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Ended · 1986–1993

Designing Women

Comedy

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner of and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single-parent who is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is a naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne Sugarbaker is a self-centered ex-beauty queen who has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 22 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Designing Women
  2. S01 E02 · The Beauty Contest
  3. S01 E03 · A Big Affair
  4. S01 E04 · Julia's Son
  5. S01 E05 · Mary Jo's First Date
  6. S01 E06 · Design House
  7. S01 E07 · Perky's Visit
  8. S01 E08 · I Do, I Don't
  9. S01 E09 · The IT Men
  10. S01 E10 · The Slumber Party
  11. S01 E11 · New Year's Daze
  12. S01 E12 · Old Spouses Never Die (1)
  13. S01 E13 · Old Spouses Never Die (2)
  14. S01 E14 · Monette
  15. S01 E15 · And Justice for Paul
  16. S01 E16 · Reese's Friend
  17. S01 E17 · Nashville Bound
  18. S01 E18 · Oh, Suzannah
  19. S01 E19 · Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
  20. S01 E20 · Seams from a Marriage
  21. S01 E21 · Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
  22. S01 E22 · Bachelor Suite
Season 2 · 22 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
  2. S02 E02 · Ted Remarries (Ted and Tammy)
  3. S02 E03 · Anthony, Jr.
  4. S02 E04 · Killing All the Right People
  5. S02 E05 · Half an Air Bubble Off
  6. S02 E06 · Dash Goff, the Writer
  7. S02 E07 · Heart Attacks
  8. S02 E08 · Cruising
  9. S02 E09 · I'll Be Seeing You
  10. S02 E10 · Stranded
  11. S02 E11 · Howard the Date
  12. S02 E12 · I'll Be Home for Christmas
  13. S02 E13 · Great Expectations
  14. S02 E14 · Second Time Around
  15. S02 E15 · Oh, Brother
  16. S02 E16 · There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
  17. S02 E17 · The Return of Ray Don
  18. S02 E18 · High Rollers
  19. S02 E19 · The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
  20. S02 E20 · How Great Thou Art
  21. S02 E21 · Ted-Bare
  22. S02 E22 · Reservations for Eight
Season 3 · 22 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
  2. S03 E02 · The Candidate
  3. S03 E03 · E.P. Phone Home
  4. S03 E04 · Getting Married and Eating Dirt
  5. S03 E05 · Big Haas and Little Falsie
  6. S03 E06 · Hard Hats and Lovers
  7. S03 E07 · But They're Really Great Curtains
  8. S03 E08 · The Wilderness Experience
  9. S03 E09 · Tyrone
  10. S03 E10 · Mr. Bailey
  11. S03 E11 · The Naked Truth
  12. S03 E12 · The Junies
  13. S03 E13 · One Sees, the Other Doesn't
  14. S03 E14 · Odell
  15. S03 E15 · Full Moon
  16. S03 E16 · Ms. Meal Ticket
  17. S03 E17 · The Engagement
  18. S03 E18 · Come On and Marry Me, Bill
  19. S03 E19 · The Women of Atlanta
  20. S03 E20 · Stand and Fight
  21. S03 E21 · The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
  22. S03 E22 · Julia Drives Over the First Amendment
Season 4 · 28 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · The Proxy Pig
  2. S04 E02 · One Night with You
  3. S04 E03 · There She Is
  4. S04 E04 · Nightmare from Hee Haw
  5. S04 E05 · The Girlfriend
  6. S04 E06 · The Rowdy Girls
  7. S04 E07 · Bernice's Sanity Hearing
  8. S04 E08 · Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
  9. S04 E09 · Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
  10. S04 E10 · Manhunt
  11. S04 E11 · They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
