Designing Women - Season 4
Season 4
Network
Episodes28
DatesSep 18, 1989 - May 21, 1990
Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Season 4Episode 2430 min
Foreign Affairs
Anthony is persuaded to impersonate Suzanne's maid to keep her from being deported.
Apr 30, 1990
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
Season 4Episode 2660 min
Their Finest Hour
Memorable moments from the series are shown in flashback.
May 9, 1990
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
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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