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Foreign Exchange

‘Foreign Exchange’

Season 4, Episode 24 -  Aired May 6, 1989

On the 100th episode of The Golden Girls, two of Sophia's oldest friends visit and announce that their daughter and Dorothy may have been switched at birth. Meanwhile, Blanche and Rose join a dance class.

Quote from Sophia

Dorothy: Tell me, where, uh, where is Gina? Isn't she with you?
Dominic: She's outside. She's bartering with the cabby, you know. Imagine a man who take cash over a rooster.
Blanche: Well, tell us, now, what brings you all to Florida?
Dominic: Well, we are here to take our daughter back to Sicily for her wedding.
Dorothy: Yeah, but Gina came with you.
Dominic: Gina is not our daughter.
Dorothy: She's not?
Dominic: No. You are our daughter.
Sophia: Please, ignore him. The man spent 90 days on the high seas drinking grain alcohol from a goat bladder.

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Quote from Rose

Philomena: Dominic speak the truth. After Gina take a blood test for her marriage, we find out it is not possible she is related to us. At the hospital there must have been some mix-up.
Blanche: You mean they switched the babies?
Dorothy: Oh, but this is ridiculous.
Rose: Absolutely. We can prove it. Dorothy, show 'em your driver's license.

Quote from Sophia

Dominic: Look. Look, I know this is a shock, but it gets better. You are getting married.
Philomena: To the most handsome man in the village.
Dorothy: [doorbell] Wait a minute. Wait a minute. There is not one shred of evidence, not one logical reason, why I should not believe that this woman is my mother or that Gina is her real daughter. [doorbell]
Gina: Buongiorno. I'm Gina.

Quote from Dorothy

Dominic: That's my girl! You've got lots of spirit just like your beautiful mama.
Philomena & Sophia: Thank you.
Dorothy: This has gone far enough.
Philomena & Sophia: What's gone far enough?
Dorothy: I was talking to her. Look, from now on she'll be Ma number one. You'll be Ma number two... I think I'm slowly going out of my mind.

Quote from Rose

Blanche: Don't even speak to me, Rose. What you did was terrible. I've never been so humiliated in my entire life.
Rose: That's not true. What about the time you got caught with the Orkin man?
Blanche: Don't comfort me, Rose.

Quote from Rose

Dorothy: All right, girls. What happened?
Rose: Blanche and I went dancing. She was sure she could out-dirty-dance me, even though I am better in class, so we went to a club. Well, I got up first, and I was pretty good and then Blanche got up.
Dorothy: And she was bad?
Rose: Well, I couldn't tell. I was blinded by the reflection off some gold chains on a guy named Mick. But I think the laughter spoke for itself.

Quote from Blanche

Blanche: Awkward when it comes to my body, huh? No coordination? You wanna see a body defy the laws of nature, physics and Dade County? You just hit that music, girl, and follow my lead. [Latin music] Look into my eyes.

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