Thirty years ago Sunday, The Golden Girls, a sitcom following four women in the “golden years” of their lives, premiered on NBC. In honor of its nearly three decades of reruns, I have ranked all its episodes below.

179. Empty Nests (2.26)

178. Not Another Monday (5.7)

177. Blanche’s Little Girl (3.14)

176. From Here To The Pharmacy (7.11)

175. Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (Part 1) (6.24)

174. Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home (Part 2) (6.35)

173. Snap Out Of It (6.4)

172. The President’s Coming! The President’s Coming! (Part 1) (5.25)

171. The President’s Coming! The President’s Coming! (Part 2) (5.26)

170. Golden Moments (Part 1) (3.18)

169. Golden Moments (Part 2) (3.19)

168. ‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas (2.11)

167. Mary Has a Little Lamb (5.13)

166. Cheaters (5.22)

165. Dorothy’s Prized Pupil (2.21)

164. We’re Outta Here! (Part 1) (4.25)

163. We’re Outta Here! (Part 2) (4.26)

162. There Goes the Bride (Part 1) (6.16)

161. There Goes the Bride (Part 2) (6.17)

160. Guess Who’s Coming To The Wedding (1.2)

159. Pilot (1.1)

158. On Golden Girls (1.6)

157. One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest (Part 1) (7.25)

156. One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest (Part 2) (7.26)

155. Nice and Easy (1.17)

154. Dateline: Miami (7.7)

153. Old Boyfriends (7.14)

152. And Ma Makes Three (3.20)

151. The Custody Battle (1.12)

150. Mother’s Day (3.25)

149. Valentine’s Day (4.15)

148. Bedtime Story (2.17)

147. The Competition (1.7)

146. Even Grandmas Get The Blues (6.20)

145. Beauty and the Beast (7.3)

144. Rose’s Big Adventure (3.22)

143. Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas (5.12)

142. Fiddler on the Ropes (4.18)

141. Larceny and Old Lace (3.21)

140. Love, Rose (2.10)

139. Blanche and the Younger Man (1.9)

137. A Piece of Cake (2.25)

136. Love Under the Big Top (5.5)

135. Rose the Prude (1.3)

134. Big Daddy’s Little Lady (2.6)

133. A Long Day’s Journey into Marinara (2.19)

132. One For The Money (3.2)

131. Yes, We Have No Havanas (4.1)

130. All That Jazz (5.10)

129. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ... Before They Die (6.10)

128. Mother Load (7.6)

127. The Impotence of Being Earnest (4.13)

126. Second Motherhood (1.19)

125. Foreign Exchange (4.24)

124. The Stan Who Came to Dinner (2.13)

123. Miles to Go (6.15)

122. Older And Wiser (6.18)

121. Melodrama (6.19)

120. The Flu (1.21)

119. Twice in a Lifetime (5.20)

118. Bang the Drum, Stanley (4.5)

117. The Days and Nights of Sophia Pertrillo (4.2)

116. The Bloom is Off the Rose (6.13)

115. Clinton Avenue Memoirs (5.16)

114. Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket (4.8)

113. Vacation (2.8)

112. Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan (7.18)

111. Transplant (1.4)

110. Big Daddy (1.24)

109. Mister Terrific (3.24)

108. The Auction (4.11)

107. Heart Attack (1.10)

106. A Visit From Little Sven (3.9)

105. Feelings (6.6)

104. Son-in-Law Dearest (2.23)

103. Mrs. George Devereaux (6.9)

102. Ro$e Love$ Mile$ (7.10)

101. Joust Between Friends (2.9)

100. The Housekeeper (3.4)

99. Sophia’s Choice (4.22)

98. The Monkey Show (Part 1) (7.8)

97. The Monkey Show (Part 2) (7.9)

96. Two Rode Together (4.16)

95. Zborn Again (6.7)

94. Ebb Tide (5.11)

93. The Mangiacavallo Curse Makes a Lousy Wedding Present (5.23)

92. Ebbtide’s Revenge (6.12)

91. The Commitments (7.16)

90. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Sophia? (6.8)

