- 10.0/101 votes10.0/10(1)
#1 - Killing All the Right People
Season 2 Episode 4
Aired 10/5/1987
"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.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 8.0/101 votes
- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#3 - Cruising
Season 2 Episode 8
Aired 11/16/1987
Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#4 - Howard the Date
Season 2 Episode 11
Aired 12/14/1987
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.""
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#5 - I'll Be Home For Christmas
Season 2 Episode 12
Aired 12/21/1987
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.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 8.0/101 votes8.0/10(1)
#6 - High Rollers
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 2/8/1988
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.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 7.0/101 votes7.0/10(1)
#7 - A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 9/21/1990
On his birthday/wedding anniversary, an innocent Wood is photographed with a stripper; and Prosecuting Attorney candidate Ava discovers she's pregnant despite Wood's vasectomy.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 7.0/101 votes7.0/10(1)
#8 - There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 9/28/1990
Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
- 7.0/101 votes7.0/10(1)
#9 - 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 9/14/1987
A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason