Season 5
(1989)
Cast
as Dorothy Zbornak
as Rose Nylund
as Blanche Devereaux
as Sophia Petrillo
Episodes
Sick & Tired (1) 9.0
September 23, 1989
Dorothy is feeling rundown, tired all the time and has a lack of energy. She is sure she is ill, but all of the doctor…
Sick & Tired (2) 9.0
September 30, 1989
Dorothy continues to seek medical advice and turns to Harry Weston for help. Meanwhile, Blanche goes on a writing bing…
The Accurate Conception 10.0
October 14, 1989
Blanche's daughter, Rebecca has some wonderful news. She's going to become a mother, through artificial insemination. …
Rose Fights Back 10.0
October 21, 1989
When the company that Rose's husband worked for, cuts off their pension plan, Rose must face the fact that she's going …
Love Under The Big Top 10.0
October 28, 1989
Dorothy is in a serious relationship with a lawyer and jumps to the conclusion that he's on the verge of proposing. Ho…
Dancing In The Dark 10.0
November 4, 1989
Rose has been dating Miles Webber, a college professor, but the only thing they seem to have in common is the dance flo…
Not Another Monday 10.0
November 11, 1989
Sophia's friend has come up with an idea that will change her life. She wants to commit suicide and she wants Sophia t…
That Old Feeling 9.5
November 18, 1989
Blanche is visited by her brother in-law and is taken back by his resemblence to her deceased husband. She quickly fin…
Comedy Of Errors 10.0
November 25, 1989
Dorothy finds a list of things that she wanted to accomplish before a certain age and finds that she hasn't accomplishe…
All That Jazz 10.0
December 2, 1989
Dorothy's son, Michael, shows up on her doorstep with news that he's separated with his wife and needs a place to stay.…
Ebb Tide 10.0
December 9, 1989
Blanche is shattered after her father, Big Daddy, passes away. However, when she goes back to her childhood home, she …
Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas 10.0
December 16, 1989
It's the Christmas season and the girls are fed up with Christmas shopping in a heat wave. So they decide to buy gifts…
Mary Has A Little Lamb 10.0
January 6, 1990
The girls take in a 15 year old girl who has just found out she's pregnant and scared to tell her father. Meanwhile, B…
Great Expectations 10.0
January 13, 1990
Rose joins a positive thinking group and tries to get a pessimistic Dorothy to join. Meanwhile, Blanche is scared to g…
Triple Play 10.0
January 27, 1990
Blanche tries to lure men by placing a fake ad in the paper trying to sell a Mercedes. Meanwhile, Rose has to deal wit…
Clinton Avenue Memoirs 10.0
February 3, 1990
Dorothy becomes alarmed when Sophia forgets the date of her wedding anniversary. This leads Dorothy to face the fact t…
Like The Beep Beep Beep Of The Tom Tom 10.0
February 10, 1990
After visiting the doctor, Blanche learns that he wants to put a pacemaker in her. However, after the operation, Blanc…
An Illegitimate Concern 5.5
February 12, 1990
Blanche is stunned when a man comes to the front door and claims to be the illegitimate son of her late husband. Meanw…
72 Hours 10.0
February 17, 1990
Rose discovers that she may be carrying the HIV virus after learning the blood they used in her gallbladder operation m…
Twice In A Lifetime 10.0
February 24, 1990
Rose must decide between her boyfriend, Miles or an old boyfriend who has just come to town and asks her to go to Europ…
Sisters & Other Strangers 10.0
March 3, 1990
Blanche and her sister, Charmaine, reconcile after a life-long rivalry. However, the reconciliation does not last long…
Cheaters 10.0
March 24, 1990
The married man whom Dorothy once dated re-enters her life and has news that he's now divorced and would like to reconc…
The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes A Lousy Wedding Present 10.0
March 31, 1990
The girls attend the wedding of Dorothy's niece who's father was once engaged to Sophia. Sophia thinks that the weddin…
All Bets Are Off 10.0
April 28, 1990
Dorothy's gambling problem re-surfaces after a visit to the race track and quickly begins falling in to debt and gainin…
The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (1) 10.0
May 5, 1990
An FBI agent investigates the girls' life's for a possible visit from President Bush. This leads the girls to reminisc…
The President's Coming! The President's Coming! (2) 10.0
May 5, 1990
When the FBI agent announces that George Bush will make a visit to their home, the girls continue to reminisce and Doro…