![]() Instead, where The Golden Palace comes up short is in its inability to recapture the signature blend of humor and pathos that was always one of The Golden Girls’ greatest strengths. Contrary to the received wisdom, I don’t ascribe the series’ failure–it was abruptly canceled after just one season–primarily to the absence of Bea Arthur, though certainly her lack is keenly felt from the outset. ![]() However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wanted to give it another watch, especially in the aftermath of Betty White’s passing on the last day of 2021.Īlmost as soon as I started my re-watch, however, I realized that my antipathy toward the show was as strong as ever, and with good reason. ![]() I remember not especially liking the series when it was aired on Lifetime back in 2007, and so at first I thought I would give this one a pass. When I first heard that Hulu was going to be streaming the entirety of The Golden Palace, the one-season spinoff of the hit The Golden Girls, I admit that I was ambivalent.
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