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Designing Women: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 29, 1986 Updated Jul 20, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Designing Women

Sep 29, 1986 · 30 min

Suzanne visits a new gynecologist, Mary Jo's ex-husband Ted, and a maelstrom of emotions is unleashed when she announces she is dating him.

S1·E2

The Beauty Contest

Oct 6, 1986 · 30 min

Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta contest, and despite her depression over her own upcoming 30th birthday, Suzanne coaches Claudia on how to walk an

S1·E3

A Big Affair

Oct 20, 1986 · 30 min

Suzanne's intimate dinner party, planned to impress an important client, goes awry before it begins when she arranges a date between a more-than-hefty man and a reluctant Charlene.

S1·E4

Julia's Son

Oct 27, 1986 · 30 min

Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his girlfriend home from college for a visit, and Julia wants everything to be perfect for her ""baby."" Payne then presents his g

S1·E5

Mary Jo's First Date

Nov 3, 1986 · 30 min

Concerned that Mary Jo hasn't dated since she and Ted broke up, Suzanne arranges a bind date for her with an old acquaintance, J.D. Shackelford, head scout for the Atlanta Braves b

S1·E6

Design House

Nov 17, 1986 · 30 min

Since Suzanne has money invested in Sugarbaker's and is tired of her image as a front bimbo for the firm, Julia assigns her to do the decorating of their next project. Unfortunatel

S1·E7

Perky's Visit

Nov 24, 1986 · 30 min

Perky Sugarbaker, Julia and Suzanne's mother, and her friend Bernice hope to escape the dull routine of their lives in the retirement home by joining the girls and their ex-con han

S1·E8

I Do, I Don't

Dec 4, 1986 · 30 min

The dinner is perfect, the champagne flows, Julia is presented with a single rose, and on a lark she and her current beau Reese get married. The next morning both parties regret th

S1·E9

The IT Men

Dec 4, 1986 · 30 min

When her boyfriend Mason takes a job in Japan, Charlene finds she has chemistry with another man, a man who happens to be married to one of the Sugarbaker clients.

S1·E10

The Slumber Party

Dec 18, 1986 · 30 min

Arriving at work one morning, Suzanne tells Julia, Mary Jo, and Charlene that when she tried to fire her maid, she put a voodoo death curse on her and proclaimed that Suzanne would

S1·E11

New Year's Daze

Jan 1, 1987 · 30 min

It is New Year's Eve, and everyone is dressed in their finery, anticipating a fun-filled night on the town. The identity of Charlene's date is kept secret until a news flash report

S1·E12

Old Spouses Never Die (1)

Feb 1, 1987 · 30 min

Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.

S1·E13

Old Spouses Never Die (2)

Feb 1, 1987 · 30 min

Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.

S1·E14

Monette

Feb 8, 1987 · 30 min

When an old school chum of Charlene's, Monette, buys the old Chadwick mansion and asks Sugarbaker's to redecorate, the women are excited at the prospect of a most lucrative assignm

S1·E15

And Justice For Paul

Feb 15, 1987 · 30 min

Suzanne picks up a client who wants period furniture on a shoestring budget, and the Sugarbaker women find that antique furniture at bargain prices is no bargain.

S1·E16

Reese's Friend

Feb 22, 1987 · 30 min

A disagreement over the theme for the annual country club fund-raiser has Julia and Suzanne at odds, but the quibbling is forgotten when Reese appears with a gorgeous young women o

S1·E17

Nashville Bound

Mar 16, 1987 · 30 min

The news that Charlene's family--all ten brothers and sisters--will be in town at the same time is overshadowed by the news that she is going to become a recording star!

S1·E18

Oh, Suzannah

Mar 23, 1987 · 30 min

While in Reese's office to sign legal papers, Suzanne off-handedly volunteers to keep a Vietnamese boat child, Li Sing, who is being adopted but needs an interim home for the next

S1·E19

Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene

Apr 6, 1987 · 30 min

When Mary Jo's divorced father arrives in Atlanta for a four-day visit and dances cheek to cheek with Charlene, Mary Jo becomes very protective.

S1·E20

Seams From a Marriage

Apr 13, 1987 · 30 min

When Anthony saunters into the shop wearing an enormous cowboy hat, followed by a breathless Mary Jo who has obviously been out all night as she is wearing the same clothes ahe had

S1·E21

Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am

May 4, 1987 · 30 min

Suzanne's baseball player ex-husband, Jack Dent, writes in his autobiography that he had more groupie action than all the rock ""n"" roll bands in North America, and Suzanne vows r

S1·E22

Bachelor Suite

May 11, 1987 · 30 min

When Mary Jo undertakes the decoration of Hence Winchester's new home, she finds herself the object of sexual harassment by her wealthy client.