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Season 7, 22 episodes

Episode 1: Of Human Bondage
- Now playing
- 30m
- Sep 25, 1992
After cousin Allison leaves Sugarbakers, Julia needs cash but is refused a bank loan. To cheer themselves up, the women play poker with a wealthy client -- who wins the business from them. Sugarbaker's could use an infusion of cash, and at a rowdy party given by potential new client B.J., the gals kick up their heels in wild abandon.
Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman
- 30m
- Oct 2, 1992
Carlene allows herself to be seduced by her ex-husband, then admits she was just using him for sex.
Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
- 30m
- Oct 16, 1992
After Julia completely rewrites a letter Mary Jo asked her to proofread, Mary Jo comes unraveled on a fashion-show runway, where she just plain has her fill of know-it-all Julia. Meanwhile, back at the office, B.J. has her hands full with angry vegetarians.
Episode 4: On the Road Again
- 30m
- Oct 23, 1992
In an attempt at spontaneity, a carefree Mary Jo takes off for Nashville on ""a hen party on wheels"" with Julia and Bernice, but become terrified when a trucker Bernice flirted with at a diner pursues them. Meanwhile, back at the office, Carlene and Anthony put their noses to the grindstone studying for midterms.
Episode 5: Screaming Passages
- 30m
- Oct 30, 1992
Julia fears the emotional roller coaster of menopause -- just as her affair with Phillip heats up, and is upset when she discovers a Sugerbakers ""Change of Life"" surprise party.
Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)
- 30m
- Nov 6, 1992
After Vanessa calls off their wedding, Anthony joins the gang on a getaway to Las Vegas, where he nurses his broken heart -- in the company of a show stopping showgirl he impulsively weds.
Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)
- 30m
- Nov 13, 1992
BJ offers to help a desperate Anthony, who invents various schemes to extricate himself from his hasty marriage to a Las Vegas showgirl.
Episode 8: Love Letters
- 30m
- Nov 20, 1992
A steamy love letter from another woman found in James' safe-deposit box shatters B.J.'s image of her late husband as a faithful companion worthy of her trust. Meanwhile, reveling in the destruction of her old car, a symbol of her days as a suburban housewife, Mary Jo goes wild in a new red convertible.
Episode 9: The Vision Thing
- 30m
- Dec 4, 1992
Etienne drives Anthony crazy trying to be the perfect wife, and the Sugarbakers crew throw a Las Vegas style wedding shower for them.
Episode 10: Trial and Error
- 30m
- Dec 11, 1992
B.J. goes overboard showering everyone with gifts, and law student Anthony gets carried away trying to help Mary Jo win a small-claims case involving her defective freezer.
Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date
- 30m
- Jan 8, 1993
Mary Jo dates a handsome idiot, a to-die-for toyboy male model who seems to have few toys in the attic and little in common with her.
Episode 12: The Odyssey
- 30m
- Jan 15, 1993
B.J.'s contribution to the Democratic Party gets the Sugarbaker crew invited to the Inaugural Ball, but the trip proves to be a party for no one, even Julia, who struggles to maintain a cheery disposition in the face of disaster as bad weather forces a change in plans.
Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog
- 30m
- Jan 22, 1993
After eye surgery, Bernice overhears the gals talk of putting Mary Jo's dog out of its misery and figures they're planning her own mercy killing, so she barricades herself inside the storeroom. Meanwhile, Julia gets caught listing to a London phone line which plays tapes of Princess Diana's private conversations with her boyfriend.
Episode 14: Wedding Redux
- 30m
- Feb 5, 1993
Anthony and Etienne renew their vows for Etienne's visiting parents and Anthony's grandmother at a ceremony at B.J.'s, where anything that could go wrong does.
Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning
- 30m
- Feb 12, 1993
Julia's old mentor for her bohemian art school days in New York unveils his nude portrait of Julia.
Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
- 30m
- Mar 5, 1993
B.J.'s dating adventures take a turn for the worse on her birthday, when a bad-hair day and two miserable blind dates have her vowing to give up men, so Julia tries to cheer her up by getting her a date with a really nice fellow.
Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo
- 30m
- Mar 12, 1993
Worshiping hordes gather outside Sugarbaker's after the face of Elvis mysteriously appears on a snow shovel belonging to Mary Jo, who attracts the attention of a ""paraspectacular"" expert (Gilpin) -- especially when she apparently restores her neighbor's damaged hearing.
Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green
- 30m
- Apr 2, 1993
Anthony is jealous of Etienne's successful writer friend, who shares a vivid past with her, but tries to be gracious by throwing a signing party for him.
Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
- 30m
- Apr 30, 1993
A visit from Julia's meddlesome former schoolmistress is extended -- on ghostly instructions from her deceased husband, it turns out -- until the desperate Sugarbakers women hold a seance to try to force her to leave.
Episode 20: The Lying Game
- 30m
- May 7, 1993
There's no skirting the fact that Carlene is confused by new beau Eric (Kean), whose unusual habit (cross-dressing) she begins to understand only by tapping into her own masculine side.
Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)
- 30m
- May 24, 1993
With Sugarbaker's in such bad financial shape, the ladies are grateful when B. J. gets them a job redecorating a house that resembles the great home from Gone With The Wind --- until they find out that the new lady of the house plans to rip out the grand staircase and replace it with an elevator. To make matters worse, B. J. finds out that their client is trying to take over Poteet Industries and plans to give Sugarbaker's to his young bride Kiki --- renaming it ""Kikibaker's"".
Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)
- 30m
- May 24, 1993
With Julia continuing to fight to save the antebellum Kearney mansion, B.J. struggles to save Sugarbaker's and Poteet Industries from a take over from the Kearneys. However, despite their efforts, Kiki Kearney announces her new plans for ""Kikibaker's,"" Lester Kearney announces that the purchase of Poteet Industries is complete, and the modernizing of the mansion gets under way. Though Anthony and the women are fired for insubordination, when Craig, a friend of Mary Jo's, stumbles on some embarrassing news about the Kearney's illegal financial activities, Poteet Industries and Sugarbaker's are saved from the take over.

