Coco was their live-in cook for some reason. He barely had any lines in the pilot and we never see him again. Apparently the writers felt that they didn't need a cook as there were four grown women living in a house because Sophia would be a regular installment on the show and she would do the cooking. Either way, he was truly useless except for a bit where he says they're having enchiladas rancheros for dinner and Dorothy says, "why don't you just shoot me." I think she's implying that her bowels can't handle that food or that he is a horrible cook, especially when he makes enchiladas rancheros.
At this point we see Rose returning from work. She remarks that there were a lot of sad people at the grief counseling center and Dorothy makes a quip about her expecting comedians to be there. So less than two minutes into the show we can see the dynamic between Dorothy and everybody else.
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| Me too, Rose |
Blanche enters the kitchen and asks Dorothy if she can borrow her mink stole to which Dorothy replies, "it's Miami in June only cats are wearing fur." We're 1:46 into this episode and she's already found something sarcastic to say to everyone she's encountered. She and her wit are the glue that hold this show together though.
Rose asks if Blanche is going out and Dorothy again references the weather and the enchiladas. Blanche leaves to go put cucumbers on her eyes although she has a full face of make up on but not before she lets everyone know she has a great body.
Rose asks who she's going out with and Coco utters the third of his four lines he has in this episode, "Harry, again."
Dorothy exclaims that they know nothing about this Harry and Rose replies that the only information Blanche has given them is that he has all his own teeth and hair. These jokes involving teeth and hair and toupees and high waisted pants continue throughout the entire series. The girls continue to lament about the aging process. Rose says something stupid, Dorothy says something sarcastic and Blanche reenters and tells everyone about how great Harry is before letting them know he has proposed.
This is the first time we see the interior design brilliance that is Blanche's bedroom. They discuss harry and Blanche's dead husband. The doorbell rings and...........
It's Sophia saying the home burnt down. Then there's a bad series of jokes about how much she had to pay for the cab.
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| We'll call this the "rough draft Sophia" |
Sophia says insulting things to everyone and then calls Coco "the fancy man." We are then told she had a stroke that destroyed the part of her brain that censors what she says. She says more insulting things and then we finally meet Harry.
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Blanche was right, he does seem to have teeth and hair
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They leave and Sophia says she thinks Harry is a scuzzball. Later that evening we see the first appearance of the lanai and almost the last appearance of Coco. Rose tells everyone how much of a tramp she thinks Blanche is ("She needs a man") and then explains that she made a date on the day of her late husband George's funeral.
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| What the heck is a lanai |
They exit the lanai from that weird back room nobody ever sits in rather than the left side of the house and Rose starts talking about her dead husband Charlie.
More stuff is said, Coco makes a smart remark and exits to the kitchen which is a bad idea because he should be trying to get as much screen time as possible. Blanche comes back from her date and says she's going to marry Harry. Rose complains because she doesn't know where she'll live and pretty much nobody else cares. Blanche leaves to her room (which is where the lanai entrance was in later episodes).
Dorothy and Rose continue talking in the living room and we learn about Dorothy's ex husband, Stan. "A 65 year old man with gout learning to windsurf. I hope he falls into a volcano." He left her for a young stewardess and lives on Maui. She says she had a shotgun wedding in her home town of Queens because she was pregnant.
Coco asks if Sophia wants tea and leaves again foolishly.
The women talk about their bladder issues and Sophia lets everyone know she wets the bed every morning.
Presumably the next day we are yet again in Blanche's exquisite bedroom as Dorothy gets ready for the wedding. Rose tells her she is suspicious of Harry to which Dorothy warns her not to say anything.
Blanche comes in and is emotional. Another joke about bladder issues and going to the bathroom is made and Dorothy keeps having to assault Rose so she doesn't spill the beans. This scene is also the last we will ever see of Coco.
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| Unfortunately this is one of the better wedding dresses we'll see on the show |
Harry is late and the priest says he's backed up on funerals because it's Miami and old people wow another old people in Miami joke. The priest says he has to bury Mr. Pinkus as the doorbell rings. A cop tells Blanche that Harry is a bigamist and she's heartbroken. She says she might as well be buried with Mr. Pinkus.
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| They always have pitchers of drinks even when only one person is out there |
We're on the lanai again at the close of the show. Blanche hasn't been to work in three weeks and Dorothy checks to make sure Sophia is breathing for the first of many times. Blanche emerges and says she feels good. There's a heartwarming talk and we learn that they are each others' emotional support system.
Sophia lets everyone know that she and "the fancy man" are going to the dog track but we don't see Coco in this scene at all. Cue credits and we're done!
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