The BEST episodes of Newhart season 4
Every episode of Newhart season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Newhart season 4!
Dick Loudon and wife Joanna relocate from New York City to a small town in Vermont, where they run the historic Stratford Inn. They're surrounded by a town full of oddballs and colorful characters, whom Loudon deals with in various states of bemusement.
#1 - Write to Privacy
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1985
Joanna and Steph are furious with Michael after they peek at his diary and find out what he really thinks of them.
#2 - Baby, I'm Your Handyman
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1986
George worries that a new girlfriend, actress Loretta Dupris is only dating him to make use of his handyman skills. TV Producer J.J. buys a Victorian mansion and plans to bulldoze it to erect a space needle.
#3 - The Shape of Things
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1985
Stephanie and Joanna open an aerobics club. Problems present themselves when Stephanie appoints herself as the manager and relegates Joanna to custodial duties.
#4 - Torn Between Three Brothers
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1986
A jilted fiancee staying at the inn gets a job at the Minuteman cafe. She unwittingly encourages the affections of both Darryls but rejects them for the more vocal Larry. George organizes a citywide campaign when Michael pulls Barnaby Jones off the air in favor of The Secret Lives of Platinum Gold Dancers.
#5 - The Geezers in the Band
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1985
When Dick's old college jazz band reunites at the inn, he finds that expectations often excede reality.
#6 - Candidate Larry
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1985
Larry runs for Mayor.
#7 - Pre-Nups
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/12/1986
The Loudons, George, Steph and Michael are invited to Vanderkellen mansion for Arthur's birthday. Art insists Michael sign a pre-nuptial agreement that he refuses to do. Stephanie fears Michael's only dating her for her money. Dick worries when he breaks a music box given to Arthur by Winston Churchill.
#8 - He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1986
George meets his only living relative, Cousin Eugene.
#9 - Summa Cum Larry
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1985
Dick covers for Larry when he enrolls in night school and doesn't want the Darryls to know he's improving himself. Joanna obsesses when a travel guide lowers the inn's rating.
#10 - Oh, That Morocco
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1985
A lonely Joanna becomes best friends with Stephanie who insists on a group vacation to lovely Morocco.
#11 - Pirate Pete
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1985
Dick fills in on a kiddie TV program for its ailing host, Pirate Pete. Dick is appalled at Pete's commercialism and inadvertantly gets the programs cancelled. Dick tries his hardest to get Pete reinstated. Meanwhile, George plays a practical joke on Stephanie, adjusting her scale up two pounds.
#12 - Look Ma, No Talent
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1986
Michael begins shirking his duties and risks his job when he tries to find a talent to impress his mother.
#13 - Much Ado About Mitch
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1986
George joins a Big Brother program and is dismayed when his young protege Mitch is awestruck by Dick's fast paced lifestyle. Michael and Stephanie use a Oujia board.
#14 - Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1986
Larry dedicates his life to Dick when he believes Dick brought him back from the dead.
#15 - Replaceable You
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/14/1986
Secretary Alma amazes Dick, which she fills in as producer.
#16 - The Stratford Horror Picture Show
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1986
The Loudons are spooked when the ghost of Sarah Newton (episode #2) returns to haunt the inn.
#17 - The Snowmen Cometh
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1986
The town panics when it appears the annual Snow Carnival will be cancelled due to a lack of snow. Larry, Darryl & Darryl request $2,000 to make it snow.
#18 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1986
On a lark, Dick submits his newest book to his publisher under the pseudonym he used when he first started writing, Dwight Schmidlapp, only to find it rejected. Dick sinks into a funk when he realizes he's 'coasting' in his writing career.
#19 - The Way We Ought to Be
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1985
Michael and Steph break up when Michael realizes he's tired of Stephanie's demanding ways. Dick has difficulties with the WPIV staff when they're slow to direct his show.
#20 - Still the Beavers
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/1985
Dick convinces George to quit the Beaver Lodge after the Beavers cheat George out of a prize rightfully his. George starts up a rival lodge to get back at the Beavers.
#21 - Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up?
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1986
Dick is thrilled when a production company expresses interest in making 'How to be a Plumber' into a video. His elation quickly dissipates when the producers decide to recast 'Dick Loudon' because of Dick's shifty eyes and stammer.
#22 - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1985
Stephanie's father visits the inn with the news that he's left his wife. The town celebrates Colonial Days, an authentic recreation of colonial times.
#23 - Stephanie Nightingale
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1986
Stephanie must care for the hotel staff and guests when a measels epidemic sweeps the inn.
#24 - I Do, Okay
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1986
Joanna and a decidedly unenthusiastic Dick decide to renew their wedding vows to celebrate their wedding anniversary.