7.4/10690 votes#1 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1993
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
7.6/10600 votes#2 - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1993
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
7.7/10691 votes#3 - All Guts, No Glory
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1993
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
7.4/10655 votes#4 - Father of the Year
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1993
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
7.7/10660 votes#5 - It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1993
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
8.0/10736 votes#6 - Will Goes a-Courtin'
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1993
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
7.6/10676 votes#7 - Hex and the Single Guy
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1993
Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein
7.7/10689 votes#8 - Blood is Thicker Than Mud
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1993
A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.
Director: Chuck Vinson
Writer: Devon Shepard
7.5/10678 votes#9 - Fresh Prince After Dark
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1993
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
7.9/10689 votes#10 - Home is Where the Heart Attack Is
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1993
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
7.4/10639 votes#11 - Take My Cousin... Please
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1993
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
7.2/10649 votes#12 - You've Got to Be a Football Hero
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1993
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
7.4/10662 votes#13 - 'Twas the Night Before Christening
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1993
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
7.5/10651 votes#14 - Sleepless in Bel-Air
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1994
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
7.3/10625 votes#15 - Who's the Boss
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1994
Carlton in charge. Will gets his feathers ruffled when his cousin becomes his boss at the Peacock Stop.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein
7.1/10617 votes#16 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/24/1994
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
7.3/10646 votes#17 - When You Hit Upon a Star
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1994
Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Michael Soccio
7.5/10653 votes#18 - Stop Will! In the Name of Love
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1994
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
7.6/10627 votes#19 - You'd Better Shop Around
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1994
A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: K. Snyder, Devon Shepard
7.3/10620 votes#20 - The Ol' Ball and Chain
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/1994
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
7.4/10654 votes#21 - The Harder They Fall
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1994
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
7.7/10666 votes#22 - M is for the Many Things She Gave Me
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1994
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
7.1/10614 votes#23 - Mother's Day
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1994
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
9.7/103,464 votes#24 - Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1994
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
6.6/10680 votes#25 - For Sale by Owner
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/16/1994
A stranger makes a generous offer for the Banks estate, which prompts the family to reminisce about their good times there.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Harrison Boyd
The Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 4
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Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:NBC
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" season 4. It scored 7.4/10 based on 690 votes. Directed by Shelley Jensen and written by Gary H. Miller, it aired on 9/20/1993. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)".