Designing Women: The Complete Fifth Season

High Comedy, Southern Style
After waiting more than a year since Season 4, Shout Factory finally announces Season Five of "Designing Women" on DVD. This is the last year to feature the original cast before Jan Hooks and Julia Duffy stepped in to replace the departing Jean Smart and Delta Burke.

I have a personal affinity for this season, since this is when I originally discovered the series in prime-time, having been a latecomer to it. It was only because it preceded the Sharon Gless drama "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" that I was finally exposed to the fabulous ladies of Sugarbakers.

Season Four is probably the season that most fans consider the series peak, and this collection of 24 episodes (which originally aired on CBS over the course of the 1990-91 TV season) carries on in the same vein. Slowly, the soapbox/message scripts of seasons past are phased out in favor of quirky but classy high-comedy. This is never more evident than in "Pearls of Wisdom", in which Mary-Jo and Charlene rip...

Better Than I Remembered!
I picked up Designing Women Season 5 thinking there would be a few great episodes and the rest would be filler, but to my astonishment all of them are great! Suzanne as at her best, and that's what I love about Designing Women - Suzanne being outrageous.

The video and audio quality are also great. Much better than some of the earlier seasons.

Highlight of Season 5 would be Bernice's pig snout! Hah!

I can't wait for the later seasons, even if Suzanne and Charlene are gone...

Funny, Witty, Smart, And Beautiful Women!
These women rock and continue to do so in time- Everyone of them in her specific and unique character persona. I always will love Suzanne- Beautiful, outrageously funny,and never afraid to be blunt; Julia, the greatest personality ever, talented, beautiful, smart, and with a "pret-a-porter" sharp and unbeatable repertoire; Charlene, so beautiful, honest, sweet , compassionate, and FUNNY; and the Foxy Mary-Jo, so beautiful, smart, funny and irresistible! How could not someone have a good time in the company of those gils! They are irresistibly adorable! This is one of the greatest funny shows on TV ever. I love it!

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