89. Job Hunting (1.22)

88. Take Him, He’s Mine (2.3)

87. 72 Hours (5.19)

86. Yokel Hero (4.4)

85. Letter to Gorbachev (3.6)

84. Stan Takes a Wife (4.10)

83. The Truth Will Out (1.16)

82. The Way We Met (1.25)

81. The Sisters (2.12)

80. The Actor (2.14)

79. Dancing in the Dark (5.6)

78. The Operation (1.18)

77. Family Affair (2.7)

76. That Old Feeling (5.8)

75. Home Again, Rose (Part 1) (7.23)

74. Home Again, Rose (Part 2) (7.24)

73. Questions and Answers (7.17)

72. The Pope’s Ring (7.13)

71. Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom-Tom (5.17)

70. Stan’s Return (1.11)

69. Diamond in the Rough (2.22)

68. Strange Bedfellows (3.7)

67. A Midwinter Night’s Dream (7.20)

66. Three On A Couch (3.11)

65. The Accurate Conception (5.3)

64. Rose: Portrait of a Woman (7.22)

63. Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy (6.5)

62. Where’s Charlie? (7.5)

61. Bringing Up Baby (3.3)

60. Forgive Me, Father (2.18)

59. That Was No Lady (1.14)

58. Once, In St. Olaf (6.2)

57. My Brother, My Father (3.17)

56. Blind Ambitions (1.23)

55. Rose Fights Back (5.4)

54. High Anxiety (4.20)

53. And Then There Was One (2.16)

52. A Little Romance (1.13)

51. Adult Education (1.20)

50. The Artist (3.13)

49. Blind Date (4.12)

48. An Illegitimate Concern (5.18)

47. You Gotta Have Hope (4.17)

46. Triple Play (5.15)

45. Love For Sale (6.23)

44. Room 7 (7.11)

43. Whose Face Is This, Anyway? (2.20)

42. Old Friends (3.1)

41. Grab That Dough (3.16)

40. What A Difference A Date Makes (6.22)

39. Isn’t It Romantic? (2.5)

38. The Audit (3.10)

37. Rites of Spring (4.23)

36. Blanche Delivers (6.1)

35. Before And After (2.15)

34. Little Sister (4.21)

33. Ladies of the Evening (2.2)

32. Break-in (1.8)

31. Love Me Tender (4.14)

30. Mixed Blessing (3.23)

29. Goodbye, Mr. Gordon (7.15)

28. End of the Curse (2.1)

27. Sophia’s Wedding (Part 1) (4.6)

26. Sophia’s Wedding (Part 2) (4.7)

25. Hey, Look Me Over (7.1)

24. Stand By Your Man (6.11)

23. Charlie’s Buddy (3.12)

22. The One That Got Away (4.3)

21. Second Motherhood (1.19)

20. The Triangle (1.5)

19. Scared Straight (4.9)

18. Sister of the Bride (6.14)

17. Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself (3.5)

16. Dorothy’s New Friend (3.15)

15. That’s For Me To Know (7.4)

14. Journey To The Center Of Attention (7.19)

13. Witness (6.21)

12. Great Expectations (5.14)

11. Brotherly Love (3.8)

10. In A Bed Of Rose’s (1.15)

9. To Catch A Neighbor (2.24)

8. ‘Til Death Do We Volley (4.19)

7. Comedy of Errors (5.9)

6. Sisters and Other Strangers (5.21)

5. It’s A Miserable Life (2.4)

4. Sick And Tired (Part 1) (5.1)

3. Sick And Tired (Part 2) (5.2)

2. Henny Penny, Straight, No Chaser (6.26)

1. The Case of the Libertine Belle (7.02)

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[Note: an earlier version of this text was published in 2014, reflecting the 29th anniversary of The Golden Girls.]