In A Bed of Rose's
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| “In A Bed of Rose's” | |
|---|---|
| The Golden Girls episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 15 |
| Guest stars | Richard Roat as Al Beatty, and Priscilla Morrill as Lucille Beatty. |
| Written by | Susan Harris |
| Directed by | Terry Hughes |
| Production no. | 016 |
| Original airdate | January 11, 1986 |
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"In A Bed of Rose's" is the fifteenth episode of The Golden Girls, originally airing on January 11, 1986.
[edit] Plot Summary
After a date, Rose and her boyfriend Al return to the house. Al wants to "continue the evening", but Rose is nervous-she has never brought anyone home before. Al promises to be as quiet as a mouse, pointing out that he even wears quiet clothes. Rose decides to go through with their plan, and the two sneak off to her room. Early the next morning, when the girls plan to play golf, Dorothy and Blanche reveal that they heard a loud commotion coming from Rose's room. Rose assures them that it was a nightmare, and Blanche laughs-she thought Rose might have been having sex! Rose tries to shoo them out of the house, but Dorothy and Blanche start discussing talking during relations. Finally, Sophia enters and breaks the conversation with awkward news- "Rose, there's a man in your bed!" Dorothy and Blanche are shocked, and Rose is embarrased. Unfortunately, Sophia was not done-Al had died! Rose insists that nothing has happened and that he is just sleeping, but Sophia is adamant. {"I lived in a nursing home! Death visited more often than grandchildren!") Finally, Dorothy checks the body and reveals that Al is, in fact, dead. Rose feels terrible, and must call Al's sister Lucy in Boca Raton. When she calls, though, it turns out that she is not his sister, but his wife! Rose feels awful, and decides to go to her to reveal the truth. While there, Lucy thinks that Rose is going to reveal Al's affairs, saying that he "slept with everyone- baby-sitters, teachers, hotel maids...". Rose then reveals the sad truth, and Lucy is depressed. Unfortunately, Rose feels guiltier, and strangely, Lucy ends up having to comfort her. Back home, Rose is distraught, and confesses that Charlie died of a heart attack in bed with her, too. Blanche is suspicious, and Rose refuses to ever date again. It takes a visit from Lucy a few weeks later to comfort her, revealing that Al's arteries were 98% clogged. It takes Rose a few more months to get back on the scene, but in the end she goes away with her steady Arnie. When she returns home, she says that Arnie died too, and when the sheriff was investigating the death, he insisted on sleeping with her as well-and he died! The girls are stunned, but Rose laughs, revealing her joke. The trip went fine, and she had a wonderful time. Dorothy and Blanche are furious at Rose's prank, but she shrugs-"I thought it was funny!"
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Rose: I've never had to do this before, tell a woman her husband's been seeing me. That's the hardest thing to tell someone.
Blanche: Oh no it's not. Try telling a pregnant woman that her husband's been cheating on her, with her sister. And you're the sister, and you're pregnant too... By her husband.
Dorothy: You... didn't!
Blanche: Not me! Last night on Dallas! Or Dynasty or Falcon's Landing or one of those, they're all the same.
- Sophia: Fine, let a dead guy lie there. It's gonna be 98 degrees today. It won't be pretty.
Dorothy: Oh, I'm sure he's not dead. Rose, go look.
Rose: Come on Dorothy, he's sleeping. I don't want to wake him.
Sophia: You could light firecrackers in his nostrils, you won't wake him.
