The Golden Palace - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

Pilot

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1992

The girls sell their house and head for their recently-purchased Golden Palace hotel, only to find business isn't exactly booming -- the entire hotel staff consists of three employees, and to make matters worse, the hotel is flat broke.

Promotional Considerations

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1992

Rose gets the producers of a local talk show to advertise the hotel for free in exchange for providing accommodations for the show's guests. Soon, however, the girls meet the first guest -- a very strange man whom the girls suspect may have been a murderer. Meanwhile, Blanche imposes her authority over Roland and the staff, and Sophia serves margaritas to try and lure in new guests.

Miles, We Hardly Knew Ye

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1992

While going through past guest records, Blanche and Roland discover the name "Miles Webber" listed several times, which they take to mean only one thing -- Rose's boyfriend, Miles Webber, has been cheating on her. Meanwhile, Sophia catches Oliver extorting money from a guest.

One Old Lady to Go

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1992

Rose takes a liking to an elderly guest at the hotel named Vivian, but the others become worried when she displays signs of severe senility. Meanwhile, Sophia and Chuy begin making Chinese takeout after call-in customers mistake the hotel for a Chinese restaurant, and Oliver tries to raise money for a date.

Ebbtide for the Defense

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1992

The hotel books a convention of lawyers and a group of "judges" -- but when the judges show up, the girls discover they're not actually judges, but a gang of bikers. Meanwhile, the man Chuy's ex-wife cheated on him with is hired as another cook, and the hotel's insurance policy is cancelled.