Letter to Gorbachev (Season 3, Episode 6)
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In season 3, episode 6, Rose is concerned about... nuclear war. A troupe leader for a group of overly perky and precocious Sunshine Cadets, she and the other ladies worry about the little girls' futures. Shenanigans ensue when Rose writes a letter to the Premier of the Soviet Union and the Russian government responds! But Rose turns out to be not quite who they expected her to be.
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