-I- I could never become seriously involved with anybody in show business.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: [still stifling laughter] Thank you, Rose. I... I don't know what to say... And I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

Connections
References Watch Mr. Wizard (1951)

Soundtracks
Thank You For Being A Friend
Written by Andrew Gold
Sung by Cynthia Fee

Stan arrives under the pretext of selling a property, and needing a signature from Dorothy, old memories return, and the pair end up spending a bit of time together.

It was wonderful to see Herb Edelman back as Stan, and once again he brings out a very different side of Dorothy, less the toupee for the most part.

Once again it's a brilliant piece of writing, wonderfully acted, the characters once again just seem to matter. Lots of funny moments throughout, sarcasm and cutting remarks galore, it may not be a classic, but it's amusing throughout. Rose's tale, the look on Blanche and Dorothy's face, magical.

The looks and glances once again are incredible, only this time it's not just Dorothy, we get to see Blanche doing her share of stares too, side splitting.

8/10.