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Blanche's Little Girl is the fourteenth episode of the third season of The Golden Girls, and the sixty-fifth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Terry Grossman and Kathy Speer, the episode premiered on NBC-TV on January 9th, 1988.

Summary[]

Blanche wants to defend her overweight daughter, whose boyfriend speaks to her abusively, but she is afraid that if she does, her daughter will resent her interference and they will again be estranged. Meanwhile, Sophia, now working at a fast-food restaurant, organizes a strike against her tyrannical boss: a preteen boy.

Plot[]

Blanche hasn't seen her daughter Rebecca for four years, since she moved to Paris to become a model, so she and the others are caught off guard when Becky shows up having gained a considerable amount of weight, since Blanche last saw her. In addition, she has a boyfriend who does nothing but insult her. Eventually, Blanche tries to talk to Rebecca about it, but Rebecca gets angry and leaves. She later returns and tells Blanche she has dumped Jeremy.

Meanwhile, Sophia and two other older female co-workers invite their 16-year-old "shark" of a manager at Pecos Pete's Chow Wagon over to the house for some serious labor negotiations.[1]

Tall Tales[]

Picture It...[]

Sophia tells her coworkers and her manager about an attractive young peasant girl who embarked on a vacation to a Crimean resort on the Black Sea. For weeks, she frolicked at the resort and enjoyed the company of many young men. When it was time for her to return to Sicily, three different suitors begged her to stay, but the girl couldn't decide who to choose. In the end, she chose none of them, but agreed to meet them at the same resort many years later. To the suitors, that night was known as "Rendevous with Sophia" -- but to the rest of the world, it was known as the Yalta Conference.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Shawn Schepps as Rebecca
  • Joe Regalbuto as Jeremy
  • Scott Menville as McCracken
  • Meg Wyllie as Edna

Notes[]

  • This is the first episode of The Golden Girls to be released in 1988.
  • One of the outfits Rebecca wears is a white shirt, brown cardigan, and plaid skirt. Dorothy is seen wearing the same outfit in "Rose Fights Back".[2]
  • During this episode, Blanche is upset and protective of her daughter for being in an abusive relationship. In "Bloom Is Off The Rose", Blanche finds herself in a similarly-abusive relationship and doesn't want to see it at first.[3]

Production[]

  • This is Meg Wyllie's second appearance in The Golden Girls.
  • Two of the guest stars in this episode have been in movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger: Shawn Schepps in The Terminator (1984) and Joe Regalbuto (Jeremy) in Raw Deal (1986).

Cultural references[]

  • In her Picture It story, Sophia references the Yalta Conference. The Yalta Conference, held from February 4th to February 11th in 1945, was the meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the post-World War II reorganization of Germany and Europe.

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V - E - H List of The Golden Girls episodes
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 3, Episode 14, “Blanche's Little Girl”. Speer, Kathy and Grossman, Terry (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (January 9th, 1988)
  2. The Golden Girls, Season 5, Episode 4, “Rose Fights Back”. Sotkin, Marc (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (October 21st, 1989)
  3. The Golden Girls, Season 6, Episode 13, "The Bloom Is Off the Rose". Lasker, Phillip Jason (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (January 5th, 1991)
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