Designing Women - Season 4

Designing Women - Season 4

Season 4

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Episodes28
DatesSep 18, 1989 - May 21, 1990
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Episodes

The Proxy Pig
Season 4Episode 130 min

The Proxy Pig

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.
Sep 18, 1989
One Night with You
Season 4Episode 230 min

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.
Sep 25, 1989
There She Is
Season 4Episode 330 min

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.
Oct 2, 1989
Nightmare from Hee Haw
Season 4Episode 430 min

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.
Oct 16, 1989
The Girlfriend
Season 4Episode 530 min

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.
Oct 23, 1989
The Rowdy Girls
Season 4Episode 630 min

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.
Oct 30, 1989
Bernice's Sanity Hearing
Season 4Episode 730 min

Bernice's Sanity Hearing

The Sugarbaker women testify for Bernice when her niece (Leslie Ackerman) attempts to have her declared incompetent.

Nov 13, 1989
Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
Season 4Episode 830 min

Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence

Julia gets her head stuck in the banister at the governor's mansion just before the annual ball.

Nov 20, 1989
Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
Season 4Episode 930 min

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.
Nov 27, 1989
Manhunt
Season 4Episode 1030 min

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.
Dec 4, 1989
They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
Season 4Episode 1130 min

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.
Dec 11, 1989
You Got to Have Friends
Season 4Episode 1230 min

You Got to Have Friends

Mary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late.
Dec 18, 1989
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1
Season 4Episode 1330 min

The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 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.
Jan 1, 1990
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2
Season 4Episode 1430 min

The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 2

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.
Jan 1, 1990
The Mistress
Season 4Episode 1530 min

The Mistress

The ladies decorate a house for a client's wife and a condo for his mistress.

Jan 8, 1990
The Fur Flies
Season 4Episode 1630 min

The Fur Flies

While modeling a fur coat at a fashion show, Suzanne is injured by animal-rights protesters; Olivia searches for a nanny.

Jan 15, 1990
Oh, What a Feeling
Season 4Episode 1730 min

Oh, What a Feeling

The ladies are forced to negotiate with a crafty car dealer for a new delivery van when their old one breaks down in a driving rainstorm.

Jan 29, 1990
Anthony and Vanessa
Season 4Episode 1830 min

Anthony and Vanessa

In an effort to win Anthony, Vanessa (Olivia Brown) asks Suzanne for a total make-over.

Feb 5, 1990
Payne Grows Up
Season 4Episode 1930 min

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).
Feb 19, 1990
Tornado Watch
Season 4Episode 2030 min

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.
Feb 26, 1990
Tough Enough
Season 4Episode 2130 min

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.
Mar 12, 1990
It's a Wonderful Life
Season 4Episode 2230 min

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.
Mar 19, 1990
Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend
Season 4Episode 2330 min

Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend

Suzanne is thrilled to rekindle an old friendship until she learns the woman (Karen Kopins) is a lesbian.

Apr 9, 1990
Foreign Affairs
Season 4Episode 2430 min

Foreign Affairs

Anthony is persuaded to impersonate Suzanne's maid to keep her from being deported.

Apr 30, 1990
Have Faith
Season 4Episode 2530 min

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.
May 7, 1990
Their Finest Hour
Season 4Episode 2660 min

Their Finest Hour

Memorable moments from the series are shown in flashback.

May 9, 1990
Anthony's Graduation
Season 4Episode 2730 min

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.
May 14, 1990
La Place sans Souci
Season 4Episode 2830 min

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.
May 21, 1990

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