Episode
Designing Women: The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1989-09-18
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Designing Women. It aired on 1989-09-18. The runtime is 30 min.
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