Let’s Get Political
Blanche: “Why should he give it to you and not to me? I'm
the one who's been working there for five years. I'm the one who's been wearing
low-cut blouses and picking up pencils off the floor. I'm the one he always
gropes at the annual Christmas party!”
Dorothy: “And they picked Sandra Day O'Connor over you?”
That’s What She Said
Blanche: “Well, I'm not taking this sitting down, Dorothy.”
Animal Alert
Dorothy: “Oh my god, I just spilled my guts to someone who
drinks out of a toilet.”
The dog Rose brings home from the market is one of several
dogs that will make their way to 6151 Richmond St.
Shady Pines, Ma
Rose: “Bye, Auntie Blanche. Bye, Auntie Sophia.”
Sophia: “I don't know how she gets away with it. If she was
my age she'd be locked up at Shady Pines making boats out of Popsicle sticks.”
Lewd Ladies
Rose, in the dog's voice: “Don't explain Rose, I used to
live with a couple of bitches myself!”
Zbornak Zingers
Dorothy, after hearing the dog bark: “What was that?”
Blanche: “Rose brought a dog home from the supermarket.”
Dorothy: “Couldn't she just get stew meat like she usually
does?”
Blanche: “I knew you'd been hiding something. You no-good, back-stabbing Jezebel. I demand you show me that paper!!”
Dorothy: “I'm sorry, flattery won't work.”
Insult Watch
Blanche: “Well please, don't let little ol' ineffectual,
insignificant me get between you and your work.”
Dorothy: “Thank you.”
Blanche: “After all, I wouldn't wanna come between your lips
and Mr Allen's behind.”
Product Placement
Dorothy, in bed thinking the dog is Sophia: “Ma, give me a
break the Di-Gel's on the bottom shelf.”
Sassy Sophia
Mr. Allen: “Sorry you didn't have an opportunity to
experience our museum. I'd love for you to see my most prized acquisition. A
magnificent pair of Gauguins.”
Sophia: “What are you, a pervert? I was married for 45
years. I never even saw my husband's Gauguins!”
Best of B.E.D.
Blanche: “I wasn't gonna say anything about this Dorothy,
but I won't be able to sleep until I do. I feel that you have backed me into a
corner. And when I am backed into a corner, I come out fighting like a wild
cat. Unless I've had too much to drink, in which case I slide down the wall and
make mad, passionate love on the carpet.”
Golden Quotes
Dorothy: “I've had it, I’ve just had it. In the past few
days I've been turned down for every available part-time job in Dade County
that didn't involve selling cocaine.”
and of course:
Dorothy: “Hi, Blanche.”
Blanche: “Eat dirt and die, trash.”
Critique: I tend to find Rue and
Bea's work particularly strong when they're working off each other. Blanche is
always great when she's jealous and it's really cranked up to an eleven here.
There are some GG fans who aren't always on board when the girls are at each
other's throats but I love it. That's probably why the writers chose a cutesy,
throwaway B story involving a stray dog to lighten the mood. Betty was and
continues to be an animal advocate (as were the other ladies) and it's no
surprise that by the end of the episode the set is crawling with cute dogs. The
episode is solid if not overwhelmingly outstanding; it has some great trademark
lines (“Eat dirt and die, trash” is definitely a fan favorite) and some fun
moments involving the dog but otherwise there's nothing particularly
outstanding. GRADE: B
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