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1986 to 1993
Rated TV-PG
7 seasons
30m per episode
Comedy

6.8TMDB(40)

Overview

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 whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

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Awards
Won the Genesis Award
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Episodes
Ran for 7 seasons and 163 episodes (1986 to 1993)
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Setting
Set in Atlanta
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Created by: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Status: Ended
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 163
First aired: September 29, 1986
Last aired: May 24, 1993
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Season 7, 22 episodes

Episode 1: Of Human Bondage
- Now playing
- 30m
- Sep 25, 1992
After cousin Allison leaves Sugarbakers, Julia needs cash but is refused a bank loan. To cheer themselves up, the women play poker with a wealthy client -- who wins the business from them. Sugarbaker's could use an infusion of cash, and at a rowdy party given by potential new client B.J., the gals kick up their heels in wild abandon.
Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman
- 30m
- Oct 2, 1992
Carlene allows herself to be seduced by her ex-husband, then admits she was just using him for sex.
Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator
- 30m
- Oct 16, 1992
After Julia completely rewrites a letter Mary Jo asked her to proofread, Mary Jo comes unraveled on a fashion-show runway, where she just plain has her fill of know-it-all Julia. Meanwhile, back at the office, B.J. has her hands full with angry vegetarians.
Episode 4: On the Road Again
- 30m
- Oct 23, 1992
In an attempt at spontaneity, a carefree Mary Jo takes off for Nashville on ""a hen party on wheels"" with Julia and Bernice, but become terrified when a trucker Bernice flirted with at a diner pursues them. Meanwhile, back at the office, Carlene and Anthony put their noses to the grindstone studying for midterms.
Episode 5: Screaming Passages
- 30m
- Oct 30, 1992
Julia fears the emotional roller coaster of menopause -- just as her affair with Phillip heats up, and is upset when she discovers a Sugerbakers ""Change of Life"" surprise party.
Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)
- 30m
- Nov 6, 1992
After Vanessa calls off their wedding, Anthony joins the gang on a getaway to Las Vegas, where he nurses his broken heart -- in the company of a show stopping showgirl he impulsively weds.
Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)
- 30m
- Nov 13, 1992
BJ offers to help a desperate Anthony, who invents various schemes to extricate himself from his hasty marriage to a Las Vegas showgirl.
Episode 8: Love Letters
- 30m
- Nov 20, 1992
A steamy love letter from another woman found in James' safe-deposit box shatters B.J.'s image of her late husband as a faithful companion worthy of her trust. Meanwhile, reveling in the destruction of her old car, a symbol of her days as a suburban housewife, Mary Jo goes wild in a new red convertible.
Episode 9: The Vision Thing
- 30m
- Dec 4, 1992
Etienne drives Anthony crazy trying to be the perfect wife, and the Sugarbakers crew throw a Las Vegas style wedding shower for them.
Episode 10: Trial and Error
- 30m
- Dec 11, 1992
B.J. goes overboard showering everyone with gifts, and law student Anthony gets carried away trying to help Mary Jo win a small-claims case involving her defective freezer.
Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date
- 30m
- Jan 8, 1993
Mary Jo dates a handsome idiot, a to-die-for toyboy male model who seems to have few toys in the attic and little in common with her.
Episode 12: The Odyssey
- 30m
- Jan 15, 1993
B.J.'s contribution to the Democratic Party gets the Sugarbaker crew invited to the Inaugural Ball, but the trip proves to be a party for no one, even Julia, who struggles to maintain a cheery disposition in the face of disaster as bad weather forces a change in plans.
Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog
- 30m
- Jan 22, 1993
After eye surgery, Bernice overhears the gals talk of putting Mary Jo's dog out of its misery and figures they're planning her own mercy killing, so she barricades herself inside the storeroom. Meanwhile, Julia gets caught listing to a London phone line which plays tapes of Princess Diana's private conversations with her boyfriend.
Episode 14: Wedding Redux
- 30m
- Feb 5, 1993
Anthony and Etienne renew their vows for Etienne's visiting parents and Anthony's grandmother at a ceremony at B.J.'s, where anything that could go wrong does.
Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning
- 30m
- Feb 12, 1993
Julia's old mentor for her bohemian art school days in New York unveils his nude portrait of Julia.
Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days
- 30m
- Mar 5, 1993
B.J.'s dating adventures take a turn for the worse on her birthday, when a bad-hair day and two miserable blind dates have her vowing to give up men, so Julia tries to cheer her up by getting her a date with a really nice fellow.
Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo
- 30m
- Mar 12, 1993
Worshiping hordes gather outside Sugarbaker's after the face of Elvis mysteriously appears on a snow shovel belonging to Mary Jo, who attracts the attention of a ""paraspectacular"" expert (Gilpin) -- especially when she apparently restores her neighbor's damaged hearing.
Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green
- 30m
- Apr 2, 1993
Anthony is jealous of Etienne's successful writer friend, who shares a vivid past with her, but tries to be gracious by throwing a signing party for him.
Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers
- 30m
- Apr 30, 1993
A visit from Julia's meddlesome former schoolmistress is extended -- on ghostly instructions from her deceased husband, it turns out -- until the desperate Sugarbakers women hold a seance to try to force her to leave.
Episode 20: The Lying Game
- 30m
- May 7, 1993
There's no skirting the fact that Carlene is confused by new beau Eric (Kean), whose unusual habit (cross-dressing) she begins to understand only by tapping into her own masculine side.
Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)
- 30m
- May 24, 1993
With Sugarbaker's in such bad financial shape, the ladies are grateful when B. J. gets them a job redecorating a house that resembles the great home from Gone With The Wind --- until they find out that the new lady of the house plans to rip out the grand staircase and replace it with an elevator. To make matters worse, B. J. finds out that their client is trying to take over Poteet Industries and plans to give Sugarbaker's to his young bride Kiki --- renaming it ""Kikibaker's"".
Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)
- 30m
- May 24, 1993
With Julia continuing to fight to save the antebellum Kearney mansion, B.J. struggles to save Sugarbaker's and Poteet Industries from a take over from the Kearneys. However, despite their efforts, Kiki Kearney announces her new plans for ""Kikibaker's,"" Lester Kearney announces that the purchase of Poteet Industries is complete, and the modernizing of the mansion gets under way. Though Anthony and the women are fired for insubordination, when Craig, a friend of Mary Jo's, stumbles on some embarrassing news about the Kearney's illegal financial activities, Poteet Industries and Sugarbaker's are saved from the take over.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Of Human Bondage

