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"It's like we say in St. Olaf, Christmas without fruitcake is like St. Sigmund's Day without the headless boy."

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Stand By Your Man is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of The Golden Girls and the one-hundred and thirty-ninth episode overall. Directed by Matthew Diamond and written by Tom Whedon, it premiered on NBC-TV on December 1st, 1990.

Summary[]

Blanche makes a date with a man at the library, but is reluctant to continue their relationship when she realizes he is wheelchair-bound. Rose gets a puppy, in spite of Blanche's and Dorothy's objection.

Plot[]

The episode begins with Rose letting Dreyfuss and his babies out the front door after having them over. Once they're gone she talks about how wonderful dogs are to have around. Blanche enters the living room, upset because she doesn't have a date. Dorothy says she is going to the library and asks if Blanche would like to come with her. Blanche accepts and the two go to the library together. Once there, Dorothy goes to find books while Blanche is more interested in talking to a man, Ted, that is there. The two of them make a date and when he goes to leave, Blanche realizes he is in a wheelchair. Later that afternoon, at home, Blanche wonders aloud if she should break off the date with Ted. Dorothy convinces her to go on the date and Blanche says she needs a chaperone. Dorothy adamantly refuses but Sophia agrees after she is blackmailed into it by Blanche. Rose enters and says that Harry, Dreyfuss' owner, is willing to give her one of the puppies from Dreyfuss' litter. Both Dorothy and Blanche refuse because there is no place to keep it and no one to take care of it. After Blanche leaves, Rose brings the puppy, Bingo, out and shows it to Dorothy. Rose is determined to have the animal. Later that evening, at Ted's place, Sophia poses as Blanche's grandmother. Though uncomfortable at first, Blanche begins to relax and she and Ted have a wonderful evening. Ted wants to be alone with Blanche, so they get his chauffeur to drive Sophia home. The next morning, Dorothy enters the kitchen and complains to Rose about the puppy and how much of a mess it is making. She says the animal isn't going to work out. Blanche walks in, just getting home. She tells them of the wonderful time she had the last night and how she thinks she will keep seeing Ted. Blanche leaves but re-enters after having found one of her shoes mauled by the dog. Later that week, Blanche enters the kitchen, saying that Ted is coming back from a week long trip to Philadelphia and how she doesn't know if she can continue her relationship with him. She doesn't know what to do because with him being gone she had not had to make any decisions regarding their relationship. Rose and Dorothy convince her to see him. Later that day, Rose comes home to find all the girls in the kitchen. She asks who locked Bingo up in the garage and Blanche tells her she did it because Ted was coming over. Dorothy finally convinces Rose that the puppy needs care that cannot be provided. Rose finds a program that assigns the elderly with a pet and gives Bingo away. Meanwhile, Ted arrives and Blanche goes to greet him. She tells him that the wheelchair thing doesn't really bother her and that she really wants to further the relationship. Blanche proposes they go some place romantic for a little while and Ted informs her he has to go back to Philadelphia. After he tells her this, she finds out that he is married and breaks it off with him, calling him "a jerk in a wheelchair".[1]

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Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

  • Hugh Farrington as Ted
  • Tom Nibley as Librarian
  • Andy Goldberg as Houseboy
  • Bear the Dog as Dreyfuss

Notes[]

  • Sophia tells Dorothy they'll be late for temple, and Dorothy has to remind her that they're Catholic. In real life, Estelle Getty and Bea Arthur were both Jewish.
  • Dreyfuss crosses over from the spin-off series, Empty Nest.

Production[]

  • Sophia would once again do her Southern routine in the series finale when she comes into the living room to talk about what's for dinner.
  • Notice at the very end after Blanche delivers the final line and heads down the hall to the bedroom, she opens the door but there is nothing there. This is because there were no scenes in there and there was no point to build a set when you were only going to barely see the room. All you see are beige walls.

Cultural references[]

  • The title is from the song of the same name by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill, which became Wynette's signature song in 1968.

Goofs[]

  • Midway through the episode, the girls are sitting at the kitchen table chatting. In one scene, you can see the yellow telephone cord behind them is tangled and twisted. In the next scene, it is straight and untangled - and no one has used the telephone in the meantime.

Site Navigation[]

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 6, Episode 11, "Stand By Your Man". Whedon, Tom (writer) & Diamond, Matthew (director) (December 1st, 1990)
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