Synopsis
The Golden Palace begins where The Golden Girls left off, in the quartet's now-sold Miami house. With Dorothy Zbornak having married and left in the previous series finale, the three remaining cast members (Sophia Petrillo, Rose Nylund and Blanche Devereaux) decide to invest in a Miami hotel that is up for sale. The hotel, however, is revealed to have been stripped of all of its personnel in an effort to appear more profitable, leaving only two employees: Roland Wilson, the hotel's manager, and Chuy Castillos, the hotel's chef. This requires the women to perform all the tasks of the hotel's staff.
The series focused on the interactions between guests at the hotel and the hotel's staff, as well as between the Golden Girls and the previous hotel staff. Guest stars were frequent, including recurring characters that had previously appeared on The Golden Girls and other celebrities (Beatrice Arthur reprised the Dorothy Zbornak role for a two-part storyline in which she visits the hotel to check up on her mother).
The series ended without a proper series finale. However, it is eventually revealed that following the events of the series, Sophia moves into the Shady Pines retirement home and becomes a cast member on Empty Nest for the remainder of that series' run. What became of Rose, Blanche and the hotel is left unresolved.
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