The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Mother's Day (1988)

Bea Arthur: Dorothy Zbornak, Sophia's Mother

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Quotes 

• [during a mother's day flash back with Sophia and young Dorothy] 

  Young Dorothy Zbornak : Okay Grandma. Here we are.

  Sophia's Mother : I'm in a wheelchair. I'm not blind. I can see where we are, and it could stand a good vacuum.

  [later in the flash back] 

  Sophia's Mother : Where's Salvador? He's hiding from me, isn't he? He always hides from me. The little monkey hates me!

  Young Dorothy Zbornak : Oh, don't be silly, Pop is crazy about you.

  Salvadore Petrillo : [Offstage]  Don't lie to your grandmother! It's a sin!

  Young Dorothy Zbornak : I mean, he's not CRAZY about you, but he's very, very fond of you.

  Sophia's Mother : He HATES me! the man repairs complicated machinery for a living. Three times this month he couldn't set the hand brake on my wheelchair.

  Young Dorothy Zbornak : Grandma, that was JUST a coincidence.

  Sophia's Mother : Please! All three times was at the top of the stairs to the Flatbush Subway Station!