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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!

The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 4

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  1. 9.0/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

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  2. 8.2/10(95 votes)

    #2 - The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

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  3. 8.0/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Breakfast with Les and Bess

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  4. 8.0/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Displaced Person

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  5. 7.8/10(102 votes)

    #5 - Go Tell It On the Mountain

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  6. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

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  7. 7.7/10(28 votes)

    #7 - Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

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  8. 7.7/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Nightsongs

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  9. 7.6/10(288 votes)

    #9 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

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  10. 7.3/10(318 votes)

    #10 - Solomon Northup's Odyssey

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    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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  11. 7.3/10(79 votes)

    #11 - Noon Wine

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  12. 7.0/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Some Men Need Help

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  13. 7.0/10(172 votes)

    #13 - Under the Biltmore Clock

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    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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  14. 6.9/10(87 votes)

    #14 - A Matter of Principle

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  15. 6.8/10(33 votes)

    #15 - The Joy That Kills

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    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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    #16 - Testament

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    #17 - Tomorrow

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    #18 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

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    #19 - The Europeans

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    #20 - El Norte

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    #21 - Paper Angels

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    #22 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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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 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski".