Designing Women

• regulars:
• Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker
• Annie Potts as Mary Jo Shively
• Meshach Taylor as Anthony Bouvier
• Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker [ 1-5 ]
• Jean Smart as Charlene Frazier, later Charlene Stillfield [ 1-5 ]
• Julia Duffy as Alison Sugarbaker, Suzanne and Julia's cousin [ 6 ]
• Jan Hooks as Carlene Frazier Dobber, Charlene's younger sister [ 6-7 ]
• Judith Ivey as Bonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet [ 7 ]
• recurring characters:
• Alice Ghostley as Bernice Clifton
• Hal Holbrook as Reese Watson, Julia's boyfriend [ 1-4 ]
• Richard Gilliland as J.D. Shackleford, Mary Jo's boyfriend
• Douglas Barr as Col. Bill Stillfield, Charlene's beau and eventual husband
• Sheryl Lee Ralph as Etienne Toussant Bouvier, Anthony's wife, [ 8 ]
• Priscilla Weems as Claudia, Mary Jo's daughter
• Brian Lando as Quinton, Mary Jo's son
• Scott Bakula as Ted Shively, Mary Jo's first husband [ eps 1, 12, 13, 24, 43 ]
• Arlen Dean Snyder as Ray Don Simpson [ eps 1, 5, 39 ]
• George Newbern as Payne, Julia's son [ eps 4, 8, 133 ]
• Gerald McRaney as Dash Goff, Suzanne's ex-husband [ eps 28, 44 ]
• Pamela Bowen as Marjorie [ eps 2, 31, 36, 41, 79, 80 ]
• Olivia Brown as Vanessa [ eps [ 79, 80, 84, 86, 93 ]
• Bobbie Ferguson as Monette, Charlene's friend the "madam" [ eps 14, 62, 69 ]
• M.C. Gainey as T. Tommy Reed, Anthony's former cellmate [ eps 35, 125 ]
• Dub Taylor as Daddy Jones [ eps 70, 86 ]
• Lexi Randall as Randa Oliver, a spoiled brat [ eps 97, 115-118 ]

                            Original
  Episode #     Prod #      Air Date   Titles
_____ ______ ___________  ___________ ___________________________________________


Season 1

  1.   1- 1     164230     29 Sep 86   Designing Women
  2.   1- 2     164231      6 Oct 86   The Beauty Contest
  3.   1- 3     164225     20 Oct 86   A Big Affair
  4.   1- 4     164234     27 Oct 86   Julia's Son
  5.   1- 5     164222      3 Nov 86   Mary Jo's First Date
  6.   1- 6     164228     17 Nov 86   Design House
  7.   1- 7     164235     24 Nov 86   Perky's Visit
  8.   1- 8     164224      4 Dec 86   I Do, I Don't
  9.   1- 9     164232      4 Dec 86   The IT Men
 10.   1-10     164233     18 Dec 86   The Slumber Party
 11.   1-11     164240      1 Jan 87   New Year's Daze
 12.   1-12     164243      1 Feb 87   Old Spouses Never Die
 13.   1-13     164242      8 Feb 87   Monette
 14.   1-14     164221     15 Feb 87   And Justice For Paul
 15.   1-15     164244     22 Feb 87   Reese's Friend
 16.   1-16     164245     16 Mar 87   Nashville Bound
 17.   1-17     164246     23 Mar 87   Oh, Suzannah
 18.   1-18     164237      6 Apr 87   Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
 19.   1-19     164226     13 Apr 87   Seams From a Marriage
 20.   1-20     164239      4 May 87   Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
 21.   1-21     164236     11 May 87   Bachelor Suite

Season 2

 22.   2- 1     164251     14 Sep 87   101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
 23.   2- 2     164249     21 Sep 87   Ted Remarries
 24.   2- 3     164256     28 Sep 87   Anthony, Jr.
 25.   2- 4     164252      5 Oct 87   Killing All the Right People
 26.   2- 5        026     19 Oct 87   Half an Air Bubble Off
 27.   2- 6     164250     26 Oct 87   Dash Goff, the Writer
 28.   2- 7     164260      9 Nov 87   Heart Attacks
 29.   2- 8     164258     16 Nov 87   Cruising
 30.   2- 9     164257     23 Nov 87   I'll Be Seeing You
 31.   2-10     164263      7 Dec 87   Stranded
 32.   2-11     164264     14 Dec 87   Howard the Date
 33.   2-12     164265     21 Dec 87   I'll Be Home For Christmas
 34.   2-13     164261      4 Jan 88   Great Expectations
 35.   2-14     164266     11 Jan 88   Second Time Around
 36.   2-15     164271     18 Jan 88   Oh, Brother
 37.   2-16     164270     25 Jan 88   There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
 38.   2-17     164267      1 Feb 88   The Return of Ray Don
 39.   2-18     164269      8 Feb 88   High Rollers
 40.   2-19     164272     15 Feb 88   The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
 41.   2-20     164273     22 Feb 88   How Great Thou Art
 42.   2-21     164274     21 Mar 88   Ted-Bare
 43.   2-22     164275     28 Mar 88   Reservations for Eight

