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Designing Women

TVPG • Sitcom • Comedy • TV Series • 1986

Ambitious Julia Sugarbaker and her sister, diva-like ex-beauty queen Suzanne, decide ...more

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7 seasons available (164 episodes)

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Episode 1

Of Human Bondage

On the brink of being forced out of business Anthony and the women of Sugarbaker's meet a wealthy Southern widow, B.J. Poteet, and she makes an offer to Julia that will determine Sugarbaker's future.

Episode 2

Sex And The Single Woman

When her ex-husband, Dwayne Dobber, pops into town, Carlene spends the night with him -- in Anthony's bed. Carlene feels terrible when she realizes that she doesn't love Dwayne anymore, but she doesn't know how to tell him.

Episode 3

Mary Jo Vs. The Terminator

Mary Jo, sick and tired of Julia's bossiness, finally explodes and tells her off, hours before the two are to appear together in a charity fashion show.

Episode 4

On The Road Again

Mary Jo agrees to drive with Julia to Nashville to meet her new beau, but Bernice tags along, turning their vision of a "Thelma and Louise" trip into hell on wheels.

Episode 5

Screaming Passage

When Julia learns that she is going through the change of life, she prepares herself and her friends for a hormonal action/adventure.

Episode 6

Viva Las Vegas

Anthony goes to Las Vegas to forget his broken engagement to Vanessa and winds up married to a gorgeous showgirl from the Folies Bergiere.

Episode 7

Fools Rush In

Anthony plans to extricate himself from his hasty nuptials, with schemes that range from the practical to the ridiculous. When his attempts to get free meet more resistance than he expected, B.J. hatches a plan to pay her off.

Episode 8

Love Letters

When B.J. examines her departed husband's safety deposit box, she finds passionate love letters from a strange woman.

Episode 9

The Vision Thing

The ladies throw a Las Vegas-style wedding shower for Anthony and Etienne, who is driving her new husband crazy with her overwhelming efforts to become the perfect wife.

Episode 10

Trial And Error

Law school student Anthony agrees to take the witness stand to help Mary Jo in a court battle and winds up her reluctant legal advisor.

Episode 11

Too Dumb To Date

Anthony and the ladies can't understand why Mary Jo is wasting her time with someone dumber than mud... until they get a better look at him, Atlanta's incredibly handsome top male model.

Episode 12

The Odyssey

B.J. arranges to fly the Sugarbaker Design firm clan to the presidential inauguration on her private jet, but when bad weather grounds the plane.

Episode 13

Oh Dog, Poor Dog

Bernice, recovering from minor eye surgery at Sugarbaker's, overhears Mary Jo tell Julia her heart--wrenching decision to have the dog put to sleep -- and assumes they are talking about her.

Episode 14

Wedding Redux

Anthony and Etienne decide to renew their vows; Mary Jo worries when Quint asks to go away for the weekend&with a girl!

Episode 15

Nude Julia, New York Morning

Julia attends the opening of her old art teacher Nigel's exhibition and finds herself on exhibition when he unveils his masterpiece, a nude "portrait" of her for which she never posed.

Episode 16

Sex, Lies And Bad Hair Days

Julia decides that a date with a kind, caring, sensitive man would be the perfect birthday present for the somewhat depressed B.J., but finding Mr. Right in two days proves to be more difficult that she imagined.

Episode 17

Shovel Off To Buffalo

When Elvis' face mysteriously "appears" on Mary Jo's snow shovel, she develops healing power.

Episode 18

Its Not So Easy Being Green

Anthony can't control his jealousy when Etienne's smart successful, good-looking college friend, Punch, comes to visit.

Episode 19

The Woman Who Came to Sugarbaker's

Following instructions she received from her deceased husband during a seance, Mrs. Beecham, an overbearing old schoolmistress of Julia's, comes to live with her.

Episode 20

The Lying Game

When Carlene discovers she is dating a man who is a cross-dresser, she then tries spending the day in male drag to understand what it's like.

Episode 21

Gone With The Whim, Part 1

Sugarbaker's takes an unpleasant job to save the firm from bankruptcy.

Episode 22

Gone With The Whim, Part 2

The women struggle to save Sugarbaker's from a hostile takeover.

The Beauty Contest

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1986)

Killing All the Right People

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1987)

Reservations For 12, Plus Ursula

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1988)

Getting Married and Eating Dirt

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1988)

Full Moon

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1989)

The Women of Atlanta

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1989)

Bernice's Sanity Hearing

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1989)

First Day of the Last Decade of the 20th Century, Part 1

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1990)

First Day of the Last Decade of the 20th Century, Part 2

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1990)

Fore!

TVPG • Sitcom, Comedy • Episode (1991)

About this Show

Designing Women

Ambitious Julia Sugarbaker and her sister, diva-like ex-beauty queen Suzanne, decide to open their own design firm. They are aided by close friends Mary Jo and Charlene. Also on hand is ex-con Anthony who provides the women with some moving muscle and his often unsolicited male opinion.

Starring: Delta BurkeDixie CarterJean SmartAnnie PottsMeshach Taylor

TVPGSitcom ComedyTV Series • 1986

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