Seasons & episodes
S2 · E1101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station 1987-09-14 · 30 min
A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.
S2 · E2Ted Remarries 1987-09-21 · 30 min
Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.
S2 · E3Anthony, Jr. 1987-09-28 · 30 min
Anthony goes to extremes to impress his girlfriends' wealthy parents, inventing a pedigreed family -- then an uninvited dinner guest informs him he is the father of her child.
S2 · E4Killing All the Right People 1987-10-05 · 30 min
"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.
S2 · E5Half an Air Bubble Off 1987-10-19 · 30 min
When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.
S2 · E6Dash Goff, the Writer 1987-10-26 · 30 min
Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide.
S2 · E7Heart Attacks 1987-11-09 · 30 min
Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.
S2 · E8Cruising 1987-11-16 · 30 min
Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.
S2 · E9I'll Be Seeing You 1987-11-23 · 30 min
Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.
S2 · E10Stranded 1987-12-07 · 30 min
While Charlene, Julia and Mary Jo get the flu on a trip to St. Louis, a snowstorm forces Suzanne and Anthony to share a motel room in Tennessee.
S2 · E11Howard the Date 1987-12-14 · 30 min
It'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.""
S2 · E12I'll Be Home For Christmas 1987-12-21 · 30 min
Charlene and Anthony scheme to outsmart Mary Jo's disbelieving son on Christmas Eve -- until their hired Santa beats them to it, by swiping the Sugarbakers' Christmas gifts.
S2 · E13Great Expectations 1988-01-04 · 30 min
Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.
S2 · E14Second Time Around 1988-01-11 · 30 min
Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.
S2 · E15Oh, Brother 1988-01-18 · 30 min
Julia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with aspirations to stand-up comedy.
S2 · E16There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner 1988-01-25 · 30 min
Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.
S2 · E17The Return of Ray Don 1988-02-01 · 30 min
A penniless Suzanne faces stiff fines for back taxes, so after trying to charm Ray Don at the IRS, she sells off her possession and considers marriage to wealthy octogenarian Wilmont Oliver.
S2 · E18High Rollers 1988-02-08 · 30 min
After 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.
S2 · E19The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club 1988-02-15 · 30 min
Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by laws.
S2 · E20How Great Thou Art 1988-02-22 · 30 min
Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry.
S2 · E21Ted-Bare 1988-03-21 · 30 min
On 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.
S2 · E22Reservations for Eight 1988-03-28 · 30 min
A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends.
S3 · E1Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula 1988-11-14 · 30 min
A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.
S3 · E2The Candidate 1988-11-21 · 30 min
Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.