Enough Wicker: Intellectualizing the Golden Girls

Apr 06 2024 183 ep. 35 mins 70

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Longtime Golden Girls superfans Sarah Royal and Lauren Kelly rewatch the series from beginning to end from a "scholarly" perspective, analyzing cultural themes, storylines, and why so many people still love the show decades after its finale originally aired.

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Episode 179 & 180: You're Angels, All of You

Apr 06 2024 70 mins

We made it! We break down the very satisfying, very funny, very sad finale of the greatest television of all time, The Golden Girls. Thank you for being our friend and sticking with us! You've inspired us more than you'll never know <3

A Very Special Episode: The Scholarly Process

Mar 23 2024 123 mins

Before we get to the final episode of the greatest television of all time, we chat about our process and pull highlights from our copious notes.

Episode 177 & 178: WE'RE HEADS!!

Feb 24 2024 57 mins

The Girls crash a local high school reunion with assumed identities such as the ever-popular prom queen Cindy Lou Peeples and the class B Susan Armstrong. While it seems like a load of fun, things quickly take a turn when Rose is rushed to the hospital with a cardiac emergency. Kierstan, who apparently lives in Miami now (?) comes by, Blanche finds Jesus while entertaining her daug

Episode 176: Rose is Exposed and Dorothy Gives Up a Big Pile of Money

Feb 17 2024 42 mins

Blanche convinces Rose that Miles has the wandering eye, and that the only way to quell it is with a nudie photoshoot. Dorothy bumps into a former student who offers her a cushy job with a big salary, but she simply cannot part with the driver's ed cones.

Episodes 174 & 175: Moonlight Madness!

Feb 03 2024 40 mins

In the final cross over with Empty Nest and Nurses, officially called Full Moon over Miami, all hell has broken loose at Blanche's moonlight madness party. Men are totally ignoring her, except for Derek ah...sumpin, they're all over Dorothy, Miles and Rose might get married, and Sophia is out here trippin rabbis. A wild romp that ends with everyone just accepting that the m

Episode 173: Off to the Rusty Anchor

Jan 20 2024 51 mins

Dorothy is perfectly content watching Amazing Discoveries (it just shucks it off!) but Blanche insists she come down to The Rusty Anchor and meet some men. Dorothy ends up bringing the house down with a 'little ditty' that sends Blanche into a green with envy (or maybe magenta with envy?) tailspin. Meanwhile, Sophia, Blanche and Rose plan Sophia's live wake.

Episode 172: The Big Mean Bug Lady

Jan 13 2024 31 mins

Angelo and Rose accidentally get Dorothy and Stan into some hot water regarding their rental property. Meanwhile, Mama needs a new pair of shoes!

Episode 171: What Is Juicy Fruit?

Jan 06 2024 21 mins

Dorothy and Blanche audition for Jeopardy, but Blanche doesn't know where the Ural Mountains are and Dorothy has studied everything under the sun, including the St. Olaf High Yearbook. Meanwhile, in one of the teariest tearjerkers of all time, the girls get Rose a dog to raise her spirits, which she gifts to a widower who lost his wife not hours before.

Episode 170: Now That Was Music

Dec 30 2023 38 mins

Dorothy finally beds a Beatle. Or, at least an incredible simulation. Meanwhile, Blanche aggressively pursues a very very tall gentleman.

Episode 169: Four Image Consultants, Harold Goldstein, and a Plagiarist Walk into a Bar

Dec 02 2023 48 mins

Hello, Mr. Gordon! In an all-time fav, Dorothy's high school teacher, whom she had a massive crush on, is in Miami. She hopes to impress him by sharing her views on women's issues on a local TV Show booked by A+ TV producer Rose, aka Harold Goldstein.