Michael Griswold

Desperate Kirk starts up a club for singles with hopes of finding the perfect woman.

Jealousy takes a giant step forward when Julia assumes her friend Reese is overly pre-occupied with the beautiful new attorney in his law office.

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.

News of aliens invading the town interrupts the Halloween party at the inn. With Bob Newhart, Mary Frann.

J.R.'s resolve to prevent the marriage of his mother and Clayton Farlow becomes more determined when Miss Ellie receives an engagement ring during dinner at Southfork. J.R. denies to everyone that he will do anything to prevent the marriage but starts an investigation into Clayton's past. Bobby buys a boutique for Jenna which she rejects at first but finally agrees to accept only as a loan she must repay. Cliff takes the bait that J.R. dangles in front of him with Sly's help.