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Old Boyfriends is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season of The Golden Girls and the one-hundred and sixty-eighth episode overall. Directed by Peter D. Beyt and written by Jamie Wooten and Marc Cherry, it premiered on NBC-TV on January 4th, 1992.

Summary[]

Sophia develops feelings for Marvin, a man she met through a personal ad, but is annoyed that his sister Sarah always accompanies them. Marvin eventually spills the beans that Sarah is actually his wife. Sarah explains that she is dying and they are looking for a replacement for her which leaves Sophia torn about what to do. A man claiming to be an old flame of Rose's visits, but she cannot remember him.

Plot[]

Sophia gets a date with a man called Marvin and Rose receives a phone call from a Thor Anderson who states that he and Rose dated while in High School but Rose hasn't an single idea who he is. When Rose meets Thor, he is very outgoing and so after telling her only that he had a big crush on her but he arranges a more formal date with Rose out of an attempt to find the truth, then Marvin comes for Sophia's date but he is with his sister Sara who says that she's there because Marvin is shy and asked her to join them for the date. The next week Rose asks Blanche to help her with finding clues when she has Thor over for dinner, Blanche questions why Rose couldn't remember him but when Rose reveals that she has 56 Boyfriends as a senior in High School which meant Rose could be a logical slut if her belief that a boyfriend relationship doesn't need to be sexual. Meanwhile Sophia is annoyed in the way that Sara is always on these dates with Marvin bombarding her with questions and ruining the date, so Dorothy makes a plan with the girls, while Rose and Blanche have dinner with Thor on the Lanai, then Sophia and Marvin can have the Living Room to themselves. At the dinner party Rose is still stumped by who Thor is but when he skipped to use the toilet, the penny dropped she went to a dance with him to make Charlie jealous, she is about to tell Thor the truth when he tells her how happy those days made him and so she hides the truth. However in the Living Room Sophia tries to get Marvin to loosen up only for him to talk about Sara, Sophia has had enough and tells Marvin to stop and Marvin reveals the truth. Sara is his wife and when she comes both Sophia and Dorothy get her to explain, Sara is dying and so is looking for somebody to care for Marvin that's why she asks questions to see if she would fit the bill. After they leave Sophia decides she will help them despite Dorothy's protests. The next day Rose tells Thor the truth and when he kisses her goodbye, all her memories return but once Thor leaves she tells Blanche that he was a poor kisser. However at Marvin and Sara's place,Sara proposes a toast and Dorothy gives a negative response, however when the couple talk about their first meeting Sophia drops out seeing how Marvin loves Sara, Sara is upset about the time she has wasted trying to find a replacement but Marvin finally tells her that he doesn't want another person, Sara admits she did it as she felt guilty about her leaving him but he reminds her it's not her fault and they embrace with Dorothy and Sophia leaving.[1]

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Notes[]

  • The credits picture is Sophia and Rose going though the personal ads where they read that Thor is looking for a date.

Production[]

  • Ken Berry, who played Thor Anderson, costarred with Betty White and Rue McClanahan on the 1983 sitcom Mama's Family.
  • The living room used for Marvin and Sarah's house is a redressed and slightly-remodeled living room set from All in the Family. The front closet was removed and a wall was added to the left side of the set where the dining table had been located.
  • The ad that Sophia responds to talks about remembering when Frank Sinatra was skinny. Betty Garrett, who plays Sarah, starred with Frank Sinatra in the 1949 film On the Town, when Sinatra was skinny.

Goofs[]

  • At one point, Blanche chastises Rose for not remembering dating Thor in the past, but Blanche could not remember dating the pharmacist in "From Here to the Pharmacy".[2]
  • While Blanche and Sophia are looking through the personal ads for a man, the magazine that Blanche is looking through is titled "Alaska Men". Later on in the episode she is reading through the same magazine but she quickly hides the cover.

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References[]

  1. The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 14, “Old Boyfriends”. Cherry, Marc and Wooten, Jamie (writers) & Beyt, Peter D. (director) (January 4th, 1992)
  2. The Golden Girls, Season 7, Episode 12, “From Here to the Pharmacy”. Parent, Gail and Vallely, Jim (writers) & Passaris, Lex (director) (December 7th, 1991)
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