The Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 4

Ben Vereen plays Will's long-lost father, who breezes into town and promises Will the moon, which angers an unforgiving Philip.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: David Zuckerman, Bill Boulware

When Phillip sues Will and Carlton for unpaid rent, two different versions of the dispute are aired - neither entirely truthful.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Bill Boulware

Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky

Will returns to the City of Brotherly Love and discovers he's the butt of old friends' jokes, prompting him to go into training to settle an old score and clear his reputation as a chicken.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky, Maiya Williams

Registration day finds Will signing up for no-brainer classes, plus one that might truly challenge him - a philosophy course he takes to meet a girl.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Maiya Williams

After Will's friends guys rib Carlton about being a virgin, Miss Right appears and sweeps Carlton off his feet. Elsewhere, Geoffrey confesses a secret of his own.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: David Zuckerman

A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.

Director: Chuck Vinson

Writer: Devon Shepard

It's double trouble for Will when Philip's old flame visits with her daughter, who's attracted to Will.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Gary H. Miller

Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Gary H. Miller

Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik

A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: K. Snyder, Devon Shepard

Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky

Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Maiya Williams

A Valentine's double date finds Will treating Ashley like a kid and Ashley demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

Director: Maynard C. Virgil I

Writer: N/A

Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Gary H. Miller

Stuck with caring for Nicky for the day, Will soon discovers the benefits of baby-sitting: he's suddenly a big man on campus with the women so long as he poses as a single dad.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon

Vivian promises god-motherhood of her child to both of her sisters, while Will hatches a harebrained scheme to get Boyz II Men to perform at baby Nicky's christening.

Director: Eddie Gorodetsky

Writer: Samm-Art Williams

Will finds himself stranded in a mountain forest with his new girlfriend's disagreeable father after they parachute out of his disabled plane.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Devon Shepard

On academic probation, Will schemes to improve his grades by fixing up a newly divorced English professor with Hilary, who soon finds fault with the man, further jeopardizing Will's academic future.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: David Zuckerman

Carlton in charge. Will gets his feathers ruffled when his cousin becomes his boss at the Peacock Stop.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik

Jazz's bride has a couple of teensy character flaws: She's a convict. And she puts the moves on Will.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Arnold Rudnick, Rich Hosek

Will uses booze to prove his manliness while competing with a hulking football hero who wants to score points with Jackie, and his fraternity brothers leave drunken Will in a cemetery, where he is haunted. Meanwhile, Ashley learns that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Bill Boulware

Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: Michael Soccio

Bird is the word when Carlton, ULA's peacock mascot, is kidnapped by a rival school before the big game.

Director: Shelley Jensen

Writer: David Zuckerman, Bill Boulware

Say, homie, could you do me a favor? Just-married Jazz makes a surprising request of Will.

Director: Madeline Cripe

Writer: Leslie Ray, David Steven Simon