Season 2

Designing WomenSeason 2

1987
22 Episodes

Episodes

101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
S02E01
7.0

101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station

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

14 Sept 198730m
Ted Remarries
S02E02

Ted Remarries

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

21 Sept 198730m
Anthony, Jr.
S02E03
7.0

Anthony, Jr.

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.

28 Sept 198730m
Killing All the Right People
S02E04
10.0

Killing All the Right People

"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 Goldwyn as Kendall Dobbs, a young man dying of AIDS who asks the women to design his funeral. Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's mother died of AIDS and her experience with her mother's disease and the prejudice associated with it inspired the episode.

05 Oct 198730m
Half an Air Bubble Off
S02E05

Half an Air Bubble Off

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

19 Oct 198730m
Dash Goff, the Writer
S02E06

Dash Goff, the Writer

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

26 Oct 198730m
Heart Attacks
S02E07
8.0

Heart Attacks

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

09 Nov 198730m
Cruising
S02E08
8.0

Cruising

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

16 Nov 198730m
I'll Be Seeing You
S02E09

I'll Be Seeing You

Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.

23 Nov 198730m
Stranded
S02E10

Stranded

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.

07 Dec 198730m
Howard the Date
S02E11
8.0

Howard the Date

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 boast about handling his ""four women.""

14 Dec 198730m
I'll Be Home For Christmas
S02E12
8.0

I'll Be Home For Christmas

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.

21 Dec 198730m
Great Expectations
S02E13
7.0

Great Expectations

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

04 Jan 198830m
Second Time Around
S02E14

Second Time Around

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

11 Jan 198830m
Oh, Brother
S02E15

Oh, Brother

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.

18 Jan 198830m
There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
S02E16

There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner

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

25 Jan 198830m
The Return of Ray Don
S02E17

The Return of Ray Don

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 Wilmont Oliver.

01 Feb 198830m
High Rollers
S02E18
8.0

High Rollers

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 Anthony in hopes of winning a bundle to pay off debts by employing Anthony's gambling expertise.

08 Feb 198830m
The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
S02E19

The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club

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

15 Feb 198830m
How Great Thou Art
S02E20

How Great Thou Art

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

22 Feb 198830m
Ted-Bare
S02E21

Ted-Bare

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.

21 Mar 198830m
Reservations for Eight
S02E22
9.0

Reservations for Eight

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

28 Mar 198830m