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Blind Ambitions is the twenty-third episode of the first season of The Golden Girls and the twenty-third episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Bob Colleary, it premiered on NBC-TV on March 29th, 1986.

Summary[]

Rose's blind sister Lily comes to visit from Chicago and begs Rose to move in with her and take care of her. The girls hold a garage sale to raise money for a new television, but find they cannot part with what they are selling.

Plot[]

Rose's sister Lily from Chicago is in town on a visit, she has recently lost her sight, which she claims hasn't affected her, she had a full life beforehand and found the school for the blind boring. Sophia then talks about their TV set needs replacing so they have the idea to throw a yard sale.

However Lily's blindness nearly puts her in danger starting a fire in the kitchen, which the girls save her, Rose goes to talk to her, she lets the mask slip, she's scare of life and wants Rose to take care of her in Chicago. Rose was planning to go but is having doubts so Sophia talks about herself when she had the stroke, she was unable to do anything, but Dorothy nagged her until she did her therapy and she recovered so Rose changes her mind.

The Yard Sale is a failure the girls are unwilling to give up items that have meaning for them, so they decide to buy the TV on Credit and pay it off weekly. Lily asks Rose for help but she tells her that she can't give up and so Lily returns to Chicago angrily. A couple of weeks later she invites Rose to Chicago, surprising her at the airport with her seeing-eye dog Becky, she reveals she returned to the Blind School and has learnt a lot more thanks to Rose's motivation, she thanks her and shows the progress by describing the layout of the airport.[1]

Tall Tales[]

Tales from the Old South.[]

To be added.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest List[]

  • Polly Holliday as Lily Lindstrom
  • Annie Abbott as Woman
  • Bill Gratton as Man #1
  • Stuart Fratkin as Man #2
  • Donna LaBrie as Stewardess

Notes[]

  • In the previous episode, a place called Mel's Diner is mentioned. Polly Holliday, Lily's actress, is famous for her work on the sitcom Alice, as Flo the waitress, who works at Mel's Diner.

Goofs[]

  • Despite growing up in Minnesota, Lily has a Midwestern American accent.

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Season 6 Blanche Delivers • Once, In St. Olaf • If At Last You Do Succeed • Snap Out Of It • Wham, Bam, Thank You Mammy • Feelings • Zborn Again • How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sophia? • Mrs. George Devereaux • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die • Stand By Your Man • Ebbtide's Revenge • The Bloom Is Off the Rose • Sisters of the Bride • Miles to Go • There Goes the Bride, Part 1 •There Goes the Bride, Part 2 • Older and Wiser • Melodrama • Even Grandmas Get the Blues • Witness • What a Difference a Date Makes • Love for Sale • Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1 • Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2 • Henny Penny — Straight, No Chaser
Season 7 Hey, Look Me Over • The Case of the Libertine Belle • Beauty and the Beast • That's For Me to Know • Where's Charlie? • Mother Load • Dateline: Miami • The Monkey Show, Part 1 • The Monkey Show, Part 2 • Ro$e Love$ Mile$ • Room Seven • From Here to the Pharmacy • The Pope's Ring • Old Boyfriends • Goodbye, Mr. Gordon • The Commitments • Questions and Answers • Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan • Journey to the Center of Attention • A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 1 • A Midwinter Night's Dream, Part 2 • Rose: Portrait of a Woman • Home Again, Rose, Part 1 • Home Again, Rose, Part 2 • One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 1 •One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, Part 2

References[]

  1. ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 23, “Blind Ambition”. Colleary, Bob (writer) & Hughes, Terry (director) (March 29th, 1986)
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