History YMMV / GoldenPalace

* ToughActToFollow: In the end, this is the fatal flaw of ''Golden Palace'', as the direct successor to one of the greatest and most beloved television series ever made, with a perfectly-cast and balanced ensemble.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Dorothy visits and decides to take Sophia home with her against Sophia's wishes. When she belittles Rose and Blanche's opinions, Rose eventually [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reads Dorothy the riot act]] and tells her that Sophia has the right to make her own decisions and that she must respect them. Dorothy asks what'll happen if she doesn't and Rose hits her on the head with a newspaper.
* {{Crowning Moment Of Funny}}:The two-parter in which Bea Arthur makes an appearance.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Blanche's mentally handicapped brother Tad comes to visit and falls in love with Rose. Blanche is furious with Rose and admits to her that the reason she kept Tad a secret from the others is because she is ashamed of him. As Tad is leaving, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkW_DPY23jU#t=8m10s Rose apologizes to Tad about how they can't be boyfriend and girlfriend, but asks if he would like to be her valentine and hands him a card. Rose explains that the card is ''very'' special and was given to her by someone who loved her very, very much. She goes on to say that you only give a valentine to someone who means everything to you and who you are very glad to have in your life. After thinking for a second, Tad asks Blanche if she'd be his valentine.]]

* {{Tear Jerker}}: Undoubtedly when Dorothy leaves the hotel at the end of her guest episode...the ladies didn't seem to have time for a tearful goodbye this time. She's looking at Sophia, Rose, and Blanche while they're busying themselves working around the hotel, and it seems to hit her that they've moved on with their lives...and she realizes that she now must do the same.

** ''One Angry Stan'' is pretty heart-wrenching as Rose, Blanche and Sophia attempt to deal with Stan Zbornak's[[spoiler: alleged death]]. Even more tear-jerking when it turns out despite everything Stan put her and Dorothy through, dating back to even before the original series, Sophia still loves him and is hit especially hard by [[spoiler: Stan's alleged death]]. The final scene in which it turns out [[spoiler: Stan was faking his death to avoid being arrested for unpaid taxes and is now fleeing the country]] is especially made of this trope as Sophia finally tells Stan she loves him and begs him to stay in Miami, warning him that if he [[spoiler: left the country]], he'd truly be dead to her in her heart. Stan responds by apologizing to her, kissing her on the forehead and saying he loves her back, then walks out of the hotel.

* {{Crowning Moment Of Funny}}: Believe it or not, there are quite a few. The ones that come to mind easiest would be the two-parter in which Bea Arthur makes an appearance. The show felt...complete. Still, it wouldn't be fair to say that there were plenty of scenes that weren't hilarious with the other three ladies.

** Rose is absolutely hilarious in episode 10...Sophia convinces two radio [=DJs=] (played by {{Harvey Korman}} and {{Tim Conway}} to play a pretty nasty trick on Rose...the trick is that Rose must answer three farm-related questions before one of the [=DJs=] drowns in a glass container filled with water. Sophia thinks it goes off without a hitch...until the DJ that Rose presumed she killed comes back as a ghost and tries to scare the hell out of Rose. Sophia thinks it's hilarious until [[spoiler:she hears the gunshots go off in the closet the DJ chased Rose into]]. When Sophia asks Rose what she did, Rose exclaims [[spoiler:"I sent him back to HELL where he belongs! Why?"]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A ''Golden Girls'' follow-up that barely resembled ''The Golden Girls''.

* {{They Changed It Now It Sucks}}: Many felt that the ladies buying a hotel was a little bit unbelievable...that coupled with Bea Arthur's absence left many fans feeling like the show was missing something.

* {{Your Mileage May Vary}}: Some fans feel that the show was just a ploy to milk every last bit out of the series before it faded into obscurity. Others see it as a worthy successor to ''The Golden Girls'' and that it never truly had a chance to find legs of its own due to its predecessor's legacy and Bea Arthur's absence. As with so many things, the truth lies somewhere in between; it was a truly funny show, but the network's inability to keep it in a steady time slot as well as the aforementioned issues spelled its doom.

* {{Tear Jerker}}: Undoubtedly when Dorothy leaves the hotel at the end of episode 9...the ladies didn't seem to have time for a tearful goodbye this time. She's looking at Sophia, Rose, and Blanche while they're busying themselves working around the hotel, and it seems to hit her that they've moved on with their lives...and she realizes that she now must do the same.

** Rose is absolutely hilarious in episode 10...Sophia convinces two radio [=DJs=] (played by {{Harvey Korman}} and {{Tim Conway}} to play a pretty nasty trick on Rose...the trick is that Rose must answer three farm-related questions before one of the [=DJs=] drowns in a glass container filled with water. Sophia thinks it goes off without a hitch...until the DJ that Rose presumed she killed comes back as a ghost and tries to scare the hell out of Rose. Sophia thinks it's hilarious until [[spoiler:she hears the gunshots go off in the closet the DJ chased Rose into]]. When Sophia asks Rose what she did, Rose exclaims [[spoiler:"I sent him back to HELL where he belongs! Why?"]] Classic.