Erwin Fuller

Reese hopes to prove he's more fit than his visiting buddy and sometime rival and challenges him to an arm-wrestling contest. Over Julia's protests, Reese strains himself to the limit and suffers a heart attack.

Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason uses the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor. The founder of the company is Julia Sugarbaker, a sharp-tongued but elegant and surprisingly compassionate woman. Her younger sister, Suzanne, is a former beauty queen who is long on charm but a bit slow on the uptake. Their associates are Mary Jo Shively, a recent divorcee, and officer manager Charlene Frazier, whose sweetness is matched only by her naivete. Their deliverman is Anthony Bouvier, a well-spoken ex-convict, and cheerfully dotty senior citizen Bernice Clifton often drops by for a visit as well.

A district attorney clashes with a lawyer who agrees to defend a friend charged with stealing.

Jan falls for a fan repairman, but the romance accelerates when he asks Jan to marry him. Meanwhile, Amy, taking advice from Dot, tries to lie to Nancy to get a day off so she can go to a rodeo.

McCall vows to solve the case her detective husband was investigating when he was killed, but when the prime suspect is found dead, McCall is charged with revenge and murder.