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Meet four outrageous women who know when it comes to a good laugh, there's nothing like experience!
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Episode 1
Dorothy is feeling rundown, tired all the time and has a lack of energy. She is sure she is ill, but all of the doctors she visits tell her she's fine. Meanwhile, Blanche decides to write a romance novel.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Susan HarrisGuest stars Jeffrey Tambor, Michael McGuire
Episode 2
Dorothy continues to seek medical advice and turns to Harry Weston for help. Meanwhile, Blanche goes on a writing binge resulting in a novel that is less than enthralling.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Susan HarrisGuest stars Richard Mulligan, Bibi Besch, Park Overall, Keone Young, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Michael McGuire, Eric Poppick
Episode 3
Blanche's daughter, Rebecca has some wonderful news. She's going to become a mother, through artificial insemination. However, Blanche is less than thrilled, she's totally against the entire thing.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Gail ParentGuest stars Debra Engle, James Staley, Kelly Ann Conn
Episode 4
When the company that Rose's husband worked for, cuts off their pension plan, Rose must face the fact that she's going to get a new job, one that pays more. However, she quickly finds herself dealing with something she never expected, age discrimination. Meanwhile, Sophia goes wild buying things in quantity at a Shopper's Warehouse.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Beth Grant, Chick Vennera
Episode 5
Dorothy is in a serious relationship with a lawyer and jumps to the conclusion that he's on the verge of proposing. However, his announcement is a shocker, he's leaving law to become a circus clown. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche put together a protest to save some dolphins.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Richard Vaczy, Tracy GambleGuest stars Mel Stewart, Dick Van Dyke, John DiSanti
Episode 6
Rose has been dating Miles Webber, a college professor, but the only thing they seem to have in common is the dance floor. When Miles invites her to a party, Rose feels like a fish out of water being surrounded by all his intelligent friends. Meanwhile, Blanche battles a dating slump.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars G.F. Smith, Mimi Cozzens, John Ingle, Channing Chase, Edgar Justice, Al Berry, Harold Gould
Episode 7
Sophia's friend has come up with an idea that will change her life. She wants to commit suicide and she wants Sophia there to hold her hand. Meanwhile, Blanche, Rose and Dorothy become singing nursemaids to a sick baby that they are taking care of for the weekend.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Gail ParentGuest stars Richard Mulligan, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jayson Kane, Doug Cox, Bonnie Urseth, Robert Neches
Episode 8
Blanche is visited by her brother in-law and is taken back by his resemblence to her deceased husband. She quickly finds herself falling in love with hopes of marriage.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Tom WhedonGuest stars George Grizzard
Episode 9
Dorothy finds a list of things that she wanted to accomplish before a certain age and finds that she hasn't accomplished many of them. So she decides to go after one of them, entertaining people. This leads her to sign up to do a stand up routine at a nightclub. Meanwhile, Blanche finds herself battling the IRS.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Don ReoGuest stars Oliver Clark, Linda Rand, David Jay Willis, Tom La Grua
Episode 10
Dorothy's son, Michael, shows up on her doorstep with news that he's separated with his wife and needs a place to stay. However, Dorothy quickly gets tired of his freeloading and dumps him on Stan. Meanwhile, Rose's stress is getting terrible and is reluctant to talk to her boss about cutting back on her "things-to-do" list.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Robert BruceGuest stars Scott Jacoby, Stan Roth, Chick Vennera, Herb Edelman
Episode 11
Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, when she goes back to her childhood home, she gets into a big argument with her sister, Virginia and decides not to attend the funeral.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Paul Eiding, Sheree North, Steven Gilborn, Brandis Kemp
Episode 12
It's the Christmas season and the girls are fed up with Christmas shopping in a heat wave. So they decide to buy gifts for the one person they pick from a hat. Later, the girls decide to serve Christmas dinner for the homeless, including a recently homeless Stan.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Tom WhedonGuest stars Matt McCoy, Herb Edelman
Episode 13
