S01E01 Pilot
After their ex-roommate Dorothy moves away to Atlanta with her new husband, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their house and decide to purchase a dilapidated hotel near the beach.
The Golden Palace
Overview
The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls had ended, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund, and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
Episodes
S01E02 Promotional Considerations
Blanche and Roland clash over who is the boss of the hotel, meanwhile Rose unknowingly opens up the hotel to a serial killer.
S01E03 Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye
Rose suspects Miles has been unfaithful to her when his name is found in the hotel registry dating back several years.
S01E04 One Old Lady to Go
Rose adopts a delusional elderly woman who thinks she's her daughter; Sophia and Chuy decide to go into the Chinese takeout business.
S01E05 Ebbtide for the Defense
Chuy meets an old friend with a grudge against him; the staff try to make it through the weekend incident free when they realize they don't have any insurance coverage.
S01E06 Can't Stand Losing You
Blanche and Rose are concerned that Roland overworks himself and decide to compete to find him a new girlfriend. Rose finds a beautiful young girl and Blanche tracks down Roland's southern ex-girlfriend Tricia. Only when...
S01E07 Seems Like Old Times (1)
Dorothy visits her ex-roommates at the Golden Palace, hoping to convince Sophia to come and live with her and her husband in Atlanta.
S01E08 Seems Like Old Times (2)
Sophia runs away to her old rest home. When the other girls try to get her, they find that it is no longer anywhere near as bad as she said it was.
S01E09 Just a Gigolo
Nick De Carlo, a handsome patron says he cannot pay the bill and wants to work in the kitchen. The girls want to find something more appropriate for him to do and ask him about...
S01E10 Marriage on the Rocks, With a Twist
Roland's parents call to visit. He thinks they are flying over to tell him his dog died. It turns out they have decided to get a divorce. A comic duo is coming for a radio...
S01E11 Camp Town Races Aren't Nearly as Much Fun as They Used to Be
When The Daughters of the Traditional South are set to arrive at the hotel, Blanche hangs a Confederate flag on the front counter, though this doesn't bode well with Roland. Meanwhile, Rose is outraged when...
S01E12 It's Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas
Chuy does not like Christmas because of bad memories in his childhood. Roland accepts to be Santa at the children's hospital. Rose wants him to be a perfect Santa so she puts him through a...
S01E13 Rose and Fern
Miles contacts Rose again and wants them back together. Blanche advises Rose to date other people to get over him. Roland tells Blanche something is wrong in the books and he suspects someone may be...
S01E14 Runaways
Sophia and Oliver joy ride in a guest's car and wind up in police custody.
S01E15 Heartbreak Hotel
Rose organizes a romantic getaway night at the hotel with Dr. Ursula as a guest to give a lecture. Blanche is excited because Taylor Michaels is coming to town. She once lost this man to...
S01E16 Señor Stinky Learns Absolutely Nothing About Life
The Golden Palace is being sued by the owner of another hotel: he says part of the girls' parking lot is on his property.
S01E17 Say Goodbye, Rose
Rose is enamored with a hotel guest who looks exactly like Charlie; Blanche is horrified to discover her visiting son Matthew wants to pursue a career as a comedian.
S01E18 You've Lost That Livin' Feeling
A dead body, a news crew and a health inspector all descend upon the hotel during its weekend-long re-opening celebrations leaving the staff scrambling.
S01E19 A New Leash on Life
Blanche's relationship with a greyhound breeder becomes strained when Rose finds out what will happen if his dog doesn't win the next race.
S01E20 Pros and Concierge
Chuy's big mouth results in Roland losing his job after it's revealed he met with the owners of a rival hotel.
S01E21 Tad
It is revealed that Blanche has another brother - a mentally handicapped man who has been living in an institution.
S01E22 One Angry Stan
The girls learn that Dorothy's ex-husband Stan has died, but Sophia eventually finds out the truth when Stan shows up: he faked death and left the country to avoid paying back taxes.
S01E23 Sex, Lies and Tortillas
Spring Break finds a horde of college kids descending upon the hotel; Rose receives a visit from her granddaughter Charlene who is contemplating sex with her boyfriend.
S01E24 The Chicken and the Egg
Blanche turns to her daughter Rebecca when her latest beau wants Blanche to bear his children.
Cast
Betty White
Rose Nylund
Rue McClanahan
Blanche Devereaux
Estelle Getty
Sophia Petrillo
Don Cheadle
Roland Wilson
Cheech Marin
Chuy Castillos
Billy L. Sullivan
Oliver Webb
