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Designing Women•Season 4•Episode 21

Tough Enough

7.0/10 · 89 votesMar 12, 199030 min

Ranked #27 of 28 in Season 4•−1.0 vs season avg

A redecorating job for a sports account is right down Sugarbakers' alley when it pits the women against a macho, over-confident designer from an all-male firm. They determine to steal one of his prized clients, Cherokee Lanes Bowling Alley, but discover they must pose as

Directed byDavid Trainer

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One Night With You

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The Girlfriend

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You Got to Have Friends

The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)

The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)

The Mistress

The Fur Flies

Oh, What a Feeling

Anthony and Vanessa

Payne Grows Up

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Their Finest Hour

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Cast5

Delta Burke

Delta Burke

Suzanne Sugarbaker

Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter

Julia Sugarbaker

Annie Potts

Annie Potts

Mary Jo Shively

Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Charlene Frazier Stillfield

Meshach Taylor

Meshach Taylor

Anthony Bouvier

Crew1

David Trainer

David Trainer

Director

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Episode Summary

"Tough Enough" is episode 21 of Designing Women season 4. It scored 7.0/10 from 89 votes, ranking #27 of 28 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by David Trainer, it aired on March 12, 1990.

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