7.7/10130 votes#1 - Your Father Should Know (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2003
After Sean confronts Brad's father, who's boasting that Lily and Brad have slept together, he confronts Claudia -- and finds out she already knew too. So when Brad mysteriously gets injured by an airborn Christmas decoration, everyone thinks Sean finally lost his temper. Meanwhile, the boys have spent Sean and Eddie's Liberty quarter collection, and Eddie is disgusted. So Eddie takes the boys out to teach them a lesson about stealing from other people -- by stealing a toy machine that Henry loaded with quarters.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10124 votes
#2 - Your Father Should Know (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2003
Claudia feels it's time to smooth relations between the two families by having the O'Keefes over for dinner, but the evening falls apart when Brad's mother blames Lily for taking Brad's innocence. Meanwhile, Eddie teaches Jimmy and Henry a lesson in respecting other people's property after he finds out that they used his coin collection to play arcade games.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10135 votes
#3 - All the Young Nudes
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/2003
Sean and Eddie hire strippers for the bar to help make ends meet -- then wind up being protested by the PTA. But what's most shocking is who set the PTA on their tails. Meanwhile, Brad asks Lily to break up with Dean. Lily doesn't want to hurt Dean, but agrees, only to find that he takes it far easier than she expected.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: Brad Copeland
- 8.2/10170 votes
#4 - I Right the Wrongs
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/2003
Brad is bothered that Lily is embarrassed to be seen with him, so Sean tries to make over his geeky image. But all Sean succeeds in doing is inadvertantly getting another student suspended from school... Which leads to an in-bar confrontation with Sister Helen. Meanwhile, Jimmy's ""trademark"" hair-length has become an issue at school. Elsewhere, Claudia helps Eddie deal with an unwise purchase he made for the bar -- by getting drunk with the customers. And Lily confesses her relationship with Brad in front of the entire school.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10123 votes
#5 - I Just Paid to Say I Love You
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/2003
Brad plans a romantic date with Lily in New York City, but because one incident throws them off schedule, the rest of the evening becomes a disaster. Meanwhile, Eddie breaks a window in the sewing room, leaving it wide open for an animal to wander in...an animal which Henry wants to keep as a pet.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
7.4/10123 votes#6 - S.A.T. and Sympathy (a.k.a. S.A.T. Out of Hell)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/3/2003
Lily and Brad stress over their upcoming S.A.T. tests... and Claudia turns the SAT's into a competition. Meanwhile, Sean teaches Henry a lesson in compassion by taking in a homeless guy (Dave Sheridan).
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: Aron Abrams
- 7.4/10123 votes
#7 - Pay You Back with Interest
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/10/2003
After Eddie buys an electric car to impress a girl, Sean unwisely gives Eddie a loan without telling Claudia, which results in her college enrollment check bouncing. Meanwhile, Brad discovers a tatoo with Dean's name, but Lily's plea for her parents to pay for her tattoo removal goes ignored.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: Mike Schiff, Bill Martin
- 7.7/10122 votes
#8 - Ticket to Ride
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/2003
After a night of partying, Lily wakes up with a nasty hangover, her car parked on the porch and no memory of how she got home. To teach Lily a lesson, Sean and Claudia decide to sell her car and have her sign a contract that she will call them when she is too drunk to drive. Angry at losing her car, Lily pretends to be drunk night after night in order to make her parents give her a ride home. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a huge profit when he sells Lily's car for Sean.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10129 votes
#9 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/2003
Sean talks to Jimmy about the birds and the bees; Brad accidentally sees Claudia naked.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10138 votes
#10 - Baby Come Back
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/2003
Sean becomes jealous when Claudia is asked to do some modeling for a fashion photographer. So she storms out, leaving him to deal with a bath products party that she'd organized. Meanwhile Lily recieves her yearbook photos, which are terrible.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10132 votes
#11 - Been Caught Stealing
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/2003
Sean and Eddie arrive at the bar to discover they've been robbed. Instead of calling the police, Walt suspiciously insists on cleaning up. Meanwhile, Lily and Brad spend a day at the mall and wind up in a fight, so Lily decides that she's gonna go out with another guy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10132 votes
