Designing Women
"Designed to keep you laughing!"
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.
Season 3 Episodes
E1
A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.
E2
Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.
E3
While touring Graceland on VIP tickets, Julia is touched when a truck driver tells how the King influenced his life.
E4
Bernice asks the ladies to be her wedding attendants when she receives a marriage proposal from a TV pitchman -- who hab…
E5
Mary-Jo contemplates breast enlargement after receiving an inheritance from her uncle Dude stipulating that she must spe…
E6
Suzanne convinces Charlene that Bill should date more before they get serious, and the ladies plan revenge on a bunch of…
E7
Striking laborers from a textile factory besiege the company, and the Sugarbakers women come to respect them for survivi…
E8
The women embark on a wilderness survival course designed to build leadership -- but it's first-time camper Bernice who …
E9
Acting as surrogate brother a troubled youth, Anthony remembers his own painful childhood, and when Julia puts her trust…
E10
The designers are determined that a recently deceased client's last wish be honored -- to leave her millions (and the la…
E11
Mary Jo, Charlene and Anthony feign nonchalance at a nudist colony, the Sugarbakers' nieces visit.
E12
Charlene becomes a part-time saleswoman for ""Lady Jun"" cleaning products, and when she repeatedly succumbs to psycholo…
E13
Suzanne didn't spend one week and $2,000 at a spa to be asked out by a blind client who can't appreciate her radiance --…
E14
Sugarbakers becomes the site of a Southern family feud after Charlene's brother arrives and announces he is marrying the…
E15
A full moon coincides with strange occurrences, including Mary Jo's sudden conviction that Claudia and her boyfriend are…
E16
Mary-Jo overreacts to J.D.'s losing his job and moving in with her, but a psychic helps her sort out her feelings.
E17
Charlene, now happily engaged, dreads meeting Bill's intimidating mother and aunt, Mary Jo gives the dating game another…
E18
Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer after his stag party.
E19
A photographer shooting a magazine spread on the women of Atlanta asks the decorators to participate, but they become su…
E20
When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.
E21
When she discovers him working as a bellboy/pianist, the accountant who absconded with her life savings offers Suzanne a…
E22
A nearby newsstand selling pornography offends Julia, to the point where she drives her car straight through it, and pit…
Cast
