Season 4
25 episodes · Sep 22, 1986
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- S4E1
The Trouble With Jason
Sep 22, 198630mBrash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.
- S4E2
Found Money
Sep 29, 198630mKate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.
- S4E3
The Bully
Oct 6, 198630mChip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.
- S4E4
General Hospital
Oct 13, 198630mKate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
- S4E6
Halloween II
Oct 27, 198630mThe kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
- S4E7
Jennie and Jason
Nov 3, 198630mJennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.
- S4E8
Bringing Up Charles
Nov 10, 198630mAllie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.
- S4E9
Emma's Coming Out Party
Nov 24, 198630mKate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
- S4E10
Stage Mother
Dec 1, 198630mJennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
- S4E11
The Goodbye Girl
Dec 8, 198630mAllie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
- S4E12
Dates of Future Past
Dec 15, 198630mWhile Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
- S4E13
Gift of the Magi
Jan 5, 198730mKate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.
- S4E14
Allie's Graduation
Jan 26, 198730mAllie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
- S4E15
Upstairs, Downstairs
Feb 2, 198730mJennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
- S4E16
Emma Goes to College
Feb 9, 198730mEmma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
- S4E17
Allie and the Three Wolves
Feb 16, 198730mAt a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
- S4E18
Louis in Love
Feb 23, 198730mKate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.
- S4E19
Reruns
Mar 2, 198730mAllie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""
- S4E20
Send Me No Flowers
Mar 16, 198730mThe arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.
- S4E21
Dearly Beloved
Mar 23, 198730mTo dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.
- S4E22
Allie on Strike
Apr 6, 198730mFed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
- S4E23
Kate Quits
May 4, 198730mEmma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.
- S4E24
Charles' Dinner
May 11, 198730mKate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
- S4E25
Allie's Surprise Party
May 18, 198730mKate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.