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The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
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The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
Cast, crew and production details
Betty WhiteRose Nylund
Rue McClanahanBlanche Devereaux
Estelle GettySophia Petrillo
Don CheadleRoland Wilson
Cheech MarinChuy Castillos
Billy L. SullivanOliver Webb
Harold GouldMiles Webber
Bea ArthurDorothy Hollingsworth
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Touchstone TelevisionUnited StatesWatch options above are for the show and may vary by season or episode.
Episode 1
After their ex-roommate Dorothy moves away to Atlanta with her new husband, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their house and decide to purchase a dilapidated hotel near the beach.
Directed by Terry HughesWritten by Susan HarrisGuest stars Tom La Grua, Lee Ryan, Stephen James Carver
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Episode 2
Blanche and Roland clash over who is the boss of the hotel, meanwhile Rose unknowingly opens up the hotel to a serial killer.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Jim VallelyGuest stars Bobcat Goldthwait, Gibby Brand
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Episode 3
Rose suspects Miles has been unfaithful to her when his name is found in the hotel registry dating back several years.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc Cherry, Jamie WootenGuest stars Harold Gould, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Beecher, Marty Brinton
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Episode 4
Rose adopts a delusional elderly woman who thinks she's her daughter; Sophia and Chuy decide to go into the Chinese takeout business.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Jim VallelyGuest stars Margaret Cho, Anne Haney, Michael Francis Clarke, Kelly Cinnante, Annie O'Donnell
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Episode 5
Chuy meets an old friend with a grudge against him; the staff try to make it through the weekend incident free when they realize they don't have any insurance coverage.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc SotkinGuest stars Gregory Sierra, Steve Hytner, Christopher Collins
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Episode 6
Blanche and Rose are concerned that Roland overworks himself and decide to compete to find him a new girlfriend. Rose finds a beautiful young girl and Blanche tracks down Roland's southern ex-girlfriend Tricia. Only when Tricia is already on the plane to Miami does Blanche find out that Roland hates her. Sophia is jealous of Chuy because he was chosen over her to represent the hotel at a television show.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Mitchell HurwitzGuest stars Monte Landis, Kim Fields, Monica Allison, Sonya Hunt
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Episode 7
Dorothy visits her ex-roommates at the Golden Palace, hoping to convince Sophia to come and live with her and her husband in Atlanta.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Marc Cherry, Jamie WootenGuest stars Bea Arthur, Henry Polic II, Bertila Damas, Kent Zbornak
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Episode 8
Sophia runs away to her old rest home. When the other girls try to get her, they find that it is no longer anywhere near as bad as she said it was.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Jim VallelyGuest stars Bea Arthur, Carol Leifer, Jack Black, Miguel Sandoval, Furley Lumpkin, Mark Kubr, Bertila Damas
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Episode 9
Nick De Carlo, a handsome patron says he cannot pay the bill and wants to work in the kitchen. The girls want to find something more appropriate for him to do and ask him about his trade. Nick says he is a gigolo. Shocked, the girls hire him anyway to wash the dishes.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Tony DeLiaGuest stars Barry Bostwick, Phil Proctor
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Episode 10
Roland's parents call to visit. He thinks they are flying over to tell him his dog died. It turns out they have decided to get a divorce. A comic duo is coming for a radio show live from The Golden Palace. Sophia advises the duo to use Rose for the show where they need a stupid person to make fun of.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc Cherry, Jamie WootenGuest stars Bruce A. Young, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Ja'net DuBois, Edward Penn
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Episode 11
When The Daughters of the Traditional South are set to arrive at the hotel, Blanche hangs a Confederate flag on the front counter, though this doesn't bode well with Roland. Meanwhile, Rose is outraged when a married man whom she knows checks in with his mistress.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Marc SotkinGuest stars Joe Alaskey, Joyce Meadows, Charles Napier, Camille Ameen, Arthur Eckdahl
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Episode 12
Chuy does not like Christmas because of bad memories in his childhood. Roland accepts to be Santa at the children's hospital. Rose wants him to be a perfect Santa so she puts him through a training with Sophia.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Jonathan SchmockGuest stars Susan Norfleet, Isaac Ocampo, Nick Toth
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Episode 13
Miles contacts Rose again and wants them back together. Blanche advises Rose to date other people to get over him. Roland tells Blanche something is wrong in the books and he suspects someone may be stealing money from the hotel.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc SotkinGuest stars Harold Gould, Nanette Fabray, Hartley Silver
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Episode 14
Sophia and Oliver joy ride in a guest's car and wind up in police custody.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Mitchell HurwitzGuest stars Hansford Rowe, Joely Fisher, Charles Bouvier, Alexander Folk, David Jay Willis
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Episode 15
Rose organizes a romantic getaway night at the hotel with Dr. Ursula as a guest to give a lecture. Blanche is excited because Taylor Michaels is coming to town. She once lost this man to another woman but Rose is the one Taylor is interested in when he arrives.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Julie ThackerGuest stars Dick Van Patten, Pamela Dunlap
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Episode 16
The Golden Palace is being sued by the owner of another hotel: he says part of the girls' parking lot is on his property.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc SotkinGuest stars Ricardo Montalban, Stephen James Carver, Josef Cannon, David Rottman, Bryan Ivie, Andrew Smith
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Episode 17
Rose is enamored with a hotel guest who looks exactly like Charlie; Blanche is horrified to discover her visiting son Matthew wants to pursue a career as a comedian.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Jim VallelyGuest stars George Burns, Bill Engvall, Eddie Albert
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Episode 18
A dead body, a news crew and a health inspector all descend upon the hotel during its weekend-long re-opening celebrations leaving the staff scrambling.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marco PennetteGuest stars Eric Christmas, Stephen Root, Bill Morey, Jeanne Mori
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Episode 19
Blanche's relationship with a greyhound breeder becomes strained when Rose finds out what will happen if his dog doesn't win the next race.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Marco PennetteGuest stars Ken Kercheval, Ja'net DuBois, Daryl Keith Roach, Bob Barker, Rod Roddy
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Episode 20
Chuy's big mouth results in Roland losing his job after it's revealed he met with the owners of a rival hotel.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Kevin RooneyGuest stars Robert Rockwell, Georgie Cranford
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Episode 21
It is revealed that Blanche has another brother - a mentally handicapped man who has been living in an institution.
Directed by Peter D. BeytWritten by Marc Cherry, Jamie WootenGuest stars Ned Beatty, Patrick Culliton
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Episode 22
The girls learn that Dorothy's ex-husband Stan has died, but Sophia eventually finds out the truth when Stan shows up: he faked death and left the country to avoid paying back taxes.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Michael Davidoff, Bill RosenthalGuest stars Earl Boen, Herb Edelman, Abraham Alvarez, Jennifer Barlow Grodsky, Catherine MacNeal
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Episode 23
Spring Break finds a horde of college kids descending upon the hotel; Rose receives a visit from her granddaughter Charlene who is contemplating sex with her boyfriend.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Michael Davidoff, Bill RosenthalGuest stars Brooke Theiss, Adam Biesk, Robert Cavanaugh, Micah Dyer, Jep Hill
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Episode 24
Blanche turns to her daughter Rebecca when her latest beau wants Blanche to bear his children.
Directed by Lex PassarisWritten by Mitchell HurwitzGuest stars Amzie Strickland, Richard Gautier, Reno Goodale, Cynthia Frost, Debra Engle
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