Episode
Designing Women: Working Mother
Overview
Resentment builds between Charlene and Mary Jo when Charlene wants to take a year off to look after her baby. The decorators cater to the whims of a rich, insufferable 10-year-old client as Mary Jo and Charlene ponder the joys and pitfalls of working mothers.
Details
- Series
- Designing Women
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1990-10-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Working Mother is Episode 3 in Season 5 of Designing Women. It aired on 1990-10-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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