The Golden Girls - Season 4 Here

When the show won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series (its second win), the selection committee highlighted episodes from Season 4. It proved that a show about older women—talking about sex, death, and politics—could not only survive in the age of Cheers and Roseanne , but dominate.

Rose, the Sicilian Squirrel died in 1972. He choked on a Cracker Jack prize he’d been hiding in his cheek for twenty years. The Golden Girls - Season 4

Don't let the jokes fool you. handles heavy themes with grace. "Mother's Day" (Episode 22) deals with a mother-daughter conflict where Dorothy realizes she resents Sophia for a choice made during WWII. The final scene, where Dorothy thanks her mother for staying in a bad marriage for the children, is devastating. When the show won the Emmy for Outstanding

True to its reputation as a "wolf in pastel print," Season 4 addressed serious contemporary issues: He choked on a Cracker Jack prize he’d