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End of the Curse is the first episode of the second season of The Golden Girls and the twenty-sixth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes and written by Susan Harris, it premiered on NBC-TV on September 27th, 1986. It is the Season 2 premiere.
Summary[]
Blanche drops a bombshell on the girls, revealing that she is pregnant after taking a home pregnancy test. After this shock, she visits her local doctor who tells her she is not pregnant but entering menopause. Blanche, unlike the other girls, is not thrilled at all of her new change in life.
Plot[]
Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia plan to breed minks for fur, but Blanche is in bed depressed for an unknown reason. When she appears, clearly upset, she tells the girls the truth she's pregnant and she is unsure if she could have the baby or who the father is. The following days the minks are uninterested in mating, which means the girls will end up broke. Blanche returns and while the girls convince they will help her with the baby, she reveals the doctor tells her that it's menopause and she is depressed. The girls bring Blanche to a psychiatrist's office to deal with her depression, she reveals that she is scared it's the end of her sexual attractiveness and she fears she will become her mother which is her worst nightmare. The next day Blanche is still depressed and the girls try to cheer her up by talking about their own period stories and why menopause means nothing in the end. Blanche is still depressed but when the vet appears, Blanche starts to perk up, the vet tells the girls the minks are too old for breeding and unlike humans, they lose the sexual appeal which cheers Blanche up and she chats him up. After Blanche's date, she tells the girls she's over the depression and she glad they were there as well as they let her know menopause wasn't the end she believed it to be. However, the mink is still there and while Dorothy called the animal center but Rose doesn't she said while the minks aren't useful any more it doesn't mean they shouldn't be sent away, Blanche declares they can stay. Just then they begin mating but Dorothy tells them that the two minks mating are the males.[1]
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Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak
- Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux
- Betty White as Rose Nylund
- Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo
Guest Stars[]
- Philip Sterling as Dr. Barensfeld
- Vince Cannon as Dr. Parks
Notes[]
- None of the actresses were thrilled with this script as it involved the ladies raising minks for profit, as all the actresses were animal rights activists.
- The building shown from the window in Dr. Barnsfeld's office is actually part of the TRW (now known as Northrop Grumman) Space Park in Redondo Beach, CA.
- Philip Sterling, who plays psychiatrist Dr. Barensfeld, and Vince Cannon, who plays veterinarian Dr. Parks, both died within four months of each other in 1998: Sterling from myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disease, and Cannon from lung cancer.
Production[]
- Rue McClanahan won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards for her performance in this episode.
Goofs[]
- In the episode, Rose asks Dorothy if Stan ever bought her a mink stole, and Sophia replies that "Stan wouldn't buy (Dorothy) popcorn at the movies!" However, "The Engagement" shows Dorothy lending her mink stole to Blanche for her date with Harry,[2] and in "Break-In" reveals that Stan indeed bought her the stole.[3]
- When Blanche stands up, walking around the doctor's office nervously, she straightens the framed art on the wall, but when the camera comes backs to her seconds later, the frame is crooked again.
- Dr. Parks referred to mink as rodents. Mink are weasels, not rodents.
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References[]
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 2, Episode 1, "End of the Curse". Harris, Susan (writers) & Hughes, Terry (director) (September 27th, 1986)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 1, "The Engagement". Harris, Susan (writer) & Sandrich, Jay (director) (September 14th, 1985)
- ↑ The Golden Girls, Season 1, Episode 8, "Break-In". Berg, James and Zimmerman, Stan (writers) & Drake, Jim (director) (November 16th, 1985)