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
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• Season 1

1      1-01      164230    29/Sep/86   Designing Women
2      1-02      164231    06/Oct/86   The Beauty Contest
3      1-03      164225    20/Oct/86   A Big Affair
4      1-04      164234    27/Oct/86   Julia's Son
5      1-05      164222    03/Nov/86   Mary Jo's First Date
6      1-06      164228    17/Nov/86   Design House
7      1-07      164235    24/Nov/86   Perky's Visit
8      1-08      164224    04/Dec/86   I Do, I Don't
9      1-09      164232    11/Dec/86   The IT Men
10     1-10      164233    18/Dec/86   The Slumber Party
11     1-11      164240    01/Jan/87   New Year's Daze
12     1-12      164243    01/Feb/87   Old Spouses Never Die (1)
13     1-13      164243    01/Feb/87   Old Spouses Never Die (2)
14     1-14      164242    08/Feb/87   Monette
15     1-15      164221    15/Feb/87   And Justice For Paul
16     1-16      164244    22/Feb/87   Reese's Friend
17     1-17      164245    16/Mar/87   Nashville Bound
18     1-18      164246    23/Mar/87   Oh, Suzannah
19     1-19      164237    06/Apr/87   Mary Jo's Dad Dates Charlene
20     1-20      164226    13/Apr/87   Seams From a Marriage
21     1-21      164239    04/May/87   Grand Slam, Thank You Ma'am
22     1-22      164236    11/May/87   Bachelor Suite

• Season 2

23     2-01      022       14/Sep/87   101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
24     2-02      023       21/Sep/87   Ted Remarries
25     2-03      164256    28/Sep/87   Anthony, Jr.
26     2-04      164252    05/Oct/87   Killing All the Right People
27     2-05      026       19/Oct/87   Half an Air Bubble Off
28     2-06      164250    26/Oct/87   Dash Goff, the Writer
29     2-07      152260    09/Nov/87   Heart Attacks
30     2-08      164258    16/Nov/87   Cruising
31     2-09      164257    23/Nov/87   I'll Be Seeing You
32     2-10      164263    07/Dec/87   Stranded
33     2-11      164264    14/Dec/87   Howard the Date
34     2-12      164265    21/Dec/87   I'll Be Home For Christmas
35     2-13      164261    04/Jan/88   Great Expectations
36     2-14      164266    11/Jan/88   Second Time Around
37     2-15      164271    18/Jan/88   Oh, Brother
38     2-16      164270    25/Jan/88   There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
39     2-17      164267    01/Feb/88   The Return of Ray Don
40     2-18      164269    08/Feb/88   High Rollers
41     2-19      164272    15/Feb/88   The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
42     2-20      164273    22/Feb/88   How Great Thou Art
43     2-21      164274    21/Mar/88   Ted-Bare
44     2-22      164275    28/Mar/88   Reservations for Eight

• Season 3

45     3-01      045       14/Nov/88   Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
46     3-02      164317    21/Nov/88   The Candidate
47     3-03      046       28/Nov/88   E.P. Phone Home
48     3-04      047       05/Dec/88   Getting Married and Eating Dirt
49     3-05      048       12/Dec/88   Big Haas and Little Falsie
50     3-06      049       19/Dec/88   Hard Hats and Lovers
51     3-07      050       02/Jan/89   Curtains
52     3-08      051       09/Jan/89   The Wilderness Experience
53     3-09      052       16/Jan/89   Tyrone
54     3-10      053       23/Jan/89   Mr. Bailey
55     3-11      054       13/Feb/89   The Naked Truth
56     3-12      055       20/Feb/89   The Junies
57     3-13      056       27/Feb/89   One Sees, the Other Doesn't
58     3-14      057       06/Mar/89   Odell
59     3-15      058       13/Mar/89   Full Moon
60     3-16      059       20/Mar/89   Ms. Meal Ticket
61     3-17      060       27/Mar/89   The Engagement
62     3-18      061       10/Apr/89   Come On and Marry Me, Bill
63     3-19      062       01/May/89   The Women of Atlanta
64     3-20      063       08/May/89   Stand and Fight
65     3-21      064       15/May/89   The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
66     3-22      164336    22/May/89   Julia Drives Over the First Amendment

• Season 4

67     4-01      066       18/Sep/89   The Proxy Pig and Great Pretenders
68     4-02      067       25/Sep/89   One Night With You
69     4-03      068       02/Oct/89   There She Is
70     4-04      069       16/Oct/89   Nightmare From Hee Haw
71     4-05      070       23/Oct/89   The Girlfriend
72     4-06      071       30/Oct/89   The Rowdy Girls
73     4-07      072       13/Nov/89   Bernice's Sanity Hearing
74     4-08      073       20/Nov/89   Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
75     4-09      074       27/Nov/89   Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
76     4-10      075       04/Dec/89   Manhunt
77     4-11      076       11/Dec/89   They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?
78     4-12      077       18/Dec/89   You Got to Have Friends
79     4-13      078       01/Jan/90   The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)
80     4-14      078       01/Jan/90   The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)
81     4-15      079       08/Jan/90   The Mistress
82     4-16      080       15/Jan/90   The Fur Lies
83     4-17      081       29/Jan/90   Oh, What a Feeling
84     4-18      082       05/Feb/90   Anthony and Vanessa
85     4-19      083       19/Feb/90   Payne Grows Up
86     4-20      084       26/Feb/90   Tornado Watch
87     4-21      085       12/Mar/90   Tough Enough
88     4-22      086       19/Mar/90   It's A Wonderful Life
89     4-23      164381    03/Apr/90   Foreign Affairs
90     4-24      087       09/Apr/90   Suzanne Goes Looking For a Friend
91     4-25      089       07/May/90   Have Faith
92     4-26      092       09/May/90   Their Finest Hour
93     4-27      090       14/May/90   Anthony's Graduation
94     4-28      091       21/May/90   La Place sans Souci

