The Golden Girls
TV Show • 1985 • Romance
ReportFour Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
This tv show contains 53 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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movieman
When the Girls volunteered to babysit for the children of marathon runners, a baby is seemingly abandoned by their parents, and they consider raising the baby their selves, Blanche especially. In actuality, the baby's mother went into labor, and they couldn't notify them.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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There is an episode where Rose believes she is being stalked in a parking garage, but it turns out she actually is not.
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"The Bloom is Off the Rose" has Blance in an emotionally abusive relationship. However she dumps him by the end of the episode.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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The episode "Sick and Tired" has Dorothy as a victim of medical gaslighting.
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Addiction
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BrettH
Rose is addicted to prescription painkillers in one episode. She kicks the habit by doing an off-screen stint in rehab.
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Animal
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There’s an episode where the girls take care of an old pig with the hopes of him dying and getting money from it. At the end of the episode, the pig is sent back home and Rose mentions that he died.
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Are animals abused?
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movieman
Bringing up baby has the Girls take care of an old prize winning pig, standing to inherit 100,000 when he dies. A theme of the episode is the ethical question of trying to save an old pig, or letting it die for greedy reasons. They all come to their senses at the end
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Is an animal sad?
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movieman
The episode where they take care of a pig dying of homesickness. The pig is resting in Roses Bed, and when he recognizes a picture of his old farm squeals in agony. A turning point in the episode.
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Does a pet die?
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movieman
There's an episode where a pet chicken Rose was looking after is thought to have been cooked by a relative. It turns out to have been fine, and the fried chicken was out of the garage freezer.
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Are there bugs?
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There are mentions of mosquitoes and characters will swat at the air to shoo them away, but there are no actual mosquitoes shown
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is rape mentioned?
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S1
E8
The Break in. Blanche laments how murdered and rapists are free, but the police tried to arrest her after she pepper sprayed herself (makes sense in context)
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KFrost
There's an episode where Blanche is SA'd by her teacher, another where Rose tells a story about being SA'd by her dentist, and it's highly implied if not outright stated that Dorothy was SA'd by her husband, Stanley, when they were teenagers
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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movieman
The Girls test different methods of shaving their legs when Rose gets a job working with a consumer reporter. No shaving shown, but they talk about their past experiences shaving.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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E10
All the girls are in the kitchen, Sophia starts coughing and Dorothy sits her down, after a few moments Sophia says “I can’t breathe”. That’s when Blanche calls the paramedics.
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Is someone buried alive?
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movieman
Sick and Tired. A Saint Olaf story involved a man who suffocated in his coffin.
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Is there a hanging?
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No but Blanche jokes about hangings a few times, being from the south.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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movieman
Some jokes about "crotch humor" sprinkled throughout. Never shown, usually in relation to cheaters, or people who got in trouble with the Mafia.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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movieman
Sophia threatens operating on Dorothy like the would do back in Sicily. This was just to snap her out of her fear of surgery
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Does someone fall to their death?
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An episode has Sophia being visited by her late husband, and consequently becomes a thrillseeker. A joke has her jump from the top of a roof into a hay pile. We see an obvious dummy fall and off screen, she lands on Rose, who sees HER late husband. Both women are fine
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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movieman
A few close calls, but no.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Baby the pig is known to pass away
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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E12
Dorothy’s brother/ Sophia’s son Phil passes from a heart attack
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Does a parent die?
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Many characters die throughout the course of the series. No main characters.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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movieman
One of Rose's favorite childhood toys is mistakenly given away by Blanche, and when Blanche tries to get it back, the girl holds the bear for ransom, mailing her the bears ear. Rose gets the bear back eventually, otherwise unharmed.
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Does someone cheat?
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BrettH
Dorothy dates a married man in one episode. In a later episode it is revealed that he has left his wife and wants to get back together with Dorothy.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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BrettH
Blanche appears to be visited by the ghost of her grandmother at the end of one episode. It is not scary.
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Is there a shower scene?
