
Four mature women live together in Miami and experience the joys and angst of their golden years; strong-willed Dorothy, spacey Rose, lusty Southern belle Blanche and matriarch Sophia, Dorothy's mom, occasionally clash but are there for one another in the end; after all, when the show's theme song is titled "Thank You for Being a Friend," the ladies have to remain friendly with one another.
While on a wheelchair, Sophia manipulates a nurse; Blanche is a stage grandmother.
Blanche encounters a former schoolmate who is the only man to ever turn her down.
Blanche discovers she has exceeded the legal number of tenants she is allowed; Dorothy discovers Sophia's first marriage.
Rose competes for St. Olaf's Woman of the Year honors, with a little help of Blanche and Dorothy.