Designing Women - Season 1 - Eps 18: Oh, Suzannah
While in Reese's office to sign legal papers, Suzanne off-handedly volunteers to keep a Vietnamese boat child, Li Sing, who is being adopted but needs an interim home for the next four weeks while final papers are being completed. Suzanne becomes attached to Li Sing quickly and doesn't want to give her over to her new family.
About Designing Women

Title: Designing Women
First Air Date: 1986-09-29
Last Air Date: 1993-05-24
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 30 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 163
Network: CBS
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television, Mozark Productions, Embassy Television
Synopsis
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.
Cast

Dixie Carter
Julia Sugarbaker

Annie Potts
Mary Jo Shively

Jan Hooks
Carlene Frazier Dobber

Judith Ivey
Bonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet

Meshach Taylor
Anthony Bouvier