The Golden Girls - The Complete Third Season

Sophia befriends an elderly man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Meanwhile, Rose tries to get her teddy bear back from one of her Sunshine Cadets, who holds it hostage.

The girls recollect past attempts at starting their own businesses.

Rose's uncle Hingeblotter dies and leaves Baby, his 29-year-old prize-winning pig, to her. The other girls object until they learn about the cash they will receive if they take care of the animal until it dies.

The girls believe that a housekeeper that they fired has put a curse on them.

Rose's aunt's funeral provides an opportunity for her, Dorothy, and Blanche to cope with some of their phobias.

Rose is concerned about nuclear war, so she writes letters to both Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan expressing her fears. Thinking it to be a heartfelt letter from a little girl, a Soviet emissary is so touched by the letter that he arranges a press conference to have "little Rose" read it publicly.

A politician running for city council claims that Blanche slept with him.

Dorothy goes out on a date with Stan's brother Ted.

Although he is engaged to be married, Rose's cousin Sven falls in love with Blanche.

Dorothy and Stan owe $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.

The girls go to group therapy to deal with the growing problems in their friendship.

Rose is smitten when an old army buddy of Charlie's arrives at her door with eyes only for her but the other girls are suspicious of his intentions.

Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy find themselves vying for the attention of the same artist, while Sophia takes up practical joking.

Blanche sees her daughter Rebecca for the first time in three years. When she learns her daughter is engaged to a man who mistreats her, she is afraid to speak out for fear of destroying their relationship again.

Dorothy's friend, local author Barbara Thorndyke, treats Rose and Blanche condescendingly.

The girls go to Hollywood to appear on the TV game show "Grab that Dough."

When Sophia's brother Angelo, a priest, comes to visit, she makes Dorothy and Stan pretend that they are still married.

Sophia decides to move out of the house and live with her son Phil.

Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche try to convince Sophia not to move away.

Sophia, depressed over the departure of her best friend, becomes a third wheel in Dorothy's promising relationship with a new boyfriend.

Sophia believes that her boyfriend Rocco, who claims to be a retired gangster, has robbed a bank to impress her.

Rose tries to light a fire under her newly-retired boyfriend who has become a couch potato. But she's not sure she wants to go along when he decides to sail around the world. Meanwhile, the ladies' attempt to convert the garage into a guest room faces many obstacles.

Dorothy's son Michael is engaged to a black woman who is twice his age.

Rose must persuade a kids' TV show host not to kill himself after he is fired.

On Mother's Day, the girls, who are all mothers themselves, recall past celebrations of the day.