Seasons & Episodes
Designing Women
Suzanne visits a new gynecologist, Mary Jo's ex-husband Ted, and a maelstrom of emotions is unleashed when she announces
The Beauty Contest
Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta contest, and despite her depression over her own upcom
A Big Affair
Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a
Julia's Son
Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his girlfriend home from college for a visit, and Julia wants everythi
Mary Jo's First Date
Concerned that Mary Jo hasn't dated since she and Ted broke up, Suzanne arranges a bind date for her with an old acquain
Design House
Since Suzanne has money invested in Sugarbaker's and is tired of her image as a front bimbo for the firm, Julia assigns
Perky's Visit
Perky Sugarbaker, Julia and Suzanne's mother, and her friend Bernice hope to escape the dull routine of their lives in t
I Do, I Don't
The dinner is perfect, the champagne flows, Julia is presented with a single rose, and on a lark she and her current bea
The IT Men
When her boyfriend Mason takes a job in Japan, Charlene finds she has chemistry with another man, a man who happens to b
The Slumber Party
Arriving at work one morning, Suzanne tells Julia, Mary Jo, and Charlene that when she tried to fire her maid, she put a
New Year's Daze
It is New Year's Eve, and everyone is dressed in their finery, anticipating a fun-filled night on the town. The identity
Old Spouses Never Die (1)
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier atti
Old Spouses Never Die (2)
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier atti
Monette
When an old school chum of Charlene's, Monette, buys the old Chadwick mansion and asks Sugarbaker's to redecorate, the w
And Justice For Paul
Suzanne picks up a client who wants period furniture on a shoestring budget, and the Sugarbaker women find that antique
Reese's Friend
A disagreement over the theme for the annual country club fund-raiser has Julia and Suzanne at odds, but the quibbling i
Nashville Bound
The news that Charlene's family--all ten brothers and sisters--will be in town at the same time is overshadowed by the n
Oh, Suzannah
While in Reese's office to sign legal papers, Suzanne off-handedly volunteers to keep a Vietnamese boat child, Li Sing,
Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
When Mary Jo's divorced father arrives in Atlanta for a four-day visit and dances cheek to cheek with Charlene, Mary Jo
Seams From a Marriage
When Anthony saunters into the shop wearing an enormous cowboy hat, followed by a breathless Mary Jo who has obviously b
Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
Suzanne's baseball player ex-husband, Jack Dent, writes in his autobiography that he had more groupie action than all th
Bachelor Suite
When Mary Jo undertakes the decoration of Hence Winchester's new home, she finds herself the object of sexual harassment
101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future
Ted Remarries
Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.
Anthony, Jr.
Anthony goes to extremes to impress his girlfriends' wealthy parents, inventing a pedigreed family -- then an uninvited
Killing All the Right People
"Killing All the Right People" is the 26th episode of the sitcom Designing Women. Originally airing on October 5, 1987,
Half an Air Bubble Off
When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.
Dash Goff, the Writer
Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating s
Heart Attacks
Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent d
Cruising
Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.
I'll Be Seeing You
Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.
Stranded
While Charlene, Julia and Mary Jo get the flu on a trip to St. Louis, a snowstorm forces Suzanne and Anthony to share a
Howard the Date
It's the mercy date from Hell when the female Sugarbakers staff accompany dateless Howard the nerd to his high-school re
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Charlene and Anthony scheme to outsmart Mary Jo's disbelieving son on Christmas Eve -- until their hired Santa beats the
Great Expectations
Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony
Second Time Around
Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.
Oh, Brother
Julia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with
There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.
The Return of Ray Don
A penniless Suzanne faces stiff fines for back taxes, so after trying to charm Ray Don at the IRS, she sells off her pos
High Rollers
After Charlene unwittingly puts a bug in Suzanne's ear by relating the success story of Fred Smith, founder of Federal E
The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by la
How Great Thou Art
Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing w
Ted-Bare
On the brink of marrying a young woman, Ted begins to appreciate ex-wife Mary Jo's maturity, but his sudden attentivenes
Reservations for Eight
A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfri
Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.
The Candidate
Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.
E.P. Phone Home
While touring Graceland on VIP tickets, Julia is touched when a truck driver tells how the King influenced his life.
Getting Married and Eating Dirt
Bernice asks the ladies to be her wedding attendants when she receives a marriage proposal from a TV pitchman -- who hab
Big Haas and Little Falsie
Mary-Jo contemplates breast enlargement after receiving an inheritance from her uncle Dude stipulating that she must spe
Hard Hats and Lovers
Suzanne convinces Charlene that Bill should date more before they get serious, and the ladies plan revenge on a bunch of
But They're Really Great Curtains
Striking laborers from a textile factory besiege the company, and the Sugarbakers women come to respect them for survivi
The Wilderness Experience
The women embark on a wilderness survival course designed to build leadership -- but it's first-time camper Bernice who
Tyrone
Acting as surrogate brother a troubled youth, Anthony remembers his own painful childhood, and when Julia puts her trust
Mr. Bailey
The designers are determined that a recently deceased client's last wish be honored -- to leave her millions (and the la
The Naked Truth
Mary Jo, Charlene and Anthony feign nonchalance at a nudist colony, the Sugarbakers' nieces visit.