E2 Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman

E3 Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator

E4 Episode 4: On the Road Again

E5 Episode 5: Screaming Passages

E6 Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)

E7 Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)

E8 Episode 8: Love Letters

E9 Episode 9: The Vision Thing

E10 Episode 10: Trial and Error

E11 Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date

E12 Episode 12: The Odyssey

E13 Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog

E14 Episode 14: Wedding Redux

E15 Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning

E16 Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days

E17 Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo

E18 Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green

E19 Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers

E20 Episode 20: The Lying Game

E21 Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)

E22 Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)

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E1 Episode 1: Of Human Bondage

E2 Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman

E3 Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator

E4 Episode 4: On the Road Again

E5 Episode 5: Screaming Passages

E6 Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)

E7 Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)

E8 Episode 8: Love Letters

E9 Episode 9: The Vision Thing

E10 Episode 10: Trial and Error

E11 Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date

E12 Episode 12: The Odyssey

E13 Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog

E14 Episode 14: Wedding Redux

E15 Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning

E16 Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days

E17 Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo

E18 Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green

E19 Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers

E20 Episode 20: The Lying Game

E21 Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)

E22 Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)

Episode 1: Of Human Bondage

Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman

Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator

Episode 4: On the Road Again

Episode 5: Screaming Passages

Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)

Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)

Episode 8: Love Letters

Episode 9: The Vision Thing

Episode 10: Trial and Error

Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date

Episode 12: The Odyssey

Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog

Episode 14: Wedding Redux

Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning

Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days

Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo

Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green

Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers

Episode 20: The Lying Game

Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)

Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)

Episode 1: Of Human Bondage

Episode 2: Sex and the Single Woman

Episode 3: Mary Jo vs. the Terminator

Episode 4: On the Road Again

Episode 5: Screaming Passages

Episode 6: Viva Las Vegas (1)

Episode 7: Fools Rush In (2)

Episode 8: Love Letters

Episode 9: The Vision Thing

Episode 10: Trial and Error

Episode 11: Too Dumb to Date

Episode 12: The Odyssey

Episode 13: Oh Dog, Poor Dog

Episode 14: Wedding Redux

Episode 15: Nude Julia, New York Morning

Episode 16: Sex, Lies and Bad Hair Days

Episode 17: Shovel Off to Buffalo

Episode 18: It's Not So Easy Being Green

Episode 19: The Woman Who Came to Sugarbakers

Episode 20: The Lying Game

Episode 21: Gone With a Whim (1)

Episode 22: Gone With a Whim (2)