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#1 - Carlene's Apartment
Season 6 Episode 16
Aired 1/20/1992
Carlene moves into her own apartment on the wrong side of town, where space is at a minimum and burglars roam free, so the Sugarbakers staff visit to try to persuade her to find a better home.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#2 - Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed
Season 6 Episode 11
Aired 12/2/1991
Mary Jo and Julia are trapped under anchorman Chuck Tremain's bed when a Christmas design contest inspires them to examine a competitor's handiwork for evidence of plagiarism.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#3 - Mamed
Season 6 Episode 17
Aired 2/3/1992
A tough-talking, hard-drinking, temperamental Broadway has-been promises to make Julia rue the day that she stole the role of Mame from her in Anthony's community-theater production. But on opening night she is too drunk to perform and Anthony is pressed into taking on the role.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#4 - All About Odes to Atlanta
Season 6 Episode 19
Aired 3/2/1992
Songwriter Carlene gains notoriety -- and her first groupie -- by entering her ditty in the semi-finals Atlanta's theme-song contest, where she performs with Mary Jo and Julia, all decked out in ""big hair"" and costumes.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#5 - The Big Desk (2)
Season 6 Episode 2
Aired 9/16/1991
Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and a take-charge attitude, Charlene's divorcing younger sister Carlene arrives.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#6 - Julia and Rusty, Sittin' in a Tree
Season 6 Episode 10
Aired 11/18/1991
Julia's second date with electrician Rusty becomes a group outing with Carlene and Allison dating junior-college guys, and Anthony tagging along to the drive-in with Bernice to keep an eye on things.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#7 - A Scene From a Mall
Season 6 Episode 18
Aired 2/24/1992
Julia stages a sit-in at the mall to protest racial mistreatment of Anthony by brutish cops who accosted him for window shopping near a jewelry store -- and television coverage links Anthony romantically with Allison.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Shades of Vanessa
Season 6 Episode 23
Aired 5/4/1992
The Sugarbakers women use Anthony as ""date bait"" to reel in a big account involving a hotelier's flamboyant debutante daughter, who's angling for a whopper of a deal, then Anthony announces he is marrying Vanessa, who intends to become a partner in Sugarbakers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#9 - Last Tango in Atlanta
Season 6 Episode 7
Aired 10/21/1991
When the Sugarbakers women are persuaded by Anthony to help with an outreach program at his former prison, they find themselves in the middle of a prison break and are held hostage by Anthony's old cellmate T. Tommy Reed -- who takes a liking to Allison.
Director: Charles Frank
Writer: Michael Ross
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#10 - The Big Desk (1)
Season 6 Episode 1
Aired 9/16/1991
Cousin Alison Sugarbaker buys out Suzanne's share of the business and then moves in, complete with an enormous desk and a take-charge attitude, Charlene's divorcing younger sister Carlene arrives.
Director: Harry Thomason
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#11 - A Little Night Music
Season 6 Episode 22
Aired 4/27/1992
Julia strolls down memory lane while awaiting the results of hysterectomy tests at a hospital whose workers are on strike, and a surgeon turns out to be her prescription for romance.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#12 - Dwayne's World
Season 6 Episode 4
Aired 9/30/1991
Mary Jo protectively takes divorcee Carlene under her wing -- going overboard with a lie about Carlene's latest flame -- when ex-hubby Dwayne shows up to sweep Carlene off her feet again.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#13 - The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita
Season 6 Episode 8
Aired 11/4/1991
Perhaps the most famous episode, and a rare instance of a situation comedy making direct political comment on a current issue. The Sugarbakers women take sides on the controversial confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment: Mary Jo and Julia side with Hill and Allison with Thomas. Conflict spills over into Allison's birthday party, where Mary Jo and Julia turn up in costume just in time to hear a television interview about the hearings with Allison.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
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#14 - Tales Out of School
Season 6 Episode 13
Aired 12/16/1991
Anthony sees opportunity when his normally unfriendly law professor is attracted to Carlene and invites the two of them to his annual Christmas party.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Driving My Mama Back Home
Season 6 Episode 14
Aired 1/6/1992
Julia accompanies Mary Jo and her mother Darla on an overnight bus trip back to South Carolina; meanwhile, the other employees get locked into the storage room while doing inventory.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#16 - A Toe in the Water
Season 6 Episode 3
Aired 9/23/1991
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.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Just Say Doe
Season 6 Episode 9
Aired 11/11/1991
When Mary Jo's womanizing brother visits, falls for Allison, and takes her and Quinton on a deer-hunting trip, the women secretly tag along.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Payne Comes Home
Season 6 Episode 15
Aired 1/13/1992
Julia delights in the opportunity to dote on son Payne when he returns for a visit -- which Julia learns will be permanent.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - L.A. Story
Season 6 Episode 21
Aired 3/23/1992
Allison thinks she's invited to stay at Charles Nelson Reilly's home, so the decorators do Hollywood and get flimflammed on an expenses-paid trip accompanying investor Allison to the set of her movie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Picking a Winner
Season 6 Episode 6
Aired 10/14/1991
Mary Jo turns to a sperm bank to get pregnant, prompting mixed reactions at work. Meanwhile, Julia threaten to rip the draperies from the windows of the home of a wealthy client whose payment is overdue.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
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#21 - I Enjoy Being a Girl
Season 6 Episode 20
Aired 3/9/1992
On an overnight Girl Scout outing, Carlene's leadership abilities take a beating, while Allison's methods seem to charm the spoiled troopers, and Mary Jo and Julia advocate roughing it.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: Norma Safford Vela
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#22 - Marriage Most Foul
Season 6 Episode 5
Aired 10/7/1991
When Allison's ex-convict former flame (whom she turned in for insider trading) is released, she fears he is plotting revenge, instead, he proposes to her.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Real, Scary Men
Season 6 Episode 12
Aired 12/9/1991
When their van breaks down the women become unwelcome guests at a men's club retreat Wildman Sanctuary, where Anthony is trying to land a new account.
Director: David Steinberg
Writer: N/A
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Carlene's Apartment" is the best rated episode of "Designing Women" season 6. It scored 8.4/10 based on 82 votes. Directed by David Steinberg and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/1992. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Julia and Mary Jo Get Stuck Under a Bed".