Designing Women

On the brink of being forced out of business Anthony and the women of Sugarbaker's meet a wealthy Southern widow, B.J. Poteet, and she makes an offer to Julia that will determine Sugarbaker's future.

When her ex-husband, Dwayne Dobber, pops into town, Carlene spends the night with him -- in Anthony's bed.

Mary Jo, sick and tired of Julia's bossiness, finally explodes and tells her off, hours before the two are to appear together in a charity fashion show.

Mary Jo agrees to drive with Julia to Nashville to meet her new beau, but Bernice tags along, turning their vision of a "Thelma and Louise" trip into hell on wheels.

When Julia learns that she is going through the change of life, she prepares herself and her friends for a hormonal action/adventure.

Anthony goes to Las Vegas to forget his broken engagement to Vanessa and winds up married to a gorgeous showgirl from the Folies Bergiere.

Anthony plans to extricate himself from his hasty nuptials, with schemes that range from the practical to the ridiculous. When his attempts to get free meet more resistance than he expected, B.J. hatches a plan to pay her off -- leading to surprising results.

When B.J. examines her departed husband's safety deposit box, she finds passionate love letters from a strange woman. Meanwhile, Mary Jo discovers even more aspects of her aggressive side when she rents a red convertible sports car and turns into a "road warrior."

The ladies throw a Las Vegas-style wedding shower for Anthony and Etienne, who is driving her new husband crazy with her overwhelming efforts to become the perfect wife.

Law school student Anthony agrees to take the witness stand to help Mary Jo in a court battle and winds up her reluctant legal advisor.

Anthony and the ladies can't understand why Mary Jo is wasting her time with someone dumber than mud... until they get a better look at him, Atlanta's incredibly handsome top male model.

B.J. arranges to fly the Sugarbaker Design firm clan to the presidential inauguration on her private jet, but when bad weather grounds the plane; the group races to get to the ball on time by setting out on a nightmare odyssey of barely-connecting commercial flights.

Bernice, recovering from minor eye surgery at Sugarbaker's, overhears Mary Jo tell Julia her heart--wrenching decision to have the dog put to sleep -- and assumes they are talking about her.

Anthony and Etienne decide to renew their vows; Mary Jo worries when Quint asks to go away for the weekend & with a girl!

Julia attends the opening of her old art teacher Nigel's exhibition and finds herself on exhibition when he unveils his masterpiece, a nude "portrait" of her for which she never posed.

Julia decides that a date with a kind, caring, sensitive man would be the perfect birthday present for the somewhat depressed B.J., but finding Mr. Right in two days proves to be more difficult that she imagined.

When Elvis' face mysteriously "appears" on Mary Jo's snow shovel, she develops healing power.

Anthony can't control his jealousy when Etienne's smart successful, good-looking college friend, Punch, comes to visit.

Following instructions she received from her deceased husband during a seance, Mrs. Beecham, an overbearing old schoolmistress of Julia's, comes to live with her.

When Carlene discovers she is dating a man who is a cross-dresser, she then tries spending the day in male drag to understand what it's like.

Sugarbaker's takes an unpleasant job to save the firm from bankruptcy.

The women struggle to save Sugarbaker's from a hostile takeover.