The WORST episodes of Evening Shade
Every episode of Evening Shade ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Evening Shade!
In this laid-back comedy, Wood Newton is a former pro American Football player who has retired and returned to his childhood home, the small town of Evening Shade, Arkansas. He's now the coach of the local high school American Football team, which brings him in constant contact with the other residents of the town.
#1 - Ava Takes a Shower (1)
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1993
Ava hosts Fontana's baby shower, and wants Herman, who has joined Reba McEntire's security team, to get her to entertain.
#2 - One Hot Game
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1993
Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.
#3 - One Down, Three to Go
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1993
Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.
#4 - Four Naked Women
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1993
After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.
#5 - The Graduation
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/17/1993
Herman books John Denver for Taylor's graduation but gets Bob Denver instead.
#6 - Saint Bobby
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1993
Wood thinks a college footbal coach is interested in Taylor.
#7 - Teaching Is a Good Thing
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1993
Herman is ashamed to tell his mentor that he has lost his teaching job.
#8 - Mommy Goes AWOL
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1993
Fontana despairs of her mothering abilities when only Evan can quiet baby Scout.
#10 - Another Baby Shower
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/15/1993
Fontana goes into labour, but Evan can't be reached.
#11 - She What?!
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/1/1993
Taylor's girlfriend elopes with the school hunk.
#12 - They Can't Take That Away From Me (1)
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1993
Ava invites sixties civil rights leader Aurelia Danforth to a Martin Luther King commemoration, then discovers that the guest has a past involving Ponder.
#13 - Ava Takes a Shower (2)
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1993
Rebuffed by Reba McEntire, Ava still persists in planning the baby shower all by herself.
#14 - Witness for the Prosecution
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1993
Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.
#15 - Private School
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1993
The Oakwood Academy, an exclusive private school Molly wants to attend, scrutinizes Wood and Ava, who discover they must pass an exam before Molly can be admitted. Meanwhile, Nab goes on a date with Amanda.
#16 - Freida and the Preacher
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1993
Freida falls for a man at the ice cream parlour, only to discover that he is the new preacher.
#17 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1992
...but Wood and Herman may not be, as they are stranded when their car breaks down on the way home from being Will an elusive gift available only out of town.
#18 - The NFL on CBS
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1992
Wood forgets his anniversary when he gets a chance to be on ""The NFL Today.""
#19 - Harlan Deals a Meal
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1992
Harlan fibs about his weight loss to Richard Simmons, then persuades Herman to impersonate him.
#20 - The Hole Story
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1992
Events get out of hand when a hole in a bedroom wall resembles Abraham Lincoln.
#21 - Father-Child Campout
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1992
Wood cajoles Will into a father/son camping trip.
#22 - What a Night
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1992
Dumped by his girlfriend, Taylor quits the football team.
#23 - You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1992
Ava sends Wood to investigate when Harlan rents property to a massage parlor.
#24 - The Diary of Molly Newton
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1992
Wood is having trouble dealing with Molly's growing womanhood— even before he discovers her erotic diary. And he totally overreacts to her first ""date"" (slides at the church followed by ice cream). Meanwhile, Harlan's visiting inlaws are putting a damper on his sex life.
#25 - First Heroes
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1992
Taylor returns, transformed by his three months in Amsterdam; Wood's late father's store is slated to be demolished.