‘Old Boyfriends’
Season 7, Episode 13 - Aired January 4, 1992
Rose is visited by an old boyfriend from St. Olaf who she cannot remember dating. Meanwhile, Sophia answers a personal ad.
Quote from Sophia
Sophia: The guy from the ad will be here any second. How do I look?
Dorothy: Ma, you forgot to zip up your dress.
Sophia: I didn't forget. He's probably got arthritis. Why make it any harder?
Quote from Sophia
Dorothy: What is going on here?
Sophia: I'm looking through the personals to find myself a man. Remember what that is, Dorothy? It's an animal, kind of like a woman, except that it's got a-
Dorothy: Ma!
Quote from Sophia
Dorothy: Marvin, what the hell is going on here?
Sophia: Isn't it obvious? They put an ad in the magazine to lure an unsuspecting cutie like me into their web of sex games. They want me to be their love slave.
Quote from Sophia
Dorothy: You two have a lot of explaining to do.
Marvin: I'm sorry, Sarah. I told them we're married.
Sarah: Oh, dear.
Dorothy: Why did you lie to my mother?
Sarah: I didn't want to lie. We were going to tell the truth as soon as we were sure that Sophia was the one we wanted.
Dorothy: Then it is true! You wanted my mother for sex games. Oh, God, this is so unbelievable.
Sophia: It's not that unbelievable.
Quote from Sophia
Sophia: No visible means of life support. I like that in a man.
Quote from Rose
Blanche: Rose, you remembered. A kiss unlocked your memory.
Rose: One doesn't forget a kiss like that.
Blanche: Oh, that's so romantic.
Rose: No, it isn't. That man didn't know how to kiss 40 years ago, and he doesn't know how to kiss today.
Quote from Rose
Blanche: I still don't understand why you cannot remember this man. He says you seriously dated. I mean, how many boyfriends could a naive farmer's daughter possibly have had? Two? Three?
Rose: Well, it depends. What's your definition of a boyfriend?
Blanche: Any man you bring to a fevered pitch of uncontrollable ecstasy.
Rose: Oh. Fifty-six.
Blanche: Excuse me?
Rose: I had about 56 boyfriends. Of course, that was before I knew Charlie. I probably would have had more, but I wasn't allowed to start dating until I was a senior.
Blanche: Fifty-six? Fifty-six?
Dorothy: Oh, God, stand back. She's gonna blow!
Quote from Sophia
Marvin: I didn't mean to just blurt it out, but I can explain, and I know you and your daughter must have a lot of questions.
Sophia: You bet we do. And by the way, Dorothy's not my daughter. She's my lesbian lover.
Dorothy: Ma.
Sophia: See, Marvin? How do you like it? Not a pretty picture, is it?
Quote from Blanche
Rose: So what's the problem?
Sophia: His sister. It's weird. We can't do anything without her. I haven't been alone with him yet. You know how hard it is to make out with a guy when his sister's sitting next to you?
Rose & Blanche: Boy, do I ever.
Blanche: Now, you stop that. You just stop that.