Designing Women - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1986

Suzanne shocks her co-workers when she begins dating Mary Jo's ex-husband.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1986

Suzanne's substantial beauty contest expertise rises to the fore with surprising results when Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta Contest.

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1986

Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a date between a more-than-hefty man and a reluc-tant Charlene.

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1986

When Julia's nineteen-year-old son brings his girlfriend home from college, diplomacy becomes impossible when Julia finds that the girl is a forty-year-old professor.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1986

Concerned that Mary Jo is not having any fun since her divorce, Suzanne arranges a blind date for her with an old acquaintance, while Julia tries to get through an I. R. S. audit with a man she verbally abused when he tried to pick up the women.

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1986

Suzanne is tired of her image as front bimbo for Sugarbaker's and wants to be a dec-orator. But she gets discouraged when her first design project burns to the ground.

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1986

Julia and Suzanne's mother arrives with a friend hoping to escape the dull routine of their retirement home by visiting Sugarbakers for Thanksgiving and they find more excitement than they had ever hoped.

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1986

Julia and her current beau go out for a celebratory dinner and on a whim decide to get married. The next morning finds Julia wanting to get out of the marriage until Reese shows up with the annulment papers.

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1986

Although Charlene still has a relationship with Mason, she begins dating another man. Unfortunately, unknown to Charlene, her new boyfriend is married.

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1986

When Suzanne has a voodoo death curse placed on her by her maid, she convinces Julia, Charlene and Mary Jo to spend the night with her so she won't die alone.

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1987

Gala Plans for a New Year's Eve celebration bite the dust when it seems that Charlene's date is the "armed and dangerous" prison escapee Shadow.

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1987

Mary Jo finds the road to romance more than usually rocky and Charlene receives dis-turbing medical news.

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1987

Mary Jo finds the road to romance more than usually rocky and Charlene receives dis-turbing medical news.

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1987

A dilemma faces Sugarbaker's when they ponder the morality of their latest -- and most lucrative -- client.

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1987

The women of Sugarbaker's are delighted to pick up sane authentic antique furniture at bargain prices until they wind up in jail for buying stolen furniture.

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1987

Jealousy takes a giant step forward when Julia assumes her friend Reese is overly pre-occupied with the beautiful new attorney in his law office.

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1987

A chance meeting with a hot-shot promoter at a party convinces Charlene that she will be the next big Nashville music star.

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1987

Suzanne brings a new meaning to mother love when she agrees to become a temporary foster mother.

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1987

When Mary Jo's father arrives in Atlanta for a visit and takes a fancy to Charlene, Mary Jo's imagination goes wild.

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1987

Integrity and values are tested when Sugarbaker's acquires a flamboyant, spendthrift couple as their latest client.

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: May 4, 1987

When Suzannes ex-husband, pro baseball player Jack Dent, writes his autobiography detailing his off-the-field activities, she decides to get even and play hardball herself .

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 11, 1987

Sexual harassment becomes the order of the day when Mary Jo is subjected to special attention and pressure from a wealthy client.

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 14, 1987

Sugarbaker's faces a severe test of their creative ability when the winner of their contest demands that they refurbish his run-down dilapidated gas station.

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1987

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1987

Anthony's fabrication of a pedigree family to impress his girlfriend's parents is shattered when an uninvited dinner guest informs him that he is the father of her son.

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1987

A wonderful young friend enlists the Sugarbaker firm's services for an unusual project -- he is dying of AIDS and wants them to design his funeral, and Mary Jo becomes involved in a PTA debate over sexually active school students.

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1987

At the same time the women are being driven crazy by an eccentric client with bizarre decorating requests, feisty Bernice Clifton announces she is entering a beauty contest for senior citizens and needs their advice and sponsorship.

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1987

Suzanne's ex-husband, writer Dash Goff, turns up in her life just in time to announce that he is contemplating suicide.

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1987

Reese hopes to prove he's more fit than his visiting buddy and sometime rival and challenges him to an arm-wrestling contest. Over Julia's protests, Reese strains himself to the limit and suffers a heart attack.

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1987

When the ladies of Sugarbaker's combine business with pleasure on a cruise ship; Mary Jo and Suzanne discover just how close they really are to each other.

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1987

When a handsome Army colonel appears at the Sugarbaker's shop, Charlene is sure hex friends have arranged his appearance as a surprise answer to her birthday wish for a soldier.

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1987

Suzanne insists on accompanying Anthony to St. Louis in the van when her flight is cancelled because of a snowstorm and they wind up sharing the last motel room available for miles.

