Designing Women: Gone With a Whim (2)

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With Julia continuing to fight to save the antebellum Kearney mansion, B.J. struggles to save Sugarbaker's and Poteet Industries from a takeover 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 underway. Anthony and the women are fired for insubordination, but when Craig, a friend of Mary Jo's, stumbles on some embarrassing news about the Kearneys' illegal financial activities, Poteet Industries and Sugarbaker's are saved from the takeover. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Robert Horn, Daniel Margolis, David Steinberg

Director:: David Steinberg

Stars:: Meshach Taylor (Anthony Bouvier); Jan Hooks (Carlene Frazier Dobber (Seasons 6-7)); Dixie Carter (Julia Sugarbaker); Annie Potts (Mary Jo Shively); Judith Ivey (Bonnie Jean 'B.J.' Poteet (Season 7))

Recurring Role:: Alice Ghostley (Bernice Clifton); Sheryl Lee Ralph (Etienne Toussaint-Bouvier)

Guest Star:: James Karen (Mr. Kearney); Gail O'Grady (Kiki Kearney); Patrick Warburton (Craig); Armand Asselin (Workman)

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This was originally broadcast as part of a special one hour episode. The syndicated rerun is shown in two parts. edit »

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The title of this episode comes from the novel, Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. edit »

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kgavit
member since: Nov 16, 2006
Gone With a Whim (2)
The Bottom Line: "Conclusion"
The only way at this point to end the show! ...Continue »
Seeing as a lot of fans hated this episode I decided to defend it. Considering the original cast was gone two years before, they use what they had to work with. The twist with adding Gone With the Wind in to their theme saved this episode and the season from a complete downfall. I really did love this episode and it was more so because I knew that this would be the last one and once it was over we would never have another. So this episode made for some good laughs to take everyones mind off the fact that it is indeed the finale episode!
01/23/08 05:15pm | report abuse
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sailor_alphac
member since: May 7, 2004
Gone With a Whim (2)
The Bottom Line: "Bottom of the barrel"
What a horrible way to end a series! ...Continue »
The show had already jumped the shark when Dixie Carter and Jean Smart, two principle actresses, left the series, so this last episode seemed thrown together as a last-minute show. The actors on the series didn't even know that the show had been cancelled until AFTER this episode was recorded, so the ending was a bit absurd to say the least. Even the appearance of Alice Ghostley, playing the immutable Bernice, couldn't save this episode. What's frightening is that Bernice seems the most sane in all of the chaos, ending the episode with a reprise of the song "Black man, black man" that she so humorously sung to Anthony in a previous, funnier episode. It's a shame that a proper farewell episode was not filmed for this series until the reunion episode ten years later.
02/12/06 08:00pm | report abuse