The Junies
Charlene becomes a part-time saleswoman for ""Lady Jun"" cleaning products, and when she repeatedly succumbs to psycholo
One Sees, the Other Doesn't
Suzanne didn't spend one week and $2,000 at a spa to be asked out by a blind client who can't appreciate her radiance --
Odell
Sugarbakers becomes the site of a Southern family feud after Charlene's brother arrives and announces he is marrying the
Full Moon
A full moon coincides with strange occurrences, including Mary Jo's sudden conviction that Claudia and her boyfriend are
Ms. Meal Ticket
Mary-Jo overreacts to J.D.'s losing his job and moving in with her, but a psychic helps her sort out her feelings.
The Engagement
Charlene, now happily engaged, dreads meeting Bill's intimidating mother and aunt, Mary Jo gives the dating game another
Come On and Marry Me, Bill
Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer after his stag party.
The Women of Atlanta
A photographer shooting a magazine spread on the women of Atlanta asks the decorators to participate, but they become su
Stand and Fight
When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.
The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
When she discovers him working as a bellboy/pianist, the accountant who absconded with her life savings offers Suzanne a
Julia Drives Over the First Amendment
A nearby newsstand selling pornography offends Julia, to the point where she drives her car straight through it, and pit
The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
Mary Jo uses the mansion she's decorating to entertain, and Anthony suffers when his health insurance lapses and Suzanne
One Night With You
A terminally-ill high school classmate's last wish is to spend one night with the girl of his dreams -- Julia. The catch
There She Is
While preparing for Charlene's baby shower, the Sugarbakers women are surprised by a visit from the Director of Pageants
Nightmare From Hee Haw
The Sugerbaker women and their mates take a canoe trip in the Georgia backwoods -- which turns into a nightmare when the
The Girlfriend
Attempting to prove himself when Mary Jo hires him and some of his ex-convict friends to finish an incomplete remodeling
The Rowdy Girls
While she is helping the Sugarbakers women choreograph a Supremes lip-synch routine, Charlene's favorite cousin inadvert
Bernice's Sanity Hearing
The Sugarbaker women testify for Bernice when her niece Phyllis attempts to have her declared legally incompetent becaus
Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
While posing for a gag photo at the governor's mansion, Julia gets her head stuck in the banister just before the annual
Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
Julia and Suzanne's plans go awry when they travel to Japan to visit their mother: after discovering that she has gone t
Manhunt
Desperately single Mary Jo, worried that her busy schedule will condemn her to a life alone, accepts coaching from Suzan
They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
Fat as a feminist issue surfaces when Suzanne endures cruel jokes about her weight at her high-school reunion; Anthony e
You Got to Have Friends
Mary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late.
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)
Suzanne and Mary Jo rush Charlene to the hospital when she goes into labor on New Year's Eve and conceives a desire to d
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)
Suzanne and Mary Jo rush Charlene to the hospital when she goes into labor on New Year's Eve and conceives a desire to d
The Mistress
The ladies are hired by wealthy stockbroker Ancel Pollard to decorate a house for a client's wife -- and a condo for his
The Fur Flies
The fur flies at a fashion show, where Suzanne's after-dinner mink causes a riot among animal-rights activists. Meanwhil
Oh, What a Feeling
Julia and Suzanne negotiate for a new delivery van and drive a hard bargain with an overbearing salesman (Ross).
Anthony and Vanessa
Hired for a temporary job at Sugarbakers, Anthony's needy friend Vanessa learns the tricks of the trade from Suzanne, th
Payne Grows Up
Julia is not pleased to learn that Payne is graduating early in order to marry his pregnant girlfriend. Upset at becomin
Tornado Watch
A bizarre collection of characters is trapped inside Sugarbakers by a tornado warning, including hillbilly Daddy Jones w
Tough Enough
A redecorating job for a sports account is right down Sugarbakers' alley when it pits the women against a macho, over-co
It's A Wonderful Life
Julia intervenes when Bill's grief over the loss of his first wife threatens his relationship with Charlene -- and she b
Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend
A lonely Suzanne digs through her old pageant connections for a best girlfriend, not realizing that her friend's "coming
Foreign Affairs
When her maid Consuela is threatened with deportation, Suzanne puts Anthony in a dress and pays him to impersonate the t
Have Faith
When Mary Jo attends church with Julia and Suzanne, she ends up dating Gene Chapman, the minister, but feeling guilty ab
Their Finest Hour
An hour-long clip show of highlights from the previous seasons, including: razor-tongued Julia standing up for Suzanne a
Anthony's Graduation
An extremely anxious Anthony makes it to his college graduation despite a series of mishaps and his nervousness about hi
La Place sans Souci
At a plush spa, the sparse diet, vigorous exercise program and thermal mud baths bring out the worst in Suzanne -- espec
A Blast From the Past
Sugarbaker's is beset by tourists when the building's Civil War foundation puts it on the Tour of Historical Homes, Mary
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Charlene aims to make Anthony's 30th birthday a memorable one -- by hiring a private detective to find his long-lost fat
Working Mother
Resentment builds between Charlene and Mary Jo when Charlene wants to take a year off to look after her baby. The decora
Miss Trial
Julia's dinner plans with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are put on hold when her slow-moving jury gets sequ
The Bachelor Auction
When organizational confusion leads to Suzanne winning a date with Anthony in a bachelor charity auction, the two reluct
Charlene Buys a House
As the proud new owner of a grand but ghostly mansion, Charlene hires the decorators to give the place a facelift -- not
Old Rebels and Young Models
Charlene's baby, Olivia, auditions for a modeling job, Mary Jo finds one of her former teachers in a nursing home.
Nowhere To Run To
Mary Jo takes up jogging, and inadvertently helps turn Julia into a fitness zealot.
A Class Act
Anthony buys in to become a full partner; new student Charlene fends off an amorous psychology professor.
Keep the Home Fires Burning
With her husband away on a mission, Charlene guiltily draws close to a man in her support group for military spouses who
My Daughter, Myself
Mary Jo forbids her nearly 18-year-old daughter to date a 34-year-old, then dates him herself, Julia is forced to crash
And Now, Here's Bernice
After Bernice gets a local public-access cable TV show, Mary Jo has her heart broken by a client and decides that Bernic
Pearls of Wisdom
Mary Jo borrows and loses a string of pearls flaunted by Suzanne, subbing as a lifestyles reporter for local TV news. Me
High Noon in a Laundry Room
Anthony, concerned with his masculinity after working with the women so long, tries standing up to his bullying neighbor
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Everyone at Sugarbakers is baffled to discover that sensible Julia has covertly been singing evenings at a nightclub, An
The Emperor's New Nose
Bernice gets an extraordinarily bad eye tuck and rhinoplasty from a plastic surgeon whose work leaves something to be de
Maybe, Baby
Mary Jo, wanting a baby, turns to her friend and former beau; Suzanne takes up smoking as a way to diet.
This is Art?
Amateur painter Julia inadvertently becomes the darling of Atlanta's art scene when someone tries to buy her handbag whi
Blame it on New Orleans
When the gang attends a convention in intoxicating New Orleans, Mary Jo unwittingly sleeps with a married man.
I'll See You in Court
Mary Jo runs across the man who mugged her the year before, but faces horrendous judicial red tape to bring him to trial
The Big Circle
Julia tries coping with her boyfriend Reese's death by looking after Randa Oliver, the supremely spoiled child of a clie
Friends and Husbands
Charlene, readjusting to married life upon Bill's return from the Middle East, quits her and Mary Jo's children's-book p
Fore!
Suzanne is jealous when Anthony is invited to be the first black (i.e., token) in the previously all-white Beaumont Coun
The Pride of Sugarbakers
Mary Jo and Julia demonstrate different coaching styles when their firm sponsors a Little League team.
