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The Best Episodes Written By Linda Bloodworth Thomason

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Killing All the Right People
    10.0/10(2 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Reservations for Eight
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E22

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

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Soldier of the Month
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    S4:E12

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Julia's Son
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E4

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Old Spouses Never Die (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E12

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Bachelor Suite
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E22

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Heart Attacks
    8.0/10(1 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Cruising
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E8

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

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Howard the Date
    8.0/10(2 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.""

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - High Rollers
    8.0/10(1 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Hard Hats and Lovers
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  12. undefined Season 5 Episode 5 - The Nurses
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    S5:E5

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Beauty Contest
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E2

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - I'll Be Home For Christmas
    7.5/10(2 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Anthony, Jr.
    7.0/10(1 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - 101 Ways to Decorate a Gas Station
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E1

    A scruffy gas-station owner wins free interior decoration from Sugarbakers, Charlene consults a psychic about her future.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Great Expectations
    7.0/10(1 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.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - Their Finest Hour
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E26

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - There Once Was A Boy Named Wood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    Frieda babysits, and fills in for Evan on poker night when he has a date with Miss Beausoleil.

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - A Day in the Life of Wood Newton
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E1

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - Hot Lips and Empty Arms
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    S2:E14

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

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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Springtime
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    S3:E6

    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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    Writer:Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

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Linda Bloodworth-Thomason Ratings Summary

"Killing All the Right People" is the best rated episode written by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 10/5/1987 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Reservations for Eight".