Designing Women - Season 5
Season 5
Network
Episodes24
DatesSep 17, 1990 - May 13, 1991
Episodes
Season 5Episode 130 min
A Blast from the Past
Sugarbaker's is beset by tourists when the building's Civil War foundation puts it on the Tour of Historical Homes, Mary Jo opens her heart to an old friend eager to make good on a marriage pact they once entered into.
Sep 17, 1990
Season 5Episode 230 min
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Charlene aims to make Anthony's 30th birthday a memorable one -- by hiring a private detective to find his long-lost father.
Sep 24, 1990
Season 5Episode 330 min
Working Mother
Resentment builds between Charlene and Mary Jo when Charlene wants to take a year off to look after her baby. The decorators cater to the whims of a rich, insufferable 10-year-old client as Mary Jo and Charlene ponder the joys and pitfalls of working mothers.
Oct 1, 1990
Season 5Episode 430 min
Miss Trial
Julia's dinner plans with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are put on hold when her slow-moving jury gets sequestered.
Oct 15, 1990
Season 5Episode 530 min
The Bachelor Auction
When organizational confusion leads to Suzanne winning a date with Anthony in a bachelor charity auction, the two reluctantly try to make the best of a very awkward situation.
Oct 22, 1990
Season 5Episode 630 min
Charlene Buys a House
As the proud new owner of a grand but ghostly mansion, Charlene hires the decorators to give the place a facelift -- not mentioning that it's haunted.
Oct 29, 1990
Season 5Episode 730 min
Old Rebels and Young Models
Charlene's baby, Olivia, auditions for a modeling job, Mary Jo finds one of her former teachers in a nursing home.
Nov 5, 1990
Season 5Episode 830 min
Nowhere to Run To
Mary Jo takes up jogging, and inadvertently helps turn Julia into a fitness zealot.
Nov 12, 1990
Season 5Episode 930 min
A Class Act
Anthony buys in to become a full partner; new student Charlene fends off an amorous psychology professor.
Nov 19, 1990
Season 5Episode 1030 min
Keep the Home Fires Burning
While Bill (Douglas Barr) is on a classified mission, Charlene befriends a man (Peter Crook) she meets at a support group.
Nov 26, 1990
Season 5Episode 1130 min
My Daughter, Myself
Mary Jo forbids Claudia (Priscilla Weems) to date an older man (Tom Isbell), then decides to date him herself.
Dec 10, 1990
Season 5Episode 1230 min
And Now, Here's Bernice
After Bernice gets a local public-access cable TV show, Mary Jo has her heart broken by a client and decides that Bernice's show is the ideal arena to air her views on men.
Dec 17, 1990
Season 5Episode 1330 min
Pearls of Wisdom
Mary Jo borrows and loses a string of pearls flaunted by Suzanne, subbing as a lifestyles reporter for local TV news. Meanwhile, a recurring dream about Julia upsets Anthony.
Jan 7, 1991
Season 5Episode 1430 min
High Noon in a Laundry Room
Anthony, concerned with his masculinity after working with the women so long, tries standing up to his bullying neighbor, and is further humiliated when the women come to his rescue.
Jan 14, 1991
Season 5Episode 1530 min
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Everyone at Sugarbakers is baffled to discover that sensible Julia has covertly been singing evenings at a nightclub, Anthony tries to muster the nerve to ask out a girl who works at the bookstore.
Jan 28, 1991
Season 5Episode 1630 min
The Emperor's New Nose
Bernice gets an extraordinarily bad eye tuck and rhinoplasty from a plastic surgeon whose work leaves something to be desired.
Feb 4, 1991
Season 5Episode 1730 min
Maybe, Baby
Mary Jo, wanting a baby, turns to her friend and former beau; Suzanne takes up smoking as a way to diet.
Feb 11, 1991
Season 5Episode 1830 min
This is Art?
Amateur painter Julia inadvertently becomes the darling of Atlanta's art scene when someone tries to buy her handbag while she's attending a gallery opening; Suzanne inadvertently glues her lips shut.
Feb 25, 1991
Season 5Episode 1930 min
Blame It on New Orleans
When the gang attends a convention in intoxicating New Orleans, Mary Jo unwittingly sleeps with a married man.
Mar 4, 1991
Season 5Episode 2030 min
I'll See You in Court
Mary Jo runs across the man who mugged her the year before, but faces horrendous judicial red tape to bring him to trial.
Mar 18, 1991
Season 5Episode 2130 min
The Big Circle
Julia tries coping with her boyfriend Reese's death by looking after Randa Oliver, the supremely spoiled child of a client couple on an extended vacation.
Apr 8, 1991
Season 5Episode 2230 min
Friends and Husbands
Charlene, readjusting to married life upon Bill's return from the Middle East, quits her and Mary Jo's children's-book project.
Apr 29, 1991
Season 5Episode 2330 min
Fore!
Suzanne is jealous when Anthony is invited to be the first black (i.e., token) in the previously all-white Beaumont Country Club.
May 6, 1991
Season 5Episode 2430 min
The Pride of Sugarbakers
Mary Jo and Julia demonstrate different coaching styles when their firm sponsors a Little League team.
May 13, 1991
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