Episode
Designing Women: Payne Grows Up
Overview
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).
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1990-02-19
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Payne Grows Up is Episode 19 in Season 4 of Designing Women. It aired on 1990-02-19. The runtime is 30 min.
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