Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry. Air Date : 22nd-Feb-1988

A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future. Air Date : 14th-Sep-1987  Read More

Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them. Air Date : 21st-Sep-1987  Read More

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. Air Date : 28th-Sep-1987  Read More

"Killing All the Right People" is the 26th episode of the sitcom Designing Women. Originally airing on October 5, 1987, as the fourth episode of the second season, it features Tony Goldwyn as Kendall Dobbs, a young man dying of AIDS who asks the women to design his funeral. Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's mother died of AIDS and her experience with her mother's disease and the prejudice associated with it inspired the episode. Air Date : 5th-Oct-1987  Read More

When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice. Air Date : 19th-Oct-1987  Read More

Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide. Air Date : 26th-Oct-1987  Read More

Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia. Air Date : 9th-Nov-1987  Read More

Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship. Air Date : 16th-Nov-1987  Read More

Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO. Air Date : 23rd-Nov-1987  Read More

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. Air Date : 7th-Dec-1987  Read More

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."" Air Date : 14th-Dec-1987  Read More

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. Air Date : 21st-Dec-1987  Read More

Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner. Air Date : 4th-Jan-1988  Read More

Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife. Air Date : 11th-Jan-1988  Read More

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. Air Date : 18th-Jan-1988  Read More

Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes. Air Date : 25th-Jan-1988  Read More

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. Air Date : 1st-Feb-1988  Read More

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. Air Date : 8th-Feb-1988  Read More

Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by laws. Air Date : 15th-Feb-1988  Read More

Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry. Air Date : 22nd-Feb-1988  Read More

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. Air Date : 21st-Mar-1988  Read More

A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends. Air Date : 28th-Mar-1988  Read More