Designing Women: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station

Sep 14, 1987

A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.

S2·E2 Core

Ted Remarries

Sep 21, 1987

Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.

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Anthony, Jr.

Sep 28, 1987

Anthony goes to extremes to impress his girlfriends' wealthy parents, inventing a pedigreed family -- then an uninvited dinner guest informs him he is the father of her child.

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Killing All the Right People

Oct 5, 1987

"Killing All the Right People" is the 26th episode of the sitcom Designing Women. Originally airing on October 5, 1987, as the fourth episode of the second season, it features Tony

S2·E5 Core

Half an Air Bubble Off

Oct 19, 1987

When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.

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Dash Goff, the Writer

Oct 26, 1987

Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide.

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Heart Attacks

Nov 9, 1987

Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.

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Cruising

Nov 16, 1987

Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.

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I'll Be Seeing You

Nov 23, 1987

Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.

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Stranded

Dec 7, 1987

While Charlene, Julia and Mary Jo get the flu on a trip to St. Louis, a snowstorm forces Suzanne and Anthony to share a motel room in Tennessee.

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Howard the Date

Dec 14, 1987

It's the mercy date from Hell when the female Sugarbakers staff accompany dateless Howard the nerd to his high-school reunion. Their sympathy quickly wears off when he begins to bo

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I'll Be Home For Christmas

Dec 21, 1987

Charlene and Anthony scheme to outsmart Mary Jo's disbelieving son on Christmas Eve -- until their hired Santa beats them to it, by swiping the Sugarbakers' Christmas gifts.

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Great Expectations

Jan 4, 1988

Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.

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Second Time Around

Jan 11, 1988

Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.

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Oh, Brother

Jan 18, 1988

Julia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with aspirations to stand-up comedy.

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There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner

Jan 25, 1988

Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.

S2·E17 Core

The Return of Ray Don

Feb 1, 1988

A penniless Suzanne faces stiff fines for back taxes, so after trying to charm Ray Don at the IRS, she sells off her possession and considers marriage to wealthy octogenarian Wilmo

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High Rollers

Feb 8, 1988

After Charlene unwittingly puts a bug in Suzanne's ear by relating the success story of Fred Smith, founder of Federal Express, Suzanne flits off to Atlantic City with Charlene and

S2·E19 Core

The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club

Feb 15, 1988

Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by laws.

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How Great Thou Art

Feb 22, 1988

Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry.

S2·E21 Mytharc

Ted-Bare

Mar 21, 1988

On the brink of marrying a young woman, Ted begins to appreciate ex-wife Mary Jo's maturity, but his sudden attentiveness strikes everyone else as suspicious.

S2·E22 Mytharc

Reservations for Eight

Mar 28, 1988

A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends.