2nd Season 1987

  1. "101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station"
    gs: Jonathan Banks [ Ashcroft ]

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

    b: 14 Sep 87 pc: 022 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason


  2. "Ted Remarries (a.k.a. Ted & Tammy)"
    gs: Eileen Seeley [ Tammy ]

    rc: Ted, Claudia, Quinton

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

    b: 21 Sep 87 pc: 023 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  3. "Anthony, Jr."
    gs: Bever-Leigh Banfield [ Denise ], David Downing [ Sam ], Kim Hamilton [ Annabelle ], Dayna Winston [ Savannah ]

    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.

    b: 28 Sep 87 pc: 164256 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  4. "Killing All the Right People (a.k.a. The AIDS Story)"
    gs: Tony Goldwyn [ Kendall ], Camilla Carr [ Mrs. Salinger ], Peggy Walton-Walker [ Mrs. Jarvis ]

    rc: Bernice

    News that a friend and fellow decorator is dying of AIDS (and wants Sugarbakers to design his funeral) gets Mary Jo fired up at a PTA debate on sex education and contraception.

    b: 5 Oct 87 pc: 164252 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason


  5. "Half an Air Bubble Off (a.k.a. Still Crazy After All These Years)"
    gs: Elliot Reid [ Unknown ]

    rc: Bernice

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

    b: 19 Oct 87 pc: 026 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason



  6. "Dash Goff, the Writer"

    rc: Dash

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

    b: 26 Oct 87 pc: 164250 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer


  7. "Heart Attacks"
    gs:

    rc: Reese

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

    b: 9 Nov 87 pc: 152260 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Matthew Diamond


  8. "Cruising"
    gs: Charles Pierce [ Claude ], John Furey [ Trevor ], Carmen Arganziano [ Mel ], Randi Brooks [ Jhana ], Marc Silver, Christine Hansen [ Unknown ]

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

    b: 16 Nov 87 pc: 164258 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason


  9. "I'll Be Seeing You"
    gs:

    rc: Col. Bill, Reese, Marjorie

    Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.

    b: 23 Nov 87 pc: 164257 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  10. "Stranded"
    gs: Sandy Martin [ Unknown ], Christopher Ginnaven [ Unknown ], Joe Ivy [ Unknown ]

    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.

    b: 7 Dec 87 pc: 164263 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  11. "Howard the Date"
    gs: Marc Silver [ Howard ]

    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."

    b: 14 Dec 87 pc: 164264 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  12. "I'll Be Home For Chrsitmas"
    gs:

    rc: Marjorie, Claudia, Quinton

    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.

    b: 21 Dec 87 pc: 164265 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason


  13. "Great Expectations (a.k.a. Getting to Know You)"
    gs: Jason Gourson [ Rex ], Olivia Burnette [ Unknown ], Victor DiMatti [ Unknown ]

    rc: J.D., Claudia, Quinton, T. Tommy

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

    b: 4 Jan 88 pc: 164261 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  14. "Second Time Around"
    gs:

    rc: Col. Bill, Marjorie

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

    b: 11 Jan 88 pc: 164266 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  15. "Oh, Brother"
    gs: Lewis Grizzard [ Clayton ]

    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.

    b: 18 Jan 88 pc: 164271 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  16. "There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner"
    gs: Virginia Bingham [ Debbie Hammonds ], Elaine Wilkes [ Unknown ], Stacy Nicole Bloodworth [ Stacy Nicole ], Brian Moore [ Announcer ]

    rc: Quinton

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

    b: 25 Jan 88 pc: 164270 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Jack Shea

    NOTE: Some sources credit David Trainer as the director.


  17. "The Return of Ray Don"
    gs: Ivan Bonar [ Wilmont Oliver ], Dalton Cathey [ Unknown ]

    rc: 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.

    b: 1 Feb 88 pc: 164267 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: David Trainer

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  18. "High Rollers"
    gs: William Utay [ Croupier ], Gracie Harrison [ Phyllis ], John Tyson [ Unknown ], Daryle Ann Lindley [ Uninown ]

    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.

    b: 8 Feb 88 pc: 164269 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  19. "The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club"
    gs: Julie Bryan Moran [ Cissy ], Mary Anne Doward [ Delphine ], Grace Harrison [ Phyllis ], Tom Fitzpatrick [ Unknown ], Joann B. Martin [ Unknown ]

    rc: Marjorie

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

    b: 15 Feb 88 pc: 164272 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Matthew Diamond

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  20. "How Great Thou Art"
    gs: Patrick Tovatt [ Minister ]

    rc: Bernice, Reese

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

    b: 22 Feb 88 pc: 164273 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Harry Thomason

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  21. "Ted-Bare"
    gs: Charles Robert Smithe [ Unknown ], Pamela Hayden [ Unknown ]

    rc: Ted, J.D., Quinton

    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.

    b: 21 Mar 88 pc: 164274 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Hal Holbrook

    NOTE: Some sources credit Jack Shea as the director.


  22. "Reservations for Eight"

    rc: Reese, J.D., Dash

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

    b: 28 Mar 88 pc: 164275 w: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason d: Hal Holbrook

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