‘Little Sister’
Season 4, Episode 21 - Aired April 1, 1989
Dorothy and Blanche can't see why Rose doesn't get along with her younger sister, Holly. Meanwhile, Sophia takes care of a neighbor's dog.
Quote from Blanche
Holly: Blanche, please let me explain.
Blanche: Why? So you can make up some cockamamie story about how you're two ships that passed in the night and it'll never happen again? Save your breath, I've heard all that before.
Gary: You have?
Blanche: Yes, only usually I'm one of the ships.
Quote from Rose
Blanche: Oh, Rose, honey, can you ever forgive us?
Rose: Well, it all depends. Will you believe what I say from now on, even if it isn't what you want to hear?
Blanche: Oh, of course we will.
Rose: Will you believe me when I tell you that somebody isn't as nice as they seem?
Dorothy: Of course we will.
Rose: Will you believe me when I tell you about how our pig Lester always predicted the Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner every year since 19-
Dorothy: Don't push it, Rose.
Quote from Sophia
Rose: Sorry.
Sophia: OK. I got it. My Uncle Carlo always used to say, "Honesty is the best policy." Of course, Uncle Carlo died a penniless drunk.
Rose: I don't understand.
Sophia: The point is, if you're honest every second of every day, it doesn't always turn out for the best. That was the case with my Uncle Carlo. He honestly remembered the license number of the trigger man in the Sanducci vendetta.
Rose: So what you're saying is that because nobody's gonna believe me anyway, I'm better off if I let people find out what's going on for themselves.
Sophia: I wouldn't chisel that into a stone tablet, but it sounds serviceable at this hour.
Quote from Sophia
Blanche: Why is there a big hairy beast in my house?
Sophia: My guess is because he bought you dinner.
Quote from Blanche
Dorothy: Well, you and Gary certainly seem to have hit it off.
Blanche: Well, why shouldn't we? The man's perfect. He only owns the most successful chain of funeral homes in Greater Miami. With this heat wave we're having, he's got 'em stacked up like firewood in all four locations.
Quote from Rose
Rose: Hi, girls. Is she here yet?
Dorothy: Who, Rose?
Rose: My sister. I left you a note on your bathroom mirror.
Dorothy: Why did you leave a note on my bathroom mirror?
Rose: Because it was the only one that had enough steam.
Quote from Blanche
Rose: Holly.
Holly: Oh, Rose! Oh, Rose! It's so good to see you. You look just wonderful.
Rose: So do you. Come on in and meet my friends. This is...
Holly: Wait, wait! Let me! She's attractive, witty, and great fun to be with. This must be Dorothy. And she's smart, sexy and stylish to a fault. This must be Blanche. Did I get it right?
Dorothy: You're right.
Holly: Thank goodness. I worried all the way over here I'd get it backwards.
Dorothy: I could have lived with smart and sexy.
Blanche: You do live with smart and sexy.
Quote from Sophia
Blanche: But when?
Sophia: I'm not sure. I have it pinpointed sometime between 10:15 today and late last Thursday.
Blanche: You have no recollection of Dreyfuss since last Thursday?
Sophia: I have no recollection, period, since last Thursday. Anything could have happened in three days. I just hope I'm not carrying Steve Garvey's baby.
Quote from Sophia
Sophia: I need to handle this myself.
Blanche: Why?
Sophia: Because if Dorothy finds out I lost Dreyfuss, she'll never trust me with anything again. That's why I'm begging you. Please, promise me, on your mother's grave, you won't breathe a word of this to Dorothy. You promise?
Blanche: Yes, sure, Sophia.
Sophia: Good. Now I can save what I know about you and the twin rabbinical students for another time.
Quote from Rose
Rose: I'll get Blanche. She's in the kitchen.
Gary: No, don't do that. Actually, there's something I want to talk to you about.
Rose: What is it, Gary?
Gary: Rose, I find you very attractive. Much more attractive than most of the women I come in contact with.
Rose: Aren't most of the women you come in contact with dead?