When Sugarbaker’s finds itself overrun with tourists—a consequence of its historic foundations being included in the annual Tour of Historical Homes—Mary Jo unexpectedly confronts a cherished acquaintance, one determined to honor a long-ago…

Charlene was determined to mark Anthony’s thirtieth birthday in a way he wouldn’t forget, and her plan involved engaging a private investigator to locate his estranged father.

A quiet bitterness began to simmer between Charlene and Mary Jo when Charlene expressed her desire to take a year away from work to care for her newborn child. As they watched decorators indulge the capricious demands of a wealthy, thorough…

A planned dinner with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife was unexpectedly disrupted when Julia’s jury became sequestered, their deliberations proceeding at a deliberate pace.

A mix-up at an office fundraiser resulted in Suzanne unexpectedly securing a date with Anthony during a bachelor's charity auction, and the pair found themselves awkwardly attempting to navigate the unusual arrangement.

Charlene, delighted with her acquisition of a magnificent yet undeniably spectral house, engaged decorators to revitalize its appearance—carefully omitting any mention of its resident ghosts.

Charlene’s infant daughter, Olivia, was being considered for a modeling opportunity, while Mary Jo unexpectedly encountered a former teacher residing in a nursing home.

With her newfound enthusiasm for jogging, Mary Jo unwittingly inspired Julia to embrace a rigorous fitness routine.

Anthony joined the firm as a full partner. A new student, Charlene, skillfully navigated the unwanted advances of a psychology professor.

Charlene felt a pang of guilt as she found herself drawn to a man within her military spouses’ support group—his wife similarly absent on deployment. Simultaneously, an infectious excitement over the lottery gripped everyone at Sugarbaker's…

Mary Jo prohibited her almost eighteen-year-old daughter from seeing a man of thirty-four, only to begin a relationship with him herself. As a consequence, Julia found herself unexpectedly seeking refuge in the men’s restroom at a crowded f…

When Bernice secures a spot hosting a local public-access television program, Mary Jo, reeling from a painful disappointment with a client, finds herself drawn to Bernice’s show as the perfect platform for expressing her decidedly critical …

Suzanne, filling in as a lifestyle reporter for the local television station, wore a striking strand of pearls that caught Mary Jo’s eye—and her desire. On impulse, Mary Jo borrowed the necklace, only to misplace it soon after. Separately, …

Haunted by anxieties about his own strength after prolonged work alongside the women, Anthony attempted a confrontation with his habitually overbearing neighbor. The attempt backfired spectacularly, culminating in fresh humiliation as the w…

A wave of astonishment rippled through Sugarbaker’s as it emerged that pragmatic Julia had secretly been performing nightly at a local nightclub. Meanwhile, Anthony struggled to summon the courage to ask a young woman from the bookstore on …

Bernice underwent cosmetic surgery—a particularly unfortunate blepharoplasty and rhinoplasty—at the hands of a surgeon whose skill was, to put it mildly, questionable.

Longing for a child, Mary Jo sought comfort in an old friendship—and a past affection. Meanwhile, Suzanne began to smoke, believing it would help her lose weight.

Julia, an amateur painter, unexpectedly found herself the talk of Atlanta’s art world after a misunderstanding at a gallery opening – someone attempted to purchase the very handbag she was carrying. Simultaneously, Suzanne suffered a mishap…

The group journeyed to New Orleans for a convention, a city brimming with heady charm, and there, Mary Jo found herself entangled in an unforeseen circumstance: she spent a night with a man already bound by marriage.

Years later, Mary Jo unexpectedly encountered the man who had robbed her, only to find herself entangled in a frustrating web of legal delays as she sought to see him brought to justice.

Grief-stricken over the loss of her boyfriend, Reese, Julia sought solace in caring for Randa Oliver, the exceptionally indulged daughter of a client family enjoying a prolonged holiday.

Settling back into married life with Bill’s arrival home from the Middle East, Charlene relinquished her involvement in the children’s book she and Mary Jo had been developing.

A pang of jealousy struck Suzanne upon learning that Anthony had been selected as the club’s inaugural Black member—the symbolic, solitary representative at the formerly all-white Beaumont Country Club.

When their firm sponsors a Little League team, Mary Jo and Julia offer distinctly contrasting approaches to coaching.