7.6/1017 votes#1 - Animal House
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1988
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: N/A
8.9/1019 votes#2 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1988
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1018 votes
#3 - Dad's First Date
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1988
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: N/A
- 7.6/1018 votes
#4 - Foiled Again
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1988
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: N/A
- 8.9/1017 votes
#5 - Save Baby Mark
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1988
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: N/A
- 8.2/1015 votes
#6 - Saturday Night Feverish
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1988
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: N/A
- 8.1/1016 votes
#7 - Tobacco Road
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1988
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: N/A
7.7/1017 votes#8 - The Big Sleep
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1988
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: N/A
- 8.2/1018 votes
#9 - Secretarial Poole
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1989
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: N/A
- 7.9/1018 votes
#10 - Strangers On a Train
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/1989
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: N/A
- 8.0/1017 votes
#11 - The Naked Truth
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/1989
Mark and Willie are barely able to contain themselves when they spot a nude portrait of Sandy hanging in an art gallery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1014 votes
#12 - Rebel with a Cause
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.4/1015 votes#13 - Boy Meets Girl (1)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1989
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: N/A
8.9/1012 votes#14 - Boy Loses Girl (2)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1017 votes
#15 - Viva Las Vegas
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/1989
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: N/A
- 8.2/1014 votes
#16 - Double Date
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1018 votes
#17 - The Long Goodbye
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1014 votes
#18 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/1989
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: N/A
- 7.7/1015 votes
#19 - Slapshot
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1016 votes
#20 - Private Lessons
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1989
Willie wants to teach Mark a lesson in brotherly love when Willie's girlfriend decides she likes her tutor Mark better.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1014 votes
#21 - Coming to America
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1989
It's amore at first sight for David when Sandy's friend arrives from Italy to stay with the Hogans.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Animal House" is the best rated episode of "The Hogan Family" season 4. It scored 7.6/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Rich Correll and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1988. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow".