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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!

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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 very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Designing Women Season 2 Episode 4 - Killing All the Right People
    9.4/10(291 votes)

    S2:E4

    "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

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  2. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 10 - Stranded
    8.8/10(142 votes)

    S2:E10

    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

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  3. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 6 - Dash Goff, the Writer
    8.3/10(141 votes)

    S2:E6

    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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  4. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 22 - Reservations for Eight
    8.3/10(149 votes)

    S2:E22

    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

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  5. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 18 - High Rollers
    8.1/10(98 votes)

    S2:E18

    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

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  6. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 14 - Second Time Around
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    S2:E14

    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

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  7. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 19 - The Incredibly Elite Bona Fide Blue-Blood Beaumont Driving Club
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    S2:E19

    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

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  8. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 20 - How Great Thou Art
    8.0/10(144 votes)

    S2:E20

    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

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  9. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 17 - The Return of Ray Don
    7.9/10(101 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  10. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 12 - I'll Be Home For Christmas
    7.8/10(117 votes)

    S2:E12

    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

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  11. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 8 - Cruising
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Harry Thomason
    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  12. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 7 - Heart Attacks
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    S2:E7

    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

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  13. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 1 - 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
    7.5/10(118 votes)

    S2:E1

    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

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  14. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 5 - Half an Air Bubble Off
    7.5/10(104 votes)

    S2:E5

    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

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  15. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 9 - I'll Be Seeing You
    7.5/10(132 votes)

    S2:E9

    Charlene dreams the Sugarbakers back to WWII and the USO.

    Director:David Trainer
    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  16. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 11 - Howard the Date
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    S2:E11

    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

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  17. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 15 - Oh, Brother
    7.5/10(122 votes)

    S2:E15

    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

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  18. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 2 - Ted Remarries
    7.3/10(102 votes)

    S2:E2

    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

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  19. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 13 - Great Expectations
    6.9/10(111 votes)

    S2:E13

    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

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  20. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 16 - There's Some Black People Coming to Dinner
    6.9/10(108 votes)

    S2:E16

    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

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  21. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 21 - Ted-Bare
    6.9/10(90 votes)

    S2:E21

    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

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  22. Designing Women Season 2 Episode 3 - Anthony, Jr.
    6.8/10(100 votes)

    S2:E3

    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

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Killing All the Right People" is the best rated episode of "Designing Women" season 2. It scored 9.4/10 based on 291 votes. Directed by Harry Thomason and written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, it aired on 10/5/1987. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Stranded".