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23. Rites of Spring

As the girls vow to get in shape for an upcoming beach party, they recall past attempts at self-improvement.

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Sophia obsesses over regaining a lost pound, while the other women decide to lose weight before a friend's pool party. They recall previous self-improvement attempts: Rose, Blanche, and Dorothy joined a gym, where enthusiastic trainer Yvonne ( Hilary Shepard ) convinced Blanche and Dorothy to buy expensive workout accessories and then injured herself leading an aerobics class; Sophia convinced the other women to visit hair stylist Eduardo ( Lloyd Bochner ), an attractive man who passionately described wildly different concepts for each woman's makeover but then styled their hair identically to Sophia's; and the women rejected Stanley's invitation to join a guru's encounter group and ended up arguing over Dorothy identifying Sophia as her best friend. Sophia accepts her lower weight after Dorothy determines that Sophia's height has shrunk. After learning the party is a day later than expected, the women devour Sophia's decadent cake. Special guest star: Herb Edelman as Stan Guest stars: Lloyd Bochner as Hairdresser; Hilary Shepard as Yvonne

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