Episode
The Golden Girls: Empty Nests
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Golden Girls
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 1987-05-16
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Empty Nests is Episode 26 in Season 2 of The Golden Girls. It aired on 1987-05-16. The runtime is 24 min.
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