Designing Women

Season 6

23 episodes · Sep 16, 1991

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  • S6E1

    The Big Desk (1)

    Sep 16, 199130m

    Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and a take-charge attitude, Charlene's divorcing younger sister Carlene arrives.

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  • S6E2

    The Big Desk (2)

    Sep 16, 199130m

    Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and a take-charge attitude, Charlene's divorcing younger sister Carlene arrives.

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  • S6E3

    A Toe in the Water

    Sep 23, 199130m

    Julia thinks she's ready to resume dating, but Alison disagrees, questioning the manliness of Julia's new beau. Meanwhile, Allison and Anthony continue to bicker about who owns Suzanne's house, until Anthony obtains an affidavit asserting his right to occupy the house -- and allows Allison to stay on only as her personal servant.

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  • S6E4

    Dwayne's World

    Sep 30, 199130m

    Mary Jo protectively takes divorcee Carlene under her wing -- going overboard with a lie about Carlene's latest flame -- when ex-hubby Dwayne shows up to sweep Carlene off her feet again.

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  • S6E5

    Marriage Most Foul

    Oct 7, 199130m

    When Allison's ex-convict former flame (whom she turned in for insider trading) is released, she fears he is plotting revenge, instead, he proposes to her.

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  • S6E6

    Picking a Winner

    Oct 14, 199130m

    Mary Jo turns to a sperm bank to get pregnant, prompting mixed reactions at work. Meanwhile, Julia threaten to rip the draperies from the windows of the home of a wealthy client whose payment is overdue.

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  • S6E7

    Last Tango in Atlanta

    Oct 21, 199130m

    When the Sugarbakers women are persuaded by Anthony to help with an outreach program at his former prison, they find themselves in the middle of a prison break and are held hostage by Anthony's old cellmate T. Tommy Reed -- who takes a liking to Allison.

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  • S6E8

    The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita

    Nov 4, 199130m

    Perhaps the most famous episode, and a rare instance of a situation comedy making direct political comment on a current issue. The Sugarbakers women take sides on the controversial confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment: Mary Jo and Julia side with Hill and Allison with Thomas. Conflict spills over into Allison's birthday party, where Mary Jo and Julia turn up in costume just in time to hear a television interview about the hearings with Allison.

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  • S6E9

    Just Say Doe

    Nov 11, 199130m

    When Mary Jo's womanizing brother visits, falls for Allison, and takes her and Quinton on a deer-hunting trip, the women secretly tag along.

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  • S6E10

    Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree

    Nov 18, 199130m

    Julia's second date with electrician Rusty becomes a group outing with Carlene and Allison dating junior-college guys, and Anthony tagging along to the drive-in with Bernice to keep an eye on things.

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  • S6E11

    Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed

    Dec 2, 199130m

    Mary Jo and Julia are trapped under anchorman Chuck Tremain's bed when a Christmas design contest inspires them to examine a competitor's handiwork for evidence of plagiarism.

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  • S6E12

    Real, Scary Men

    Dec 9, 199130m

    When their van breaks down the women become unwelcome guests at a men's club retreat Wildman Sanctuary, where Anthony is trying to land a new account.

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  • S6E13

    Tales Out of School

    Dec 16, 199130m

    Anthony sees opportunity when his normally unfriendly law professor is attracted to Carlene and invites the two of them to his annual Christmas party.

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  • S6E14

    Driving My Mama Back Home

    Jan 6, 199230m

    Julia accompanies Mary Jo and her mother Darla on an overnight bus trip back to South Carolina; meanwhile, the other employees get locked into the storage room while doing inventory.

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  • S6E15

    Payne Comes Home

    Jan 13, 199230m

    Julia delights in the opportunity to dote on son Payne when he returns for a visit -- which Julia learns will be permanent.

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  • S6E16

    Carlene's Apartment

    Jan 20, 199230m

    Carlene moves into her own apartment on the wrong side of town, where space is at a minimum and burglars roam free, so the Sugarbakers staff visit to try to persuade her to find a better home.

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  • S6E17

    Mamed

    Feb 3, 199230m

    A tough-talking, hard-drinking, temperamental Broadway has-been promises to make Julia rue the day that she stole the role of Mame from her in Anthony's community-theater production. But on opening night she is too drunk to perform and Anthony is pressed into taking on the role.

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  • S6E18

    A Scene From a Mall

    Feb 24, 199230m

    Julia stages a sit-in at the mall to protest racial mistreatment of Anthony by brutish cops who accosted him for window shopping near a jewelry store -- and television coverage links Anthony romantically with Allison.

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  • S6E19

    All About Odes to Atlanta

    Mar 2, 199230m

    Songwriter Carlene gains notoriety -- and her first groupie -- by entering her ditty in the semi-finals Atlanta's theme-song contest, where she performs with Mary Jo and Julia, all decked out in ""big hair"" and costumes.

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  • S6E20

    I Enjoy Being a Girl

    Mar 9, 199230m

    On an overnight Girl Scout outing, Carlene's leadership abilities take a beating, while Allison's methods seem to charm the spoiled troopers, and Mary Jo and Julia advocate roughing it.

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  • S6E21

    L.A. Story

    Mar 23, 199230m

    Allison thinks she's invited to stay at Charles Nelson Reilly's home, so the decorators do Hollywood and get flimflammed on an expenses-paid trip accompanying investor Allison to the set of her movie.

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  • S6E22

    A Little Night Music

    Apr 27, 199230m

    Julia strolls down memory lane while awaiting the results of hysterectomy tests at a hospital whose workers are on strike, and a surgeon turns out to be her prescription for romance.

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  • S6E23

    Shades of Vanessa

    May 4, 199230m

    The Sugarbakers women use Anthony as ""date bait"" to reel in a big account involving a hotelier's flamboyant debutante daughter, who's angling for a whopper of a deal, then Anthony announces he is marrying Vanessa, who intends to become a partner in Sugarbakers.

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