Rose meets her biological father (Don Ameche) while Sophia is in the hospital.
Tropes:
- Ambulance Chaser: The two lawyers Sophia talks to. They're very interested in why she was left in an elevator until Sophia says she's on mMdicare. They step back like she just opened something toxic.
- Candy Striper: Downplayed; Rose volunteers at the local hospital, but the hospital's volunteer uniform is a solid pink pinafore.Rose: Ever since I've been a Candy Striper, I've been giving all my patients the traditional St. Olaf "fun pack." Each one has a pack of gum, a bar of soap, and sock puppets!
- Hand Puppet Mockery: At the start of the episode, Rose is playing with a couple of sock puppets that are part of a care package she's making for patients at the hospital where she's volunteering. She then proceeds to put on a show for Blanche, saying the puppets are Blanche and Dorothy; the latter then walks in just as Rose mocks the Dorothy puppet for being dateless. Cue Dorothy whacking Rose on the head with a newspaper.
- The Triple: When Rose is telling the others she just met her birth father:
- Dorothy: He's alive?Blanche: He's in Miami?Sophia: He's an earthling?
