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Blanche is auditioning for Taming of the Shrew as Rebecca comes by with Aurora asking her to babysit. Blanche takes her to audition, it stops her from getting the part, but she gets a date with a guy who thinks that Aurora is actually her daughter. Blanche plays along with it until she confesses and both Rebecca and the guy are mad at her.

A pretty fun episode. I even felt greatly for Blanche when the guys assumed that she is a mother. And it was fun how she told about the way of making oneself seem younger.

Dorothy struggling with the honors class brought some amusing moments as well, such as her mother lying to her about her IQ

Someone on the writing team was obviously a fan of "Terms of Endearment" to name Rebecca's baby Aurora. Having had her baby on screen early in the season, Rebecca is back with the baby and has Blanche babysitting her granddaughter while she's on a job interview. Embarrassed both over being a grandmother and being thought of as old enough to be a grandmother, Blanche lies to fellow actor Alan Rachins who thinks that the baby is Blanche's. It's a ridiculous premise on several aspects, and Blanche comes off badly in her attempts to lie, giving both her daughter and actor friend (both auditioning for a community theater production of "Taming of the Shrew") reasons to be angry at her. The other stories involve Sophia's choosing Rose to involve in a family sauce making tradition and Dorothy's teaching of a Mensa class that makes her feel insecure. Neither of the supporting stories are strong enough to overcome the fact that the main story seems a bit desperate and that certain elements seem forced.