Episode
Designing Women: Manhunt
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1989-12-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Manhunt is Episode 10 in Season 4 of Designing Women. It aired on 1989-12-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 9: 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.
Episode 11: 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.
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Episode 16: The Fur Flies
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