Episode
The Golden Girls: Diamond in the Rough
Overview
While Dorothy and Rose are planning a hospital charity banquet, Blanche falls for Jake, the caterer hired for the event. She quickly learns he's more blue jeans than a black tie which prompts her to foolishly put a stop to their romance.
Details
- Series
- The Golden Girls
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1987-03-21
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Diamond in the Rough is Episode 22 in Season 2 of The Golden Girls. It aired on 1987-03-21. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 21: Dorothy's Prized Pupil
Dorothy feels that it's her fault when her prized pupil wins a writing contest which inadvertently signals the INS that he's an illegal alien.
Episode 23: Son-In-Law Dearest
Dorothy's daughter, Kate is coming for a visit and has a big announcement. Dorothy is excited when she thinks the announcement is going to be that Kate is pregnant. However, when Kate arrives, her announcement is far from exciting. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose stay up and watch an "I Love Lucy" marathon.
More episodes from this season
Episode 20: Whose Face Is This, Anyway?
Blanche is convinced that her beauty is fading after attending her high school reunion and discovers many of classmates have had face lifts. Meanwhile, Rose is making a home movie for class she's taking.
Episode 24: To Catch a Neighbor
Two police detectives stake out the girls' home to investigate the neighbors who are believed to be dealers in stolen gems.
Episode 19: Long Day's Journey Into Marinara
Sophia's sister, Angela arrives in Miami for a visit and decides to move there but while she's looking for an apartment Dorothy invites her to stay with the girls. This ticks off Sophia since she thinks that Angela is after everything that she has.
Episode 25: A Piece of Cake
While preparing for a friend's birthday party, the girls recall past birthdays, including Rose's surprise birthday party for Dorothy, a surprise birthday party for Blanche and a memory of Sophia's birthday involving her late-husband Sal.
Episode 18: Forgive Me, Father
Blanche and Rose plan a nice dinner at the house for Dorothy and her new boyfriend whom she later learns is a priest. She later gets another shock when she learns he plans to leave the church.
Episode 26: Empty Nests
In this pilot for another series (Empty Nest, obviously the concept was retooled), the girls' friend Renee is feeling depressed and lonely with her children grown up and moved out and her husband's workaholic habits.
Episode 17: Bedtime Story
When the girls learn that a number of relatives are going to be visiting, they reminisce about times they've had to share a bed and strange places they've had to sleep, including a train station.
Episode 16: And Then There Was One
Sophia readies herself for participating in a walkathon. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose babysit for the walkathon participants children but when the event is over, a baby is left unclaimed.
Episode 15: Before and After
Rose is convinced she died during a throat spasm. This leads her to live her life to the hilt, totally disrupting the other girls lives. Then, when the girls complain about her new lifestyle, Rose moves out.
Episode 14: The Actor
Dorothy, Blanche and Rose each vie for the attention of an actor in the local community theatre, who on the sly begins romancing each of them.