The Big Desk (1)
Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and
The Big Desk (2)
Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and
A Toe in the Water
Julia thinks she's ready to resume dating, but Alison disagrees, questioning the manliness of Julia's new beau. Meanwhil
Dwayne's World
Mary Jo protectively takes divorcee Carlene under her wing -- going overboard with a lie about Carlene's latest flame --
Marriage Most Foul
When Allison's ex-convict former flame (whom she turned in for insider trading) is released, she fears he is plotting re
Picking a Winner
Mary Jo turns to a sperm bank to get pregnant, prompting mixed reactions at work. Meanwhile, Julia threaten to rip the d
Last Tango in Atlanta
When the Sugarbakers women are persuaded by Anthony to help with an outreach program at his former prison, they find the
The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita
Perhaps the most famous episode, and a rare instance of a situation comedy making direct political comment on a current
Just Say Doe
When Mary Jo's womanizing brother visits, falls for Allison, and takes her and Quinton on a deer-hunting trip, the women
Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree
Julia's second date with electrician Rusty becomes a group outing with Carlene and Allison dating junior-college guys, a
Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
Mary Jo and Julia are trapped under anchorman Chuck Tremain's bed when a Christmas design contest inspires them to exami
Real, Scary Men
When their van breaks down the women become unwelcome guests at a men's club retreat Wildman Sanctuary, where Anthony is
Tales Out of School
Anthony sees opportunity when his normally unfriendly law professor is attracted to Carlene and invites the two of them
Driving My Mama Back Home
Julia accompanies Mary Jo and her mother Darla on an overnight bus trip back to South Carolina; meanwhile, the other emp
Payne Comes Home
Julia delights in the opportunity to dote on son Payne when he returns for a visit -- which Julia learns will be permane
Carlene's Apartment
Carlene moves into her own apartment on the wrong side of town, where space is at a minimum and burglars roam free, so t
Mamed
A tough-talking, hard-drinking, temperamental Broadway has-been promises to make Julia rue the day that she stole the ro
A Scene From a Mall
Julia stages a sit-in at the mall to protest racial mistreatment of Anthony by brutish cops who accosted him for window
All About Odes to Atlanta
Songwriter Carlene gains notoriety -- and her first groupie -- by entering her ditty in the semi-finals Atlanta's theme-
I Enjoy Being a Girl
On an overnight Girl Scout outing, Carlene's leadership abilities take a beating, while Allison's methods seem to charm
L.A. Story
Allison thinks she's invited to stay at Charles Nelson Reilly's home, so the decorators do Hollywood and get flimflammed
A Little Night Music
Julia strolls down memory lane while awaiting the results of hysterectomy tests at a hospital whose workers are on strik
Shades of Vanessa
The Sugarbakers women use Anthony as ""date bait"" to reel in a big account involving a hotelier's flamboyant debutante
Of Human Bondage
After cousin Allison leaves Sugarbakers, Julia needs cash but is refused a bank loan. To cheer themselves up, the women
Sex and the Single Woman
Carlene allows herself to be seduced by her ex-husband, then admits she was just using him for sex.
Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
After Julia completely rewrites a letter Mary Jo asked her to proofread, Mary Jo comes unraveled on a fashion-show runwa
On the Road Again
In an attempt at spontaneity, a carefree Mary Jo takes off for Nashville on ""a hen party on wheels"" with Julia and Ber
Screaming Passages
Julia fears the emotional roller coaster of menopause -- just as her affair with Phillip heats up, and is upset when she
Viva Las Vegas (1)
After Vanessa calls off their wedding, Anthony joins the gang on a getaway to Las Vegas, where he nurses his broken hear
Fools Rush In (2)
BJ offers to help a desperate Anthony, who invents various schemes to extricate himself from his hasty marriage to a Las
Love Letters
A steamy love letter from another woman found in James' safe-deposit box shatters B.J.'s image of her late husband as a
The Vision Thing
Etienne drives Anthony crazy trying to be the perfect wife, and the Sugarbakers crew throw a Las Vegas style wedding sho
Trial and Error
B.J. goes overboard showering everyone with gifts, and law student Anthony gets carried away trying to help Mary Jo win
Too Dumb to Date
Mary Jo dates a handsome idiot, a to-die-for toyboy male model who seems to have few toys in the attic and little in com
The Odyssey
B.J.'s contribution to the Democratic Party gets the Sugarbaker crew invited to the Inaugural Ball, but the trip proves
Oh Dog, Poor Dog
After eye surgery, Bernice overhears the gals talk of putting Mary Jo's dog out of its misery and figures they're planni
Wedding Redux
Anthony and Etienne renew their vows for Etienne's visiting parents and Anthony's grandmother at a ceremony at B.J.'s, w
Nude Julia, New York Morning
Julia's old mentor for her bohemian art school days in New York unveils his nude portrait of Julia.
Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
B.J.'s dating adventures take a turn for the worse on her birthday, when a bad-hair day and two miserable blind dates ha
Shovel Off to Buffalo
Worshiping hordes gather outside Sugarbaker's after the face of Elvis mysteriously appears on a snow shovel belonging to
It's Not So Easy Being Green
Anthony is jealous of Etienne's successful writer friend, who shares a vivid past with her, but tries to be gracious by
The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
A visit from Julia's meddlesome former schoolmistress is extended -- on ghostly instructions from her deceased husband,
The Lying Game
There's no skirting the fact that Carlene is confused by new beau Eric (Kean), whose unusual habit (cross-dressing) she
Gone With a Whim (1)
With Sugarbaker's in such bad financial shape, the ladies are grateful when B. J. gets them a job redecorating a house t
Gone With a Whim (2)
With Julia continuing to fight to save the antebellum Kearney mansion, B.J. struggles to save Sugarbaker's and Poteet In
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