The Best Episodes Written By Linda Bloodworth 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.

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   #2 - Reservations for Eight

   S2:E223/28/1988

   A romantic ski weekend becomes a battle of the sexes when an avalanche sidelines the Sugarbakers ladies and their boyfriends.

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   #3 - Soldier of the Month

   S4:E1211/28/1975

   Frank has a fever and makes a will, leaving all his money to his wife and all his clothes to Hot Lips.

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   #4 - Julia's Son

   S1:E410/27/1986

   Julia's nineteen-year-old son, Payne, is bringing his girlfriend home from college for a visit, and Julia wants everything to be perfect for her ""baby."" Payne then presents his girl, Primmie, who is tall, attractive...and forty years old!

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   #5 - The Beauty Contest

   S1:E210/6/1986

   Charlene sponsors Mary Jo's daughter in the Miss Pre-Teen Atlanta contest, and despite her depression over her own upcoming 30th birthday, Suzanne coaches Claudia on how to walk and smile.

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   #6 - Old Spouses Never Die (1)

   S1:E122/1/1987

   Mary Jo is brooding about her ex-husband's interference in her life, while Charlene distrusts her doctor's cavalier attitude toward the lump he found in her breast.

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   #7 - Bachelor Suite

   S1:E225/11/1987

   When Mary Jo undertakes the decoration of Hence Winchester's new home, she finds herself the object of sexual harassment by her wealthy client.

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   #8 - Heart Attacks

   S2:E711/9/1987

   Reese's fitness demonstration - arm wrestling an old buddy and sometime-rival -- causes a heart attack, and subsequent different treatment from Julia.

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   #9 - Cruising

   S2:E811/16/1987

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

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    #10 - 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.

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    #11 - 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.""

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    #12 - 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.

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    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #13 - The Nurses

    S5:E510/19/1976

    The nurses go behind Margaret's back so that a fellow nurse confined to her tent can spend the night with her soldier husband who is paying her a surprise visit.

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    #14 - Anthony, Jr.

    S2:E39/28/1987

    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.

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    #15 - 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.

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    #16 - Great Expectations

    S2:E131/4/1988

    Anthony is dismayed when an old prison cellmate arrives at Sugarbaker's with a business proposition -- he wants Anthony to become his partner.

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    #17 - Their Finest Hour

    S4:E265/9/1990

    An hour-long clip show of highlights from the previous seasons, including: razor-tongued Julia standing up for Suzanne against an insolent beauty pageant contestant, Julia defending Bernice's eccentricities, Mary Jo commenting on men and bra sizes, Charlene wondering about everything from killer bees to the personal habits of other women, Suzanne displaying a series of wacky dresses, and Anthony being plagued by a variety of indignities.

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    #18 - 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.

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    #19 - 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.

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    #20 - Hot Lips and Empty Arms

    S2:E1412/15/1973

    Depressed by news from home, Margaret examines her life and decides to request a transfer.

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    #21 - Springtime

    S3:E610/15/1974

    When spring arrives, Klinger gets word from home that his sweetheart back in Toledo wants to marry him. Henry arranges for Father Mulcahy to do this over short wave radio. Radar falls in love with a nurse, while a grateful patient won't leave Hawkeye alone, and even threatens Major Burns.

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