Season 4
28 episodes · Sep 18, 1989
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S4E1The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
Sep 18, 198930mMary Jo uses the mansion she's decorating to entertain, and Anthony suffers when his health insurance lapses and Suzanne must nurse his injured back.
S4E2One Night With You
Sep 25, 198930mA terminally-ill high school classmate's last wish is to spend one night with the girl of his dreams -- Julia. The catch is, she doesn't remember him at all.
S4E3There She Is
Oct 2, 198930mWhile preparing for Charlene's baby shower, the Sugarbakers women are surprised by a visit from the Director of Pageants for Miss Georgia. Due to a clerical error discovered in the 1975 balloting, Suzanne must relinquish the crown she won 15 years earlier.
S4E4Nightmare From Hee Haw
Oct 16, 198930mThe Sugerbaker women and their mates take a canoe trip in the Georgia backwoods -- which turns into a nightmare when them encounter some good ole boys.
S4E5The Girlfriend
Oct 23, 198930mAttempting to prove himself when Mary Jo hires him and some of his ex-convict friends to finish an incomplete remodeling job, Anthony gets a new girlfriend -- an ambitious young woman who sees him as an upwardly mobile vehicle.
S4E6The Rowdy Girls
Oct 30, 198930mWhile she is helping the Sugarbakers women choreograph a Supremes lip-synch routine, Charlene's favorite cousin inadvertently reveals that she is a victim of domestic violence.
S4E7Bernice's Sanity Hearing
Nov 13, 198930mThe Sugarbaker women testify for Bernice when her niece Phyllis attempts to have her declared legally incompetent because she sings Bobbie Gentry songs to strangers on the street and introduces Anthony as her illegitimate son.
- S4E8
Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
Nov 20, 198930mWhile posing for a gag photo at the governor's mansion, Julia gets her head stuck in the banister just before the annual ball.
- S4E9
Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
Nov 27, 198930mJulia 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.
- S4E10
Manhunt
Dec 4, 198930mDesperately 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.
- S4E11
They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
Dec 11, 198930mFat 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.
- S4E12
You Got to Have Friends
Dec 18, 198930mMary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late.
- S4E13
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)
Jan 1, 199030mSuzanne and Mary Jo rush Charlene to the hospital when she goes into labor on New Year's Eve and conceives a desire to deliver the first New Year's baby. Dolly Parton plays Charlene's ""guardian movie star,"" who comes to her in a dream with news of her baby's birth, and Bernice goes for an unexpected ambulance ride.
- S4E14
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)
Jan 1, 199030mSuzanne and Mary Jo rush Charlene to the hospital when she goes into labor on New Year's Eve and conceives a desire to deliver the first New Year's baby. Dolly Parton plays Charlene's ""guardian movie star,"" who comes to her in a dream with news of her baby's birth, and Bernice goes for an unexpected ambulance ride.
- S4E15
The Mistress
Jan 8, 199030mThe ladies are hired by wealthy stockbroker Ancel Pollard to decorate a house for a client's wife -- and a condo for his mistress. Suzanne is sure that straight laced Julia and Mary Jo will never go through with the assignment.
- S4E16
The Fur Flies
Jan 15, 199030mThe fur flies at a fashion show, where Suzanne's after-dinner mink causes a riot among animal-rights activists. Meanwhile, Charlene is forced to bring Olivia to Sugarbakers while she looks for a nanny.
- S4E17
Oh, What a Feeling
Jan 29, 199030mJulia and Suzanne negotiate for a new delivery van and drive a hard bargain with an overbearing salesman (Ross).
- S4E18
Anthony and Vanessa
Feb 5, 199030mHired for a temporary job at Sugarbakers, Anthony's needy friend Vanessa learns the tricks of the trade from Suzanne, then goes to work reeling in Anthony.
- S4E19
Payne Grows Up
Feb 19, 199030mJulia 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).
- S4E20
Tornado Watch
Feb 26, 199030mA bizarre collection of characters is trapped inside Sugarbakers by a tornado warning, including hillbilly Daddy Jones who takes a liking to Bernice.
- S4E21
Tough Enough
Mar 12, 199030mA redecorating job for a sports account is right down Sugarbakers' alley when it pits the women against a macho, over-confident designer from an all-male firm. They determine to steal one of his prized clients, Cherokee Lanes Bowling Alley, but discover they must pose as regular bowlers.
- S4E22
It's A Wonderful Life
Mar 19, 199030mJulia intervenes when Bill's grief over the loss of his first wife threatens his relationship with Charlene -- and she becomes convinced he is having an affair with his new cockpit partner, Gail.
- S4E23
Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend
Apr 9, 199030mA lonely Suzanne digs through her old pageant connections for a best girlfriend, not realizing that her friend's "coming out" meant that she was a lesbian and not just the oldest living debutante.
- S4E24
Foreign Affairs
Apr 30, 199030mWhen her maid Consuela is threatened with deportation, Suzanne puts Anthony in a dress and pays him to impersonate the terrified woman. But he performs too well, awakening romantic interest in the Immigration and Naturalization Service examiner.
- S4E25
Have Faith
May 7, 199030mWhen Mary Jo attends church with Julia and Suzanne, she ends up dating Gene Chapman, the minister, but feeling guilty about her sexual interest in him.
- S4E26
Their Finest Hour
May 9, 199030mAn hour-long clip show of highlights from the previous seasons, including: razor-tongued Julia standing up for Suzanne against an insolent beauty pageant contestant, Julia defending Bernice's eccentricities, Mary Jo commenting on men and bra sizes, Charlene wondering about everything from killer bees to the personal habits of other women, Suzanne displaying a series of wacky dresses, and Anthony being plagued by a variety of indignities.
- S4E27
Anthony's Graduation
May 14, 199030mAn extremely anxious Anthony makes it to his college graduation despite a series of mishaps and his nervousness about his grandmother's visit and his performance as commencement speaker.
- S4E28
La Place sans Souci
May 21, 199030mAt a plush spa, the sparse diet, vigorous exercise program and thermal mud baths bring out the worst in Suzanne -- especially when Julia and Mary Jo are encouraged to gain weight.