1.
When Sophia helped Blanche realize her gay brother deserved just as much happiness as her:
2.
When Dorothy went to several doctors and they didn't believe she was sick:
3.
When Rose confronted her sexual harasser at the dentist office:
4.
And when Blanche confronted hers in the classroom:
5.
When Blanche's daughter took the nontraditional route and decided to get artificially inseminated:
6.
When Dorothy didn't hold back and called her [AWFUL] friend out on her antisemitism:
7.
When Blanche helped Rose realize AIDS can affect us all:
8.
When Rose had to face her pill addiction and the difficult steps to overcome it:
9.
When Sophia’s friend contemplated suicide:
10.
And when Sophia's friend struggled with the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease:
11.
When Dorothy's son fell in love and broke all kinds of stereotypes:
12.
When Sophia dropped the truth about a parent's unconditional love:
13.
When Blanche's nanny confided in her about being in a relationship with Big Daddy:
14.
When the girls gave us a look into the harsh reality of being homeless:
15.
When Dorothy and Sophia weren't afraid to talk openly about menopause:
16.
And last but not least, when they openly talked about their thriving sex lives:
