8.4/1049 votes#1 - Oral Sex, Lies, and Video Tape
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/1993
Martin gets a new video camera and inadvertently videotapes children's television celebrity Uncle Bouncy committing a sex act with a prostitute in a public alleyway. Martin opts to caution Bouncy himself about his behavior in person before turning the tape over to him. But, Bouncy's abusive and intransigent attitude convinces him to sell the offending footage to Eddie for broadcast on his show.
Director: John Landis
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
5.3/1027 votes#2 - The French Conception
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/1993
Martin needs to find a tenant for his empty apartment in a hurry when the other tenants renege on their agreement to move in. Meanwhile, Julie is pregnant by a French exchange student and she asks Martin to pay for an abortion. Kate confronts Martin when a bill comes from the gynecologist.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Stephen Engel
6.6/1022 votes#3 - Depth Be Not Proud
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/1993
Martin is disgusted by the quality of the books Gibby is forcing him to edit, and his lack of appreciation. Meanwhile, Eddie is fired from his talk show and his wife Jeanette leaves him on the same day. Eddie begins to reassess his life and Martin encourages him to make a change, proposing they collaborate on creating an up market magazine.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Stephen Engel
7.2/1028 votes#4 - Pop Secret
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/1993
Martin's divorced father Mickey comes back to live in New York. Martin fixes him up with Toby's mom Angie on a dinner date. He takes her home, but to Toby's irritation ‘does nothing' to her. Martin visits the one- bedroom apartment Mickey is sharing with apartment owner Roger.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: N/A
5.8/1023 votes#5 - Reach out and Touch Yourself
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/1993
Martin finds his bar mitzvah bonds in a closet and suddenly has extra cash. Toby encourages him to invest $5,000 in a fledgling business she is setting up offering stock tips over the phone, 555-TIPS. The business goes terribly, until a wrong number mistakes it for an S&M phone-sex chat line and stays on for hours. Seeing where the real money is, Toby employs the services of her family – Gina, Angie – in order to cover the phones.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Stephen Engel
6.3/1024 votes#6 - Home Sweet Homeboy
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/1993
Andre Williams, a militant black writer of Martin's, bemoans the lack of publicity for his new book ‘Yo! Homeboy', so Martin gets him a slot on Eddie's show. The appearance is a disaster, as Andre accuses Eddie of being ‘the world's whitest black dude'. Shortly thereafter, Eddie makes some changes in his life, trying to increase his 'blackness.'
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
6.7/1022 votes#7 - A Midsummer Night's Dream On
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/14/1993
Martin, Eddie and Judith meet up at a secluded cabin for a reunion with old friends. Martin has ongoing mutual antipathy with Allison, an old writing rival who has since gone onto fame and success as an author. Eddie is anxious at seeing Cara - a woman he slept with once and never called again, although on first meeting she doesn't recognise him except from his TV show.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: N/A
6.2/1022 votes#8 - The Book, the Thief, Her Boss and His Lover
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/1993
The beautiful widow of a famous author brings a new unpublished novel by her late husband to Martin with the one caveat that he cannot reveal the true origin of the book, thus giving Toby the opportunity to accept the kudos for the bestseller.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Klarik
6.8/1023 votes#9 - Super Freak
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/1993
It's summer, and New York is experiencing a chronic heatwave. Martin is sweltering in his apartment due to broken air-conditioning. He seeks out his building's new super, a gorgeous woman named Debra. After fixing the fan, the two of them go all the way in torrid fashion, and all is well until . . .
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: N/A
6.1/1020 votes#10 - One Ball, Two Strikes
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/1993
It's the Whitestone office party, and Martin is less than thrilled to be there, until he notices a hottie making eyes at him from across the room. He gets to know the woman, Alannah, better during the evening. Afterwards, Martin bumps into Gibby and is surprised when he shows off Alannah as his latest plaything. In the days following, Martin is paranoid that Gibby suspects he and Alannah are carrying on behind his back.
