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Designing Women

Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason uses the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor. The founder of the company is Julia Sugarbaker, a sharp-tongued but elegant and surprisingly compassionate woman. Her younger sister, Suzanne, is a former beauty queen who is long on charm but a bit slow on the uptake. Their associates are Mary Jo Shively, a recent divorcee, and officer manager Charlene Frazier, whose sweetness is matched only by her naivete. Their deliverman is Anthony Bouvier, a well-spoken ex-convict, and cheerfully dotty senior citizen Bernice Clifton often drops by for a visit as well.

S4, EP29 "La Place Sans Souci"

The ladies are at odds when they are put on different diets at a health spa.

S5, EP1 "A Blast From the Past"

Julia refurbishes Sugarbakers when the Historical League places it on the tour of historical homes.

S5, EP22 "Friends and Husbands"

Charlene must readjust to married life when Bill returns from the Persian Gulf.

S5, EP23 "Fore!"

Anthony is invited to be the first black member of an exclusive country club.

S5, EP24 "The Pride of Sugarbaker's"

Mary Jo and Julia share coaching duties for a Little League team.

S6, EP3 "A Toe in the Water"

When Julia tentatively begins dating again, Allison questions the sexual preferences of her new beau.

S5, EP2 "Birthday Presents and Other Strangers"

To surprise Anthony on his birthday, the Sugarbaker women look for his long-lost father.

S5, EP3 "Working Mother"

Charlene takes a year off from Sugarbakers to devote more time to her baby.

S5, EP4 "Miss Trial"

Julia misses dinner with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter when she is placed on a sequestered jury.

S5, EP5 "The Bachelor Auction"

An embarrassed Suzanne wins a date with Anthony at a bachelor charity auction.

S5, EP6 "Charlene Buys a House"

Charlene hires Sugarbakers to decorate her new house, which appears to be haunted.

S5, EP7 "Old Rebels & Young Models"

Mary Jo harbors a favorite teacher (Meg Wyllie) who has escaped from a nursing home.

S5, EP8 "Nowhere to Run To"

Julia becomes obsessed with fitness when Mary Jo gets her to start jogging.

S5, EP9 "A Class Act"

While Anthony becomes a Sugarbakers partner, Charlene enrolls in a local university where she fends off an amorous professor.

S5, EP10 "Keep the Home Fires Burning"

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

S5, EP11 "My Daughter, My Self"

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

S6, EP1 "The Big Desk: Part 1"

Allison Sugarbaker (Julia Duffy) buys out Suzanne's share of the business and attempts to take it over.

S6, EP2 "The Big Desk: Part 2"

A cousin buys out Suzanne, then tries to take over the business.

S6, EP4 "Dwayne's World"

Anthony poses as Carlene's doctor boyfriend when her ex-husband (Ray McKinnon) comes to town.

S6, EP5 "Marriage Most Foul"

Allison's former flame, who is an ex-convict, proposes marriage.

S5, EP12 "And Now, Here's Bernice"

A handsome client (Collin Bernsen) breaks Mary Jo's heart; Bernice gets her own late night television show.

S5, EP13 "Pearls of Wisdom"

Mary Jo switches her fake pearls for Suzanne's real ones as a joke, but then loses them.

S5, EP14 "High Noon in a Laundry Room"

Anthony tests his manhood by confronting a neighborhood bully.

S5, EP15 "How Long Has This Been Going On?"

Anthony and the ladies spy on Julia when she begins acting mysteriously.

S5, EP16 "The Emperor's New Nose"

The ladies are shocked when they see the results of Bernice's nose job.

S5, EP17 "Maybe Baby"

Suzanne takes up smoking; Mary Jo decides to have another baby.

S5, EP18 "This Is Art?"

Julia becomes Atlanta's hottest new artist; Suzanne accidently glues her lips together.

S5, EP19 "Blame It on New Orleans"

At a designer's convention, Mary Jo's new attitude leads her to an all-night rendezvous.

S4, EP28 "Anthony's Graduation"

An extremely nervous Anthony makes it to his college graduation despite a series of mishaps.

S4, EP27 "Their Finest Hour"

Highlights from past episodes include bras, killer bees and wacky dresses.

S4, EP26 "Their Finest Hour"

Highlights of past episodes include bras, killer bees and wacky dresses.

S4, EP25 "Have Faith"

When Mary Jo attends church with Julia and Suzanne, she ends up dating the minister (Bruce Davison).

S4, EP24 "Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend"

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

S4, EP23 "Foreign Affairs"

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

Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason uses the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor. The founder of the company is Julia Sugarbaker, a sharp-tongued but elegant and surprisingly compassionate woman. Her younger sister, Suzanne, is a former beauty queen who is long on charm but a bit slow on the uptake. Their associates are Mary Jo Shively, a recent divorcee, and officer manager Charlene Frazier, whose sweetness is matched only by her naivete. Their deliverman is Anthony Bouvier, a well-spoken ex-convict, and cheerfully dotty senior citizen Bernice Clifton often drops by for a visit as well.
Starring: Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Jean Smart, Annie Potts, Meshach Taylor, Priscilla Weems, Tom Isbell, Michael B. Silver
Original Air Date: Sep 26, 1986
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
1 seasons available on demand (6 episodes)
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