The Golden Girls (season 4)

File:TGGS4 DVD COVER.jpg Season 4 DVD Cover
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) – May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)

The fourth season of The Golden Girls premiered on NBC on October 8, 1988, and concluded on May 13, 1989. The season consisted of 26 episodes.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Saturdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) on NBC from October 8, 1988 to May 13, 1989.

DVD release

The Region 1 DVD was released on February 14, 2006. The Region 2 and 4 DVD were respectively released on December 6 and December 5, 2007.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
77	1	"Yes, We Have No Havanas"	Terry Hughes	Mort Nathan & Barry Fanaro	October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08)
Blanche and Sophia date the same man, a senior citizen named Fidel Santiago, causing a rift between them which is healed only when the man died and was revealed to be more of a swinging single than Blanche was, considering the entire funeral attendees were all women he had been dating (except Dorothy and Rose); Dorothy teaches a history class for General Equivalency Diploma candidates, who include Rose.
78	2	"The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman	October 22, 1988 (1988-10-22)
Sophia plans to go to the market and buy a nectarine, which she does every day. The other girls worry that she is too old and frail to enjoy life. However, the tables are turned: Sophia has a full day, rallying fellow shoppers to fight return policies at a supermarket, leading a charity band on the boardwalk, and volunteering at a hospital, while the other girls sit around the kitchen table talking about how to pass the time.
79	3	"The One That Got Away"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)
Blanche is expecting a visit from a high-school friend who, she claims, is the only man that ever rejected her. She becomes determined to seduce him to "perfect" her record - even when it turns out that he's grown fat and bald. Meanwhile, Rose claims to have seen a UFO and gets the Air Force involved.
80	4	"Yokel Hero"	Terry Hughes	Martin Weiss & Robert Bruce	November 5, 1988 (1988-11-05)
Rose is nominated to be St. Olaf's "Woman of the Year," but soon becomes convinced that she is not qualified to win and sinks into a depression. Dorothy and Blanche secretly touch up her list of accomplishments.
81	5	"Bang the Drum, Stanley"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce & Martin Weiss	November 12, 1988 (1988-11-12)
Stan, hard-pressed for money, asks Dorothy and Sophia to a baseball game to butter up his ex-wife and get a loan. When Sophia is hit on the head by a ball at the game, Stan hatches a scheme to sue the ballpark, while Blanche and Rose prepare to be in a local musical production.
82	6	"Sophia's Wedding: Part 1"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan	November 19, 1988 (1988-11-19)
Sophia's dearest friend dies, and Sophia comforts her friend's widower, Max Weinstock. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche start an unofficial Elvis fan club.
83	7	"Sophia's Wedding: Part 2"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan	November 26, 1988 (1988-11-26)
Sophia and Max return from their honeymoon, and they try to resurrect Max and Salvador's old pizza-and-knish stand at the beach. A stressed-out Dorothy starts smoking cigarettes again, fifteen years after quitting.
84	8	"Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman	December 3, 1988 (1988-12-03)
A frantic search to retrieve a winning lottery ticket that Sophia accidentally gave away takes the ladies to a homeless shelter.
85	9	"Scared Straight"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	December 10, 1988 (1988-12-10)
When Blanche's newly divorced brother, Clayton, comes to town, he confides to Rose that he is homosexual; scared to tell Blanche the truth, though, he pretends to have bedded Rose.
86	10	"Stan Takes a Wife"	Terry Hughes	Winifred Hervey-Stallworth	January 7, 1989 (1989-01-07)
Stan breaks the news that he is engaged to be married for the third time, and Dorothy, convincing herself that she still loves him, decides to try to win him back. The girls try to talk Dorothy out of ruining Stan's wedding.
87	11	"The Auction"	Terry Hughes	Eric Cohen	January 14, 1989 (1989-01-14)
Blanche cannot afford a new roof. Upon meeting an artist with a fatal disease, Blanche hatches a plan: invest in the artist's work, which will surely increase in value once he dies.
88	12	"Blind Date"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28)
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Blanche befriends a man at a bar and makes a date with him, not realizing that he is blind; Dorothy and Rose try their hands at coaching a kids' football team.
89	13	"The Impotence of Being Ernest"	Steve Zuckerman	Teleplay by: Rick Copp & David A. Goodman Story by: Kevin Abbott	February 4, 1989 (1989-02-04)
Rose hits it off with new beau Ernest, but the two hit a snag when their relationship never quite gets physical. Meanwhile, Sophia fears a vendetta when she receives a black feather in the mail.
90	14	"Love Me Tender"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy & Tracy Gamble	February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06)
Sophia objects to Dorothy's "completely physical" relationship with a nondescript new lover. Blanche and Rose become pals to two motherless girls, who also happen to be juvenile delinquents.
91	15	"Valentine's Day"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan	February 11, 1989 (1989-02-11)
The ladies remember the unique ways they have celebrated Valentine's Day in the past.
92	16	"Two Rode Together"	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce & Martin Weiss	February 18, 1989 (1989-02-18)
Dorothy hopes to spend "quality time" with Sophia, while Sophia just wants to ride Space Mountain at Walt Disney World. Rose and Blanche collaborate to write a children's book. Special appearance by Freddie Jackson.
93	17	"You Gotta Have Hope"	Terry Hughes	Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan	February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)
Dorothy is in charge of a talent show and things are not going her way: she cannot find any talent for the show and her emcee has just canceled. She only groans when Rose insists she can get Bob Hope to appear.
94	18	"Fiddler on the Ropes"	Terry Hughes	Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman	March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04)
Sophia invests the roommates' money in a prizefighter.
95	19	"Till Death Do We Volley"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy & Tracy Gamble	March 18, 1989 (1989-03-18)
Dorothy is visited by high school friend Trudy, whose friendship with her is based on competition and practical jokes. The competition gets out of hand when Trudy collapses and apparently dies during a game of tennis and Dorothy must break the news to their assembled classmates.
96	20	"High Anxiety"	Terry Hughes	Martin Weiss & Robert Bruce	March 25, 1989 (1989-03-25)
After Sophia accidentally knocks a bottle of Rose's pills down the sink, the girls learn that Rose is addicted. She battles withdrawal. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Sophia are hired to be in a pizza commercial.
97	21	"Little Sister"	Terry Hughes	Christopher Lloyd	April 1, 1989 (1989-04-01)
Rose catches her visiting sister Holly with Blanche's boyfriend and tries to tell Blanche and Dorothy, who have been charmed by Holly and refuse to believe Rose. Meanwhile, Dorothy trusts Sophia to watch a dog.
98	22	"Sophia's Choice"	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy & Tracy Gamble	April 15, 1989 (1989-04-15)
Sophia goes into action to break her friend, Lillian, out of Sunny Pastures, "the worst nursing home in the city." However, Lillian proves to be too much of a handful for Sophia to handle. Meanwhile, Blanche considers having her breasts enlarged.
99	23	"Rites of Spring"	Terry Hughes	Eric Cohen	April 29, 1989 (1989-04-29)
A week prior to a friend's annual party, the girls debate what they should do to improve their looks, leading them to reminisce about previous attempts to do so.
100	24	"Foreign Exchange"	Terry Hughes	Harriet B. Helberg & Sandy Helberg	May 6, 1989 (1989-05-06)
In the 100th episode, Sophia's old friends come to Miami from Sicily for a visit and have shocking news for Dorothy: they believe she is theirs, switched at birth with the daughter they raised. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose take "dirty dancing" lessons; uncharacteristically, Blanche is not any good at it, while Rose is a quick study.
101/102	25/26	"We're Outta Here"	Terry Hughes	Part 1: Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan Part 2: Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman	May 13, 1989 (1989-05-13)
Blanche, Dorothy, and Rose return home from a play to discover Sophia in the midst of selling the house. A "For Sale" sign was accidentally placed on the front lawn, but Blanche considers going through with the sale after learning the amount she's been offered.