Dorothy's New Friend

Dorothy becomes friends with a snobby local author. Blanche and Rose despise Dorothy's pompous friend, novelist Barbara Thorndyke (Bonnie Bartlett); Sophia woos a man down at the center.

Plot
Sophia cooks lasagna for a guy at the senior center. Rose shows the costume she got for the masquerade ball. Dorothy comes in sounding disappointed and complains of how dull and boring her life is.

The girls are expecting company. As the doorbell rang, Dorothy's new friend Barbara Thorndyke, who is an author, arrives. While Dorothy leaves to get coffee, Blanche and Rose talk to Barbara. Blanche and Rose didn't like Barbara as she was hard to talk to and found her to be rather snobbish and aloof.

Rose and Blanche talk about the costumes they're gonna wear at the ball. They invited Dorothy out to the movies but declined as she already made plans with Barbara. They decided to invite Barbara over for dinner to give her another chance.

After dinner, Barbara and Dorothy get along. Trying to fit in, Blanche tells Barbara about the novel she picked up the other day. Barbara then asks if there's any problem with her book. Blanche said that she had a problem with those 'waves.'

Sophia goes out on a date and shortly after, Barbara leaves. Before Barbara left, she invites Dorothy out for the writers' symposium on Friday. Rose reminds Dorothy that the masquerade ball is also on Friday and tells her how much it means to Rose.

Blanche and Rose are upset with Dorothy who assumes that the reason why they're acting that way is because they don't like Barbara. Blanche and Rose tell Dorothy that Barbara looks down on everyone, using her intelligence to make everybody else look stupid. Dorothy gets mad and storms out of the kitchen.

Dorothy and Barbara go out to eat at Barbara's hangout. Dorothy confronts to Barbara about the tension between Blanche, Rose and herself. Blanche and Rose don't feel included enough in their hangouts. Trying to make everyone included, Barbara invites everyone at the Mortimer Club. The most exclusive club in town.

The girls get ready as they go to the Mortimer Club. After Sophia's date comes in, Barbara wants to see Dorothy in the kitchen. Barbara tells Dorothy that they have a problem. Sophia's date is Jewish and the Mortimer Club prohibits Jewish people inside. Dorothy gets offended with Barbara as she tolerates such a policy. Dorothy then tells Barbara to go to the club by herself.

The girls decided to go to the Masquerade ball.