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The Best Episodes of Newhart Season 4

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Newhart Season 4 Episode 15 - The Stratford Horror Picture Show
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    S4:E15

    The Loudons are spooked when the ghost of Sarah Newton (episode #2) returns to haunt the inn.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:David Mirkin

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  2. Newhart Season 4 Episode 1 - Pirate Pete
    8.1/10(102 votes)

    S4:E1

    Dick fills in on a kiddie TV program for its ailing host, Pirate Pete. Dick is appalled at Pete's commercialism and inadvertantly gets the programs cancelled. Dick tries his hardest to get Pete reinstated. Meanwhile, George plays a practical joke on Stephanie, adjusting her scale up two pounds.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Gary Belkin

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  3. Newhart Season 4 Episode 3 - Summa Cum Larry
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    S4:E3

    Dick covers for Larry when he enrolls in night school and doesn't want the Darryls to know he's improving himself. Joanna obsesses when a travel guide lowers the inn's rating.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writers:Arnie Kogen, Gary Jacobs

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  4. Newhart Season 4 Episode 5 - Candidate Larry
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    S4:E5

    Larry runs for Mayor.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Douglas Wyman

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  5. Newhart Season 4 Episode 23 - Replaceable You
    7.9/10(88 votes)

    S4:E23

    Secretary Alma amazes Dick, which she fills in as producer.

    Director:J.D. Lobue
    Writer:Miriam Trogdon

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  6. Newhart Season 4 Episode 24 - Pre-Nups
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    S4:E24

    The Loudons, George, Steph and Michael are invited to Vanderkellen mansion for Arthur's birthday. Art insists Michael sign a pre-nuptial agreement that he refuses to do. Stephanie fears Michael's only dating her for her money. Dick worries when he breaks a music box given to Arthur by Winston Churchill.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Arnie Kogen

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  7. Newhart Season 4 Episode 2 - The Way We Ought to Be
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    S4:E2

    Michael and Steph break up when Michael realizes he's tired of Stephanie's demanding ways. Dick has difficulties with the WPIV staff when they're slow to direct his show.

    Director:Ellen Gittelsohn
    Writer:Miriam Trogdon

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  8. Newhart Season 4 Episode 6 - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead
    7.8/10(89 votes)

    S4:E6

    Stephanie's father visits the inn with the news that he's left his wife. The town celebrates Colonial Days, an authentic recreation of colonial times.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Barton Dean

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  9. Newhart Season 4 Episode 13 - Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    S4:E13

    Larry dedicates his life to Dick when he believes Dick brought him back from the dead.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Lissa Levin

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  10. Newhart Season 4 Episode 10 - Still the Beavers
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    S4:E10

    Dick convinces George to quit the Beaver Lodge after the Beavers cheat George out of a prize rightfully his. George starts up a rival lodge to get back at the Beavers.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Katherine Green

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  11. Newhart Season 4 Episode 14 - Stephanie Nightingale
    7.7/10(88 votes)

    S4:E14

    Stephanie must care for the hotel staff and guests when a measels epidemic sweeps the inn.

    Director:Ellen Gittelsohn
    Writer:Shelley Zellman

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  12. Newhart Season 4 Episode 17 - The Snowmen Cometh
    7.7/10(90 votes)

    S4:E17

    The town panics when it appears the annual Snow Carnival will be cancelled due to a lack of snow. Larry, Darryl & Darryl request $2,000 to make it snow.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Arnie Kogen

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  13. Newhart Season 4 Episode 18 - Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up?
    7.7/10(84 votes)

    S4:E18

    Dick is thrilled when a production company expresses interest in making 'How to be a Plumber' into a video. His elation quickly dissipates when the producers decide to recast 'Dick Loudon' because of Dick's shifty eyes and stammer.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  14. Newhart Season 4 Episode 21 - Torn Between Three Brothers
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    S4:E21

    A jilted fiancee staying at the inn gets a job at the Minuteman cafe. She unwittingly encourages the affections of both Darryls but rejects them for the more vocal Larry. George organizes a citywide campaign when Michael pulls Barnaby Jones off the air in favor of The Secret Lives of Platinum Gold Dancers.

    Director:Dolores Ferraro
    Writer:David Mirkin

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  15. Newhart Season 4 Episode 22 - Baby, I'm Your Handyman
    7.6/10(93 votes)

    S4:E22

    George worries that a new girlfriend, actress Loretta Dupris is only dating him to make use of his handyman skills. TV Producer J.J. buys a Victorian mansion and plans to bulldoze it to erect a space needle.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Phoef Sutton

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  16. Newhart Season 4 Episode 7 - The Geezers in the Band
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    S4:E7

    When Dick's old college jazz band reunites at the inn, he finds that expectations often excede reality.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:David Mirkin

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  17. Newhart Season 4 Episode 20 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter
    7.5/10(100 votes)

    S4:E20

    On a lark, Dick submits his newest book to his publisher under the pseudonym he used when he first started writing, Dwight Schmidlapp, only to find it rejected. Dick sinks into a funk when he realizes he's 'coasting' in his writing career.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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  18. Newhart Season 4 Episode 9 - Write to Privacy
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S4:E9

    Joanna and Steph are furious with Michael after they peek at his diary and find out what he really thinks of them.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Susan Beavers

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  19. Newhart Season 4 Episode 16 - I Do, Okay
    7.4/10(92 votes)

    S4:E16

    Joanna and a decidedly unenthusiastic Dick decide to renew their wedding vows to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

    Director:Ellen Gittelsohn
    Writer:Douglas Wyman

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  20. Newhart Season 4 Episode 4 - Oh, That Morocco
    7.2/10(98 votes)

    S4:E4

    A lonely Joanna becomes best friends with Stephanie who insists on a group vacation to lovely Morocco.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Barton Dean

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  21. Newhart Season 4 Episode 8 - The Shape of Things
    7.1/10(92 votes)

    S4:E8

    Stephanie and Joanna open an aerobics club. Problems present themselves when Stephanie appoints herself as the manager and relegates Joanna to custodial duties.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:John Steven Owen

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  22. Newhart Season 4 Episode 12 - Look Ma, No Talent
    7.1/10(79 votes)

    S4:E12

    Michael begins shirking his duties and risks his job when he tries to find a talent to impress his mother.

    Director:Ellen Gittelsohn
    Writer:Dan Wilcox

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  23. Newhart Season 4 Episode 19 - He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin
    6.9/10(90 votes)

    S4:E19

    George meets his only living relative, Cousin Eugene.

    Director:John Pasquin
    Writer:Barton Dean

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  24. Newhart Season 4 Episode 11 - Much Ado About Mitch
    6.8/10(91 votes)

    S4:E11

    George joins a Big Brother program and is dismayed when his young protege Mitch is awestruck by Dick's fast paced lifestyle. Michael and Stephanie use a Oujia board.

    Director:Dick Martin
    Writer:Janet Leahy

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Stratford Horror Picture Show" is the best rated episode of Newhart season 4. It scored 8.3/10 from 116 votes. Directed by John Pasquin and written by David Mirkin, it aired on February 3, 1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pirate Pete".