• Season 5

95     5-01      093       17/Sep/90   A Blast From the Past
96     5-02      094       24/Sep/90   Papa Was a Rolling Stone
97     5-03      095       01/Oct/90   Working Mother
98     5-04      096       15/Oct/90   Miss Trial
99     5-05      097       22/Oct/90   The Bachelor Auction
100    5-06      098       29/Oct/90   Charlene Buys a House
101    5-07      099       05/Nov/90   Old Rebels and Young Models
102    5-08      100       12/Nov/90   Nowhere To Run To
103    5-09      101       19/Nov/90   A Class Act
104    5-10      102       26/Nov/90   Keep the Homes Fire Burning
105    5-11      103       10/Dec/90   My Daughter, Myself
106    5-12      104       17/Dec/90   And Now, Here's Bernice
107    5-13      105       07/Jan/91   Pearls of Wisdom
108    5-14      106       14/Jan/91   High Noon in a Laundry Room
109    5-15      107       28/Jan/91   How Long Has This Been Going On?
110    5-16      108       04/Feb/91   The Emperor's New Nose
111    5-17      109       11/Feb/91   Maybe, Baby
112    5-18      110       25/Feb/91   This is Art?
113    5-19      111       04/Mar/91   Blame it on New Orleans
114    5-20      112       18/Mar/91   I'll See You in Court
115    5-21      113       08/Apr/91   The Big Circle
116    5-22      114       29/Apr/91   Friends and Husbands
117    5-23      115       06/May/91   Fore!
118    5-24      116       13/May/91   The Pride of Sugarbakers

• Season 6

119    6-01      601       16/Sep/91   The Big Desk (1)
120    6-02      602       16/Sep/91   The Big Desk (2)
121    6-03      603       23/Sep/91   A Toe in the Water
122    6-04      604       30/Sep/91   Dwayne's World
123    6-05      605       07/Oct/91   Marriage Most Foul
124    6-06      606       14/Oct/91   Picking a Winner
125    6-07      607       21/Oct/91   Last Tango in Atlanta
126    6-08      608       04/Nov/91   The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita
127    6-09      609       11/Nov/91   Just Say Doe
128    6-10      610       18/Nov/91   Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree
129    6-11      611       02/Dec/91   Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
130    6-12      612       09/Dec/91   Real, Scary Men
131    6-13      613       16/Dec/91   Tales Out of School
132    6-14      614       06/Jan/92   Driving My Mama Back Home
133    6-15      615       13/Jan/92   Payne Comes Home
134    6-16      616       20/Jan/92   Carlene's Apartment
135    6-17      617       03/Feb/92   Mamed
136    6-18      618       24/Feb/92   A Scene From a Mall
137    6-19      619       02/Mar/92   All About Odes to Atlanta
138    6-20      620       09/Mar/92   I Enjoy Being a Girl
139    6-21      621       23/Mar/92   L.A. Story
140    6-22      622       27/Apr/92   A Little Night Music
141    6-23      623       04/May/92   Shades of Vanessa

• Season 7

142    7-01      701       25/Sep/92   Of Human Bondage
143    7-02      702       02/Oct/92   Sex and the Single Woman
144    7-03      703       16/Oct/92   Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
145    7-04      704       23/Oct/92   On the Road Again
146    7-05      705       30/Oct/92   Screaming Passages
147    7-06      706       06/Nov/92   Viva Las Vegas (1)
148    7-07      707       13/Nov/92   Fools Rush In (2)
149    7-08      708       20/Nov/92   Love Letters
150    7-09      709       04/Dec/92   The Vision Thing
151    7-10      710       11/Dec/92   Trial and Error
152    7-11      711       08/Jan/93   Too Dumb to Date
153    7-12      712       15/Jan/93   The Odyssey
154    7-13      713       22/Jan/93   Oh Dog, Poor Dog
155    7-14      714       05/Feb/93   Wedding Redux
156    7-15      715       12/Feb/93   Nude Julia, New York Morning
157    7-16      716       05/Mar/93   Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
158    7-17      717       12/Mar/93   Shovel Off to Buffalo
159    7-18      718       02/Apr/93   It's Not So Easy Being Green
160    7-19      719       30/Apr/93   The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
161    7-20      720       07/May/93   The Lying Game
162    7-21      721       24/May/93   Gone With a Whim (1)
163    7-22      722       24/May/93   Gone With a Whim (2)


Other Episodes

Special S7                28/Jul/03    Designing Women Reunion