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The Best Episodes of Designing Women Season 3

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The Best Episodes of Designing Women Season 3

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...

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  1. Background image for The Wilderness Experience
    8.5/10(133 votes)

    #1 - The Wilderness Experience

    S3:E8

    The women embark on a wilderness survival course designed to build leadership -- but it's first-time camper Bernice who ultimately takes command.

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  2. Background image for Big Haas and Little Falsie
    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #2 - Big Haas and Little Falsie

    S3:E5

    Mary-Jo contemplates breast enlargement after receiving an inheritance from her uncle Dude stipulating that she must spend it on something frivolous.

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  3. Background image for Full Moon
    8.3/10(111 votes)

    #3 - Full Moon

    S3:E15

    A full moon coincides with strange occurrences, including Mary Jo's sudden conviction that Claudia and her boyfriend are up to no good.

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  4. Background image for Come On and Marry Me, Bill
    8.3/10(109 votes)

    #4 - Come On and Marry Me, Bill

    S3:E18

    Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer after his stag party.

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  5. Background image for The Junies
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #5 - The Junies

    S3:E12

    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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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:N/A
  6. Background image for The Women of Atlanta
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #6 - The Women of Atlanta

    S3:E19

    A photographer shooting a magazine spread on the women of Atlanta asks the decorators to participate, but they become suspicious when he keeps encouraging sexier poses.

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  8. Background image for Stand and Fight
    8.0/10(95 votes)

    #7 - Stand and Fight

    S3:E20

    When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.

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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:N/A
  9. Background image for E.P. Phone Home
    7.9/10(108 votes)

    #8 - E.P. Phone Home

    S3:E3

    While touring Graceland on VIP tickets, Julia is touched when a truck driver tells how the King influenced his life.

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    7.8/10(91 votes)

    #9 - The Engagement

    S3:E17

    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.

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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:N/A
  11. Background image for Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
    7.7/10(117 votes)

    #10 - Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula

    S3:E1

    A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.

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  12. Background image for The Naked Truth
    7.7/10(118 votes)

    #11 - The Naked Truth

    S3:E11

    Mary Jo, Charlene and Anthony feign nonchalance at a nudist colony, the Sugarbakers' nieces visit.

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    Director:N/A
  13. Background image for One Sees, the Other Doesn't
    7.7/10(97 votes)

    #12 - One Sees, the Other Doesn't

    S3:E13

    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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  14. Background image for The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
    7.7/10(91 votes)

    #13 - The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America

    S3:E21

    When she discovers him working as a bellboy/pianist, the accountant who absconded with her life savings offers Suzanne a deal.

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    7.6/10(102 votes)

    #14 - The Candidate

    S3:E2

    Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.

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  16. Background image for Getting Married and Eating Dirt
    7.6/10(98 votes)

    #15 - Getting Married and Eating Dirt

    S3:E4

    Bernice asks the ladies to be her wedding attendants when she receives a marriage proposal from a TV pitchman -- who habitually proposes to every woman he meets.

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    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #16 - But They're Really Great Curtains

    S3:E7

    Striking laborers from a textile factory besiege the company, and the Sugarbakers women come to respect them for surviving their terrible working conditions.

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    7.5/10(104 votes)

    #17 - Tyrone

    S3:E9

    Acting as surrogate brother a troubled youth, Anthony remembers his own painful childhood, and when Julia puts her trust in Anthony's juvenile charge, it only gets her photo on the evening news.

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    7.5/10(97 votes)

    #18 - Mr. Bailey

    S3:E10

    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.

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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:N/A
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    7.5/10(96 votes)

    #19 - Odell

    S3:E14

    Sugarbakers becomes the site of a Southern family feud after Charlene's brother arrives and announces he is marrying the daughter of a longtime family rival, Anthony partners Bernice in a dance contest.

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    Writer:N/A
  21. Background image for Hard Hats and Lovers
    6.9/10(96 votes)

    #20 - Hard Hats and Lovers

    S3:E6

    Suzanne convinces Charlene that Bill should date more before they get serious, and the ladies plan revenge on a bunch of sexist hardhats working across the street.

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    6.7/10(108 votes)

    #21 - Julia Drives Over the First Amendment

    S3:E22

    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.

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    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:N/A
  23. Background image for Ms. Meal Ticket
    6.5/10(82 votes)

    #22 - Ms. Meal Ticket

    S3:E16

    Mary-Jo overreacts to J.D.'s losing his job and moving in with her, but a psychic helps her sort out her feelings.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Wilderness Experience" is the best rated episode of "Designing Women" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 133 votes. Directed by David Trainer and written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, it aired on 1/9/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Big Haas and Little Falsie".