Designing Women: Season 4

Episode 1: The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders 1989-09-18 | 30 min 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: One Night With You 1989-09-25 | 30 min 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: There She Is 1989-10-02 | 30 min 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: Nightmare From Hee Haw 1989-10-16 | 30 min 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: The Girlfriend 1989-10-23 | 30 min 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: The Rowdy Girls 1989-10-30 | 30 min 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: Bernice's Sanity Hearing 1989-11-13 | 30 min 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: Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence 1989-11-20 | 30 min 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: Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure 1989-11-27 | 30 min 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: Manhunt 1989-12-04 | 30 min 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: They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They? 1989-12-11 | 30 min 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: You Got to Have Friends 1989-12-18 | 30 min Mary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late. Episode 13: The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1) 1990-01-01 | 30 min 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: The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2) 1990-01-01 | 30 min 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 15: The Mistress 1990-01-08 | 30 min 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: The Fur Flies 1990-01-15 | 30 min 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: Oh, What a Feeling 1990-01-29 | 30 min Julia and Suzanne negotiate for a new delivery van and drive a hard bargain with an overbearing salesman (Ross). Episode 18: Anthony and Vanessa 1990-02-05 | 30 min 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: Payne Grows Up 1990-02-19 | 30 min 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: Tornado Watch 1990-02-26 | 30 min 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: Tough Enough 1990-03-12 | 30 min 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: It's A Wonderful Life 1990-03-19 | 30 min 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: Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend 1990-04-09 | 30 min 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: Foreign Affairs 1990-04-30 | 30 min 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: Have Faith 1990-05-07 | 30 min 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: Their Finest Hour 1990-05-09 | 30 min 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: Anthony's Graduation 1990-05-14 | 30 min 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: La Place sans Souci 1990-05-21 | 30 min 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.