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The Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 4

Every episode of Only When I Laugh Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 4!

The Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 4

Only When I Laugh is an ITV1 sitcom broadcast from 29 October 1979 to 16 December 1982 for four series with seven episodes each, and...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 1 - Blood Brothers
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Blood Brothers

    S4:E1

    Thorpe believes that Glover needs a blood transfusion and Figgis is the same blood group but Glover, being a snob, is not happy to be the recipient, especially when he hears that Figgis has received a transfusion himself from a West Indian.

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  2. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 2 - Conduct Unbecoming
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Conduct Unbecoming

    S4:E2

    Thorpe becomes an unlikely sex object when nymphomaniac patient Fiona demands they run off together and has written a complaint letter to the hospital board, whose chairman is her father, unless he agrees to her demand.

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  3. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 3 - All in the Mind
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    #3 - All in the Mind

    S4:E3

    Having borrowed a book on psychology, Figgis takes it upon himself to analyse his fellow patients, alleging that Glover has a persecution complex and Norman is sexually repressed.

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  4. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 4 - In Sickness and in Health
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #4 - In Sickness and in Health

    S4:E4

    A most reluctant Norman is to marry the dull and plain Deirdre, rather than Jenny. Glover decides to flatter Deirdre in order that she might blossom but rather overdoes it so that she transforms into a glamorous, confident woman with no need for Norman.

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  5. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 5 - Escape
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #5 - Escape

    S4:E5

    Glover is charmed by new admission Harry Bridgewater - until it transpires that he is a prisoner who has come in for an operation with a guard in attendance. Having tried to pass himself off as a hardened criminal, Bridgewater has to admit he is merely a getaway driver but asks the patients to cover for him whilst he escapes – for a night – to be intimate with his wife. They agree and persuade Thorpe to assist them but will the convict really return?

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  6. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 6 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
    6.2/10(26 votes)

    #6 - When Did You Last See Your Father?

    S4:E6

    An elderly drunk named Charlie arrives, claiming to be looking for his son, from whom he has long been estranged. The assumption is that his son is Norman, though it turns out to be Glover, who, after initial disgust, starts to warm to the old boy, especially when Charlie promises to lay off the sauce.

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  8. Only When I Laugh Season 4 Episode 7 - The Reunion
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #7 - The Reunion

    S4:E7

    The patients are discharged on the same day – somewhat reluctantly given their lengths of stay – and decide to have a reunion the same evening in a restaurant. By chance, Thorpe is there with Hilary, who is emphatically not his wife, and when Thorpe goes to make a phone call, Glover, seeing her alone, moves in and succeeds in going home with her.

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Blood Brothers" is the best rated episode of "Only When I Laugh" season 4. It scored 7.1/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Vernon Lawrence and written by Eric Chappell, it aired on 11/4/1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Conduct Unbecoming".