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1987

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1987

A hired Santa steals all the gifts under the tree at Sugarbakers.

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1988

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1988

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1988

Suzanne and Julia learn that their half-brother wants to be a stand-up comic.

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1988

The father of a black student refuses to let him date Claudia.

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1988

Suzanne gets into trouble with the IRS and resorts to desperate measures.

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1988

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1988

Prejudice rears its ugly head when Julia and Suzanne are accepted into a very exclusive club.

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1988

Julia's solo with the Atlanta Symphony gives Charlene courage to oppose her minister.

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1988

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1988

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1988

The women feel insecure when a Scandinavian beauty queen (Rika Hofmann) is hired to watch Mary Jo's kids.

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1988

Julia's on-camera lashing of a local leader (Jason Bernard) launches her political career.

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1988

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1988

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1988

Mary Jo inherits $3,000 that must be spent on something frivolous, so she considers getting breast implants.

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1988

Suzanne convinces Charlene that her boyfriend (Douglas Barr) should date others before making a commitment.

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1989

When their supplier is hit by a strike, the ladies sew their own drapes.

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1989

The Sugarbaker women experience a three-day survival course, compliments of Bernice.

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1989

Anthony becomes a surrogate brother to a teenage con artist (Shavar Ross), causing Anthony to reflect on his own childhood.

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1989

A decorating project is put on hold when the client passes away.

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1989

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1989

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1989

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1989

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1989

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1989

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1989

Charlene announces her engagement; Mary Jo and J.D. go their separate ways.

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1989

Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill (Douglas Barr) handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer (Fabiana Udenio).

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: May 1, 1989

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: May 8, 1989

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: May 15, 1989

Reggie (Danny Thomason), the thieving accountant, cons Suzanne into investing in a circus.

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 22, 1989

Julia becomes incensed by a nearby newspaper stand selling pornography.

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1989

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1989

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1989

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1989

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1989

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1989

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1989

The Sugarbaker women testify for Bernice when her niece (Leslie Ackerman) attempts to have her declared incompetent.

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1989

Julia gets her head stuck in the banister at the governor's mansion just before the annual ball.

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1989

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1989

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1989

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1989

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1990

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Jan 1, 1990

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1990

The ladies decorate a house for a client's wife and a condo for his mistress.

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1990

While modeling a fur coat at a fashion show, Suzanne is injured by animal-rights protesters; Olivia searches for a nanny.

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1990

The ladies are forced to negotiate with a crafty car dealer for a new delivery van when their old one breaks down in a driving rainstorm.

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1990

In an effort to win Anthony, Vanessa (Olivia Brown) asks Suzanne for a total make-over.

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1990

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1990

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1990

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1990

Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Apr 9, 1990

Suzanne is thrilled to rekindle an old friendship until she learns the woman (Karen Kopins) is a lesbian.

Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1990

Anthony is persuaded to impersonate Suzanne's maid to keep her from being deported.

Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: May 7, 1990

Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: May 9, 1990 (60 min)

Memorable moments from the series are shown in flashback.

Episode: 4x27 | Airdate: May 14, 1990

Episode: 4x28 | Airdate: May 21, 1990

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1990

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1990

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1990

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1990

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1990

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1990

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1990

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1990

Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1990

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1990

While Bill (Douglas Barr) is on a classified mission, Charlene befriends a man (Peter Crook) she meets at a support group.

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1990

Mary Jo forbids Claudia (Priscilla Weems) to date an older man (Tom Isbell), then decides to date him herself.

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1990

Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1991

Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1991

Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1991

Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1991

Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1991

Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1991

Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1991

Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Mar 18, 1991

Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Apr 8, 1991

Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Apr 29, 1991

Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: May 6, 1991

Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: May 13, 1991

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1991

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1991

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1991

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1991

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1991

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1991

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1991

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1991

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1991

Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1991

Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1991

Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1991

Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1991

Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1992

Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1992

Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1992

Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1992

Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1992

Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1992

Episode: 6x20 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1992

Episode: 6x21 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1992

Episode: 6x22 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1992

Episode: 6x23 | Airdate: May 4, 1992

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1992

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1992

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Oct 16, 1992

Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1992

Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1992

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1992

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1992

Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1992

Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1992

Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1992

Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1993

Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1993

Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1993

Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1993

Episode: 7x15 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1993

Episode: 7x16 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1993

Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1993

Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1993

Episode: 7x19 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1993

Episode: 7x20 | Airdate: May 7, 1993

Episode: 7x21 | Airdate: May 24, 1993

Episode: 7x22 | Airdate: May 24, 1993