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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 252659" data-attributes="member: 27">The Golden Girls ended when Bea Arthur left.&nbsp; The three remaining girls were spun-off into Golden Palace, and their characters were altered too much to fit the new format/premise.&nbsp; Their main concern seemed to become their hotel--the staff, the guests, operations, etc.&nbsp; It did not ring true to me because none of them had ever expressed an interest in running a hotel (Blanche&#039;s extensive knowledge of cheap hotels notwithstanding).&nbsp; Blanche&#039;s outrageous excesses regarding her &#039;gentlemen callers&#039; was toned down, and Rose had more brain power than she&#039;d had in years (for better or worse).&nbsp; Sophia&#039;s role was diminished into dispensing one-liners and helping establish the supporting characters.&nbsp; It was logical that Blanche and Rose would have to become more serious and focused with the purchase of a business, but the abrupt changes were not handled well by the writers.Sophia lost even more dimension and depth when, after the death of Palace after one season, she was added to the cast of Empty Nest, another GG spin-off.&nbsp; No real explanation was given as to what happened with the hotel--Sophia just showed up on the Westons&#039; doorstep one day to visit and ended up taking on the role of dropping by, dispensing a few jokes/insults, then disappearing.&nbsp; Gone were the days of Sophia functioning as a matriarchal, advice-dispensing figure for the younger characters--the undercurrent of her visits seemed to be &quot;the wacky neighbor&quot; even though she was no longer living in the neighborhood.&nbsp; &nbsp; They casually mentioned&nbsp; in dialogue that she had moved back to Shady Pines.&nbsp; Yes, the same Shady Pines that was the bane of Sophia&#039;s existence (and the butt of endless jokes having to do with its horrible accommodations) back when Sophia lived with the Girls next door to the Westons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 252659, member: 27"] [I]The Golden Girls[/I] ended when Bea Arthur left. The three remaining[I] girls[/I] were spun-off into [I]Golden Palace,[/I] and their characters were altered too much to fit the new format/premise. Their main concern seemed to become their hotel--the staff, the guests, operations, etc. It did not ring true to me because none of them had ever expressed an interest in running a hotel (Blanche's extensive knowledge of cheap hotels notwithstanding). Blanche's outrageous excesses regarding her 'gentlemen callers' was toned down, and Rose had more brain power than she'd had in years (for better or worse). Sophia's role was diminished into dispensing one-liners and helping establish the supporting characters. It was logical that Blanche and Rose would have to become more serious and focused with the purchase of a business, but the abrupt changes were not handled well by the writers. Sophia lost even more dimension and depth when, after the death of [I]Palace[/I] after one season, she was added to the cast of[I] Empty Nest[/I], another GG spin-off. No real explanation was given as to what happened with the hotel--Sophia just showed up on the Westons' doorstep one day to visit and ended up taking on the role of dropping by, dispensing a few jokes/insults, then disappearing. Gone were the days of Sophia functioning as a matriarchal, advice-dispensing figure for the younger characters--the undercurrent of her visits seemed to be "the wacky neighbor" even though[I] she was no longer living in the neighborhood[/I]. They casually mentioned in dialogue that she had moved back to Shady Pines. Yes, the same Shady Pines that was the bane of Sophia's existence (and the butt of endless jokes having to do with its horrible accommodations) back when Sophia lived with the [I]Girls[/I] next door to the Westons. [/QUOTE]

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