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Designing Women

Season 1 Episode 3: A Big Affair

Suzanne sets up Charlene on a blind date with a wholesaler of imported goods without telling her that he's significantly overweight.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Designing Women

1. Designing Women

Aired: Sep 29, 1986

At the interior design firm of Sugarbaker & Associates in Atlanta, Georgia, t...

Episode 2 The Beauty Contest

2. The Beauty Contest

Aired: Oct 6, 1986

Mary Jo objects to her 12-year-old daughter Claudia entering in a beauty page...

Episode 3 A Big Affair

3. A Big Affair

Aired: Oct 20, 1986

Suzanne sets up Charlene on a blind date with a wholesaler of imported goods ...

Episode 4 Julia's Son

4. Julia's Son

Aired: Oct 26, 1986

Julia's son Payne comes home from college with his girlfriend: a professor na...

Episode 6 Design House

6. Design House

Aired: Nov 16, 1986

Suzanne is bored with not being more involved in the actual work at Sugarbake...

Episode 7 Perky's Visit

7. Perky's Visit

Aired: Nov 23, 1986

On Thanksgiving Day, Julia and Suzanne's mother Perky visits, along with her ...

Episode 8 I Do, I Don't

8. I Do, I Don't

Aired: Dec 3, 1986

Julia expects an engagement ring from her boyfriend, Reese Watson, but gets a...

Episode 9 The IT Men

9. The IT Men

Aired: Dec 3, 1986

While Charlene's boyfriend Mason is living in Tokyo, they have agreed to date...

Episode 10 The Slumber Party

10. The Slumber Party

Aired: Dec 17, 1986

Suzanne believes her maid, Consuela, has put a fatal voodoo curse on her to t...

Episode 11 New Year's Daze

11. New Year's Daze

Aired: Dec 31, 1986

The ladies' New Year's Eve Party has a shadow cast over it-literally-when Cha...

Episode 14 Monette

14. Monette

Aired: Feb 7, 1987

Charlene's old friend Monette, now calling herself "Monica," asks Sugarbaker ...

Episode 15 And Justice for Paul

15. And Justice for Paul

Aired: Feb 14, 1987

Charlene's boyfriend's offer of a discount on antique furniture turns out to ...

Episode 16 Reese's Friend

16. Reese's Friend

Aired: Feb 21, 1987

Julia is jealous when Reese cancels six consecutive dates due to work involvi...

Episode 17 Nashville Bound

17. Nashville Bound

Aired: Mar 15, 1987

Just as her entire family is coming to visit her in Atlanta, Charlene meets G...

Episode 18 Oh, Suzannah

18. Oh, Suzannah

Aired: Mar 22, 1987

Suzanne becomes the foster mother to a Vietnamese boat girl for a month while...

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Info about Designing Women

Seasons: 7

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy