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Joust Between Friends is the ninth episode of the second season of The Golden Girls and the thirty-fourth episode overall. Directed by Terry Hughes, and written by Scott Spencer Gordon, it premiered on NBC-TV on December 6th, 1986.
Dorothy takes a job working with Blanche at the museum and things go well until Dorothy starts keeping secrets from Blanche. Meanwhile, Rose finds a stray dog at the supermarket and tries to find his owner.
Plot[]
Rose return from the Supermarket with a dog and while Blanche and Sophia give her permis to keep it till she finds the owner she needs to vet it from Dorothy. Dorothy returns home unable to get a part-time job as part of a school experiment so Blanche convinces her to work in the Museum with her, after that Rose pleads with Dorothy to keep the dog which she does. After Dorothy gets the job after an interview with Mr. Allen, she is doing well working next to Blanche but Mr. Allen tells Blanche that he's giving Dorothy full control of a banquet which causes Blanche to become extremely jealous.
That night after the dog enters Dorothy's room and after failing to force him out, she admits she used to have dogs but after losing her favorite Wa-Wa she was too heartbroken to love another after realizing she just spoke to a dog, she finds Rose and tells her to get the dog out of her room. After Blanche reveals that she learned Dorothy has taken over the banquet and calls her a backstabber, that next day it's revealed by Dorothy and Mr. Allen that the event is for Blanche herself so Dorothy has promise to keep it secret. After Blanche insults her Dorothy reminds her that she is her best friend and Blanche understanding her hurtful behavior apologizes to Dorothy but is short-lived when Allen appears with a file for the banquet that he gives quickly to Dorothy to hide. Blanche goes back to accusing and leaves threatening to quit.
Later that day Dorothy and Sophia are playing Gin Rummy, Dorothy is still upset about Blanche, Sophia tells her to tell the truth but she can't and when Blanche comes in gives an insult to Dorothy, Sophia tells her the truth and Dorothy confesses it as true. Blanche is sorry, giving Dorothy a cheque with the words "because I was a Big jerk", Dorothy refuses to cash it instead she keep it in case Blanche repeats herself and Blanche will pretend to be surprised at the banquet. Rose comes in telling the girls the dog's owner been found and Dorothy cries admitting she likes dogs and didn't want to get close in case for getting upset but Rose brings some dogs home as well as the girls hug them.[1]
Tall Tales[]
Clinton Avenue Memoirs[]
Dorothy tells the stray dog about the dog she had with Stan, a Schnauzer that her daughter named Wawa.
According to Golden Girls Forever, this episode was taped on August 29th, 1986, and Lucille Ball was a member of the live studio audience.
Goofs[]
When Rose remarks that Dorothy is up early, a brown lunch bag is visible on the kitchen counter. When Blanche comes in the kitchen, the bag is gone and Dorothy can be seen packing her lunch. In the next shot, the bag is back on the counter.
When Blanche is apologizing to Dorothy, you can see the boom mic to the top right hand side of Dorothy.
