Designing Women

E01

Episode 1

★ 7.0

101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station

1987-09-14 · 30m

A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.

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E02

Episode 2

Ted Remarries

1987-09-21 · 30m

Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.0

Anthony, Jr.

1987-09-28 · 30m

Anthony goes to extremes to impress his girlfriends' wealthy parents, inventing a pedigreed family -- then an uninvited dinner guest informs him he is the father of her child.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 10.0

Killing All the Right People

1987-10-05 · 30m

"Killing All the Right People" is the 26th episode of the sitcom Designing Women. Originally airing on October 5, 1987, as the fourth episode of the second season, it features Tony Goldwyn as Kendall Dobbs, a young man dying of AIDS who asks the women to design his funeral. Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's mother died of AIDS and her experience with her mother's disease and the prejudice associated with it inspired the episode.

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E05

Episode 5

Half an Air Bubble Off

1987-10-19 · 30m

When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.

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E06

Episode 6

Dash Goff, the Writer

1987-10-26 · 30m

Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 8.0

Heart Attacks

1987-11-09 · 30m

Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 8.0

Cruising

1987-11-16 · 30m

Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.

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E09

Episode 9

I'll Be Seeing You

1987-11-23 · 30m

Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.

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E10

Episode 10

Stranded

1987-12-07 · 30m

While Charlene, Julia and Mary Jo get the flu on a trip to St. Louis, a snowstorm forces Suzanne and Anthony to share a motel room in Tennessee.

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E11

Episode 11

★ 8.0

Howard the Date

1987-12-14 · 30m

It's the mercy date from Hell when the female Sugarbakers staff accompany dateless Howard the nerd to his high-school reunion. Their sympathy quickly wears off when he begins to boast about handling his ""four women.""

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E12

Episode 12

★ 7.5

I'll Be Home For Christmas

1987-12-21 · 30m

Charlene and Anthony scheme to outsmart Mary Jo's disbelieving son on Christmas Eve -- until their hired Santa beats them to it, by swiping the Sugarbakers' Christmas gifts.

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E13

Episode 13

★ 7.0

Great Expectations

1988-01-04 · 30m

Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.

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E14

Episode 14

Second Time Around

1988-01-11 · 30m

Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.

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E15

Episode 15

Oh, Brother

1988-01-18 · 30m

Julia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with aspirations to stand-up comedy.

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E16

Episode 16

There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner

1988-01-25 · 30m

Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.

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E17

Episode 17

The Return of Ray Don

1988-02-01 · 30m

A penniless Suzanne faces stiff fines for back taxes, so after trying to charm Ray Don at the IRS, she sells off her possession and considers marriage to wealthy octogenarian Wilmont Oliver.

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E18

Episode 18

★ 8.0

High Rollers

1988-02-08 · 30m

After Charlene unwittingly puts a bug in Suzanne's ear by relating the success story of Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express, Suzanne flits off to Atlantic City with Charlene and Anthony in hopes of winning a bundle to pay off debts by employing Anthony's gambling expertise.

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E19

Episode 19

The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club

1988-02-15 · 30m

Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by laws.

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E20

Episode 20

How Great Thou Art

1988-02-22 · 30m

Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry.

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E21

Episode 21

Ted-Bare

1988-03-21 · 30m

On the brink of marrying a young woman, Ted begins to appreciate ex-wife Mary Jo's maturity, but his sudden attentiveness strikes everyone else as suspicious.

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E22

Episode 22

★ 9.0

Reservations for Eight

1988-03-28 · 30m

A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends.

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