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An Illegitimate Concern is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of The Golden Girls and the one-hundred and twentieth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Marc Cherry and Jamie Wooten, it premiered on NBC-TV on February 12th, 1990.

Summary[]

Blanche is stunned when a man comes to the front door and claims to be the illegitimate son of her late husband. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Sophia enter a mother-daughter pageant at Shady Pines.

Plot[]

Sophia decides to enter her and Dorothy in the Sandy Pines Mother-Daughter Pageant so she can beat a rival, Dorothy agrees after Sophia sweet talks her. A man called David Patton comes to the door looking for George Devereaux of course Blanche reveals the truth which is that he's dead, David clearly shocked leaves the house with a clear lie, Blanche reveals she heard he was looking for George she thinks David is after her.

The next day he returns and Blanche confronts him, he confesses that George was his Father and Blanche is shocked and tries to deny what he said but the proof is everywhere. Blanche angry asks him to leave as David tries to ask questions about his father, Blanche is hurt by this as she remained faithful to George turning down every temptation even a member of 60 Minutes all the girls conclude it was Morley Safer.

While Blanche copes with the truth Dorothy and Sophia practice for the talent part of the Pageant dressing first as Sonny and Cher. However on the day of the Pageant Blanche meets with David and shows him pictures of George realizing that she can't be angry at David as he's just a victim like her.

That night Dorothy and Sophia return from the Pageant as runners up but they don't mind as they enjoyed themselves and Blanche tells them she forgives George and let David know about his Father, as they go to the Kitchen, Blanche tells George off in the photos she showed David revealing she turned down Andy Rooney.[1]

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • David Patton - Mark Moses

Notes[]

  • Sophia dresses up as Sonny Bono and Dorothy as Cher. Estelle Getty previously worked with Cher, playing her mother in the 1985 movie Mask. Additionally, Sonny Bono makes a guest appearance as himself in Season 6's "Mrs. George Deveraux".[2]

Production[]

  • This was Marc Cherry's first time as a writer on The Golden Girls. Years later he would go on to create the hit show Desperate Housewives, which also had female characters in the lead roles.
  • Years after making his guest appearance on The Golden Girls, Mark Moses would go on to star in a supporting role as a series regular for a couple of seasons on Cherry's hit series Desperate Housewives. He played Paul Young, the husband and widower of that show's deceased narrator Mary Alice Young.
  • When Dorothy and Sophia are dressed up as Sonny and Cher, Blanche enters the room and says they could be celebrity look-alikes for the comedy duo Cheech & Chong. Cheech Marin later played a role as a chef in the spin-off The Golden Palace alongside Rue McClanahan, Betty White, and Estelle Getty.

Goofs[]

  • When Rose mentions why the supposed salesman didn't bring in the encyclopedias, Blanche says that no sales person will bring in twenty-six encyclopedias. Some of the encyclopedias have more than one letter inside them.

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Season 1 The EngagementGuess Who's Coming to the WeddingRose the PrudeTransplantThe TriangleOn Golden GirlsThe CompetitionBreak-InBlanche and the Younger ManThe Heart AttackThe Return of Dorothy's ExThe Custody BattleA Little RomanceThat Was No LadyIn a Bed of Rose'sThe Truth Will OutNice and EasyThe OperationSecond MotherhoodAdult EducationThe FluJob HuntingBlind AmbitionsBig DaddyThe Way We Met
Season 2 End of the CurseLadies of the EveningTake Him, He's MineIt's a Miserable LifeIsn't It RomanticBig Daddy's Little LadyFamily AffairVacationJoust Between FriendsLove, Rose'Twas The Nightmare Before ChristmasThe SistersThe Stan Who Came to DinnerThe ActorBefore and AfterAnd Then There Was OneBedtime StoryForgive Me, FatherLong Day's Journey into MarinaraWhose Face is This, Anyway?Dorothy's Prized PupilDiamond in the RoughSon-in-Law DearestTo Catch a NeighborA Piece of CakeEmpty Nests
Season 3 Old FriendsOne for the MoneyBringing Up BabyThe HousekeeperNothing to Fear But Fear ItselfLetter to GorbachevStrange BedfellowsBrotherly LoveA Visit from Little SvenThe AuditThree on a CouchCharlie's BuddyThe ArtistBlanche's Little GirlDorothy's New FriendGrab That DoughMy Brother, My FatherGolden Moments, Part 1Golden Moments, Part 2And Ma Makes ThreeLarceny and Old LaceRose's Big AdventureMixed BlessingsMister TerrificMother's Day
Season 4 Yes, We Have No HavanasThe Days and Nights of Sophia PetrilloThe One That Got AwayYokel HeroBang the Drum, StanleySophia's Wedding, Part 1Sophia's Wedding, Part 2Brother, Can You Spare That JacketScared StraightStan Takes a WifeThe AuctionBlind DateThe Impotence of Being ErnestLove Me TenderValentine's DayTwo Rode TogetherYou Gotta Have HopeFiddler On the RopesTill Death Do We VolleyHigh AnxietyLittle SisterSophia's ChoiceRites of SpringForeign ExchangeWe're Outta Here, Part 1We're Outta Here, Part 2
Season 5 Sick and Tired, Part 1Sick and Tired, Part 2The Accurate ConceptionRose Fights BackLove Under the Big TopDancing in the DarkNot Another MondayThat Old FeelingComedy of ErrorsAll That JazzEbb TideHave Yourself a Very Little ChristmasMary Has a Little LambTriple PlayClinton Avenue MemoirsLike the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-TomAn Illegitimate Concern72 HoursTwice In a LifetimeSisters and Other StrangersCheatersThe Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding PresentAll Bets Are OffThe President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 1The President's Coming! The President's Coming!, Part 2
Season 6 Blanche DeliversOnce, In St. OlafIf At Last You Do SucceedSnap Out Of ItWham, Bam, Thank You MammyFeelingsZborn AgainHow Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia?Mrs. George DevereauxGirls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They DieStand By Your ManEbbtide's RevengeThe Bloom Is Off the RoseSisters of the BrideMiles to GoThere Goes the Bride, Part 1There Goes the Bride, Part 2Older and WiserMelodramaEven Grandmas Get the BluesWitnessWhat a Difference a Date MakesLove for SaleNever Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser
Season 7 Hey, Look Me OverThe Case of the Libertine BelleBeauty and the BeastThat's For Me to KnowWhere's Charlie?Mother LoadDateline: MiamiThe Monkey Show, Part 1The Monkey Show, Part 2Ro$e Love$ Mile$Room SevenFrom Here to the PharmacyThe Pope's RingOld BoyfriendsGoodbye, Mr. GordonThe CommitmentsQuestions and AnswersEbbtide VI: The Wrath of StanJourney to the Center of AttentionA Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2Rose: Portrait of a WomanHome Again, Rose, Part 1Home Again, Rose, Part 2One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2

References[]

  1. The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 18, "An Illegitimate Concern". Cherry, Marc and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (February 12th, 1990)
  2. The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 9, "Mrs. George Devereaux". Gamble, Tracy and Vaczy, Richard (writers) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (November 17, 1990)
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