  12. S04 E12 · You Got to Have Friends
  13. S04 E13 · The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1
  14. S04 E14 · The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2
  15. S04 E15 · The Mistress
  16. S04 E16 · The Fur Flies
  17. S04 E17 · Oh, What a Feeling
  18. S04 E18 · Anthony and Vanessa
  19. S04 E19 · Payne Grows Up
  20. S04 E20 · Tornado Watch
  21. S04 E21 · Tough Enough
  22. S04 E22 · It's a Wonderful Life
  23. S04 E23 · Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend
  24. S04 E24 · Foreign Affairs
  25. S04 E25 · Have Faith
  26. S04 E26 · Their Finest Hour
  27. S04 E27 · Anthony's Graduation
  28. S04 E28 · La Place sans Souci
Season 5 · 24 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · A Blast from the Past
  2. S05 E02 · Papa Was a Rolling Stone
  3. S05 E03 · Working Mother
  4. S05 E04 · Miss Trial
  5. S05 E05 · The Bachelor Auction
  6. S05 E06 · Charlene Buys a House
  7. S05 E07 · Old Rebels and Young Models
  8. S05 E08 · Nowhere to Run To
  9. S05 E09 · A Class Act
  10. S05 E10 · Keep the Home Fires Burning
  11. S05 E11 · My Daughter, Myself
  12. S05 E12 · And Now, Here's Bernice
  13. S05 E13 · Pearls of Wisdom
  14. S05 E14 · High Noon in a Laundry Room
  15. S05 E15 · How Long Has This Been Going On?
  16. S05 E16 · The Emperor's New Nose
  17. S05 E17 · Maybe, Baby
  18. S05 E18 · This is Art?
  19. S05 E19 · Blame It on New Orleans
  20. S05 E20 · I'll See You in Court
  21. S05 E21 · The Big Circle
  22. S05 E22 · Friends and Husbands
  23. S05 E23 · Fore!
  24. S05 E24 · The Pride of Sugarbakers
Season 6 · 23 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · The Big Desk (1)
  2. S06 E02 · The Big Desk (2)
  3. S06 E03 · A Toe in the Water
  4. S06 E04 · Dwayne's World
  5. S06 E05 · Marriage Most Foul
  6. S06 E06 · Picking a Winner
  7. S06 E07 · Last Tango in Atlanta
  8. S06 E08 · The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita
  9. S06 E09 · Just Say Doe
  10. S06 E10 · Rusty and Julia, Sittin' in a Tree
  11. S06 E11 · Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
  12. S06 E12 · Real, Scary Men
  13. S06 E13 · Tales Out of School
  14. S06 E14 · Driving My Mama Back Home
  15. S06 E15 · Payne Comes Home
  16. S06 E16 · Carlene's Apartment
  17. S06 E17 · Mamed
  18. S06 E18 · A Scene from a Mall
  19. S06 E19 · All About Odes to Atlanta
  20. S06 E20 · I Enjoy Being a Girl
  21. S06 E21 · L.A. Story
  22. S06 E22 · A Little Night Music
  23. S06 E23 · Shades of Vanessa
Season 7 · 22 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Of Human Bondage
  2. S07 E02 · Sex and the Single Woman
  3. S07 E03 · Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
  4. S07 E04 · On the Road Again
  5. S07 E05 · Screaming Passages
  6. S07 E06 · Viva Las Vegas (1)
  7. S07 E07 · Fools Rush In (2)
  8. S07 E08 · Love Letters
  9. S07 E09 · The Vision Thing
  10. S07 E10 · Trial and Error
  11. S07 E11 · Too Dumb to Date
  12. S07 E12 · The Odyssey
  13. S07 E13 · Oh Dog, Poor Dog
  14. S07 E14 · Wedding Redux
  15. S07 E15 · Nude Julia, New York Morning
  16. S07 E16 · Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
  17. S07 E17 · Shovel Off to Buffalo
  18. S07 E18 · It's Not So Easy Being Green
  19. S07 E19 · The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
  20. S07 E20 · The Lying Game
  21. S07 E21 · Gone with a Whim (1)
  22. S07 E22 · Gone with a Whim (2)

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