Season 4 (1987/88)
During this season, they alternated between Alan Bergmann, Michael Zinberg, Gerren Keith, Howard Storm, Don Corvan, Tony Singletary, and Tony Sheehan as directors, until it was decided that Don Corvan should be the new permanent director.
The 4th season began airing on October 30, 1987, at 9:00 P.M., which was previously occupied by Max Headroom. The show would stay there until January 8, 1988. Afterwards, the show moved to 8:30 P.M., a timeslot that was previously occupied by I Married Dora (and was also its original timeslot during its first three seasons). The show would stay there until February 12, 1988. Lastly, on March 4, 1988, the show moved into the 9:00 P.M. timeslot, which was previously occupied by the short-lived sitcom The Thorns.
This season featured two episodes that were held-over until season 5 ("The Book" and "Black Widow").
During this season, George would finally get a job as a sportscaster, Marsha would finally graduate from law school and start a career as a lawyer, Kevin would finally enroll in College and get a new apartment, Heather would move on further in High School, and Wesley would graduate from Elementary school.
Ep. | Season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. Code |
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52 | 1 | "Initiation" | Michael Zinberg | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | October 30, 1987 | 5M03 |
Kevin has begun college and decides to join a fraternity, and part of his initiation includes donning women's clothing and also to bring the worst looking girl to a frat party. Coincidentally, Kevin meets a girl whom he thinks fits the bill, but wants to spare her feelings. However, he finds himself trapped, and hurting her feelings seems to be the only way out. Meanwhile, Wesley's school has a talent contest and Wesley takes up ventriloquism with a dummy that looks remarkably like Mr. Belvedere.
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53 | 2 | "TV George" | Alan Bergmann | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | November 06, 1987 | 5M02 |
George is excited about his new job as a sportscaster for a local television station, but his co-workers give him less than a warm welcome. Meanwhile, George does not mind being in front of a camera until upper management tells him that to pull in the correct viewer segment, he should consider getting a facelift. Meanwhile, Wesley's secret agenda has him refusing to bathe but the family could not care less as he quickly begins to stink up the house.
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54 | 3 | "Triangle" | Alan Bergmann | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | November 13, 1987 | 5M01 |
Wesley has been spending a lot of time in detention and little does anyone know that he has been getting into trouble on purpose because he secretly has a crush on the detention supervisor, Miss Connors. However, his little plan to spend time with Miss Connors goes awry when Kevin stops by to pick up Wesley, and he hits it off with her and they begin dating each other. Meanwhile, Heather gets fed up with her name and decides she wants to go by Bianca.
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55 | 4 | "Marsha's Job" | Don Corvan | Liz Sage | November 20, 1987 | 5M07 |
Marsha has been waiting for her letter from the National Bar Association with the news of whether or not she has graduated law school. The entire family is overjoyed when she finally does get the news that she passed. However, she quickly finds it difficult searching for a job in a law firm and when she is hired she finds herself dealing with her boss who has anything but law on his mind when he begins making passes at her. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere begins a crash diet.
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56 | 5 | "Moonlighting" | Gerren Keith | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | November 27, 1987 | 5M04 |
Mr. Belvedere encounters an insufferable girl while waiting in line at a fast food restaurant, and Mr. Belvedere soon realizes that her family needs him just as much as the Owens family does. Soon, the Owens family begins to see less and less of Mr. Belvedere and they discover that he has been moonlighting for the other family. It soon turns out to be an all out war between families over who gets to keep Mr. Belvedere.
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57 | 6 | "The Wedding" | Tony Singletary | Jeff Stein | December 04, 1987 | 5M08 |
Kevin is excited when he learns that his old high school friend, Wendy, is coming to town for a visit and she has a surprise, she is engaged. Kevin feels a little disappointed when it appears that Wendy got over her crush for him and has moved on, or has she? And to make matters worse, Kevin decides to get everything out in the open during her wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere may be in hot water when he accidentally lets Wesley's pet myna bird fly out the window.
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58 | 7 | "Fall Guy" | Don Corvan | Doug Steckler | December 11, 1987 | 5M10 |
Wesley is left home alone one evening as George, Marsha and Mr. Belvedere go out to the opera, Heather goes to the movies with Angela and Kevin goes out on a date. The next morning Marsha is furious when she discovers that her "Home Sweet Home" pillow has been destroyed. This leads to Wesley to take the fall for Kevin, who was responsible for the pillow being ruined. However, evidence soon begins to mount that leads the family to speculate what really happened, a la Rashomon.
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59 | 8 | "Christmas Story" | Don Corvan | Doug Steckler | December 18, 1987 | 5M11 |
The Owens family begins to prepare their home for Christmas, but strangely Mr. Belvedere seems anything but in the Christmas spirit. Wesley sneaks into his room and discovers the perfect gift for Mr. Belvedere, but even that may not be enough to cheer him up. Meanwhile, both Kevin and Heather would like to be anywhere but home for Christmas, which leads to a family feud that just may lead to George and Marsha canceling the entire Christmas celebration.
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60 | 9 | "G.I. George" | Don Corvan | Jeff Greenstein & Jeff Strauss | January 08, 1988 | 5M06 |
Wesley is trying to find someone he can use for his history assignment, someone who would be willing to speak in front of his class and talk about something they lived through. Wesley immediately volunteers George, whose Korean War stories awed him when he was younger, but he is now disappointed to learn that George had made them all up. Meanwhile, Marsha prepares the family for a family portrait, and Mr. Belvedere feels left out when he is not asked to appear in it.
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61 | 10 | "Kevin's Model" | Michael Zinberg | Jim Kearns | January 15, 1988 | 5M12 |
Kevin is excited about his new semester in college and his friend Carl talks him into taking an art class. Kevin soon begins to fall for one of the female nude models and they begin to get quite serious. However, Kevin soon becomes uncomfortable with her posing nude and insists that she quit. Meanwhile, Heather tattles on Wesley when he breaks the Huffnagels' living room window using a slingshot, and he decides to take revenge by making her think she is going crazy. | ||||||
62 | 11 | "Commentary" | Michael Zinberg | Jack Carrerrow | January 22, 1988 | 5M13 |
George is nervous when he is assigned to do editorials during his sports broadcasts at the television station. At first he is not quite sure what to do and starts off with something tame (protective sports gear), but quickly jumps to the controversial when he condemns the singing of the National Anthem at sports games. However, George's intention soon gets him in hot water as his opinion proves very unpopular and he finds himself being forced by the station manager into doing humiliating jobs to force him to quit.
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63 | 12 | "The Diary" | Howard Storm | Mitzi McCall Brill & Adrienne Armstrong | January 29, 1988 | 5M05 |
Heather's 16th birthday is coming up and George is having a hard time dealing with his little "Kitten" growing up. Meanwhile, Heather is getting over a breakup with her latest boyfriend and creates a fictional man in her diary which George just happens to glance at and becomes worried especially after Wesley discovers birth control in Heather's room. Meanwhile, Wesley is searching for his lost snake, Captain Nemo, but little does anyone know that Kevin is responsible for his disappearance.
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64 | 13 | "The Trip: Part 1" | Don Corvan | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | February 05, 1988 | 5M16 |
Heather and Angela have been volunteering at the nursing home again, and this time have befriended a Mr. Sparks, who has been spending time with a female resident. When she passes away, Mr. Sparks falls into a depression and the girls decide to honor his wishes and they break him out of the home and take him on a trip to Atlantic City. Meanwhile, George has a hard time coming up with a gift for Marsha for their 20th wedding anniversary and Mr. Belvedere catches gambling fever and Wesley becomes his good luck charm.
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65 | 14 | "The Trip: Part 2" | Don Corvan | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | February 12, 1988 | 5M17 |
Heather, Angela and Wesley head for Atlantic City with Mr. Sparks after breaking him out of the nursing home and hit up the first casino they see. Meanwhile, George and Marsha's second honeymoon is a bust, and they decide to high tail to Atlantic City as well, leaving Mr. Belvedere furious when he learns that Heather and Wesley have left the state. Kevin and Mr. Belvedere quickly hitch a ride with Robert Goulet, with their destination being Atlantic City and the stage is set for all parties to collide while Mr. Sparks has the time of his life.
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66 | 15 | "Foxtrot" | Don Corvan | Doug Steckler | March 04, 1988 | 5M18 |
Marsha and George go out dancing and Marsha decides that she would like to start taking dance lessons but when George decides he does not want to participate, Mr. Belvedere steps in and soon Marsha and Mr. Belvedere begin stepping out every night. Meanwhile, Heather and Wesley become convinced that Mr. Belvedere is falling for Marsha and try their best to get George to spend more time with her. Meanwhile, Kevin gets a job as a dishwasher at a sorority house and finds himself fending off every female in the house.
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67 | 16 | "Heather's Monk" | Don Corvan | Jim Kearns | March 11, 1988 | 5M20 |
Heather and Angela join chorus, but neither one of them has a singing voice, though Heather has other things on her mind when she eyes an attractive senior who she asks out on a date. However, her romance gets the brakes when he reveals he is joining the seminary to become a priest, and Heather is in a state of shock when he asks to sleep with her days before he is scheduled to leave. Meanwhile, the family does their best with their free time when Wesley breaks the TV.
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68 | 17 | "Kevin Nightingale" | Don Corvan | Liz Sage | March 18, 1988 | 5M15 |
George and Marsha get fed up with Kevin and his not making a decision on a college major. After some soul searching, Kevin finally makes up his mind, he decides on nursing and he quits his current part time job and gets one as an orderly at a hospital. However, George and Marsha are not convinced that this is what Kevin really wants to do. Meanwhile, Wesley becomes an efficiency officer and begins to manage Mr. Belvedere's time and Heather is not looking forward to a frog dissection in biology.
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69 | 18 | "The Apartment" | Tony Sheehan | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | March 25, 1988 | 5M19 |
One evening, Kevin brings home his date thinking he has the house to himself, only to discover George and Marsha making out on the couch. Fed up with having no privacy, Kevin decides to move into an apartment of his own and advertises for a roommate. His ad is answered in the form of Mr. Belvedere who got fed up with having no privacy of his own and barges in on Kevin. Meanwhile, the rest of the family fights over what to make out of Kevin's old room.
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70 | 19 | "Graduation" | Don Corvan | Liz Sage | April 29, 1988 | 5M22 |
Wesley has been named valedictorian of his graduating elementary class, but days before the ceremony, Wesley plays a prank at a school dance and his classmates insist that he grow up. This leads Wesley to start wearing suits to school and begins acting more like an adult, which turns out to be a little too grown-up for his classmates. Meanwhile, Heather and George prepare for a father-daughter race but George finds it hard to keep up and Kevin thinks he saw a UFO and stakes out the backyard, ready for another encounter.
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71 | 20 | "The Counselor" | Tony Sheehan | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan | May 06, 1988 | 5M09 |
Summer vacation has Heather taking summer classes, Kevin working overtime and Wesley going to a day camp. While at the camp, Wesley finds himself a victim when one of the counselors touches him inappropriately, leaving Wesley feeling guilty and scared and unsure if he should keep it a "secret" like the counselor encourages him to. Meanwhile, George wants to golf but has no one to go with until Mr. Belvedere volunteers. However, George soon discovers that golfing with the butler may have been a mistake.
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