5th Season 1990

  1. "A Blast From the Past"
    gs: Mary Ann Mobley [ Karen Delaporte ], Kristoffer Tabori [ Daryl ], James Keane [ Loud Tourist ]

    Sugarbaker's is beset by tourists when the building's Civil War foundation puts it on the Tour of Historical Homes, Mary Jo opens her heart to an old friend eager to make good on a marriage pact they once entered into.

    b: 17 Sep 90 pc: 093 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  2. "Papa Was a Rolling Stone (a.k.a. Birthday Presents and Other Strangers)"
    gs: Bill Cobbs [ Henry / Charles ], Tom Magee [ Beefma ]

    rc: Bernice

    Charlene aims to make Anthony's 30th birthday a memorable one -- by hiring a private detective to find his long-lost father.

    b: 24 Sep 90 pc: 094 w: Debbie Pearl & Cassandra Clark d: David Trainer


  3. "Working Mother"
    gs: Adam Carl [ Adam ]

    rc: Randa

    Resentment builds between Charlene and Mary Jo when Charlene wants to take a year off to look after her baby. The decorators cater to the whims of a rich, insufferable 10-year-old client as Mary Jo and Charlene ponder the joys and pitfalls of working mothers.

    b: 1 Oct 90 pc: 095 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  4. "Miss Trial"
    gs: Jessie Jones [ Marshal ], John O'Connell [ DJ ], Ellen Albertini Dow [ Tight Lips ], Kathryn Spitz [ Janice ]

    Julia's dinner plans with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are put on hold when her slow-moving jury gets sequestered.

    b: 15 Oct 90 pc: 096 w: Dee LaDuke & Mark Alton Brown d: David Trainer


  5. "The Bachelor Auction"
    gs: Rena Craig [ Emcee ], Donna Lynn Leavy [ Lenore ], Tom Marvich [ Cowboy ], Kathy Connell [ Woman with clipboard ], Joan Pirkle [ Woman #1 ], Gyl Roland [ Woman #2 ]

    When organizational confusion leads to Suzanne winning a date with Anthony in a bachelor charity auction, the two reluctantly try to make the best of a very awkward situation.

    b: 22 Oct 90 pc: 097 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  6. "Charlene Buys a House"
    gs: Charles Levin [ Marvin Sheinberg ]

    rc: Rusty

    As the proud new owner of a grand but ghostly mansion, Charlene hires the decorators to give the place a facelift -- not mentioning that it's haunted.

    b: 29 Oct 90 pc: 098 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  7. "Old Rebels and Young Models"
    gs: Meg Wylie [ Miss Crown ], Dona Hardy [ Mrs Chesley ], Lorna Scott [ Nurse ]

    Charlene's baby, Olivia, auditions for a modeling job, Mary Jo finds one of her former teachers in a nursing home.

    b: 5 Nov 90 pc: 099 w: Dee LaDuke & Mark Alton Brown d: Iris Dugow


  8. "Nowhere To Run To "
    gs: Sandahl Bergman [ Davida Daniels ]

    Mary Jo takes up jogging, and inadvertently helps turn Julia into a fitness zealot.

    b: 12 Nov 90 pc: 100 w: Cassandra Clark & Debbie Pearl d: David Trainer


  9. "A Class Act"
    gs: Richard Sanders [ Dr. Elliot Newhouse ], Michele Buffone [ Ms Gardner ], Daniel Henning [ Gordon ], Susan Byun [ Kathy ], Kenneth Armstrong [ Student ], Adam Goldberg [ Oreo Person ]

    Anthony buys in to become a full partner; new student Charlene fends off an amorous psychology professor.

    b: 19 Nov 90 pc: 101 w: Cassandra Clark & Debbie Pearl d: Dwayne Hickman


  10. "Keep the Homes Fires Burning"
    gs: Peter Crook [ Bill ], Robert Moran [ Soldier ], Jerry Giles [ Soldier ]

    rc: Col. Bill

    With her husband away on a mission, Charlene guiltily draws close to a man in her support group for military spouses who wife is also away. Meanwhile, lottery fever sweeps Sugarbakers.

    b: 26 Nov 90 pc: 102 w: Dee LaDuke & Mark Alton Brown d: David Trainer


  11. "My Daughter, Myself"
    gs: Tom Isbell [ Jack ], David James Alexander, Carl Beard [ Men ], Michael B. Silver [ Mark ]

    rc: Claudia

    Mary Jo forbids her nearly 18-year-old daughter to date a 34-year-old, then dates him herself, Julia is forced to crash the men's room at a football stadium.

    b: 10 Dec 90 pc: 103 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  12. "And Now, Here's Bernice"
    gs: Collin Bernsen [ Donald Banks ], Rebecca Balding [ Melinda ], Lois Hamilton [ Susan ], Tara Karsian [ Ross ], Henry M. Hawkins [ Phil ], Lisa Long [ Nancy ]

    rc: Bernice

    After Bernice gets a local public-access cable TV show, Mary Jo has her heart broken by a client and decides that Bernice's show is the ideal arena to air her views on men.

    b: 17 Dec 90 pc: 104 w: Mark Alton Brown & Dee LaDuke d: David Trainer


  13. "Pearls of Wisdom"
    gs: Elliot Harold [ Harley ]

    Mary Jo borrows and loses a string of pearls flaunted by Suzanne, subbing as a lifestyles reporter for local TV news. Meanwhile, a recurring dream about Julia upsets Anthony.

    b: 7 Jan 91 pc: _________ w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  14. "High Noon in a Laundry Room"
    gs: Dennis Burkley [ Bill Boy Swine ], Christina Rich [ Party Girl ]

    Anthony, concerned with his masculinity after working with the women so long, tries standing up to his bullying neighbor, and is further humiliated when the women come to his rescue.

    b: 14 Jan 91 pc: 106 w: Mark Alton Brown & Dee LaDuke d: David Trainer


  15. "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
    gs: Patricia Ayame Thomson [ May ], Bill Schick [ Gary ], David Helsey [ Max ], Hartley Silveer [ Sam ]

    Everyone at Sugarbakers is baffled to discover that sensible Julia has covertly been singing evenings at a nightclub, Anthony tries to muster the nerve to ask out a girl who works at the bookstore.

    b: 28 Jan 91 pc: 107 w: Cassandra Clark & Debbie Pearl d: David Trainer


  16. "The Emperor's New Nose"
    gs: Kerry Leigh Michaels [ Salesperson ], Julie Ann Nesitt [ Mother ], Brady Bluhm [ Boy ]

    rc: Bernice

    Bernice gets an extraordinarily bad eye tuck and rhinoplasty from a plastic surgeon whose work leaves something to be desired.

    b: 4 Feb 91 pc: 108 w: Michael Ross & Thom Bray d: David Trainer


  17. "Maybe, Baby"

    rc: J.D.

    Mary Jo, wanting a baby, turns to her friend and former beau; Suzanne takes up smoking as a way to diet.

    b: 11 Feb 91 pc: 109 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  18. "This is Art?"
    gs: Claudette Nevins [ Roseland Price ], Janice Kent [ Mrs Fredhold ], Terry Burns [ Mr Fredhold ], Sprague Theobald, Mike Regan [ Gentleman ], Joanne B. Martin [ Delighted Patron ], Katherine Blackmon [ Fruit Bowl Looker ], Jon Huffman [ Guard ]

    Amateur painter Julia inadvertently becomes the darling of Atlanta's art scene when someone tries to buy her handbag while she's attending a gallery opening; Suzanne inadvertently glues her lips shut.

    b: 25 Feb 91 pc: 110 w: Steven Roth & Deanne Roth d: Roberta Sherry-Scelza


  19. "Blame it on New Orleans"
    gs: Darrell Larson [ Garret Rossler ], Kerry Stein, Frank DiElsi [ Podiatrists ], David Shawn Michaels [ Lolita LuPage ], Paula Trickey [ Bikini Model ], Wade Patridge [ Walter ]

    When the gang attends a convention in intoxicating New Orleans, Mary Jo unwittingly sleeps with a married man.

    b: 4 Mar 91 pc: 111 w: Mark Alton Brown & Dee LaDuke d: David Trainer


  20. "I'll See You in Court"
    gs: Donna Lynn Leavy [ Sgt. Ramsey ], Laurence Haddon [ Judge ], Justin Dana [ Mary Jo's Attorney ], George R. Parker [ Norman's Attorney ], P.R. Paul [ Norman Bates ], Dona Hardy [ Margaret ], Dan Dillon [ Attractive Man ]

    rc: Bernice

    Mary Jo runs across the man who mugged her the year before, but faces horrendous judicial red tape to bring him to trial.

    b: 18 Mar 91 pc: 112 w: Debbie Pearl & Cassandra Clark d: David Trainer


  21. "The Big Circle"
    gs: Jennifer Rhodes [ Ms. Tauber ], Lyndsey Fields [ Miss Travis ], Peter Jolly [ Man ], Joe Verroca [ Taxi Driver ]

    rc: Randa, Bernice

    Julia tries coping with her boyfriend Reese's death by looking after Randa Oliver, the supremely spoiled child of a client couple on an extended vacation.

    b: 8 Apr 91 pc: 113 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  22. "Friends and Husbands"

    rc: Bernice, Randa, Col. Bill

    Charlene, readjusting to married life upon Bill's return from the Middle East, quits her and Mary Jo's children's-book project.

    b: 29 Apr 91 pc: 114 w: Cassandra Clark & Debbie Pearl d: David Trainer


  23. "Fore!"
    gs: Gracie Harrison [ Cissy Farenhold ], Rena Craig [ Bitty Cantrell ], Mark Neely [ Bruz Dancan ], Jay Bell [ Stewart Crimmons ], Michele Buffone [ Photographer ], Monka Schnarre [ Lady ]

    rc: Bernice, Randa

    Suzanne is jealous when Anthony is invited to be the first black (i.e., token) in the previously all-white Beaumont Country Club.

    b: 6 May 91 pc: 115 w: Pam Norris d: David Trainer


  24. "The Pride of Sugarbakers"
    gs: Dennis Burkley [ Buford ], Stuart Nelson [ Announcer ]

    rc: Randa, Quinton

    Mary Jo and Julia demonstrate different coaching styles when their firm sponsors a Little League team.

    b: 13 May 91 pc: 116 w: Thom Bray & Michael Ross d: Iris Dugow

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