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Dorothy's son arrives due to being kicked out by his wife, and the frustrating part of this episode is how Dorothy is endlessly criticized no matter what she tries to do about it. Sophia hypocritically tells her she should "back her kid up more" (a real laugh, since Sophia was so abusive of Dorothy most of the time), and the others all acted like Dorothy was not tough enough.

Michael comes over to Dorothy because he left his job and his wife kicked him out. She lets him stay but she is worried that her son who is now 30 is not growing up and kicks him out as well as a form of tough love. He moves in with Stan, but he ends up kicking him out as well so Michael is forced to get his job back.

For the most part I usually don't like those "forcing people to grow up" episodes. they usually involve forcing somebody into becoming boring. But in this case Michael wasn't right to leave the job he had, since it was what he was supposed to love doing as a musician. Well done by the Golden Girls to address the topic without being irritating.

Not a fan of Stan or Michael, I find episodes with them tough to get through. This is perhaps the only episode where they appear together, doubling the neediness, dependence on Dorothy and using her every chance they get. Michael has been thrown out by his wife (no mention of the child they were expecting) and expects to be welcome at his mother's house indefinitely. But her attempts to get him to take responsibility for himself makes him turn on her, and he ends up with Stan, doubling the issue. In the end, i don't think that Michael learned a thing from the situation.

Meanwhile, Rose is undergoing issues of stress at work, and must deal with boss Enrique Mas (Chuck Vennera) whom she is afraid will fire her. It's a rare opportunity for the secondary plot to be better than the primary plot, and it takes up enough of time to distract from the boring Stan and Michael intrusion.