The Best Episodes Directed By Harry Thomason

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   #1 - Killing All the Right People

   S2:E410/5/1987

   "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

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   #2 - Cruising

   S2:E811/16/1987

   Suzanne and Mary Jo become romantic rivals while doing a job aboard a cruise ship.

   Director:Harry Thomason

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   #3 - I'll Be Home For Christmas

   S2:E1212/21/1987

   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

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   #4 - Howard the Date

   S2:E1112/14/1987

   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

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   #5 - High Rollers

   S2:E182/8/1988

   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

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   #6 - Miss Emily's Wild Ride

   S2:E510/14/1991

   Whilst Evan is babysitting baby Emily, he accidentally loses her.

   Director:Harry Thomason

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   #7 - 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station

   S2:E19/14/1987

   A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.

   Director:Harry Thomason

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   #8 - There Once Was A Boy Named Wood

   S1:E29/28/1990

   Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.

   Director:Harry Thomason

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   #9 - A Day in the Life of Wood Newton

   S1:E19/21/1990

   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

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