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The Best Episodes of Empty Nest Season 4

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

Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people...
Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"50 Million Men and a Baby" is the best rated episode of "Empty Nest" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Steve Zuckerman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1991. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Almost Like Being in Love".

  • 50 Million Men and a Baby
    8.0/10103 votes

    #1 - 50 Million Men and a Baby

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1991

    Laverne's cousin leaves her baby behind and runs off to find her husband, who left after a fight. So while Laverne looks for her, the Westons take care of the baby. The experience makes Barbara want her own child and she considers artificial insemination.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Almost Like Being in Love
    7.5/10105 votes

    #2 - Almost Like Being in Love

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1991

    Harry's lust for his girlfriend sparks marital thoughts.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Her Cheatin' Heart
    7.7/10105 votes

    #3 - Her Cheatin' Heart

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1991

    Laverne meets another man at a banquet and goes out to dinner with him while Nick is out of town. Meanwhile, when Carol confesses that she stole Barbara's first boyfriend at camp years ago, Barbara vows to extract revenge when Carol least expects it.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Food For Thought
    7.7/10104 votes

    #4 - Food For Thought

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1991

    Carol quits her job at the library and buys a catering business.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Harry's Got a Gun
    7.8/10107 votes

    #5 - Harry's Got a Gun

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1991

    The Westons buy guns after their house is burglarized, a choice they later regret when Carol gets a little trigger happy. Charley decides to head to the woods to do some serious thinking about his life.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dave Richardson

  • The Dreyfus Affair
    8.0/10105 votes

    #6 - The Dreyfus Affair

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1991

    Harry hires a world-famous vet to operate on Dreyfuss. Charley contemplates a career change when he is offered a job at Uncle Buzzy's Pirate World.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Rob LaZebnik

  • Country Weston
    8.0/10103 votes

    #7 - Country Weston

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1991

    Country music star Garth Brooks offers Barbara a job as security chief on his tour. Charley moves in with the Westons while his house is being fumigated.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Windy
    8.1/10101 votes

    #8 - Windy

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1991

    A hurricane hits just as the Westons decide to sell their house. Laverne's mother-in-law visits.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Arnie Kogen

  • Talk, Talk, Talk
    7.9/10104 votes

    #9 - Talk, Talk, Talk

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1991

    Harry becomes host of a call-in radio show; Carol, Barbara, and Charley enter a chili cook-off.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dave Richardson

  • Lonely Are the Brave
    8.1/10102 votes

    #10 - Lonely Are the Brave

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1991

    Just as Carol conquers her emotional problems, she becomes jealous of Barbara, who is up for a medal of honor for saving a man's life (something she did by accident). Laverne upsets Harry when she asks for a second opinion after he diagnoses her visiting niece's symptoms as allergies.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . .
    7.8/1099 votes

    #11 - If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . .

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1991

    Harry hires an old friend's son as an associate, but isn't pleased with the way he practices medicine. Meanwhile, Carol begins a relationship with the new associate and realizes he is arogant and self-absorbed.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Lyla Oliver

  • My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . .
    8.0/10101 votes

    #12 - My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . .

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1991

    Harry's old nurse Winifred returns to fill in while Laverne goes out of town, and a war erupts between the two ladies when Winifred reveals that she's out to get Laverne's job. While on a trip to New York with Barbara, Carol manages to annoy the entire planeload of passengers (including a nun).

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Son of a Preacherman
    7.8/1098 votes

    #13 - The Son of a Preacherman

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1992

    As a favor to a minister friend, Harry takes in his brilliant young son as an observer, but becomes distressed when the boy confesses it's only his father's pressure that makes him want to be a doctor. Carol is excited about catering her friend Suzanne's posh Palm Beach wedding, until the groom gets excited by Carol.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Rob LaZebnik

  • Ex-appeal
    8.7/1099 votes

    #14 - Ex-appeal

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1992

    Carol starts dating Barbara's ex-boyfriend, but Barbara realizes she still has feelings for him.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Great Escape
    8.6/1097 votes

    #15 - The Great Escape

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1992

    While Harry and Laverne are en route to a medical seminar, an escaped convict takes Barbara and Carol hostage.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Arnie Kogen

  • The Mismatchmaker
    7.4/1098 votes

    #16 - The Mismatchmaker

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1992

    Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Aunt Susan
    8.1/1097 votes

    #17 - The Return of Aunt Susan

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1992

    "The Return of Aunt Susan" is the title of the 17th fourth season episode of the hit NBC sitcom and Golden Girls spin-off Empty Nest. The episode first aired on February 8, 1992.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dave Richardson, David Richardson

  • The Unimportance of Being Charley
    7.9/1098 votes

    #18 - The Unimportance of Being Charley

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1992

    Charley poses as captain of his ship to impress his visiting parents. Worried that Harry favors Barbara over her, Carol decides to keep track of how many times he does so.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Sayonara
    7.6/10102 votes

    #19 - Sayonara

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1992

    Nick leaves Laverne for a woman in Japan. Barbara goes undercover at a college sorority to catch a computer hacker.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Rob LaZebnik

  • Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde
    8.1/10101 votes

    #20 - Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/29/1992

    The full moon on Leap Day causes strange things to happen: after throwing his back out, Harry begins to act very unusual; a series of odd occurrences leads Barbara to believe that a neighborhood repairman is actually Dreyfuss; Charley cancels a date to stay home and watch The Sound of Music.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Charley for President
    8.0/10100 votes

    #21 - Charley for President

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1992

    Carol persuades Charley to run for president of the home owner's association. While on undercover assignment at the hospital, Barbara tries to fool Harry with a number of disguises, but he sees through every one.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Good Neighbor Harry
    7.3/10101 votes

    #22 - Good Neighbor Harry

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1992

    A good deed backfires on Harry when a neurotic woman refuses to leave him alone. Carol's new boyfriend seems perfect except for his hideously annoying laugh.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Final Analysis
    7.8/10100 votes

    #23 - Final Analysis

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1992

    Just as Carol nears a breakthrough, her psychiatrist dies. Harry's new patient enjoys making jokes and smart alack remarks.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Arnie Kogen

  • Roots
    7.6/10102 votes

    #24 - Roots

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1992

    The Westons (and Charley) travel to England to their ancestral home Weston Castle, where Harry is to receive the Sword of Weston in a ceremony. Unfortunately he gets locked in a dungeon after following a secret passage. Meanwhile back home, Laverne tries to teach Dreyfuss to ride a skateboard. Richard Mulligan plays three roles in this episode: the usual Harry, a butler named Basil, and a relative Baroness Daphne Weston.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Dave Richardson