8.1/1098 votes#1 - Pirate Pete
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1985
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: N/A
- 7.8/1097 votes
#2 - The Way We Ought to Be
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1985
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10101 votes
#3 - Summa Cum Larry
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1985
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
Writer: Arnie Kogen
- 7.3/1094 votes
#4 - Oh, That Morocco
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1985
A lonely Joanna becomes best friends with Stephanie who insists on a group vacation to lovely Morocco.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1096 votes
#5 - Candidate Larry
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1985
Larry runs for Mayor.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1090 votes
#6 - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1985
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: N/A
7.5/1087 votes#7 - The Geezers in the Band
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1985
When Dick's old college jazz band reunites at the inn, he finds that expectations often excede reality.
Director: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
- 7.2/1090 votes
#8 - The Shape of Things
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1985
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: N/A
- 7.4/1098 votes
#9 - Write to Privacy
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1985
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
- 7.7/1080 votes
#10 - Still the Beavers
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/1985
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
- 6.8/1090 votes
#11 - Much Ado About Mitch
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1986
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
- 7.1/1080 votes
#12 - Look Ma, No Talent
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1986
Michael begins shirking his duties and risks his job when he tries to find a talent to impress his mother.
Director: Dan Wilcox
Writer: Dan Wilcox
- 7.9/1093 votes
#13 - Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1986
Larry dedicates his life to Dick when he believes Dick brought him back from the dead.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Lissa Levin
- 7.6/1083 votes
#14 - Stephanie Nightingale
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1986
Stephanie must care for the hotel staff and guests when a measels epidemic sweeps the inn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10110 votes
#15 - The Stratford Horror Picture Show
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1986
The Loudons are spooked when the ghost of Sarah Newton (episode #2) returns to haunt the inn.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: David Mirkin
- 7.5/1092 votes
#16 - I Do, Okay
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1986
Joanna and a decidedly unenthusiastic Dick decide to renew their wedding vows to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1088 votes
#17 - The Snowmen Cometh
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1986
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
- 7.8/1086 votes
#18 - Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up?
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1986
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
- 7.0/1088 votes
#19 - He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1986
George meets his only living relative, Cousin Eugene.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1097 votes
#20 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1986
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
- 7.6/1097 votes
#21 - Torn Between Three Brothers
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1986
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: N/A
Writer: David Mirkin
- 7.5/1091 votes
#22 - Baby, I'm Your Handyman
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1986
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
- 7.9/1086 votes
#23 - Replaceable You
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/14/1986
Secretary Alma amazes Dick, which she fills in as producer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1091 votes
#24 - Pre-Nups
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/12/1986
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
The Best Episodes of Newhart Season 4
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Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to...
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Pirate Pete" is the best rated episode of "Newhart" season 4. It scored 8.1/10 based on 98 votes. Directed by Peter Baldwin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1985. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Way We Ought to Be".