Designing Women

Season 4 (28 Episodes)

7 Seasons 1989 TV-PG 30m 7.2

The misadventures of four women and their handyman running a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Outspoken feminist Julia Sugarbaker runs a design firm out of her Atlanta home, along with her shallow ex-beauty queen sister, Suzanne, divorced mother Mary Jo, and, naive country girl Charlene. Black ex-con Anthony helps deliver furniture for the business and voices his unique opinion on whatever the women are discussing. Episodes typically revolved around the work, personal, and love lives of these four women.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders

1. The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders

Aired: Sep 18, 1989

Suzanne's pig Noelle has run away, so to console herself, she buys maternity ...

Episode 2 One Night with You

2. One Night with You

Aired: Sep 25, 1989

Julia receives a request to spend the night with Donald Stillman, a former cl...

Episode 3 There She Is

3. There She Is

Aired: Oct 2, 1989

On the eve of Charlene's baby shower, an official from the Miss Georgia pagea...

Episode 4 Nightmare from Hee Haw

4. Nightmare from Hee Haw

Aired: Oct 16, 1989

While camping in a rural area, a family of hillbillies in a nearby bar asks t...

Episode 5 The Girlfriend

5. The Girlfriend

Aired: Oct 23, 1989

Anthony becomes a contractor, and to impress his yuppie girlfriend he is eage...

Episode 6 The Rowdy Girls

6. The Rowdy Girls

Aired: Oct 29, 1989

Charlene's cousin Mavis coaches the ladies for an upcoming talent show, where...

Episode 7 Bernice's Sanity Hearing

7. Bernice's Sanity Hearing

Aired: Nov 12, 1989

Bernice's niece, Phyllis McGuire, tries to have her aunt declared incompetent...

Episode 8 Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence

8. Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence

Aired: Nov 19, 1989

Sugarbaker's is hired to decorate the Governor's mansion for its annual ball....

Episode 9 Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure

9. Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure

Aired: Nov 26, 1989

Julia and Suzanne experience a series of mishaps on a trip to Japan to visit ...

Episode 10 Manhunt

Aired: Dec 3, 1989

To make up for the "ding" she left on Mary Jo's car, Suzanne tries to help he...

Episode 11 They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?

11. They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?

Aired: Dec 10, 1989

Suzanne attends her high school reunion, where people shun her because she we...

Episode 12 You Got to Have Friends

12. You Got to Have Friends

Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Mary Jo is forced to clip coupons and work at Burger Guy because her ex-husba...

Episode 13 The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1

13. The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1

Aired: Dec 31, 1989

Charlene is due on the first of January; if hers is the first baby born in th...

Episode 14 The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2

14. The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2

Aired: Dec 31, 1989

Charlene goes into labor, while the other ladies meet a dying 102-year-old bl...

Episode 15 The Mistress

15. The Mistress

Aired: Jan 7, 1990

The ladies are hired to redesign a house for a man as well as his condo - whe...

Episode 16 The Fur Flies

16. The Fur Flies

Aired: Jan 14, 1990

While Olivia is looking for a nanny, Suzanne is physically harassed by anti-f...

Episode 17 Oh, What a Feeling

17. Oh, What a Feeling

Aired: Jan 28, 1990

Because Suzanne promised a nasty woman named Mrs. Fricke that their job would...

Episode 18 Anthony and Vanessa

18. Anthony and Vanessa

Aired: Feb 4, 1990

When Anthony's girlfriend Vanessa gets a temp job at Sugarbaker's, she sees h...

Episode 19 Payne Grows Up

19. Payne Grows Up

Aired: Feb 18, 1990

Julia learns that her son Payne is graduating early from college and getting ...

Episode 20 Tornado Watch

20. Tornado Watch

Aired: Feb 25, 1990

A tornado traps the ladies in the house with Daddy Jones, who takes a liking ...

Episode 21 Tough Enough

21. Tough Enough

Aired: Mar 11, 1990

The ladies vie for a bowling alley contract in order to undercut a group of o...

Episode 22 It's a Wonderful Life

22. It's a Wonderful Life

Aired: Mar 18, 1990

An exhausted and overworked Charlene believes Bill is having an affair. When ...

Episode 23 Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend

23. Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend

Aired: Apr 3, 1990

Suzanne wants a female friend to accompany her to a charity ball for which sh...

Episode 24 Foreign Affairs

24. Foreign Affairs

Aired: Apr 9, 1990

Suzanne receives a letter from the INS saying that her maid Consuela's work p...

Episode 25 Have Faith

Aired: May 7, 1990

After Julia and Charlene take Mary Jo to their church, she and the minister m...

Episode 26 Their Finest Hour

26. Their Finest Hour

Aired: May 9, 1990

Various scenes are shown in flashback which features each of the women in som...

Episode 27 Anthony's Graduation

27. Anthony's Graduation

Aired: May 14, 1990

Anthony is about to graduate from college, and he is nervous about his commen...

Episode 28 La Place sans Souci

28. La Place sans Souci

Aired: May 21, 1990

Suzanne invites everyone, including Anthony, for a weekend at a fancy health ...

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Main Cast

Delta Burke Suzanne Sugarbaker

Dixie Carter Julia Sugarbaker

Annie Potts Mary Jo Shively

Jean Smart Charlene Frazier Stillfield

Meshach Taylor Anthony Bouvier

Creators

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Creator

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Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy

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