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The Best Episodes of Kate & Allie Season 4

Every episode of Kate & Allie Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kate & Allie Season 4!

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Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 1 - The Trouble With Jason
    6.2/10(83 votes)

    #1 - The Trouble With Jason

    S4:E1

    Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.

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  2. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 2 - Found Money
    6.7/10(81 votes)

    #2 - Found Money

    S4:E2

    Kate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 3 - The Bully
    7.4/10(86 votes)

    #3 - The Bully

    S4:E3

    Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 4 - General Hospital
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    #4 - General Hospital

    S4:E4

    Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 5 - Rx for Love
    7.0/10(80 votes)

    #5 - Rx for Love

    S4:E5

    His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 6 - Halloween II
    7.2/10(92 votes)

    #6 - Halloween II

    S4:E6

    The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.

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  8. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 7 - Jennie and Jason
    7.0/10(86 votes)

    #7 - Jennie and Jason

    S4:E7

    Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 8 - Bringing Up Charles
    7.1/10(84 votes)

    #8 - Bringing Up Charles

    S4:E8

    Allie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 9 - Emma's Coming Out Party
    6.3/10(88 votes)

    #9 - Emma's Coming Out Party

    S4:E9

    Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 10 - Stage Mother
    7.0/10(88 votes)

    #10 - Stage Mother

    S4:E10

    Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.

    Director:Bill Persky

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  12. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 11 - The Goodbye Girl
    6.2/10(85 votes)

    #11 - The Goodbye Girl

    S4:E11

    Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 12 - Dates of Future Past
    7.3/10(85 votes)

    #12 - Dates of Future Past

    S4:E12

    While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.

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  14. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 13 - Gift of the Magi
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    #13 - Gift of the Magi

    S4:E13

    Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 14 - Allie's Graduation
    7.4/10(86 votes)

    #14 - Allie's Graduation

    S4:E14

    Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 15 - Upstairs, Downstairs
    6.7/10(86 votes)

    #15 - Upstairs, Downstairs

    S4:E15

    Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 16 - Emma Goes to College
    7.0/10(87 votes)

    #16 - Emma Goes to College

    S4:E16

    Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.

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  18. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 17 - Allie and the Three Wolves
    5.9/10(83 votes)

    #17 - Allie and the Three Wolves

    S4:E17

    At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 18 - Louis in Love
    6.8/10(81 votes)

    #18 - Louis in Love

    S4:E18

    Kate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.

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  20. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 19 - Reruns
    6.8/10(88 votes)

    #19 - Reruns

    S4:E19

    Allie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 20 - Send Me No Flowers
    7.4/10(84 votes)

    #20 - Send Me No Flowers

    S4:E20

    The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 21 - Dearly Beloved
    6.9/10(80 votes)

    #21 - Dearly Beloved

    S4:E21

    To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.

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  23. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 22 - Allie on Strike
    6.5/10(84 votes)

    #22 - Allie on Strike

    S4:E22

    Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 23 - Kate Quits
    6.5/10(83 votes)

    #23 - Kate Quits

    S4:E23

    Emma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.

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  25. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 24 - Charles' Dinner
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    #24 - Charles' Dinner

    S4:E24

    Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 25 - Allie's Surprise Party
    7.1/10(81 votes)

    #25 - Allie's Surprise Party

    S4:E25

    Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Trouble With Jason" is the best rated episode of "Kate & Allie" season 4. It scored 6.2/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Bill Persky and written by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg, it aired on 9/22/1986. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Found Money".