Blanche and Sophia are caught in a love triangle with an elderly Cuban cigar mogul. ...

On Mother's Day, the girls, who are all mothers themselves, recall past celebrations of the day. ...

Rose must persuade a kids' TV show host not to kill himself after he is fired. ...

Dorothy's son Michael is engaged to a black woman who is twice his age. ...

Rose tries to light a fire under her newly-retired boyfriend who has become a couch potato. But she's not sure she wants to go along when he decides to sail around the wo ...

Sophia believes that her boyfriend Rocco, who claims to be a retired gangster, has robbed a bank to impress her. ...

Sophia, depressed over the departure of her best friend, becomes a third wheel in Dorothy's promising relationship with a new boyfriend. ...

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche try to convince Sophia not to move away. ...

Sophia decides to move out of the house and live with her son Phil. ...

When Sophia's brother Angelo, a priest, comes to visit, she makes Dorothy and Stan pretend that they are still married. ...

The girls go to Hollywood to appear on the TV game show Grab that Dough. ...

Dorothy's friend, local author Barbara Thorndyke, treats Rose and Blanche condescendingly. ...

Blanche sees her daughter Rebecca for the first time in three years. When she learns her daughter is engaged to a man who mistreats her, she is afraid to speak out for fe ...

Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy find themselves vying for the attention of the same artist, while Sophia takes up practical joking. Written by crisso ...

Rose is smitten when an old army buddy of Charlie's arrives at her door with eyes only for her but the other girls are suspicious of his intentions. ...

The girls go to group therapy to deal with the growing problems in their friendship. ...

Dorothy and Stan owe $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. ...

Although he is engaged to be married, Rose's cousin Sven falls in love with Blanche. ...

Dorothy goes out on a date with Stan's brother Ted. ...

A politician running for city council claims that Blanche slept with him. ...

Rose is concerned about nuclear war, so she writes letters to both Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan expressing her fears. Thinking it to be ...

Rose's aunt's funeral provides an opportunity for her, Dorothy, and Blanche to cope with some of their phobias. ...

The girls believe that a housekeeper that they fired has put a curse on them. ...

Rose's uncle Hingeblotter dies and leaves Baby, his 29-year-old prize-winning pig, to her. The other girls object until they learn about the cash they will receive if the ...

The girls recollect past attempts at starting their own businesses. ...

Sophia befriends an elderly man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Rose tries to get her teddy bear back from one of her Sunshine Cadets, who holds it hosta ...

Paul Dooley and Rita Moreno guest star as neighbors of Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia contending with family and friends in this initial spin-off pilot of Empty Nest. ...

As they plan a surprise birthday party for a friend, the girls recall prior birthday celebrations. ...

Dorothy's daughter Kate visits with the news that her husband has cheated on her and she is leaving him. ...

Blanche is bothered by her boyfriend's lack of polish and social graces. ...

One of Dorothy's students writes a prize-winning essay on what it means to be an American. After this, the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services reveals t ...

The other graduates at Blanche's sorority reunion make her feel her looks have faded, and she decides to have plastic surgery. ...