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Designing Women

Season 5

24 listed hours · 1986–1993 · CBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief

Julia Sugarbaker speeches are appointment television — ensemble women's comedy with explicit politics. Bloodworth-Thomason's Atlanta design firm: Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor. Southern feminism never had a better living room. Delta Burke's firing/weight tabloid saga became a workplace caution tale.

TV Flash files Season 5 of Designing Women (1986–1993) on CBS as a mid listed season (5; 5 of 7) — 24 listed hours, 1990-09-17–1991-05-13 from “A Blast from the Past” (S05E01) to “The Pride of Sugarbakers” (S05E24). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S05E01 A Blast from the Past

    A Blast from the Past is a mid-to-late return title: Delta Burke's tabloid saga already workplace lore; the speeches are still the point.

  1. S05E01

    A Blast from the Past

    A Blast from the Past — Season 5, Episode 1 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-09-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S05E02

    Papa Was a Rolling Stone

    Papa Was a Rolling Stone — Season 5, Episode 2 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-09-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S05E03

    Working Mother

    Working Mother — Season 5, Episode 3 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-10-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S05E04

    Miss Trial

    Miss Trial — Season 5, Episode 4 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-10-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S05E05

    The Bachelor Auction

    The Bachelor Auction — Season 5, Episode 5 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-10-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S05E06

    Charlene Buys a House

    Charlene Buys a House — Season 5, Episode 6 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-10-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S05E07

    Old Rebels and Young Models

    Old Rebels and Young Models — Season 5, Episode 7 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-11-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S05E08

    Nowhere to Run To

    Nowhere to Run To — Season 5, Episode 8 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-11-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S05E09

    A Class Act

    A Class Act — Season 5, Episode 9 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-11-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S05E10

    Keep the Home Fires Burning

    While Bill (Douglas Barr) is on a classified mission, Charlene befriends a man (Peter Crook) she meets at a support group.

  11. S05E11

    My Daughter, Myself

    Mary Jo forbids Claudia (Priscilla Weems) to date an older man (Tom Isbell), then decides to date him herself.

  12. S05E12

    And Now, Here's Bernice

    And Now, Here's Bernice — Season 5, Episode 12 of Designing Women. Aired 1990-12-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S05E13

    Pearls of Wisdom

    Pearls of Wisdom — Season 5, Episode 13 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-01-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S05E14

    High Noon in a Laundry Room

    High Noon in a Laundry Room — Season 5, Episode 14 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-01-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S05E15

    How Long Has This Been Going On?

    How Long Has This Been Going On? — Season 5, Episode 15 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-01-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S05E16

    The Emperor's New Nose

    The Emperor's New Nose — Season 5, Episode 16 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-02-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S05E17

    Maybe, Baby

    Maybe, Baby — Season 5, Episode 17 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-02-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S05E18

    This is Art?

    This is Art? — Season 5, Episode 18 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-02-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S05E19

    Blame It on New Orleans

    Blame It on New Orleans — Season 5, Episode 19 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-03-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S05E20

    I'll See You in Court

    I'll See You in Court — Season 5, Episode 20 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-03-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  21. S05E21

    The Big Circle

    The Big Circle — Season 5, Episode 21 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-04-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  22. S05E22

    Friends and Husbands

    Friends and Husbands — Season 5, Episode 22 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-04-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  23. S05E23

    Fore!

    Fore! — Season 5, Episode 23 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-05-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  24. S05E24

    The Pride of Sugarbakers

    The Pride of Sugarbakers — Season 5, Episode 24 of Designing Women. Aired 1991-05-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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