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Recap / The Golden Girls S 01 E 011 Stans Return

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Dorothy's ex-husband appears to simply resolve a land dispute-but she ends up in bed with him and Sophia organizes a Vacation Club when the others make their own plans.


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  • Deadpan Snarker: Dorothy's reaction to Stan's wife leaving him for someone younger: "Where did she meet him, Camp Snoopy?"
  • It Doesn't Mean Anything: Dorothy insists that her spending the night with Stan was only because she felt bad for him and that it meant nothing to her. Unfortunately for her, Stan's feelings for her resurface and he wants her back.
  • It Meant Something to Me: Stan falls for Dorothy after they spent the night together and he wants to get back together with her.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Stan's younger wife Chrissy left him for a younger man.
  • Love Triangle: Dorothy/Stan/Chrissy.
  • Not What It Looks Like: Dorothy to her roommates: "Okay I know what it looks like. And frankly, that's exactly what it is."
  • Lousy Lovers Are Losers: As a disappointed Dorothy notes, Stan has not improved in the bedroom even after he left her and got involved with his mistress Chrissy. Dorothy then mocks Stan and Chrissy in secret when he goes back to her.
  • Sex Equals Love: What Stan believes after spending the night with Dorothy. Dorothy thinks otherwise and doesn't want to take him back.
  • Spit Take: Rose and Blanche spit up their orange juice when Stan walks into the kitchen wearing a pink robe.
  • Teen Pregnancy: Sophia reminds Dorothy once again that Stan got her pregnant when they were young and that's why they had to get married.
  • Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?: In-Universe. Sophia, Blanche and Dorothy don't want Dorothy to take Stan back. Granted, he left her for a younger woman when they were still married, so they had every right to be concerned.

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