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Y is for Yes Dear, in which Ellen Albertini Dow (Lillian, who Sophia broke out of a retirement home) played Grandma Nan.  According to imdb, she is still alive at age 101 and acted as recently as 2013.

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Let's give this a whirl...

 

A is for Author Barbara Thorndyke.  In that episode Dorothy treated Rose and Blanche horribly.  She often acted with an air of superiority, but she was over the top this time.

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B is for B*tch. Rose turned into one when she didn't have her meds. Remember how she yelled at the TV pizza commercial guy.

C is for Competitive Streak. Any kind of competition was not flattering to The Girls as evidenced by their behavior in the bowling tournament and dance marathon.

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G is for Gloria Dorthy's sister who slept with Stan.

I'm on the fence about whether this is actually a time when someone acted out of character or a random addition (because we didn't really know Gloria that well. This could have been totally in character), but I shall let it go...

 

H is for Hope, as in, Rose thought her father was Bob Hope and caused a ruckus, even if it did work out in the end. As Dorothy said, "This Bob Hope story is odd--even for you."

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Is it when the characters behaved out of character or when they acted in a way we didn't like?  Some of what has been listed are traits that were consistent throughout the series (the competitiveness), so I want to make sure before I jump in. 

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J is for Jerry, and Blanche loving the idea of taking it slow with him - and insisting that it makes her feel like a "lady."

 

Blanche knew fully well that being sexually aggressive and being a lady are not mutually exclusive.

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Amen.  I don't have a K right now, but just have to chime in to say I loathe that "Like a lady" line, and whomever wrote it for undermining all the wonderful characterization that had come before.  Disgusting.

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L is for Little person.

 

Rose may have been clueless in a lot of ways, but she was usually good about understanding other people's feelings. And yet in the episode with Dr. Jonathan Newman, she knew that the other girls had invited him over for dinner, but she still didn't bother to inform them that he was a little person. Which put him in the situation where he was mistaken for one of the Donaldson kids. (He took it all very well, of course - but I can't imagine any middle-aged man likes being confused with a paperboy.)

 

I get that the writers wanted a scene where Blanche is caught off guard. But couldn't they have just had him drop by unexpectedly? Or have the girls invite him as a surprise, without telling Rose?

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M is for Rose trying out for (and landing the role of Lady M. in) Macbeth.  I can't imagine her having any interest in the play, and not in a million years can I picture her having the understanding let alone the "presence" to carry the main female role.

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N is for Night School. It was not like Blanche to study hard to get a good grade instead of sleeping with the teacher. She usually slept with everybody. Like the newspaper reporter writing about her in the Citrus Festival for example. She slept with him twice. So why not do #7b?

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You mean the teacher who told her she had to sleep with him in order to get a good grade?  If so, I disagree.  There's a world of difference between sleeping with someone out of your own free will - even if it's to get something - and sleeping with someone under duress. 

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R is for "Regular", what Sophia said the R meant on the coffee cup when Rose was waiting for her HIV/AIDS test results. Of course it actually meant "Rose" and Sophia was being all weird/panicky and trying to separate Rose from the other ladies despite knowing better.

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To me, that actually seemed like a fairly normal response from Sophia.  At the time of the show, AIDS was still not fully understood and was always fatal.  Just because she knew in her mind that she couldn't catch it, people's feelings and actions don't always follow.

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U is for Underwear.  I know she did it more than once, but I think it's odd that a proper southern woman like Blanche would enter a room announcing that she's not wearing underwear.  Maybe not terribly out of character for her specifically, but she was so proud of her southern heritage and being "proper."  

 

(U is hard!)

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Z is for Stan and the Zborny. Who knew the yutz could do anything right?

New topic: if GG were set in 2015, how would they describe themselves in their online dating profiles?

A: Blanche would be Available for a good time.

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