Episode guide
Designing Women: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 29, 1986
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- Episode 1: Designing Women Sep 29, 1986 · 30m 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.
- Episode 2: The Beauty Contest Oct 6, 1986 · 30m 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.
- Episode 3: A Big Affair Oct 20, 1986 · 30m 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.
- Episode 4: Julia's Son Oct 27, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 5: Mary Jo's First Date Nov 3, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 6: Design House Nov 17, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 7: Perky's Visit Nov 24, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 8: I Do, I Don't Dec 4, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 9: The IT Men Dec 4, 1986 · 30m 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.
- Episode 10: The Slumber Party Dec 18, 1986 · 30m 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…
- Episode 11: New Year's Daze Jan 1, 1987 · 30m 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…
- Episode 12: Old Spouses Never Die (1) Feb 1, 1987 · 30m 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.
- Episode 13: Old Spouses Never Die (2) Feb 1, 1987 · 30m 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.
- Episode 14: Monette Feb 8, 1987 · 30m 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…
- Episode 15: And Justice For Paul Feb 15, 1987 · 30m 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.
- Episode 16: Reese's Friend Feb 22, 1987 · 30m 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…
- Episode 17: Nashville Bound Mar 16, 1987 · 30m 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!
- Episode 18: Oh, Suzannah Mar 23, 1987 · 30m 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…
- Episode 19: Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene Apr 6, 1987 · 30m 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.
- Episode 20: Seams From a Marriage Apr 13, 1987 · 30m 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…
- Episode 21: Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am May 4, 1987 · 30m 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.
- Episode 22: Bachelor Suite May 11, 1987 · 30m When Mary Jo undertakes the decoration of Hence Winchester's new home, she finds herself the object of sexual harassment by her wealthy client.