Episode
The Golden Girls: Rose Fights Back
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Golden Girls
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1989-10-21
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Rose Fights Back is Episode 4 in Season 5 of The Golden Girls. It aired on 1989-10-21. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 3: The Accurate Conception
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.
Episode 5: Love Under The Big Top
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.
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