The Truth Will Out

 was the 16th episode of Season 1 of The Golden Girls TV series, also the 16th overall series episode. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Susan Beavers along with series co-executive producer Susan Harris, it originally aired on NBC-TV on January 18, 1986.

Summary
Rose gets a visit from one of her daughters and granddaughter. Rose is preparing her will which has her in discomfort. Tension ensues when Rose has to explain how all of Charlie's investments mysteriously appear lower than they should be.

Plot
Rose has her daughter Kirsten and granddaughter Charley coming to Miami, her daughter is there to look over the will and for some reason Rose is nervous.

After a dinner Rose shows Kristen the will, there is a problem while there is the estate from Charlie, Kristen remarks on how smaller the amount was especially when Rose told them that it was bigger, confronted Rose said she spent part of it in bad investments and Kirsten leaves in anger.

As Rose deals with the risk of losing her family, she chats to Charley who talks about her Grandfather and then sharing a bed with Dorothy she decides she needs to tell Kirsten the truth.

The next day she tells Kirsten the truth, it turns out Charlie's estate was smaller, because he had bad luck with money, but when Rose said it was bigger she was scared that her children would see Charlie differently. Kristen forgives Rose and they decide to spend an extra few days.

Guest Cast

 * Christine Belford as Kirsten Adams
 * Bridgette Andersen as Charley Adams

Trivia

 * Dorothy tells Rose that most of the men she slept with were liars. This is actually true. There was, of course, Stan who had an affair that ended his 38-year marriage to Dorothy. The other men are Dr. Clayton who made a pass at Blanche in "The Triangle" and Glen who was married in "That Was No Lady". All three of them lied to her, significantly. Earlier in the show, Sophia and Dorothy mention that she slept with her lawyer during her divorce from Stan, so he must have been the man who didn't lie.
 * The role of Rose's daughter is not played by the same person through out the series. By season 7, the role of her daughter Kirsten has changed.
 * Kirsten's behaviour in this episode has left a bad taste in fans as does her behaviour in Home Again Rose.

Goofs

 * When Blanche mentions the ongoing murder case, she first refers to it as the "Duncan/Osgood Case". Then later on in the episode, as Rose exists the kitchen, Blanche calls it the "Paxton/Osgood Case".
 * When Blanche explains about Osgood inheriting the napkin fortune, she starts to put her hand on her chin. In the next shot, her hand is lower.