Mon, Sep 18, 1989
Suzanne's pig Noelle has run away, so to console herself, she buys maternity gifts for an expectant Charlene. When Anthony injures his back carrying a 200 pound antique table down the stairs, and he learns his insurance has been canceled, Suzanne lets him stay at her house to recuperate. However, her idea of generosity proves to be more than Anthony can bear. Meanwhile, Mary Jo tries to impress a snobby rich acquaintance from high school by saying she lives in one of her wealthy client's houses.
Mon, Sep 25, 1989
Julia receives a request to spend the night with Donald Stillman, a former classmate dying of a rare form of lymphoma. She barely remembers him, and there are no photos of him in the school yearbooks, so when she and Donald go out to dinner, the other ladies and Anthony go to the same restaurant in case he turns out to be a maniac.
Mon, Oct 30, 1989
Charlene's cousin Mavis coaches the ladies for an upcoming talent show, where they will be playing the Supremes. When Charlene goes back to pick up something she lost, she notices Mavis's husband brutally abusing her. Meanwhile, Julia is appalled by Suzanne's suggestion on how to make them look more like the Supremes.
Mon, Nov 20, 1989
Sugarbaker's is hired to decorate the Governor's mansion for its annual ball. Anthony receives an invitation to the ball, but Suzanne is dismayed when she doesn't. After decorating the "Abbott banister" at the mansion, Julia is persuaded by the others to do something silly and winds up with her head stuck in the banister, which cannot be cut due to its historical significance.
Mon, Jan 29, 1990
Because Suzanne promised a nasty woman named Mrs. Fricke that their job would be done by a certain date or it's free, the women need a new van to deliver it by midnight. Despite Julia's misgivings, they go to a car dealer with the intention of trying to manipulate them into a bargain, but the dealer beats them at their own game.
Mon, Feb 19, 1990
Julia learns that her son Payne is graduating early from college and getting married to his pregnant girlfriend the next day. At the wedding, Julia gets drunk, performs an outrageous rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown," and wakes up the next morning in the same room as Payne's 22-year-old roommate Scott.
Mon, Mar 19, 1990
An exhausted and overworked Charlene believes Bill is having an affair. When he tells her he's being sent on a classified mission, she doesn't believe him. The other ladies hear their fight over a baby monitor. Concerned, they set up a surprise rooftop dinner for two at the soon-to-be-demolished hotel where they had their first date.
Mon, Apr 9, 1990
Suzanne wants a female friend to accompany her to a charity ball for which she was given tickets. So she calls up Eugenia Weeks, her former competitor in the Miss Georgia pageant who gave Suzanne her batons, who is now a TV weather forecaster. When the ladies meet her, Suzanne is the last one to figure out that Eugenia is a lesbian.
Mon, May 14, 1990
Anthony is about to graduate from college, and he is nervous about his commencement speech. Bernice buys him a Jeopardy home game to study with, but the ladies become so engaged in it that Suzanne plans to take the book of clues in the night when Julia's not around. She does that, but when Anthony comes in just afterwords, she thinks it's a burglar and shoots him in the leg.
Mon, May 21, 1990
Suzanne invites everyone, including Anthony, for a weekend at a fancy health spa at her expense. While Julia and Mary Jo try to gain weight, Suzanne and Charlene suffer on the stringent plan to lose weight. Suzanne also plots to get even with Mary Jo and Julia for making her and Charlene feel dumb by challenging them to a game of Trivial Pursuit to which she has memorized all the answers.