7.4/10105 votes7.4/10(105)#1 - 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
7.2/1094 votes7.2/10(94)#2 - Ted Remarries
Season 2 Episode 2
Aired 9/21/1987
Mary Jo can't face her children being with her ex-husband's new wife, who is spoiling them.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
6.6/1090 votes6.6/10(90)#3 - Anthony, Jr.
Season 2 Episode 3
Aired 9/28/1987
Anthony goes to extremes to impress his girlfriends' wealthy parents, inventing a pedigreed family -- then an uninvited dinner guest informs him he is the father of her child.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
9.4/10257 votes9.4/10(257)#4 - 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
7.3/1095 votes7.3/10(95)#5 - Half an Air Bubble Off
Season 2 Episode 5
Aired 10/19/1987
When an eccentric client harasses the women with bizarre decorating requests, they decide to matchmake him with Bernice.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
8.3/10130 votes8.3/10(130)#6 - Dash Goff, the Writer
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 10/26/1987
Suzanne's visiting ex, a novelist who loves flowery Southern words and women, is in a writer's slump and contemplating suicide.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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7.5/1099 votes7.5/10(99)#7 - Heart Attacks
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 11/9/1987
Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.6/10115 votes7.6/10(115)#8 - 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
7.4/10119 votes7.4/10(119)#9 - I'll Be Seeing You
Season 2 Episode 9
Aired 11/23/1987
Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
8.8/10126 votes8.8/10(126)#10 - Stranded
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 12/7/1987
While Charlene, Julia and Mary Jo get the flu on a trip to St. Louis, a snowstorm forces Suzanne and Anthony to share a motel room in Tennessee.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.4/1098 votes7.4/10(98)#11 - 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
7.8/10107 votes7.8/10(107)#12 - 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
6.5/10100 votes6.5/10(100)#13 - Great Expectations
Season 2 Episode 13
Aired 1/4/1988
Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.8/1092 votes7.8/10(92)#14 - Second Time Around
Season 2 Episode 14
Aired 1/11/1988
Charlene withdraws after being dumped by her boyfriend Bill, who is still grieving the loss of his first wife.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.4/10110 votes7.4/10(110)#15 - Oh, Brother
Season 2 Episode 15
Aired 1/18/1988
Julia and Suzanne disagree on how to handle the arrival of their half-brother, a recently discharged mental patient with aspirations to stand-up comedy.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
6.7/1095 votes6.7/10(95)#16 - There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 1/25/1988
Mary Jo gives Claudia permission to go to a school dance with a black youth, contrary to his father's wishes.
Director: Jack Shea
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.8/1096 votes7.8/10(96)#17 - The Return of Ray Don
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/1/1988
A penniless Suzanne faces stiff fines for back taxes, so after trying to charm Ray Don at the IRS, she sells off her possession and considers marriage to wealthy octogenarian Wilmont Oliver.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.9/1094 votes7.9/10(94)#18 - 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
7.8/1097 votes7.8/10(97)#19 - The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 2/15/1988
Suzanne and Julia clash over a posh club's offer of membership when Suzanne discovers discrimination in the club's by laws.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
7.9/10131 votes7.9/10(131)#20 - How Great Thou Art
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 2/22/1988
Scruples cause Charlene to resign from her church after she loses faith in her minister when he votes against allowing women in the ministry.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
6.7/1086 votes6.7/10(86)#21 - Ted-Bare
Season 2 Episode 21
Aired 3/21/1988
On the brink of marrying a young woman, Ted begins to appreciate ex-wife Mary Jo's maturity, but his sudden attentiveness strikes everyone else as suspicious.
Director: Hal Holbrook
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
8.2/10133 votes8.2/10(133)#22 - Reservations for Eight
Season 2 Episode 22
Aired 3/28/1988
A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends.
Director: Hal Holbrook
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
The Best Episodes of Designing Women Season 2
Every episode of Designing Women Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Designing Women Season 2!
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.6
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station" is the best rated episode of "Designing Women" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Harry Thomason and written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, it aired on 9/14/1987. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Ted Remarries".