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There is a scene in which Sophia’s new husband accidentally gets into the shower with Dorothy (thinking it is Sophia) to comical effect.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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movieman
Not shown outside of establishing shots
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Are there clowns?
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Mr. Ha Ha, owner and proprietor of Mr. Ha Ha’s Hot Dog Hacienda is a clown.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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There is only one episode in the entire show where someone vomits, it’s season 3 episode 22 at the end. You don’t see or hear it, the guy is on a boat and you see him bend over the edge (implying he’s vomiting) and rose pats his back, and then the scene ends.
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Is there farting?
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Just mentions and insinuation
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Does someone spit?
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There is an episode where Sophia is pranking Dorothy and both Dorothy and Blanche sit on Whoopi cushions that make fart sounds. There’s also a couple episodes where farting is implied (usually by Sophia)
There is also a couple episodes where food or drink is spit out
There is also a couple episodes where food or drink is spit out
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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KFrost
The show came out and ended before 9/11, so nothing to worry about here!
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Law Enforcement
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The episode "Not Another Monday" is all about a woman attempting suicide. Methods are discussed and she gets close, but at the last moment her friend talks her out of it.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Blanche in particular often worries she is fat.
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"Not Another Monday" has a plot where a character almost commits suicide until her friend talks her out of it.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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KFrost
There are references to giving the bird, but nothing on screen. Sexual innuendo is common, the word "b*tch" is used *very* sparingly over the series, and a healthy dose of the term "slut" and its synonyms
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Babies show up occasionally throughout the series, but most of if not all of them are clearly fake/shot around so no Actual Babies are on set
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Is there childbirth?
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BrettH
Blanche’s daughter Rebecca gives birth to Aurora (or Little Oreo, as Blanche calls her once) onscreen in one episode.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Anonymous
The word queer is used a few times
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Idontcaretofindagoodusername
Ive only watched season 1 so far, but there have been a couple of episodes where the word "midget" was used.
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Anonymous
One episode has a character deny a Jewish man access to a country club, but she is portrayed as awful and gets kicked out of the house.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Anonymous
Sophia’s son is often joked at due to wearing feminine clothing. There are many “man in a dress” jokes about him, even at his funeral.
Also season 7, episode 5, Blanche dates a man who wears a dress at the end of the episode and she rejects him because of it, and Dorothy makes jokes about him.
Also season 7, episode 5, Blanche dates a man who wears a dress at the end of the episode and she rejects him because of it, and Dorothy makes jokes about him.
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However there are jokes making fun of cross-dressing men.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Anonymous
"Ebbtide's Revenge": A character with an affinity for crossdressing dies. It is never clear what his gender or sexuality was, as he had a wife and children but is referred to as "queer". His crossdressing is the subject of many jokes but by the end accepted by his loved ones.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Anonymous
Sophia often makes jokes at how the other three are fat. There is also an episode where Dorothy makes jokes at Blanche for being fat as a child. There is another episode where Blanche’s daughter comes to visit and there are many many jokes about her weight.
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Is there hate speech?
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BrettH
Dorothy’s new friend is an anti-Semite in one episode.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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BeeGhost
S3
E23
I guess? While not intended as blackface by the characters, there is a blackface gag where Rose and Blanche are wearing mud facials. Which is mistaken as blackface by Lorraine's family, which are black. Rose exclaims "this is mud on our faces, we're not really black!"
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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BrettH
Constant, but mild, mostly relating to Blanche’s sexy stories/comments.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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KFrost
Not on screen, but Sophia is mentioned to have had a stroke before the show begins
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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KFrost
One of the Christmas episodes revolves around the homeless population in Miami
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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The end is bittersweet- a character gets married but has to leave the house and the last shot is the remaining girls being sad over her departure.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Anonymous
There is an episode where Blanche mentions she was in a car accident after trying to get a man’s attention. She is not harmed in it.
There is also an episode where Sophia is in an accident while trying to drive and is taken to the police station.
There is also an episode where Sophia is in an accident while trying to drive and is taken to the police station.
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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femalesaint
A character shoots at what she believes to be an intruder, but has awful aim and no one is hurt.
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