#12 - (She's Got) Kegs
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/2004
Sean wants to go to a Sex Pistols concert, but Claudia has to study for a college test and Lily has a science project due, which leaves no one to watch the boys. But Lily leaves Brad holding the bag by skipping off to a frat party... where she runs into Claudia. Meanwhile, Eddie hires a bodyguard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10132 votes
#13 - My Ex-Boyfriend's Back
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2004
Lily resents her ex-boyfriend's ability to move on so quickly after she dumped him; Eddie's stand-up routine flops until he incorporates material from Claudia and Sean's personal life.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
- 7.3/10120 votes
#14 - Communication Breakdown
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/2004
Sean forgets to give Claudia an important message from her professor; Jimmy hides the telephone bill to conceal his calls to a 976 number; Lily freaks out when Brad doesn't call her for three hours.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10128 votes
#15 - All Apologies
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/2004
During a romantic getaway at a hotel, Claudia and Sean watch an adult film and realize it was shot in their home; a girl bullying Jimmy might actually like him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10123 votes
#16 - I Think We're Alone Now
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/2004
Sean and Claudia try to take advantage of an empty house and spend some alone time together; Lily realizes that Brad is not a good dancer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10119 votes
#17 - Can't Get Next to You
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/2004
Lily, Brad and Jimmy sign abstinence pledges at school; Brad asks Lily to marry him; Jimmy throws out everything that reminds him of sex. Meanwhile, Walt reveals that Eddie was born lefthanded.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10123 votes
#18 - Racketman
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/2004
Brad's (Bret Harrison) dad, Dan (guest star Gregory Jbara), claims to have been taking tennis lessons for years, however, after Sean (Donal Logue) beats him at a tennis game, it is revealed that Dan has been having an affair and not taking lessons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10122 votes
#19 - Me and Mrs. O
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2004
When the Finnerty's throw Brad a birthday party to take his mind off his parents' recent breakup, Sean secretly invites Brad's dad to the party as part of his ""plan"" to reunite him with his wife Connie (guest star Nancy Cassaro). Unfortunately, Connie has taken Claudia's (Megyn Price) advice to ""get some,"" which prompts her to pursue Eddie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10126 votes
#20 - Tombstone Blues
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2004
Claudia refuses to include Brad in the family portrait; Claudia's father-in-law (guest star Richard Riehle) gives her plot to his dead cat.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: Chris Kelly
- 7.3/10124 votes
#21 - Pictures of Willy
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/2004
Eddie persuades Sean to help him break into his ex-girlfriend's apartment to steal embarrassing photographs.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
- 8.1/10141 votes
#22 - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/2004
This one might be better: Sean is having trouble keeping the bar alive and Claudia asks him to reconsider running it. With St. Patrick's Day around the corner Eddie tries to lure customers over from rival pubs. Meanwhile, Brad and Lily prepare for the parade and Jimmy is having trouble understanding the meaning of St. Patrick's day.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10125 votes
#23 - Beat on the Brat
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2004
Sean disciplines one of Henry's bratty friends; Lily asks Brad to choose between her and his geeky friends; Eddie uses a Jewish online dating service.
Director: John Putch
Writer: Ned Goldreyer
- 7.6/10125 votes
#24 - The Cheat Is On
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2004
Claudia copies Lily's school paper, only to find out Lily plagiarized the essay. Sean hints to Sister Helen that Lily may have cheated, but he learns too late that the school's ""zero-tolerance"" policy on cheating could result in Lily being expelled.
Director: N/A
Writer: Erica Rivinoja
- 7.1/10123 votes
#25 - You're So Vain
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 4/16/2004
Claudia's father, Tony, has returned to the Finnertys for and operation, and the rest of the family is very sympathetic, except for Sean.
Director: John Blanchard
Writer: N/A
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Your Father Should Know (1)" is the best rated episode of "Grounded for Life" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by John Blanchard and written by N/A, it aired on 9/5/2003. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Your Father Should Know (2)".