Season 3

 44.   3- 1        045     14 Nov 88   Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
 45.   3- 2     164317     21 Nov 88   The Candidate
 46.   3- 3        046     28 Nov 88   E.P. Phone Home
 47.   3- 4     164315      5 Dec 88   Getting Married and Eating Dirt
 48.   3- 5     164316     12 Dec 88   Big Haas and Little Falsie
 49.   3- 6        049     19 Dec 88   Hard Hats and Lovers
 50.   3- 7        050      2 Jan 89   But They're Really Great Curtains
 51.   3- 8        051      9 Jan 89   The Wilderness Experience
 52.   3- 9     164323     16 Jan 89   Tyrone
 53.   3-10        053     23 Jan 89   Mr. Bailey
 54.   3-11        054     13 Feb 89   The Naked Truth
 55.   3-12        055     20 Feb 89   The Junies
 56.   3-13     164325     27 Feb 89   One Sees, the Other Doesn't
 57.   3-14     164329      6 Mar 89   Odell
 58.   3-15     164331     13 Mar 89   Full Moon
 59.   3-16        059     20 Mar 89   Ms. Meal Ticket
 60.   3-17        060     27 Mar 89   The Engagement
 61.   3-18     164335     10 Apr 89   Come On and Marry Me, Bill
 62.   3-19     164330      1 May 89   The Women of Atlanta
 63.   3-20     164332      8 May 89   Stand and Fight
 64.   3-21     164334     15 May 89   The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
 65.   3-22     164336     22 May 89   Julia Drives Over the First Amendment

Season 4

 66.   4- 1     164348     18 Sep 89   The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
 67.   4- 2     164349     25 Sep 89   One Night With You
 68.   4- 3     164351      2 Oct 89   There She Is
 69.   4- 4     164352     16 Oct 89   Nightmare From Hee Haw
 70.   4- 5     164350     23 Oct 89   The Girlfriend
 71.   4- 6        071     30 Oct 89   The Rowdy Girls
 72.   4- 7     164353     13 Nov 89   Bernice's Sanity Hearing
 73.   4- 8     164354     20 Nov 89   Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
 74.   4- 9     164358     27 Nov 89   Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
 75.   4-10        075      4 Dec 89   Manhunt
 76.   4-11     164357     11 Dec 89   They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
 77.   4-12     164356     18 Dec 89   You Got to Have Friends
 78.   4-13     164361      1 Jan 90   The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century
 79.   4-14        079      8 Jan 90   The Mistress
 80.   4-15        080     15 Jan 90   The Fur Flies
 81.   4-16        081     29 Jan 90   Oh, What a Feeling
 82.   4-17        082      5 Feb 90   Anthony and Vanessa
 83.   4-18     164365     19 Feb 90   Payne Grows Up
 84.   4-19        084     26 Feb 90   Tornado Watch
 85.   4-20        085     12 Mar 90   Tough Enough
 86.   4-21        086     19 Mar 90   It's A Wonderful Life
 87.   4-22     164381     30 Apr 90   Foreign Affairs
 88.   4-23        087      9 Apr 90   Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend
 89.   4-24        089      7 May 90   Have Faith
 90.   4-25        092      9 May 90   Their Finest Hour
 91.   4-26        090     14 May 90   Anthony's Graduation
 92.   4-27        091     21 May 90   La Place Sans Souci

