Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Designing Women Reunion 2003-07-28 · 30 min
Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Meshach Taylor reunited to share behind-the-scenes memories from their time on the series. Included are topics such as initial casting, favorite episodes, how the women met their real-life husbands on the show, and of course, ""when Delta was crazy."" Clips from many episodes are showcased, as well as new interviews with additional cast members, crew members and others associated with the world of television.
S0 · E2Designing Women: A Reunion 2006-10-25 · 44 min
On October 25, 2006, the women of Designing Women reunited at The Paley Center for Media (then known as The Museum of Television & Radio) as part of their "Fearless Women" series. Moderated by Barbara Dixon, the reunion included series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and stars Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Jean Smart.
S1 · E1Designing Women 1986-09-29 · 30 min
Suzanne visits a new gynecologist, Mary Jo's ex-husband Ted, and a maelstrom of emotions is unleashed when she announces she is dating him.
S1 · E2The Beauty Contest 1986-10-06 · 30 min
Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta contest, and despite her depression over her own upcoming 30th birthday, Suzanne coaches Claudia on how to walk and smile.
S1 · E3A Big Affair 1986-10-20 · 30 min
Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a date between a more-than-hefty man and a reluctant Charlene.
S1 · E4Julia's Son 1986-10-27 · 30 min
Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his girlfriend home from college for a visit, and Julia wants everything to be perfect for her ""baby."" Payne then presents his girl, Primmie, who is tall, attractive...and forty years old!
S1 · E5Mary Jo's First Date 1986-11-03 · 30 min
Concerned that Mary Jo hasn't dated since she and Ted broke up, Suzanne arranges a bind date for her with an old acquaintance, J.D. Shackelford, head scout for the Atlanta Braves baseball team, while Julia struggles through an I.R.S. audit conducted by the same Ray Don Simpson who tried to pick up the women at a restaurant and suffered a tonguelashing from Julia.
S1 · E6Design House 1986-11-17 · 30 min
Since Suzanne has money invested in Sugarbaker's and is tired of her image as a front bimbo for the firm, Julia assigns her to do the decorating of their next project. Unfortunately, the house burns to the ground while Suzanne is working on it.
S1 · E7Perky's Visit 1986-11-24 · 30 min
Perky Sugarbaker, Julia and Suzanne's mother, and her friend Bernice hope to escape the dull routine of their lives in the retirement home by joining the girls and their ex-con handyman Anthony for the festive occasion, considering it an exhilarating change.
S1 · E8I Do, I Don't 1986-12-04 · 30 min
The dinner is perfect, the champagne flows, Julia is presented with a single rose, and on a lark she and her current beau Reese get married. The next morning both parties regret their hastiness, and Reese appears with annulment papers. An argument ensues, and Julia finally agrees to sign the papers, thereby annuling their marriage and their entire relationship.
S1 · E9The IT Men 1986-12-04 · 30 min
When her boyfriend Mason takes a job in Japan, Charlene finds she has chemistry with another man, a man who happens to be married to one of the Sugarbaker clients.
S1 · E10The Slumber Party 1986-12-18 · 30 min
Arriving at work one morning, Suzanne tells Julia, Mary Jo, and Charlene that when she tried to fire her maid, she put a voodoo death curse on her and proclaimed that Suzanne would be gone by midnight. Mary Jo invites Charlene, Julia and Suzanne to help her with Claudia's slumber party.
S1 · E11New Year's Daze 1987-01-01 · 30 min
It is New Year's Eve, and everyone is dressed in their finery, anticipating a fun-filled night on the town. The identity of Charlene's date is kept secret until a news flash reports that the infamous ""Shadow"" is the subject of a massive manhunt.
S1 · E12Old Spouses Never Die (1) 1987-02-01 · 30 min
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.
S1 · E13Old Spouses Never Die (2) 1987-02-01 · 30 min
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.
S1 · E14Monette 1987-02-08 · 30 min
When an old school chum of Charlene's, Monette, buys the old Chadwick mansion and asks Sugarbaker's to redecorate, the women are excited at the prospect of a most lucrative assignment--until they find out what the assignment REALLY is...
S1 · E15And Justice For Paul 1987-02-15 · 30 min
Suzanne picks up a client who wants period furniture on a shoestring budget, and the Sugarbaker women find that antique furniture at bargain prices is no bargain.
S1 · E16Reese's Friend 1987-02-22 · 30 min
A disagreement over the theme for the annual country club fund-raiser has Julia and Suzanne at odds, but the quibbling is forgotten when Reese appears with a gorgeous young women on his arm, explaining that she is a new attorney in his law firm.
S1 · E17Nashville Bound 1987-03-16 · 30 min
The news that Charlene's family--all ten brothers and sisters--will be in town at the same time is overshadowed by the news that she is going to become a recording star!
S1 · E18Oh, Suzannah 1987-03-23 · 30 min
While in Reese's office to sign legal papers, Suzanne off-handedly volunteers to keep a Vietnamese boat child, Li Sing, who is being adopted but needs an interim home for the next four weeks while final papers are being completed. Suzanne becomes attached to Li Sing quickly and doesn't want to give her over to her new family.
S1 · E19Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene 1987-04-06 · 30 min
When Mary Jo's divorced father arrives in Atlanta for a four-day visit and dances cheek to cheek with Charlene, Mary Jo becomes very protective.
S1 · E20Seams From a Marriage 1987-04-13 · 30 min
When Anthony saunters into the shop wearing an enormous cowboy hat, followed by a breathless Mary Jo who has obviously been out all night as she is wearing the same clothes ahe had on when she left the day before, the others clamor for an explanation. It seems their appointment with Sugarbaker's newest client turned into an all-night bash, complete with Cajun buffet and country-western band.
S1 · E21Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am 1987-05-04 · 30 min
Suzanne's baseball player ex-husband, Jack Dent, writes in his autobiography that he had more groupie action than all the rock ""n"" roll bands in North America, and Suzanne vows revenge.
S1 · E22Bachelor Suite 1987-05-11 · 30 min
When Mary Jo undertakes the decoration of Hence Winchester's new home, she finds herself the object of sexual harassment by her wealthy client.