The Golden Palace Season 1

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Betty White

Rose Nylund

Age : 102 | Popularity : 24%

Rue McClanahan

Blanche Devereaux

Age : 76 | Popularity : 10%

Estelle Getty

Sophia Petrillo

Age : 84 | Popularity : 11%

Don Cheadle

Roland Wilson

Age : 59 | Popularity : 34%

Cheech Marin

Chuy Castillos

Age : 77 | Popularity : 14%

Billy L. Sullivan

Oliver Webb

Age : 43 | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

18 September 1992 - Pilot

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.

Episode 2

25 September 1992 - Promotional Considerations

Blanche and Roland clash over who is the boss of the hotel, meanwhile Rose unknowingly opens up the hotel to a serial killer.

Episode 3

02 October 1992 - Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye

Rose suspects Miles has been unfaithful to her when his name is found in the hotel registry dating back several years.

Episode 4

09 October 1992 - One Old Lady to Go

Rose adopts a delusional elderly woman who thinks she's her daughter; Sophia and Chuy decide to go into the Chinese takeout business.

Episode 5

16 October 1992 - Ebbtide for the Defense

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.

Episode 6

23 October 1992 - Can't Stand Losing You

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.

Episode 7

30 October 1992 - Seems Like Old Times (1)

Dorothy visits her ex-roommates at the Golden Palace, hoping to convince Sophia to come and live with her and her husband in Atlanta.

Episode 8

06 November 1992 - Seems Like Old Times (2)

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.

Episode 9

13 November 1992 - Just a Gigolo

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.

Episode 10

20 November 1992 - Marriage on the Rocks, With a Twist

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.

Episode 11

04 December 1992 - Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be

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.

Episode 12

18 December 1992 - It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas

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.

Episode 13

08 January 1993 - Rose and Fern

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.

Episode 14

15 January 1993 - Runaways

Sophia and Oliver joy ride in a guest's car and wind up in police custody.

Episode 15

29 January 1993 - Heartbreak Hotel

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.

Episode 16

05 February 1993 - Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life

The Golden Palace is being sued by the owner of another hotel: he says part of the girls' parking lot is on his property.

Episode 17

12 February 1993 - Say Goodbye, Rose

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.

Episode 18

19 February 1993 - You've Lost That Livin' Feeling

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.

Episode 19

02 April 1993 - A New Leash on Life

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.

Episode 20

09 April 1993 - Pros and Concierge

Chuy's big mouth results in Roland losing his job after it's revealed he met with the owners of a rival hotel.

Episode 21

16 April 1993 - Tad

It is revealed that Blanche has another brother - a mentally handicapped man who has been living in an institution.

Episode 22

30 April 1993 - One Angry Stan

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.

Episode 23

07 May 1993 - Sex, Lies and Tortillas

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.

Episode 24

14 May 1993 - The Chicken and the Egg

Blanche turns to her daughter Rebecca when her latest beau wants Blanche to bear his children.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Supervising Producer	Marc Cherry Mitchell Hurwitz Jamie Wooten
	Producer	Nina Feinberg Jim Vallely
	Executive Producer	Paul Junger Witt Marc Sotkin Tony Thomas Susan Harris Christopher Lloyd
	Associate Producer	Sally S. Kleimann
Art	Production Design	Edward Stephenson
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Judy Evans
	Hairstylist	Mary Guerrero
	Makeup Artist	Art Harding
Sound	Main Title Theme Composer	Andrew Gold
	Theme Song Performance	Chuck Negron
	Original Music Composer	George Aliceson Tipton
Department	Role	Name

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