The BEST episodes written by Pam Norris
#1 - The Junies
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 12
Charlene becomes a part-time saleswoman for "Lady Jun" cleaning products, and when she repeatedly succumbs to psychological pressure from her friend Libby despite her stated intention to quit, Julia determines to rescue her from this "cult" -- and winds up taking on Lady Jun herself. Meanwhile, Anthony receives an unusual nomination from his junior college -- as homecoming queen -- and gets unexpected support from Suzanne.
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#2 - One Sees, the Other Doesn't
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 13
Suzanne didn't spend one week and $2,000 at a spa to be asked out by a blind client who can't appreciate her radiance -- especially since she finds it difficult to believe that he is attracted by her personality.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 13
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.
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#4 - There She Is
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 3
While preparing for Charlene's baby shower, the Sugarbakers women are surprised by a visit from the Director of Pageants for Miss Georgia. Due to a clerical error discovered in the 1975 balloting, Suzanne must relinquish the crown she won 15 years earlier.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 23
Suzanne is jealous when Anthony is invited to be the first black (i.e., token) in the previously all-white Beaumont Country Club.
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#6 - Manhunt
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 10
Desperately single Mary Jo, worried that her busy schedule will condemn her to a life alone, accepts coaching from Suzanne as she plans a weekend manhunt.
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#7 - The Fur Flies
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 16
The fur flies at a fashion show, where Suzanne's after-dinner mink causes a riot among animal-rights activists. Meanwhile, Charlene is forced to bring Olivia to Sugarbakers while she looks for a nanny.
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#8 - Have Faith
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 25
When Mary Jo attends church with Julia and Suzanne, she ends up dating Gene Chapman, the minister, but feeling guilty about her sexual interest in him.
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#9 - Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 8
While posing for a gag photo at the governor's mansion, Julia gets her head stuck in the banister just before the annual ball.
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#10 - Julia and Suzanne's Big Adventure
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 9
Julia and Suzanne's plans go awry when they travel to Japan to visit their mother: after discovering that she has gone to Paris to see a sick friend, they are robbed of their luggage and money. Meanwhile, Anthony and Mary Jo are stuck with an enormous telephone bill after calling in votes to a television poll.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 17
Mary Jo, wanting a baby, turns to her friend and former beau; Suzanne takes up smoking as a way to diet.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 21
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.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 5
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.
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#14 - Tough Enough
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 21
A redecorating job for a sports account is right down Sugarbakers' alley when it pits the women against a macho, over-confident designer from an all-male firm. They determine to steal one of his prized clients, Cherokee Lanes Bowling Alley, but discover they must pose as regular bowlers.
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#15 - The Girlfriend
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 5
Attempting to prove himself when Mary Jo hires him and some of his ex-convict friends to finish an incomplete remodeling job, Anthony gets a new girlfriend -- an ambitious young woman who sees him as an upwardly mobile vehicle.
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#16 - Payne Grows Up
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 19
Julia is not pleased to learn that Payne is graduating early in order to marry his pregnant girlfriend. Upset at becoming a grandmother so soon, Julia gets tipsy at the wedding, then wakes up mortified -- and scantily clad -- the next day with Payne's frat house roommate (Young).
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#17 - You Got to Have Friends
Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 12
Mary Jo takes a second job at a fast food place when Ted's child support payment is late.
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Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 3
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.
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#19 - Julia Drives Over the First Amendment
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 22
A nearby newsstand selling pornography offends Julia, to the point where she drives her car straight through it, and pits her against an equally determined publisher in the ensuing court battle.
#20 - Mr. Bailey
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 10
The designers are determined that a recently deceased client's last wish be honored -- to leave her millions (and the ladies' prepaid services) to her cat.
#21 - My Daughter, Myself
Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 11
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.
#22 - Charlene Buys a House
Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 6
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.
#23 - The Engagement
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 17
Charlene, now happily engaged, dreads meeting Bill's intimidating mother and aunt, Mary Jo gives the dating game another try, with a much younger man.
#24 - Stand and Fight
Designing Women - Season 3 - Episode 20
When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.
#25 - A Blast from the Past
Designing Women - Season 5 - Episode 1
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.
#26 - A Toe in the Water
Designing Women - Season 6 - Episode 3
Julia thinks she's ready to resume dating, but Alison disagrees, questioning the manliness of Julia's new beau. Meanwhile, Allison and Anthony continue to bicker about who owns Suzanne's house, until Anthony obtains an affidavit asserting his right to occupy the house -- and allows Allison to stay on only as her personal servant.
#27 - Dead to Me
Ghost Whisperer - Season 5 - Episode 14
Ned's Occult Anthropology professor is stalked by the ghost of a secret admirer. Ned tries to use a Ouija board to help solve the mystery but instead is warned that someone they know is going to die soon.
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Designing Women - Season 6 - Episode 13
Anthony sees opportunity when his normally unfriendly law professor is attracted to Carlene and invites the two of them to his annual Christmas party.