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  • Sep 17, 1990
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  • Sep 17, 1990

Summary Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Charlene Frazier-Stillfield (Jean Smart) and Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia Sugarbaker is the owner of Sugarbaker and Associates and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced sin...

Created By: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

  • CBS
  • Sep 17, 1990
  • CBS
  • Sep 17, 1990
Designing Women
Season 5
7 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 17, 1990
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Summary Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter), Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts), Charlene Frazier-Stillfield (Jean Smart) and Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia Sugarbaker is the owner of Sugarbaker and Associates and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced sin...

Created By: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1990 • 30 m
A Blast from the Past
Sugarbakers is put on a historical tour of homes, and Julia gets irate at the selling of the myth of the old south.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1990
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Episode 3 • Oct 1, 1990 • 30 m
Working Mother
Episode 4 • Oct 15, 1990
Miss Trial
Episode 5 • Oct 22, 1990 • 30 m
The Bachelor Auction
Episode 6 • Oct 29, 1990
Charlene Buys a House
When Charlene buys a haunted house, she hires Sugarbaker & Associates to decorate it and insists that they treat her as just another customer.
Episode 7 • Nov 5, 1990 • 30 m
Old Rebels and Young Models
Episode 8 • Nov 12, 1990
Nowhere to Run To
When Julia and Mary Jo take up running, Julia becomes obsessed with the sport to the detriment of her business.
Episode 9 • Nov 19, 1990 • 30 m
A Class Act
When Charlene goes back to college, she takes a psychology class with a socially awkward professor who falls for her but cannot express it appropriately.
Episode 10 • Nov 26, 1990 • 30 m
Keep the Homes Fires Burning
Episode 11 • Dec 10, 1990
My Daughter, Myself
Claudia brings home Jack, a 34-year-old man she met in a bar, who soon takes an interest in Mary Jo.
Episode 12 • Dec 17, 1990
And Now, Here's Bernice
While Mary Jo deals with getting dumped by a rich, handsome client, Bernice has trouble getting her guests to show up on her new public access TV show.
Episode 13 • Jan 7, 1991
Pearls of Wisdom
Episode 14 • Jan 14, 1991
High Noon in a Laundry Room
Anthony is forced to confront Billy Boy Swine, a bully who has taken over the laundry room in his apartment and disturbed all the other tenants.
Episode 15 • Jan 28, 1991 • 30 m
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Julia secretly sings in a nightclub; Anthony is attracted to an Asian woman.
Episode 16 • Feb 4, 1991
The Emperor's New Nose
Bernice decides to have plastic surgery. When the surgeon botches the job, the women have trouble telling her to her face because they are afraid to hurt her feelings.
Episode 17 • Feb 11, 1991
Maybe Baby
While Suzanne starts smoking to lose weight, Mary Jo wants to have another baby while she still can. When J.D. returns to town on business, she wants him to father the baby instead of going to a sperm bank.
Episode 18 • Feb 25, 1991 • 30 m
This Is Art?
Episode 19 • Mar 4, 1991
Blame It on New Orleans
Episode 20 • Mar 18, 1991 • 30 m
I'll See You in Court
While Suzanne gets in trouble for putting on her mascara while driving, Mary Jo finds that the man who robbed her is now working at a pizzeria.
Episode 21 • Apr 8, 1991 • 30 m
The Big Circle
While coping with the sudden death of her boyfriend Reese, Julia takes care of the nasty Randa Oliver while her parents have gone on vacation without her.
Episode 22 • Apr 29, 1991 • 30 m
Friends and Husbands
Bill gets a week's leave while Charlene and Mary Jo are writing a children's book that has a deadline.
Episode 23 • May 6, 1991 • 30 m
Fore!
Episode 24 • May 13, 1991 • 30 m
The Pride of Sugarbakers
Mary Jo coaches her son's little league baseball team; they have lost six games in a row. When Julia becomes the co-coach, the team's performance starts to turn around, but Mary Jo feels that they have gotten too competitive.
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