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koz1962 · 10-11-2007, 11:05 PM

Hello all...

Just a comment on Michael. He appears in an episode about to marry an older black female. It turns out she is also pregnant. I have seen just about every episode, but I don't think this story was ever followed thru. My wife seems to think that Michael eventually got divorced, but what about the child??

80sTrivia · 10-27-2007, 07:24 AM

From what I recall, they did get a divorce, but I don't have any recollection of them mentioning the child in later episodes...

Smartboy · 12-16-2007, 01:15 AM

I have seen both of these episodes and I remember them rather vividly. They were somewhere between one and two years apart. The first one ended with Michael's wedding to Loraine. It was shortly before the ceremony that she announced that she was pregment. I am surprised that, with her being forty-four, there was no mention of concern in terms of the baby being born with Down Syndrome or something of that nature. In any event, the birth or existance of the baby was never mentioned afterwards. In the second episode, Michael announced that he and Loraine had split up and that he had quit the band in which he was a musician. He was a wanderer by nature who never stayed with anything too long. His job and his marraige are simply two such examples. I am surpirsed that, in this episode, there was no mention as to who was taking care of the baby. After living with her for some time, Dorothy was concerned about his lack of responsibility and thus gave him an ultimatum. She gave him a short while to get his life in order before she puts him out of the house. Having nowhere else to turn, he calls the head of the band and begs for his job back and they give it to him. There is another thing about these two episodes that is also rather strainge. In the first episode, he was twenty-three years old. In less than two years, he was suddenly thirty!

Scoobiedoo30 · 12-18-2007, 03:07 PM

I remember that episode when did Lifetime air that episode

Smartboy · 01-09-2008, 01:41 AM

I am bringing this thread to the top of the board in hopes of stimulating some more conversation about the two episodes. The first thing that I would like to discuss is whether anyone else out there remembers the inconsistency regarding Michael's age. Like I mentioned in my first response, the episode ended with Micheal telling his mother that he had to resort to calling the leader of the band and begging for his job back. I have not problem understanding this reality. Most people, at some point in their lives, have to swallow their pride in order to get ahead and, sometimes, just to make ends meet. However, I find it "very" strainge that there was no mention of where the bady was while all of this was going on! I guess that it is possible that Loraine had a miscaraige or that the baby died shortly after his or her birth. Given how controversial some of the "Golden Girls" episodes were, I would not put it past them to deal with something like this. However, I think that if this was what the audience was supposed to think they would have "surely" mentioned it on the show! Also, I think that if Dorothy's son had lost his first and only child, her sympathy towards him would have been a little to severe for her to give him the untimatam that I mentioned earlier. What do other fans think?

MavFan92 · 01-10-2008, 12:05 AM

There's a lot of age inconsistencies throughout the show. Like how Dorothy was supposedly pregnant with Michael when she married Stan. She mentions many times how he left her after 38 years of marriage yet Michael is in his early 20's in two episodes....one where he sleeps with Rose's daughter, and the on where he marries Lorraine.

Also, the others' kids appear/disappear and change ages. So not surprisingly the baby "disappeared" as well. I don't think there was any more mention of the baby.

Lhomme couture · 04-03-2008, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koz1962

Hello all...

Just a comment on Michael. He appears in an episode about to marry an older black female. It turns out she is also pregnant. I have seen just about every episode, but I don't think this story was ever followed thru. My wife seems to think that Michael eventually got divorced, but what about the child??

The child is never brought up again. In season 5, we learn Michael is getting divorced from Lorraine, but that is all.

MavFan92 · 04-08-2008, 01:32 PM

There was a Christmas episode where Dorothy mentions buying gifts for "Robby". Was this Michael's child? I don't recall Kate ever having kids.

Scoobiedoo30 · 04-08-2008, 01:35 PM

I hope that they air that episode with Michael again

10-11-2007, 11:05 PM	#1
koz1962 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: west palm beach, fl Posts: 11	Dorothy's Son Michael Hello all... Just a comment on Michael. He appears in an episode about to marry an older black female. It turns out she is also pregnant. I have seen just about every episode, but I don't think this story was ever followed thru. My wife seems to think that Michael eventually got divorced, but what about the child??

10-27-2007, 07:24 AM	#2
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12-18-2007, 03:07 PM	#4
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12-16-2007, 01:15 AM	#3
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	I have seen both of these episodes and I remember them rather vividly. They were somewhere between one and two years apart. The first one ended with Michael's wedding to Loraine. It was shortly before the ceremony that she announced that she was pregment. I am surprised that, with her being forty-four, there was no mention of concern in terms of the baby being born with Down Syndrome or something of that nature. In any event, the birth or existance of the baby was never mentioned afterwards. In the second episode, Michael announced that he and Loraine had split up and that he had quit the band in which he was a musician. He was a wanderer by nature who never stayed with anything too long. His job and his marraige are simply two such examples. I am surpirsed that, in this episode, there was no mention as to who was taking care of the baby. After living with her for some time, Dorothy was concerned about his lack of responsibility and thus gave him an ultimatum. She gave him a short while to get his life in order before she puts him out of the house. Having nowhere else to turn, he calls the head of the band and begs for his job back and they give it to him. There is another thing about these two episodes that is also rather strainge. In the first episode, he was twenty-three years old. In less than two years, he was suddenly thirty!

01-09-2008, 01:41 AM	#5
Smartboy Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 06, 2007 Location: South Orange, NJ Posts: 4,231	I am bringing this thread to the top of the board in hopes of stimulating some more conversation about the two episodes. The first thing that I would like to discuss is whether anyone else out there remembers the inconsistency regarding Michael's age. Like I mentioned in my first response, the episode ended with Micheal telling his mother that he had to resort to calling the leader of the band and begging for his job back. I have not problem understanding this reality. Most people, at some point in their lives, have to swallow their pride in order to get ahead and, sometimes, just to make ends meet. However, I find it "very" strainge that there was no mention of where the bady was while all of this was going on! I guess that it is possible that Loraine had a miscaraige or that the baby died shortly after his or her birth. Given how controversial some of the "Golden Girls" episodes were, I would not put it past them to deal with something like this. However, I think that if this was what the audience was supposed to think they would have "surely" mentioned it on the show! Also, I think that if Dorothy's son had lost his first and only child, her sympathy towards him would have been a little to severe for her to give him the untimatam that I mentioned earlier. What do other fans think?

01-10-2008, 12:05 AM	#6
MavFan92 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 249	There's a lot of age inconsistencies throughout the show. Like how Dorothy was supposedly pregnant with Michael when she married Stan. She mentions many times how he left her after 38 years of marriage yet Michael is in his early 20's in two episodes....one where he sleeps with Rose's daughter, and the on where he marries Lorraine. Also, the others' kids appear/disappear and change ages. So not surprisingly the baby "disappeared" as well. I don't think there was any more mention of the baby.

04-08-2008, 01:32 PM	#8
MavFan92 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 13, 2007 Location: Dallas Posts: 249	There was a Christmas episode where Dorothy mentions buying gifts for "Robby". Was this Michael's child? I don't recall Kate ever having kids.

04-08-2008, 01:35 PM	#9
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	I hope that they air that episode with Michael again