Season 5

 93.   5- 1     164502     17 Sep 90   A Blast From the Past
 94.   5- 2     164501     24 Sep 90   Papa Was a Rolling Stone
 95.   5- 3     164503      1 Oct 90   Working Mother
 96.   5- 4     164504     15 Oct 90   Miss Trial
 97.   5- 5     164505     22 Oct 90   The Bachelor Auction
 98.   5- 6     164506     29 Oct 90   Charlene Buys a House
 99.   5- 7        099      5 Nov 90   Old Rebels and Young Models
100.   5- 8     164508     12 Nov 90   Nowhere To Run To
101.   5- 9     164509     19 Nov 90   A Class Act
102.   5-10        102     26 Nov 90   Keep the Homes Fire Burning
103.   5-11     164511     10 Dec 90   My Daughter, Myself
104.   5-12     164512     17 Dec 90   And Now, Here's Bernice
105.   5-13        105      7 Jan 91   Pearls of Wisdom
106.   5-14        106     14 Jan 91   High Noon in a Laundry Room
107.   5-15        107     28 Jan 91   How Long Has This Been Going On?
108.   5-16     164516      4 Feb 91   The Emperor's New Nose
109.   5-17     164517     11 Feb 91   Maybe, Baby
110.   5-18     164518     25 Feb 91   This is Art?
111.   5-19     164519      4 Mar 91   Blame it on New Orleans
112.   5-20        112     18 Mar 91   I'll See You in Court
113.   5-21        113      8 Apr 91   The Big Circle
114.   5-22     164522     29 Apr 91   Friends and Husbands
115.   5-23     164523      6 May 91   Fore!
116.   5-24     164524     13 May 91   The Pride of Sugarbakers

Season 6

117.   6- 1     164601     16 Sep 91   The Big Desk
118.   6- 2     164604     23 Sep 91   A Toe in the Water
119.   6- 3     164605     30 Sep 91   Dwayne's World
120.   6- 4     164607      7 Oct 91   Marriage Most Foul
121.   6- 5     164603     14 Oct 91   Picking a Winner
122.   6- 6        607     21 Oct 91   Last Tango in Atlanta
123.   6- 7     164610      4 Nov 91   The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita
124.   6- 8        609     11 Nov 91   Just Say Doe
125.   6- 9     164612     18 Nov 91   Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree
126.   6-10     164613      2 Dec 91   Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
127.   6-11        612      9 Dec 91   Real, Scary Men
128.   6-12        613     16 Dec 91   Tales Out of School
129.   6-13        614      6 Jan 92   Driving My Mama Back Home
130.   6-14     164609     13 Jan 92   Payne Comes Home
131.   6-15        616     20 Jan 92   Carlene's Apartment
132.   6-16        617      3 Feb 92   Mamed
133.   6-17        618     24 Feb 92   A Scene From a Mall
134.   6-18     164620      2 Mar 92   All About Odes to Atlanta
135.   6-19     164618      9 Mar 92   I Enjoy Being a Girl
136.   6-20        621     23 Mar 92   L.A. Story
137.   6-21        622     27 Apr 92   A Little Night Music
138.   6-22        623      4 May 92   Shades of Vanessa

Season 7

139.   7- 1        701     25 Sep 92   Of Human Bondage
140.   7- 2     164701      2 Oct 92   Sex and the Single Woman
141.   7- 3        703     16 Oct 92   Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
142.   7- 4        704     23 Oct 92   On the Road Again
143.   7- 5     164708     30 Oct 92   Screaming Passages
144.   7- 6     164706      6 Nov 92   Viva Las Vegas (1)
145.   7- 7     164710     13 Nov 92   Fools Rush In (2)
146.   7- 8     164709     20 Nov 92   Love Letters
147.   7- 9     164705      4 Dec 92   The Vision Thing
148.   7-10        710     11 Dec 92   Trial and Error
149.   7-11        711      8 Jan 93   Too Dumb to Date
150.   7-12        712     15 Jan 93   The Odyssey
151.   7-13     164704     22 Jan 93   Oh Dog, Poor Dog
152.   7-14        714      5 Feb 93   Wedding Redux
153.   7-15        715     12 Feb 93   Nude Julia, New York Morning
154.   7-16        716      5 Mar 93   Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
155.   7-17        717     12 Mar 93   Shovel Off to Buffalo
156.   7-18        718      2 Apr 93   It's Not So Easy Being Green
157.   7-19        719     30 Apr 93   The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
158.   7-20        720      7 May 93   The Lying Game
159.   7-21        721     24 May 93   Gone With a Whim (1)
160.   7-22        722     24 May 93   Gone With a Whim (2)

Special

       S- 1                28 Jul 03   Designing Women Reunion