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The Best Episodes of The Hogan Family Season 4

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 1 - Animal House
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Animal House

    S4:E1

    College freshmen David, Rich and Burt have been feeling a little left out of the college social scene and decide to spark some attention by stealing a rival school's mascot, a wolverine, but when the fierce creature gets loose, it's every Hogan for himself. Meanwhile, Mark and Willie enroll Sandy in a computer dating service and she discovers this just as her date knocks on the front door.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 2 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    S4:E2

    After David fools the twins with a bald-faced lie, they turn the tables on the ""master of practical jokes"" by convincing him that his hair is falling out. Meanwhile, Michael chokes under the pressure of retaking his driver's test.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 3 - Dad's First Date
    6.7/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Dad's First Date

    S4:E3

    A nervous Michael dives into the dating pool bu doesn't make much of a splash, while David will stop at nothing to avoid immersing himself in an English assignment.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 4 - Foiled Again
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #4 - Foiled Again

    S4:E4

    David has a crisis of conscience when he's attracted to the coed that best friend Burt has his eye on, but he's caught off guard when Burt throws down the gauntlet.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 5 - Save Baby Mark
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #5 - Save Baby Mark

    S4:E5

    David lights a fire under his brothers to get them to help sweep out the chimney, but Mark does a slow burn when he gets wedged inside the fireplace.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 6 - Saturday Night Feverish
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Saturday Night Feverish

    S4:E6

    Mark worries that he and his two left feet will trip over the light fantastic when Willie tells a girl that Mark likes, that Mark is a great dancer.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 7 - Tobacco Road
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Tobacco Road

    S4:E7

    Sandy tries to teach Willie a lesson about cigarettes, but her efforts go up in smoke when she returns to smoking herself.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 8 - The Big Sleep
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #8 - The Big Sleep

    S4:E8

    It's a dream come true for psychology student David when Sandy, ""Queen of the All-Nighters,"" agrees to be the guinea pig for his sleep deprivation experiment.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 9 - Secretarial Poole
    7.8/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Secretarial Poole

    S4:E9

    Sandy thinks she's hired ""Robo-Secretary"" after Mrs. Poole whips the entire school into tiptop shape. Meanwhile, Michael fends off the advances of an admirer.

    Director:Jason Bateman
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 10 - Strangers On a Train
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Strangers On a Train

    S4:E10

    Willie is stirred by first-hand accounts of apartheid from Sandy's South African professor, so he and Mark embark on an el-train ride to a candlelight vigil.

    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 11 - The Naked Truth
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #11 - The Naked Truth

    S4:E11

    Mark and Willie are barely able to contain themselves when they spot a nude portrait of Sandy hanging in an art gallery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 12 - Rebel with a Cause
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Rebel with a Cause

    S4:E12

    Tired of being ""dull and predictable,"" Mark turns into a mini-James Dean, but his cool attitude only gets his family and friends hot under the collar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 13 - Boy Meets Girl (1)
    8.7/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Boy Meets Girl (1)

    S4:E13

    David and a pretty student get off on the wrong foot, and they continue to bicker when they're fixed up on a blind date that could wind up opening their eyes to romance after all.

    Director:Kent Bateman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 14 - Boy Loses Girl (2)
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Boy Loses Girl (2)

    S4:E14

    Love-struck David's girlfriend, Sara, receives a great job offer in Australia, so David decides to take the plunge and propose marriage, but Sandy and Michael think he's all wet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 15 - Viva Las Vegas
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Viva Las Vegas

    S4:E15

    David, Burt and Rich wager they'll have a wild weekend in Las Vegas, but they don't bet on ending up in jail. Meanwhile, Mrs. Poole displays some unusual talents.

    Director:Lee Shallat Chemel
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 16 - Double Date
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Double Date

    S4:E16

    Sandy and Michael endure twice the torture on a ""double date"" with the perfect prospective mates, while David decides to spend the evening bonding with his brothers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 17 - The Long Goodbye
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #17 - The Long Goodbye

    S4:E17

    David chafes under the Hogan house rules, so he moves into an apartment with Burt and Rich, who make Felix and Oscar seem like ideal roommates.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 18 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad

    S4:E18

    The numbers 4 and 0 add up to a midlife crisis for Michael, and Sandy only multiplies his distress when she throws him a surprise birthday party.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 19 - Slapshot
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Slapshot

    S4:E19

    David puts himself in the penalty box over his guilt about injuring an opponent in a hockey game, and Mark threatens to body-check Willie for not paying a debt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 20 - Private Lessons
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Private Lessons

    S4:E20

    Willie wants to teach Mark a lesson in brotherly love when Willie's girlfriend decides she likes her tutor Mark better.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Hogan Family Season 4 Episode 21 - Coming to America
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Coming to America

    S4:E21

    It's amore at first sight for David when Sandy's friend arrives from Italy to stay with the Hogans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Animal House" is the best rated episode of "The Hogan Family" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Rich Correll and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1988. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow".