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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 4

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Every episode of American Playhouse Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 4!

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  • Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III
    9.0/10(70)
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    #1 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 6/10/1985

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  • Breakfast with Les and Bess
    8.4/10(14)
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    #2 - Breakfast with Les and Bess

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 3/11/1985

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  • The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
    8.2/10(95)
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    #3 - The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 2/11/1985

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  • Displaced Person
    8.0/10(34)
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    #4 - Displaced Person

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 5/6/1985

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  • Go Tell It On the Mountain
    7.8/10(102)
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    #5 - Go Tell It On the Mountain

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 1/14/1985

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  • Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II
    7.8/10(19)
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    #6 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

    Season 4 Episode 19

    Aired 6/3/1985

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  • Nightsongs
    7.7/10(17)
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    #7 - Nightsongs

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 4/15/1985

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  • Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
    7.6/10(27)
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    #8 - Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 2/25/1985

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  • Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
    7.6/10(288)
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    #9 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 5/27/1985

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  • Solomon Northup's Odyssey
    7.3/10(315)
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    #10 - 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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  • Noon Wine
    7.3/10(77)
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    #11 - Noon Wine

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 1/21/1985

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  • Some Men Need Help
    7.0/10(21)
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    #12 - Some Men Need Help

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 2/18/1985

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  • Under the Biltmore Clock
    7.0/10(172)
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    #13 - 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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  • A Matter of Principle
    6.9/10(87)
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    #14 - A Matter of Principle

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 12/3/1984

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  • The Joy That Kills
    6.8/10(33)
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    #15 - 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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  • Testament
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    #16 - Testament

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 11/26/1984

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  • Tomorrow
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    #17 - Tomorrow

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 12/17/1984

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  • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
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    #18 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 2/4/1985

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  • The Europeans
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    #19 - The Europeans

    Season 4 Episode 16

    Aired 5/15/1985

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  • El Norte
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    #20 - El Norte

    Season 4 Episode 17

    Aired 5/20/1985

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  • Paper Angels
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    #21 - Paper Angels

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 6/15/1985

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  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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    #22 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 6/24/1985

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 4. It scored 9/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/10/1985. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Breakfast with Les and Bess".