NaN/100 votes#1 - Testament
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/1984
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- 6.9/1087 votes
#2 - A Matter of Principle
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/3/1984
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- 7.3/10312 votes
#3 - Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 12/10/1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.
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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Tomorrow
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/1984
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- 7.8/10102 votes
#5 - Go Tell It On the Mountain
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/1985
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- 7.3/1076 votes
#6 - Noon Wine
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/1985
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- 6.8/1033 votes
#7 - The Joy That Kills
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/1985
The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/4/1985
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- 8.3/1093 votes
#9 - The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 2/11/1985
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- 7.0/1021 votes
#10 - Some Men Need Help
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/18/1985
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- 7.6/1026 votes
#11 - Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/25/1985
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- 8.4/1014 votes
#12 - Breakfast with Les and Bess
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/11/1985
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- 7.7/1017 votes
#13 - Nightsongs
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/1985
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- 7.0/10172 votes
#14 - Under the Biltmore Clock
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 4/25/1985
F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.
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- 8.0/1034 votes
#15 - Displaced Person
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/6/1985
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- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Europeans
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/15/1985
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - El Norte
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 5/20/1985
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- 7.6/10288 votes
#18 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 5/27/1985
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- 7.8/1019 votes
#19 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 6/3/1985
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- 9.0/1070 votes
#20 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 6/10/1985
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- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Paper Angels
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 6/15/1985
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 6/24/1985
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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 4
Every episode of American Playhouse Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 4!
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Testament" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/26/1984. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "A Matter of Principle".