The Golden Girls (TV Series) Blind Date (1989) User Reviews

Blind Date (#4.12)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 26 January 2014]

Blanche goes out on a date with a guy who stands her up all the time and it happens again. Next to her at the bar is the guy who was stood up as well and he asks her out. When he comes to pick her up it turns out that he is blind.Blanche has great time with him but ends up standing him up because she is used to men liking her for her looks and is confused what a blind man might see in her.

A pretty good episode. It is a good point brought up here about Blanche relying on her looks but being more than that. They had a good chemistry, too bad that this show is not one of those that usually goes on with relationships.

The other plot line about coaching a kid's football team is pretty good as well. Rose is pretty funny as that crazy coach that wants everything to win.

Step forward Sophia, football coach.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 8/10 · 9 August 2023]

Rose convinces both Dorothy and Sophia to help her coach the local football youth side, they're worried about Rose's methods. Meanwhile Blanche meets a handsome stranger named John, unaware of his disability.

Another classic, another wonderfully original episode, funny, clever and somewhat touching. Once again, the show takes on a somewhat unusual topic. Sophia as a football coach..... I've seen it all now.

I loved that scene where Sophia sits down with Billy to discuss being small, what a wonderful, touching moment.

What a handsome man Edward Winter is, John was such a wonderful character,he brought out a different side to Blanche.

8/10.

How did John get Blanche's phone number?

[mark.waltz · 6/10 · 10 November 2019]

Having been stood up by the same man four times in a row, Blanche leaves her phone number for a stranger going through the same situation, not realizing that he is blind. Veteran TV actor Edward Winter plays John Quinn who leaves the bar, seems to forget the number and yet shows up unattended at the girl's front door. That being said, the episode does allow Blanche to see that men can like her because of what they see inside her rather than just her Iooks. It's sweet in spite of the flaws in plotting, yet it's obvious that the romance will go no further than this episode.

The other plotline surrounds Rose's coaching of a boy's football team and issues with the star player who is underweight. Betty White gets to show off Rose's overly determined competitive side, and is very funny. I certainly wouldn't want to try Sophia's homemade flu remedy, even as a glop thrown on the vaperizer. The fact that this remedy isn't mentioned in other episodes where the girls are sick is just another one of the show's many inconsistencies.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[moonspinner55 · 5/10 · 23 May 2024]

S04-E12 has competitive Rose seeking Dorothy's help in coaching pee-wee football; meanwhile, Blanche keeps getting the brush from her current beau, which leads to her meeting a new man who is...wait for it...blind. Penned by series mainstay Christopher Lloyd (but, more likely, written by committee, with a tableful of writers throwing ideas at a blackboard), this episode seems to have been created by people who've never watched the show before. There are the usual funny, acidic asides, but the characters are like strangers. Whose idea was it to turn Betty White's lovable ditz Rose into a competitive shark? I once had a co-worker who told me, "I never believed that character arc." Indeed, it seems as if they gave this to White to give her something to play, but her overzealous need to win doesn't match up right with the Rose we all know. The same can nearly be said of Blanche, who kowtows to her literal blind date after cancelling on him one night, stands aside when he meets his new lady-friend for drinks (a shapely blonde)--and even offers to treat on their next date together! Who are these Golden Girls? Sighted actor Edward Winter plays John Quinn, and he's fine but completely the wrong type for Blanche--and why doesn't he tell Blanche he's blind when they first meet? Instead, he shows up at the house and asks her, "Was there something about me you didn't notice the other night?" Blind is one thing, rude is another.