Break-In (Golden Girls episode)
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| “Break-In” | |
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| The Golden Girls episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8 |
| Guest stars | Christian Clemenson as the salesman, and Robert Rothwell as Lester. |
| Written by | Susan Harris |
| Directed by | Paul Bogart |
| Production no. | 003 |
| Original airdate | November 9, 1985 |
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| "The Competition" | "Blanche and the Younger Man" |
| List of The Golden Girls episodes | |
"Break-In" is the eighth episode of The Golden Girls, originally airing on November 9, 1985.
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[edit] Plot Summary
The girls go to a Madonna concert one evening. As they comment on her onstage antics ("Slut would be a better name for her"), Dorothy opens the door to the house to find it completely ransacked! They cling to each other, and discover that the robbers got in through a faulty screen door. Dorothy does her best Clint Eastwood impression to see if the thieves are still lurking about. When they are revealed to be gone, the girls split up to check on their possessions. Rose is left alone, and reveals a somewhat paranoid nature as she tries to calm herself. The girls reunite to reveal what is missing. Dorothy's mink stole was taken, and Sophia claims that the robbers took her clothes (she hid them because she hated them). Blanche, meanwhile, is livid at the fact that her jewelry has gone missing, and begins to plot a wild revenge for the crooks. Rose is still terrified, and begins to go to extreme measures to protect herself. She purchases a "vicious" attack dog (Sophia tames it), contacts a crooked security system salesman, and sits up all night to watch for the crooks' return. Eventually, her fear pushes her to buy a gun, which she fires when she hears Blanche's date coming in on night. The shot destroys Blanche's priceless Chinese vase, and leads Dorothy to realize how serious Rose's problem is. Rose claims that "they'll always be here in my mind", and not even a doctor's visit can cure her. Then, one day in a parking garage, a strange man chases after her! Rose tries to run, but he catches up...the scene changes to the lanai, where the robbers are revealed to be caught. Dorothy's stole is safe, but Blanche's jewelry is still gone. Rose returns home and tells the girls of her triumphant victory over the stranger, which has given her the confidence she needs to move on. The fact that the "crazed" man was actually a parking garage attendant trying to return what Rose forgot is moot-they vow to celebrate. The episode gives a happy ending to all, as Blanche discovers her "missing" jewelry hidden in the freezer behind the champagne!
[edit] Goofs
- In this episode Rose mentions her hometown to be Little Falls, instead of St. Olaf.
- When Rose returns home after she buys the gun, she says that she learned how to shoot the gun in the store's basement. But basements are not allowed in Miami, Florida.
- In the parking garage, you can hear a woman's footsteps moving at very much the same pace throughout the entire sequence. Even though Rose walks, stops, speeds up, runs, and stops again, the footsteps don't really change and at times aren't even in sync with her steps.
- In this episode, Rose shoots the house's floral vase, shattering it to pieces, but in later episodes the vase is sitting in the same place as before in perfect condition.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Sophia: I've lived 80, 81 years. I've survived pneumonia, two operations, a stroke. One night I'll belch and Stable Mabel will blow my head off!
- Sophia: (playing Scrabble with Dorothy) I win!
Dorothy: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. There is no such word as that!
Sophia: There most certainly is.
Dorothy: Fine. I'll look it up, and if it isn't in the dictionary, I win.
Sophia: We don't have a dictionary.
Dorothy: Yes we do.
Sophia: Not anymore, the robbers took it.
Dorothy: They stole our dictionary?
Sophia: That's right. Too bad.
Dorothy: Ma, "disdam" is not a word! You made it up.
Sophia: It's a word!
Dorothy: Fine. Use it in a sentence.
Sophia: (pauses) You're no good at disdam game!
- (after the robbery)
Sophia: I'm going to my room.
Rose: No, Sophia, you can't! It might be dangerous!
Sophia: Please! I'm 80! Bathtubs are dangerous!
- Rose: I was safer with Charles. I was never once robbed or murdered when I was with Charles.
Dorothy: You could have just as easily have been murdered living with Charles.
Sophia: I'm surprised she wasn't murdered by Charles.
- Dorothy: What happened?
(referring to Rose)
Blanche: She shot my vase!
Sophia: Thank God. I hated that thing.
- Blanche: Well, just as I entered the police station, I saw that there was this cute officer there who had his eye on me. So I took out your hairspray and gave my hair a final spritz, only... surprise, it wasn't hairspray... It was mace. You had mace! Your hairspray was mace! I maced myself right there in the police station! I almost died! I fell to the floor, blinded, writhing in pain! Couldn't move for twenty minutes!
Rose: Well what do you know? It works!
Blanche: Works?! They thought I was on angel dust! They wanted to arrest me! I'm lying there dying and they're harassing me! Murderers are free, rapists are free, but a poor widow on the floor they try to lock up! Who'd I hurt? Me?
- Rose: They were probably looking for drugs.
Dorothy: We have Maalox and estrogen. How many junkies have gas and hot flashes?
- Rose: (muttering to herself) I'm fine, I'm just fine. There's nothing to be afraid of, these things happen every day. The main thing is nobody was hurt...We could've been here, They could've come in the middle of the night, while we slept, they could've crept up on us, and cut our throats.
(Dorothy places a hand on Rose's shoulder)
Rose: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
- (after the robbery)
Blanche: Oh, I'm gonna check the kitchen.
Rose: Well, wait! Don't leave me! What'll I do if they come back?
Dorothy: Show them your slides of Hawaii.
