S4.E3

The One That Got Away

Episode aired Oct 29, 1988
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Rue McClanahan and John Harkins in Les craquantes (1985)

Blanche tries to woo Ham Lushbough, the only man who ever turned her down. Meanwhile, Rose believes she saw a UFO fly over the house.Blanche tries to woo Ham Lushbough, the only man who ever turned her down. Meanwhile, Rose believes she saw a UFO fly over the house.Blanche tries to woo Ham Lushbough, the only man who ever turned her down. Meanwhile, Rose believes she saw a UFO fly over the house.

Director
- Terry Hughes
Writers
- Susan Harris
- Christopher Lloyd
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

494

YOUR RATING

Director
- Terry Hughes
Writers
- Susan Harris
- Christopher Lloyd
Stars

3User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos1

Top cast7

Edit

Bea Arthur

Dorothy Zbornak
(as Beatrice Arthur)

Betty White

Rose Nylund

Rue McClanahan

Blanche Devereaux

Estelle Getty

Sophia Petrillo

John Harkins

Ham Lushbough

Tom Dahlgren

Major Barker
(as Tom Dahlgern)

Nick Toth

Walter

Director
- Terry Hughes
Writers
- Susan Harris
- Christopher Lloyd
All cast & crew
Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

User reviews3

7.5494

Featured reviews

7Sleepin_Dragon

The Golden Girls goes a little bit X Files.

Rose is convinced that she's spotted a UFO, and does all that she can to try and coax it back, meanwhile Blanche tries to rekindle an old romance, Ham Lushbough, he sticks out as the only man to say no to her.

A nice episode, a mix of funny and unusual, Blanche's story is a bit more routine, but still funny, the UFO storyline however is a little off the wall, but it really did lead to some cracking moments.

You've got to hand it to Rue, Blanche does look divine in that dress. It was nice to see her out on a date, and actually enjoying herself, he actually seemed to make her feel good.

Oh my days that scene where Rose says she'd like to see more of Ham, that's quality, I'd love to know what Sophia had planned.

Zany, good fun.

7/10.

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The title is from the 1953 song "The Man that Got Away" written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin for A Star Is Born and became a standard for Judy Garland's act. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1955.

Goofs
When General Barker arrives to speak with Rose, he sits down and calls Dorothy, Ms. Spornak without Dorothy introducing herself and giving General Barker her name.

Quotes
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: What we saw was not a UFO.
Rose Nylund: Well, it wasn't a plane. Planes aren't that thin or that bright.
Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak: Neither is Oprah Winfrey, but that doesn't make her a flying saucer.