Lauren Kelly and Sarah Royal

Enough Wicker: Intellectualizing the Golden Girls

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Longtime Golden Girls superfans Sarah Royal and Lauren Kelly rewatch the series from beginning to end from a "scholarly" perspective, analyzing cultural themes, storylines, and why so many people still love the show decades after its finale originally aired.

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Lauren Kelly and Sarah Royal

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Episode 8: Fudge, Yarn and Gun 24.05.2020 21:24

We take a look at the 8th episode of The Golden Girls, The Break-In. As the title suggests, the girls' home is broken into and each is left to deal with the mental anguish. Rose, ever the sensitive one, uses this moment to exploit Florida's lax gun laws, almost to the detriment of Lester! 

Episode 7: Bowling with a Full Heart and Full Bosom 17.05.2020 23:01

In the 7th episode of the series, the girls go bowling. Rose takes it too seriously, Blanche just wants to look cute in her bowling outfit, and Dorothy and Sophia make what seems to be a uneven wager.

Episode 6: We Do For Family, We Don't For Rattails 10.05.2020 26:19

Blanche's disrespectful grandson David visits Miami and learns important lessons about chores, discipline, and handicapped animals.  

Episode 5: Ask the Towel Lady! 03.05.2020 25:19

In The Triangle, Dorothy's housecall-making doctor boyfriend makes a pass at Blanche, and Blanche is put in the awkward position of having to decide whether to tell Dorothy and risk the repercussions, or watch her close friend pursue a future that will almost certainly end in heartbreak and a ruined coming out party. 

Episode 4: Organ Transplants and Water-skiing Accidents: Bigger in the 80s? 26.04.2020 20:47

We take a look at the 4th episode of The Golden Girls, Transplant. Blanche's sister Virginia makes her first appearance and comes with a big ask..she needs Blanche's kidney. A tough decision for anyone, but even tougher when you consider the bitter rivalry built growing up in Hollingsworth Manor. The other three girls care for a baby in one of the lazier B-stories.

Rose the Prude and the Great Arnie Injustice of 2017 20.04.2020 22:57

Lauren and Sarah relive an agonizing third-place Golden Girls trivia finish and take a scholarly look at the third episode, Rose the Prude. Hear your favorite GG Experts examine how Betty White's Emmy-winning performance forced audiences to realize old people do actually have sex, and sometimes it can be pretty complicated.

Guess Who's Talking About The Second Episode? 20.04.2020 18:02

Sarah and Lauren break down the second episode of The Golden Girls entitled Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding. The episode, which originally aired in September of 1985, features the debut of Stan Zbornak, an emotional confrontation where Bea Arthur shows off her acting chops, and a cheese-ball hating holy man. What more could you want!

Pilot on a Pilot 15.04.2020 27:15

Enough Wicker debuts with Lauren and Sarah taking a scholarly view at the pilot episode of The Golden Girls. What worked, what didn't, and why the we, like so many others, have such a strong attachment to the show.