Episode
Designing Women: Old Spouses Never Die (1)
Overview
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1987-02-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Old Spouses Never Die (1) is Episode 12 in Season 1 of Designing Women. It aired on 1987-02-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 13: Old Spouses Never Die (2)
Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.
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