Designing Women Season 4

(1989) September - May | # of Episodes : 28

Ratings

6.7

Series Details

Seasons: 7

Total Episodes: 163

Creators: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Networks: CBS

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Sep 29, 1986

Recent Air Date: May 24, 1993

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: TV-PG

Website: Link

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television , Mozark Productions , Embassy Television

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Main Cast

Delta Burke

Suzanne Sugarbaker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Dixie Carter

Julia Sugarbaker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 45%

Annie Potts

Mary Jo Shively

Age : 72 | Popularity : 100%

Jean Smart

Charlene Frazier Stillfield

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Meshach Taylor

Anthony Bouvier

Age : 67 | Popularity : 42%

Episodes

Episode 1

18 September 1989 - The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders

Mary Jo uses the mansion she's decorating to entertain, and Anthony suffers when his health insurance lapses and Suzanne must nurse his injured back.

Episode 2

25 September 1989 - One Night With You

A terminally-ill high school classmate's last wish is to spend one night with the girl of his dreams -- Julia. The catch is, she doesn't remember him at all.

Episode 3

02 October 1989 - There She Is

While preparing for Charlene's baby shower, the Sugarbakers women are surprised by a visit from the Director of Pageants for Miss Georgia. Due to a clerical error discovered in the 1975 balloting, Suzanne must relinquish the crown she won 15 years earlier.

Episode 4

16 October 1989 - Nightmare From Hee Haw

The Sugerbaker women and their mates take a canoe trip in the Georgia backwoods -- which turns into a nightmare when them encounter some good ole boys.

Episode 5

23 October 1989 - The Girlfriend

Attempting to prove himself when Mary Jo hires him and some of his ex-convict friends to finish an incomplete remodeling job, Anthony gets a new girlfriend -- an ambitious young woman who sees him as an upwardly mobile vehicle.

Episode 6

30 October 1989 - The Rowdy Girls

While she is helping the Sugarbakers women choreograph a Supremes lip-synch routine, Charlene's favorite cousin inadvertently reveals that she is a victim of domestic violence.

Episode 7

13 November 1989 - Bernice's Sanity Hearing

The Sugarbaker women testify for Bernice when her niece Phyllis attempts to have her declared legally incompetent because she sings Bobbie Gentry songs to strangers on the street and introduces Anthony as her illegitimate son.

Episode 8

20 November 1989 - Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence

While posing for a gag photo at the governor's mansion, Julia gets her head stuck in the banister just before the annual ball.

Episode 9

27 November 1989 - Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure

Julia and Suzanne's plans go awry when they travel to Japan to visit their mother: after discovering that she has gone to Paris to see a sick friend, they are robbed of their luggage and money. Meanwhile, Anthony and Mary Jo are stuck with an enormous telephone bill after calling in votes to a television poll.

Episode 10

04 December 1989 - Manhunt

Desperately single Mary Jo, worried that her busy schedule will condemn her to a life alone, accepts coaching from Suzanne as she plans a weekend manhunt.

Episode 11

11 December 1989 - They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?

Fat as a feminist issue surfaces when Suzanne endures cruel jokes about her weight at her high-school reunion; Anthony enlists Julia and Mary Jo to join him in a two-day fast to focus attention on world hunger.

Episode 12

18 December 1989 - You Got to Have Friends

Mary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late.

Episode 13

01 January 1990 - The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)

Suzanne and Mary Jo rush Charlene to the hospital when she goes into labor on New Year's Eve and conceives a desire to deliver the first New Year's baby. Dolly Parton plays Charlene's ""guardian movie star,"" who comes to her in a dream with news of her baby's birth, and Bernice goes for an unexpected ambulance ride.

Episode 14

01 January 1990 - The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)

Episode 15

08 January 1990 - The Mistress

The ladies are hired by wealthy stockbroker Ancel Pollard to decorate a house for a client's wife -- and a condo for his mistress. Suzanne is sure that straight laced Julia and Mary Jo will never go through with the assignment.

Episode 16

15 January 1990 - The Fur Flies

The fur flies at a fashion show, where Suzanne's after-dinner mink causes a riot among animal-rights activists. Meanwhile, Charlene is forced to bring Olivia to Sugarbakers while she looks for a nanny.

Episode 17

29 January 1990 - Oh, What a Feeling

Julia and Suzanne negotiate for a new delivery van and drive a hard bargain with an overbearing salesman (Ross).

Episode 18

05 February 1990 - Anthony and Vanessa

Hired for a temporary job at Sugarbakers, Anthony's needy friend Vanessa learns the tricks of the trade from Suzanne, then goes to work reeling in Anthony.

Episode 19

19 February 1990 - Payne Grows Up

Julia is not pleased to learn that Payne is graduating early in order to marry his pregnant girlfriend. Upset at becoming a grandmother so soon, Julia gets tipsy at the wedding, then wakes up mortified -- and scantily clad -- the next day with Payne's frat house roommate (Young).

Episode 20

26 February 1990 - Tornado Watch

A bizarre collection of characters is trapped inside Sugarbakers by a tornado warning, including hillbilly Daddy Jones who takes a liking to Bernice.

Episode 21

12 March 1990 - Tough Enough

A redecorating job for a sports account is right down Sugarbakers' alley when it pits the women against a macho, over-confident designer from an all-male firm. They determine to steal one of his prized clients, Cherokee Lanes Bowling Alley, but discover they must pose as regular bowlers.

Episode 22

19 March 1990 - It's A Wonderful Life

Julia intervenes when Bill's grief over the loss of his first wife threatens his relationship with Charlene -- and she becomes convinced he is having an affair with his new cockpit partner, Gail.

Episode 23

09 April 1990 - Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend

A lonely Suzanne digs through her old pageant connections for a best girlfriend, not realizing that her friend's "coming out" meant that she was a lesbian and not just the oldest living debutante.

Episode 24

30 April 1990 - Foreign Affairs

When her maid Consuela is threatened with deportation, Suzanne puts Anthony in a dress and pays him to impersonate the terrified woman. But he performs too well, awakening romantic interest in the Immigration and Naturalization Service examiner.

Episode 25

07 May 1990 - Have Faith

When Mary Jo attends church with Julia and Suzanne, she ends up dating Gene Chapman, the minister, but feeling guilty about her sexual interest in him.

Episode 26

09 May 1990 - Their Finest Hour

An hour-long clip show of highlights from the previous seasons, including: razor-tongued Julia standing up for Suzanne against an insolent beauty pageant contestant, Julia defending Bernice's eccentricities, Mary Jo commenting on men and bra sizes, Charlene wondering about everything from killer bees to the personal habits of other women, Suzanne displaying a series of wacky dresses, and Anthony being plagued by a variety of indignities.

Episode 27

14 May 1990 - Anthony's Graduation

An extremely anxious Anthony makes it to his college graduation despite a series of mishaps and his nervousness about his grandmother's visit and his performance as commencement speaker.

Episode 28

21 May 1990 - La Place sans Souci

At a plush spa, the sparse diet, vigorous exercise program and thermal mud baths bring out the worst in Suzanne -- especially when Julia and Mary Jo are encouraged to gain weight.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Douglas Jackson Pamela Norris Tommy Thompson David Trainer
	Executive Producer	Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Harry Thomason
Department	Role	Name

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