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Designing Women

Season 3 1988 - 1989
TV-PG

  • 1988-11-14T05:00:00Z on CBS
  • 30m
  • 11h (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
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.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1988-11-14T05:00:00Z

3x01 Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula

Season Premiere

3x01 Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula

  • 1988-11-14T05:00:00Z30m

A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.

1988-11-21T05:00:00Z

3x02 The Candidate

3x02 The Candidate

  • 1988-11-21T05:00:00Z30m

Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.

1988-11-28T05:00:00Z

3x03 E.P. Phone Home

3x03 E.P. Phone Home

  • 1988-11-28T05:00:00Z30m

While touring Graceland on VIP tickets, Julia is touched when a truck driver tells how the King influenced his life.

Bernice asks the ladies to be her wedding attendants when she receives a marriage proposal from a TV pitchman -- who habitually proposes to every woman he meets.

Mary-Jo contemplates breast enlargement after receiving an inheritance from her uncle Dude stipulating that she must spend it on something frivolous.

1988-12-19T05:00:00Z

3x06 Hard Hats and Lovers

3x06 Hard Hats and Lovers

  • 1988-12-19T05:00:00Z30m

Suzanne convinces Charlene that Bill should date more before they get serious, and the ladies plan revenge on a bunch of sexist hardhats working across the street.

Striking laborers from a textile factory besiege the company, and the Sugarbakers women come to respect them for surviving their terrible working conditions.

1989-01-09T05:00:00Z

3x08 The Wilderness Experience

The women embark on a wilderness survival course designed to build leadership -- but it's first-time camper Bernice who ultimately takes command.

1989-01-16T05:00:00Z

3x09 Tyrone

3x09 Tyrone

  • 1989-01-16T05:00:00Z30m

Acting as surrogate brother a troubled youth, Anthony remembers his own painful childhood, and when Julia puts her trust in Anthony's juvenile charge, it only gets her photo on the evening news.

1989-01-23T05:00:00Z

3x10 Mr. Bailey

3x10 Mr. Bailey

  • 1989-01-23T05:00:00Z30m

The designers are determined that a recently deceased client's last wish be honored -- to leave her millions (and the ladies' prepaid services) to her cat.

1989-02-13T05:00:00Z

3x11 The Naked Truth

3x11 The Naked Truth

  • 1989-02-13T05:00:00Z30m

Mary Jo, Charlene and Anthony feign nonchalance at a nudist colony, the Sugarbakers' nieces visit.

1989-02-20T05:00:00Z

3x12 The Junies

3x12 The Junies

  • 1989-02-20T05:00:00Z30m

Charlene becomes a part-time saleswoman for ""Lady Jun"" cleaning products, and when she repeatedly succumbs to psychological pressure from her friend Libby despite her stated intention to quit, Julia determines to rescue her from this ""cult"" -- and winds up taking on Lady Jun herself. Meanwhile, Anthony receives an unusual nomination from his junior college -- as homecoming queen -- and gets unexpected support from Suzanne.

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 -- especially since she finds it difficult to believe that he is attracted by her personality.

1989-03-06T05:00:00Z

3x14 Odell

3x14 Odell

  • 1989-03-06T05:00:00Z30m

Sugarbakers becomes the site of a Southern family feud after Charlene's brother arrives and announces he is marrying the daughter of a longtime family rival, Anthony partners Bernice in a dance contest.

1989-03-13T05:00:00Z

3x15 Full Moon

3x15 Full Moon

  • 1989-03-13T05:00:00Z30m

A full moon coincides with strange occurrences, including Mary Jo's sudden conviction that Claudia and her boyfriend are up to no good.

1989-03-20T05:00:00Z

3x16 Ms. Meal Ticket

3x16 Ms. Meal Ticket

  • 1989-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

Mary-Jo overreacts to J.D.'s losing his job and moving in with her, but a psychic helps her sort out her feelings.

1989-03-27T05:00:00Z

3x17 The Engagement

3x17 The Engagement

  • 1989-03-27T05:00:00Z30m

Charlene, now happily engaged, dreads meeting Bill's intimidating mother and aunt, Mary Jo gives the dating game another try, with a much younger man.

Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer after his stag party.

1989-05-01T04:00:00Z

3x19 The Women of Atlanta

3x19 The Women of Atlanta

  • 1989-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

A photographer shooting a magazine spread on the women of Atlanta asks the decorators to participate, but they become suspicious when he keeps encouraging sexier poses.

1989-05-08T04:00:00Z

3x20 Stand and Fight

3x20 Stand and Fight

  • 1989-05-08T04:00:00Z30m

When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.

When she discovers him working as a bellboy/pianist, the accountant who absconded with her life savings offers Suzanne a deal.

Season Finale

1989-05-22T04:00:00Z

3x22 Julia Drives Over the First Amendment

Season Finale

3x22 Julia Drives Over the First Amendment

  • 1989-05-22T04:00:00Z30m

A nearby newsstand selling pornography offends Julia, to the point where she drives her car straight through it, and pits her against an equally determined publisher in the ensuing court battle.

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