WELCOME TO EPISODE 27 OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS DEEP DIVE PODCAST! Starting from the beginning of the show, each week we recap an episode of The Golden Girls and we end each episode with a fully researched deep dive into something from the Golden Girls universe!

In this episode, the house is being fumigated and the ladies move to a hotel on Miami Beach. Blanche, having won tickets for herself, Dorothy, and Rose to meet Mr. Burt Reynolds, found a hotel that attracts a... different clientele. Shenanigans ensue when the ladies are mistaken for sex workers and land themselves in jail. Sophia comes to save the day... but it's gonna cost the gals dearly!

For this week's deep dive, Patrick is telling us all about the life and career of Mr. Burt Reynolds - how he became an actor almost by accident and then spent most of his career turning down what would go on to be some of the most iconic roles in movie history!

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