Sick And Tired Of Everything
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The Golden Girls (season 5)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 23, 1989 – May 5, 1990
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The fifth season of The Golden Girls premiered on NBC on September 23, 1989, and concluded on May 5, 1990. The season consisted of 26 episodes.

Sick And Tired Of Everything

Broadcast history[edit]

The season originally aired Saturdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) on NBC from September 23, 1989 to May 5, 1990.^[1]^[2]

Gambling is a disease just like many other addictions and unless you have an extreme amount of self control it can be very difficult to manage. Having a gambling addiction can be a very scary. I have been gambling for 3 weeks and I feel awful. I feel sick and tired. Yesterday I won $700, almost as much as I have lost in the whole three weeks, I felt great and I was determined not to gamble it, put it back on my credit card. Sick and tired of Gerald's gambling addiction, Sheryl knew she needed to make her threats clear.

DVD release[edit]

The Region 1 DVD was released on May 9, 2006. The Region 2 and 4 DVDs were respectively released on March 17 and April 2, 2008.

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Episodes[edit]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
103	1	'Sick and Tired: Part 1'	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	September 23, 1989
After five months of worsening fatigue and pain, Dorothy believes she is seriously ill. Two doctors tell her there's nothing wrong with her, as does a specialist whom Sophia then rebukes. Traveling with Rose, Dorothy sees New York City, New York neurologist Dr. Budd, who tells her she's just aging and any other problem is in her head, despite two psychiatrists' assessments that she's mentally healthy. Dorothy breaks down, believing that she is crazy, but Rose reassures her that she is sick. Sophia fears losing Dorothy to an unknown disease. Blanche decides to become a novelist, but immediately suffers writer's block. Guest star:Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Stevens.
104	2	'Sick and Tired: Part 2'	Terry Hughes	Susan Harris	September 30, 1989
Harry refers Dorothy to Dr. Chang, who diagnoses her with chronic fatigue syndrome. Although there is no cure, Dorothy is relieved to put a name to her condition. She treats Sophia, Blanche, and Rose to dinner and sees Dr. Budd in the restaurant. She confronts him, and his wife insists he hear her out. Dorothy laments his lost humanity and hopes he'll have a better doctor than himself when he needs one someday. Blanche stays awake for three days and delioursly writes a manuscript, but is rejected by publishers. She believes there will be nothing special about her if she fails to achieve fame, but Rose explains that her Minnesota upbringing taught her that friends and family are special. Guest stars:Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston; Park Overall as Laverne; Keone Young as Dr. Michael Chang; Bibi Besch as Helen Budd.
105	3	'Accurate Conception'	Terry Hughes	Gail Parent	October 14, 1989
Blanche's visiting daughter Becky intends to become a single mother through artificial insemination. Blanche objects; her friends share unusual details about their children's conceptions, but Blanche still considers it unnatural. A visit to a local sperm bank with her roommates and Becky also fails to convince Blanche, but Dorothy finally persuades Blanche to accept that Becky is an adult who must make her own decisions; Blanche apologizes and will be part of her daughter's and grandchild's lives--although the older women all agree the idea of the procedure is off-putting. Dorothy succeeds in getting a reluctant Sophia to have a checkup.
106	4	'Rose Fights Back'	Terry Hughes	Marc Sotkin	October 21, 1989
When the company that Rose's husband worked for cuts off his pension, Rose must find a better-paying job. When she goes to a TV station to complain to their investigative reporter, Enrique Mas, of the age discrimination that she is facing, she finds that he needs an assistant — and gets the job. Meanwhile, Sophia goes wild buying things in quantity at a warehouse store. Guest star:Chick Vennera in his first appearance as Enrique Mas.
107	5	'Love Under the Big Top'	Terry Hughes	Richard Vaczy and Tracy Gamble	October 28, 1989
Dorothy is in a serious relationship with a lawyer and believes that he is on the verge of proposing. However, his announcement is that he is leaving law to become a circus clown. Meanwhile, Rose and Blanche put together a protest to save dolphins from tuna fishermen. Guest stars:Dick Van Dyke as Ken Whittingham; Mel Stewart as judge.
108	6	'Dancing in the Dark'	Terry Hughes	Phillip Jayson Lasker	November 4, 1989
Rose fears that she is not smart enough for her dance partner, a college professor. First appearance by Harold Gould as Miles (who had previously appeared in Season 1 as Arnie Peterson). Guest star:John Ingle as Harv.
109	7	'Not Another Monday'	Terry Hughes	Gail Parent	November 11, 1989
Sophia's friend wants to commit suicide and she wants Sophia there to hold her hand; Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy become singing nursemaids to a sick baby that they are taking care of for the weekend. Guest stars: Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston; Geraldine Fitzgerald as Martha Lamont.
110	8	'That Old Feeling'	Terry Hughes	Tom Whedon	November 18, 1989
Blanche is visited by her brother-in-law and is taken aback by his resemblance to her deceased husband; Sophia secretly has been driving. Guest star:George Grizzard as Jamie Devereaux.
111	9	'Comedy of Errors'	Terry Hughes	Don Reo	November 25, 1989
Dorothy finds a list of things that she wanted to accomplish before a certain age and realizes that she has not accomplished many of them, so she signs up to do stand-up comedy at a nightclub. Meanwhile, Blanche finds herself battling the Internal Revenue Service when they discover her failure to report her rental income, and Rose tries to figure out why an employee dislikes her. Guest star:Oliver Clark as Roger Barton.
112	10	'All That Jazz'	Terry Hughes	Robert Bruce and Martin Weiss	December 2, 1989
Dorothy's son, Michael, shows up on her doorstep with news that he has separated from his wife and needs a place to stay; Dorothy quickly gets tired of his freeloading and dumps him on Stan. Meanwhile, Rose is under much stress at work, but she is reluctant to ask her boss to cut back her duties. Guest stars:Scott Jacoby as Michael Zbornak; Herb E

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