Season 3 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 22
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Designing Women Season 3 (1988-1989)

Designing Women Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula 3x01 Reservations for 12, Plus Ursula
A voluptuous maid disrupts a romantic Thanksgiving at the beach.
Nov. 14, 1988
Designing Women The Candidate 3x02 The Candidate
Julia runs for a seat on the local board of commissioners, but her outspokenness may cost her the election.
Nov. 21, 1988
Designing Women E.P. Phone Home 3x03 E.P. Phone Home
While touring Graceland on VIP tickets, Julia is touched when a truck driver tells how the King influenced his life.
Nov. 28, 1988
Designing Women Getting Married and Eating Dirt 3x04 Getting Married and Eating Dirt
Bernice asks the ladies to be her wedding attendants when she receives a marriage proposal from a TV pitchman -- who habitually proposes to every woman he meets.
Dec. 05, 1988
Designing Women Big Haas and Little Falsie 3x05 Big Haas and Little Falsie
Mary-Jo contemplates breast enlargement after receiving an inheritance from her uncle Dude stipulating that she must spend it on something frivolous.
Dec. 12, 1988
Designing Women Hard Hats and Lovers 3x06 Hard Hats and Lovers
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.
Dec. 19, 1988
Designing Women Curtains 3x07 Curtains
Striking laborers from a textile factory besiege the company, and the Sugarbakers women come to respect them for surviving their terrible working conditions.
Jan. 02, 1989
Designing Women The Wilderness Experience 3x08 The Wilderness Experience
The women embark on a wilderness survival course designed to build leadership -- but it's first-time camper Bernice who ultimately takes command.
Jan. 09, 1989
Designing Women Tyrone 3x09 Tyrone
Acting as surrogate brother a troubled youth, Anthony remembers his own painful childhood, and when Julia puts her trust in Anthony's juvenile charge, it only gets her photo on the ...
Jan. 16, 1989
Designing Women Mr. Bailey 3x10 Mr. Bailey
The designers are determined that a recently deceased client's last wish be honored -- to leave her millions (and the ladies' prepaid services) to her cat.
Jan. 23, 1989
Designing Women The Naked Truth 3x11 The Naked Truth
Mary Jo, Charlene and Anthony feign nonchalance at a nudist colony, the Sugarbakers' nieces visit.
Feb. 13, 1989
Designing Women The Junies 3x12 The Junies
Charlene becomes a part-time saleswoman for ""Lady Jun"" cleaning products, and when she repeatedly succumbs to psychological pressure from her friend Libby despite her stated intention ...
Feb. 20, 1989
Designing Women One Sees, the Other Doesn't 3x13 One Sees, the Other Doesn't
Suzanne didn't spend one week and $2,000 at a spa to be asked out by a blind client who can't appreciate her radiance -- especially since she finds it difficult to believe that he is ...
Feb. 27, 1989
Designing Women Odell 3x14 Odell
Sugarbakers becomes the site of a Southern family feud after Charlene's brother arrives and announces he is marrying the daughter of a longtime family rival, Anthony partners Bernice ...
Mar. 06, 1989
Designing Women Full Moon 3x15 Full Moon
A full moon coincides with strange occurrences, including Mary Jo's sudden conviction that Claudia and her boyfriend are up to no good.
Mar. 13, 1989
Designing Women Ms. Meal Ticket 3x16 Ms. Meal Ticket
Mary-Jo overreacts to J.D.'s losing his job and moving in with her, but a psychic helps her sort out her feelings.
Mar. 20, 1989
Designing Women The Engagement 3x17 The Engagement
Charlene, now happily engaged, dreads meeting Bill's intimidating mother and aunt, Mary Jo gives the dating game another try, with a much younger man.
Mar. 27, 1989
Designing Women Come On and Marry Me, Bill 3x18 Come On and Marry Me, Bill
Charlene's wedding is in jeopardy when she finds Bill handcuffed to a scantily clad dancer after his stag party.
Apr. 10, 1989
Designing Women The Women of Atlanta 3x19 The Women of Atlanta
A photographer shooting a magazine spread on the women of Atlanta asks the decorators to participate, but they become suspicious when he keeps encouraging sexier poses.
May. 01, 1989
Designing Women Stand and Fight 3x20 Stand and Fight
When Mary Jo is mugged, the Sugarbaker women take a self-defense course.
May. 08, 1989
Designing Women The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America 3x21 The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America
When she discovers him working as a bellboy/pianist, the accountant who absconded with her life savings offers Suzanne a deal.
May. 15, 1989
Designing Women Julia Drives Over the First Amendment 3x22 Julia Drives Over the First Amendment
A nearby newsstand selling pornography offends Julia, to the point where she drives her car straight through it, and pits her against an equally determined publisher in the ensuing ...
May. 22, 1989
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Season 3 Characters

Suzanne Sugarbaker played by Delta Burke
Julia Sugarbaker played by Dixie Carter
Mary Jo Shively played by Annie Potts
Charlene Frazier Stillfield played by Jean Smart
Anthony Bouvier played by Meshach Taylor
Bill Stillfield played by Douglas Barr (II)
Bernice Clifton played by Alice Ghostley
J.D. Shackelford played by Richard Gilliland
Mrs. Ellen Stillfield played by Benay Venuta
Aunt Phoebe Stillfield played by Anne Haney
Odell Frazier played by Gregory Wurster
Policeman played by Paul L. Ehrmann
Reese Watson played by Hal Holbrook
Ken Rayburn played by William Bell Sullivan
Claudia Shively played by Priscilla Weems
Moonwalker played by Steven M. Gagnon
Paul Webster played by Macon McCalman
Newsstand Guy played by Ed Levey
Newscaster played by Peter White
News Announcer played by Stuart Nelson
Mrs. Walker played by Ann Nelson
Mimi Hollingsworth played by Pamela Roylance
Mr. No Fat Chicks played by John Shearin

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Season 3 Videos

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Season 3 Quotes

03x08 - The Wilderness Experience Season 3 / Episode 8: - The Wilderness Experience

Julia: Suzanne, Bernice has put out 1200 non-refundable dollars, we have all just sat through a 4 hour lecture. Now I don't want to go anymore than you do, but I'm telling you, I have rolled my sleeping bag, I have backed my pack and I have filled my canteen.
03x13 - One Sees, the Other Doesn't Season 3 / Episode 13: - One Sees, the Other Doesn't

Anthony Bouvier: I know you can be selfish sometimes. A tiny bit vain, petty...
Suzanne Sugarbaker: Anthony, there better be a 'but' coming up around now. I'm starting to feel that these honest, heart felt talks are just highly overrated.
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Season 3 Trivia

  • Episode 15 - In the pilot, Charlene states that she is not one of those women who goes through life with the back of her dress stuck in her pantyhose. Two years later during the third year of the show, an entire plot line is dedicated to the fact that, while modeling in a well-attended fashion show, the back of Julia's dre

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