The Television Time Capsule Podcast

In this episode, we examine "The Pope's Ring" as Pope John Paul II's Papal mass comes to Miami and Sophia is determined to receive a personal blessing — by any means necessary. What starts as religious devotion escalates into Sophia attempting to get closer to the Pope than anyone around her considers appropriate, and eventually ends with the Pope's ring. The episode is one of Season 7's most purely Sophia episodes, which is the highest compliment this show can receive.

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In this episode, we break down "From Here to the Pharmacy" as a soldier returns from the Persian Gulf and shows up at Blanche's door — he was her lover before he deployed, and now he's back. The episode handles the reunion with more complexity than a simple love story would, asking what we owe someone who held onto us through something we may have moved past. Blanche is not always good at those calculations, and this episode makes her sit with one she can't charm her way out of.

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Blanche's grandmothers plantation is going to be torn down. It's more than she can handle. She drags them all there to try and stop it. Meanwhile, Sophia has a near death experience and reunites with Sal for a few moments in heaven. Dorothy tries to keep everyone in one piece.

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Rose and Miles are having some issues. He has suddenly become extremely cheap. Dorothy goes off on a cruise and leaves Blanche incharge of Sophia. Poor Blanche.

The aftermath of Gloria and Stan sleeping together is bad. Sophia goes out into the hurricane. The fundraiser ends when the lighthouse is destroyed in the storm. The location they are filming out becomes the hurricane shelter and everyone is forced into the same space together.

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Stan is in therapy, again. But now he's got a monkey head on a traffic cone to carry around. Meanwhile, Gloria is also coming to town. But there's a twist. She's broke and alone. And Rose and Blanche? They are trying to raise money to fix a lighthouse. Anyone up for a talent show?

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Dorothy goes out on a date while the girls stay home, dateless. At the kitchen table they discuss a number of dates. Dorothy returns later after her date went badly and they talk it out.

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Blanche is dating a new man, but he's got a mother that is over attached. Does she clip those apron strings or choose her own dignity? Stan convinces Dorothy to go to therapy with him. He wants healing and most likely to get back together with Dorothy.

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Rose begins to see signs of Charlie everywhere. The girls are concerned she's in a bad state. Blanche is dating a professional baseball player. But he's still human.

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Dorothy is devasted to learn that Sophia was married to another man before Sal. More so because she feels Sophia lied to her. But leaving out something you find embarassing isn't lying, is it?

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