Designing Women

Season 2

TV-PG

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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22 Episodes

101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
E1
101 Ways to Decorate a Gas StationA scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.
Ted Remarries
E2
Ted RemarriesMary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.
Anthony, Jr.
E3
Anthony, Jr.After Suzanne is in a car accident, she decides to become more charitable. However, her idea of charity is helping Anthony make himself look more well-off than he is to impress his girlfriend's wealthy parents. She lets him use her house. But no one is prepared for the shock when a woman comes to the house claiming that he's the father of her baby.
Killing All the Right People
E4
Killing All the Right People"Killing All the Right People" is the 26th episode of the sitcom Designing Women. Originally airing on October 5, 1987, as the fourth episode of the second season, it features Tony Goldwyn as Kendall Dobbs, a young man dying of AIDS who asks the women to design his funeral. Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's mother died of AIDS and her experience with her mother's disease and the prejudice associated with it inspired the episode.
Half an Air Bubble Off
E5
Half an Air Bubble OffWhen an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.
Dash Goff, the Writer
E6
Dash Goff, the WriterSuzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide.
Heart Attacks
E7
Heart AttacksReese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.
Cruising
E8
CruisingSuzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.
I'll Be Seeing You
E9
I'll Be Seeing YouCharlene meets and falls in love with Bill Stillfield, a recently widowed Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. That night, she dreams of herself in a World War II era bar. There she meets him, accepts his proposal of marriage, and believes he'll be back even though his plane is shot down in Europe.
Stranded
E10
StrandedThe ladies are off to St. Louis for Design Expo, where Julia, Mary Jo and Charlene come down with the flu. Back in Atlanta, the airport closes due to snow before Suzanne, who is judging a beauty pageant, can leave, so she must ride in the van with Anthony. They stay in a small motel in Tennessee and end up in the same bed.
Howard the Date
E11
Howard the DateIt's the mercy date from Hell when the female Sugarbakers staff accompany dateless Howard the nerd to his high-school reunion. Their sympathy quickly wears off when he begins to boast about handling his ""four women.""
I'll Be Home For Christmas
E12
I'll Be Home For ChristmasAt Christmastime, Mary Jo is upset because her son Quinton doesn't believe in Santa Claus and sets up a trap to prove it. Charlene, who plays Santa at her church, stops by to give him a surprise (with Anthony as an elf). Suzanne decides to surprise them and send a department-store Santa over there. Anthony gets caught and breaks his ankle, and the department store Santa steals the tree and all of the presents.
Great Expectations
E13
Great ExpectationsAnthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.
Second Time Around
E14
Second Time AroundCharlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.
Oh, Brother
E15
Oh, BrotherJulia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with aspirations to stand-up comedy.
There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
E16
There's Some Black People Coming to DinnerMary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.
The Return of Ray Don
E17
The Return of Ray DonSuzzane learns she has amassed a large amount of back taxes and she has to pay it or....so she decides to marry a wealthy older man. When Julia learns of this, she decides to talk to IRS man Ray Don Simpson whom she had dealings with, to try and help her sister.
High Rollers
E18
High RollersAfter Charlene unwittingly puts a bug in Suzanne's ear by relating the success story of Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express, Suzanne flits off to Atlantic City with Charlene and Anthony in hopes of winning a bundle to pay off debts by employing Anthony's gambling expertise.
The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
E19
The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving ClubSuzanne applies for membership at the Beaumont Driving Club, the most exclusive country club in Atlanta, and files an application for Julia on her behalf. However, Julia doesn't want to belong to the club because of the type of exclusivity she believes they represent. When they accept her but not Suzanne, she lets them know what to do with the application.
How Great Thou Art
E20
How Great Thou ArtJulia is chosen to sing a solo at the closing ceremony of the Baptist convention, but she worries about a high note in the arrangement of "How Great Thou Art". Charlene is upset when she discovers her minister is against allowing women to preach. She tries to persuade her minister to reconsider his position, but when he remains firm, she faces a painful decision.
Ted-Bare
E21
Ted-BareOn the brink of marrying a young woman, Ted begins to appreciate ex-wife Mary Jo's maturity, but his sudden attentiveness strikes everyone else as suspicious.
Reservations for Eight
E22
Reservations for EightThe ladies take their boyfriends (and in Suzanne's case, ex-husband) on a skiing trip in the mountains of North Carolina, where an avalanche snows them in. Tensions flare up enough to turn into a major battle in the War Between Men and Women.