Director: Michael Engler
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
5.9/1023 votes#11 - Portrait by an Artist on the Young Man
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 8/11/1993
When Jeremy visits his dad's apartment to watch a movie, Martin isn't happy to discover he's had a tattoo of a skull done on his arm. Judith drops by with Jeremy's bag and Martin brings the tattoo to her attention, but she is slightly less vocal in her condemnation than Martin. Judith asks Martin to talk rationally with Jeremy, but Martin decides that punishment is a better response.
Director: John Landis
Writer: N/A
6.2/1020 votes#12 - And Bobby Makes Three
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 8/18/1993
Martin is excited by the prospect of hooking up with an old school friend who he bumps into at Judith's birthing class, but when the irresponsible father reappears on the scene, he suddenly has a rival.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1024 votes#13 - Silent Night, Holy Cow (1)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1993
Martin and Judith take a pre-Xmas drive and get stranded in a barn, Eddie is stood up by a girlfriend and spends Xmas in a bar with Santa Claus, Toby wants to become a nun and Jeremy's special Xmas present from his girlfriend doesn't quite go according to plan.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.4/1015 votes#14 - Silent Night, Holy Cow (2)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1993
Martin and Judith take a pre-Xmas drive and get stranded in a barn, Eddie is stood up by a girlfriend and spends Xmas in a bar with Santa Claus, Toby wants to become a nun and Jeremy's special Xmas present from his girlfriend doesn't quite go according to plan.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
7.0/1022 votes#15 - Brother of the Bride
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1994
Martin's sister Susan wants to get married in a small ceremony without the family knowing. Nevertheless, the whole family ends up getting involved, planning a big wedding party.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1027 votes#16 - Blinded by the Cheese
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1994
Martin is blinded in a bizarre accident.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
6.7/1017 votes#17 - Hey, Nanny Nanny
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1994
Martin's girlfriend takes a job as his ex-wife's nanny.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Engel
6.1/1020 votes#18 - The Second Coming
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/1994
Toby falls in love with a priest.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Herskowitz
7.0/1027 votes#19 - Martin Tupper in Magnum Farce
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1994
Trouble in their romantic relationship may spell the end of a book collaboration for two writers (Donna Mills and Jake Steinfeld), and it's up to Martin to help them work things out.
Director: Jonathan Prince
Writer: N/A
7.4/1019 votes#20 - Where There's Smoke, You're Fired
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1994
Gibby takes a vacation, leaving Martin in charge of Whitestone with one simple condition – he has to fire one of the company's book editors. Judith is depressed when her patient commits suicide.
Director: John Landis
Writer: N/A
6.5/1019 votes#21 - Blame It on Reo
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/1994
Unbeknownst to Martin, Jeremy uses Eddie's empty bachelor pad to attempt to score with a hot teen TV star.
Director: Mary Kay Place
Writer: N/A
6.1/1021 votes#22 - From Here to Paternity
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/1994
Martin runs into old high school love Cheryl Castorini, but suspects she may be keeping a secret about their former relationship from him.
Director: Mel Smith
Writer: N/A
7.4/1018 votes#23 - A Face Worse Than Death
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/16/1994
Martin's irritating mother comes to New York for plastic surgery, but things take a turn for the worst when she has a heart attack on the operating table.
Director: Ron Wolotzky
Writer: N/A
7.3/1022 votes#24 - Felines ... Nothing More Than Felines
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1994
Martin tries to cheer Toby up when her cat dies by buying her a replacement. When she refuses the gift, he has to keep the pet himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Klarik
5.9/1021 votes#25 - Stone Cold
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/1994
Richard, Judith, Jeremy and the baby are moving to Washington D.C. Martin is despondent, but events take an unexpected turn.
Director: Peter Baldwin, Michael McKean
Writer: Jeffrey Klarik
The Best Episodes of Dream On Season 4
Every episode of Dream On Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dream On Season 4!
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black...
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Oral Sex, Lies, and Video Tape" is the best rated episode of "Dream On" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by John Landis and written by Jeff Greenstein, it aired on 6/2/1993. This episode is rated 3.1 points higher than the second-best, "The French Conception".