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Suzanne Sugarbaker
Series SeasonSeason 5 episodes1990
Designing Women
Season 5
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Episode 130 min1990-09-17
A Blast From the Past
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.
Episode 230 min1990-09-24
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Charlene aims to make Anthony's 30th birthday a memorable one -- by hiring a private detective to find his long-lost father.
Episode 330 min1990-10-01
Working Mother
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.
Episode 430 min1990-10-15
Miss Trial
Julia's dinner plans with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are put on hold when her slow-moving jury gets sequestered.
Episode 530 min1990-10-22
The Bachelor Auction
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.
Episode 630 min1990-10-29
Charlene Buys a House
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.
Episode 730 min1990-11-05
Old Rebels and Young Models
Charlene's baby, Olivia, auditions for a modeling job, Mary Jo finds one of her former teachers in a nursing home.
Episode 830 min1990-11-12
Nowhere To Run To
Mary Jo takes up jogging, and inadvertently helps turn Julia into a fitness zealot.
Episode 930 min1990-11-19
A Class Act
Anthony buys in to become a full partner; new student Charlene fends off an amorous psychology professor.
Episode 1030 min1990-11-26
Keep the Home Fires Burning
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.
Episode 1130 min1990-12-10
My Daughter, Myself
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.
Episode 1230 min1990-12-17
And Now, Here's 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.
Episode 1330 min1991-01-07
Pearls of Wisdom
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.
Episode 1430 min1991-01-14
High Noon in a Laundry Room
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.
Episode 1530 min1991-01-28
How Long Has This Been Going On?
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.
Episode 1630 min1991-02-04
The Emperor's New Nose
Bernice gets an extraordinarily bad eye tuck and rhinoplasty from a plastic surgeon whose work leaves something to be desired.
Episode 1730 min1991-02-11
Maybe, Baby
Mary Jo, wanting a baby, turns to her friend and former beau; Suzanne takes up smoking as a way to diet.
Episode 1830 min1991-02-25
This is Art?
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.
Episode 1930 min1991-03-04
Blame it on New Orleans
When the gang attends a convention in intoxicating New Orleans, Mary Jo unwittingly sleeps with a married man.
Episode 2030 min1991-03-18
I'll See You in Court
Mary Jo runs across the man who mugged her the year before, but faces horrendous judicial red tape to bring him to trial.
Episode 2130 min1991-04-08
The Big Circle
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.
Episode 2230 min1991-04-29
Friends and Husbands
Charlene, readjusting to married life upon Bill's return from the Middle East, quits her and Mary Jo's children's-book project.
Episode 2330 min1991-05-06
Fore!
Suzanne is jealous when Anthony is invited to be the first black (i.e., token) in the previously all-white Beaumont Country Club.
Episode 2430 min1991-05-13
The Pride of Sugarbakers
Mary Jo and Julia demonstrate different coaching styles when their firm sponsors a Little League team.
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