The girls take in a 15 year old girl who has just found out she's pregnant and scared to tell her father. Meanwhile, Blanche's prison pen pal has just been released and is looking for her.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Julie McCullough, John Dennis Johnston, Lorry Goldman
Episode 14
Rose joins a positive thinking group and tries to get a pessimistic Dorothy to join. Meanwhile, Blanche is scared to get serious with her latest boyfriend especially after he has a heart attack.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Robert BruceGuest stars Robert Mandan, Michele Pawk, Kat Sawyer-Young, Kathy Bendett
Episode 15
Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal with meeting Miles's daughter who makes it clear she wants their relationship to be no more and Dorothy discovers Sophia is hoarding Social Security money, thanks to a computer error.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Gail ParentGuest stars Molly Hagan, Ronnie Schell, Lance Wilson-White, William Cort, Harold Gould
Episode 16
Dorothy becomes alarmed when Sophia forgets the date of her wedding anniversary. This leads Dorothy to face the fact that Sophia is becoming more and more forgetful with age. After visiting a doctor, Sophia decides to regain some of the memories she has lost and decides to take a trip to Brooklyn and their old apartment.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Richard Vaczy, Tracy GambleGuest stars Kyle T. Heffner, Sid Melton, David Correia, Flo Di Re, Jandi Swanson
Episode 17
After visiting the doctor, Blanche learns that he wants to put a pacemaker in her. However, after the operation, Blanche is so scared of intimacy that she decides to give up sex.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Peter Michael Goetz, Robert Culp, David Jay Willis
Episode 18
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.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Marc CherryGuest stars Mark Moses
Episode 19
Rose discovers that she may be carrying the HIV virus after learning the blood they used in her gallbladder operation may have contained HIV antibodies. What really gets to her though is the 72 hours she must wait before hearing the test results. Meanwhile, Dorothy organizes a Save the Swamplands charity.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Richard Vaczy, Tracy GambleGuest stars Tony Carreiro, Peggy Walton-Walker
Episode 20
Rose must decide between her boyfriend, Miles or an old boyfriend who has just come to town and asks her to go to Europe with him. Meanwhile, fed up with Dorothy's rules, Sophia decides to move out.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Robert BruceGuest stars Eddie Bracken, Douglas Seale, April Ortiz, Harold Gould
Episode 21
Blanche and her sister, Charmaine, reconcile after a life-long rivalry. However, the reconciliation does not last long after Blanche reads her recently published book and realizes the heroine is based on her. Meanwhile, Dorothy becomes fed up with Stan's visiting cousin.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Marc CherryGuest stars Barbara Babcock, Marian Mercer
Episode 22
The married man whom Dorothy once dated re-enters her life and has news that he's now divorced and would like to reconcile with Dorothy. Meanwhile, Blanche and Sophia become the victims of a con game.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Tom WhedonGuest stars Sam McMurray, Nancy Lenehan, Jerry Orbach
Episode 23
The girls attend the wedding of Dorothy's niece who's father was once engaged to Sophia. Sophia thinks that the wedding reception is the perfect spot for revenge after supposedly putting a curse on him years ago.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Paul Collins, Stuart Nisbet, Howard Duff, Tanya Louise, Jonathan Schmock, Myles Berkowitz
Episode 24
Dorothy's gambling problem re-surfaces after a visit to the race track and quickly begins falling in to debt and gaining an apathy to her job. Meanwhile, Rose takes up painting and Blanche is insulted after a man she works with rejects her advances.
Directed by Terry HughesGuest stars Michael Ensign
Episode 25
An FBI agent investigates the girls' life's for a possible visit from President Bush. This leads the girls to reminisce about times they have spent together.
Written by Gail Parent, Robert BruceGuest stars Timothy Stack, Herb Edelman, Harry Shearer
Episode 26
When the FBI agent announces that George Bush will make a visit to their home, the girls continue to reminisce and Dorothy quickly readies a list of points she wants to make to the president.
Written by Tom Whedon, Marc CherryGuest stars Timothy Stack, Herb Edelman, Harry Shearer
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Bea ArthurDorothy Zbornak
Betty WhiteRose Nylund
Rue McClanahanBlanche Devereaux
Estelle GettySophia Petrillo
Richard MulliganHarry Weston
Leslie NielsenLucas
Nancy WalkerAngela
Monte MarkhamClayton
NBCUnited States
Touchstone TelevisionUnited States
