While Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche sit around and feel like their lives are boring, Sophia goes out and fights with the grocery store over a nectarine and a piece of meat, conducts a jazz band made up of old ladies, and volunteers at the hospital.
Tropes:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Blanche tells a story from her youth about going on a blind date with Preston, a man with extremely large ears. She explains that she was so shocked that she mumbled her hello—and when he said he didn't hear her, she blurted out "Didn't hear me? I think you could pick up Radio Free Europe with those ears!" Rather than be offended, Preston laughed, which impressed Blanche and started a great relationship (it helps that, apparently, "the size of a man's ears is directly proportionate to the size of his other bodily organs."Rose: What do you mean?
Dorothy: He had a big floppy pancreas, Rose. - Dramatic Irony: The majority of the plot focuses on the three ladies worrying that Sophia isn't leading a fulfilling life in her old age, all while they spend the whole day in their pajamas and procrastinating about doing chores around the house... meanwhile, Sophia helps a friend who was getting cheated at a grocery store, led a bunch of her friends in a band to raise money for a local charity, and does a shift as a volunteer at a hospital where she raises the spirits of a terminally ill young boy (a comment about a messed-up blood transfusion heavily implying he was suffering from AIDS.)
