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!
The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Hogan Family" season 4 is "Animal House", rated 7.6/10 from 17 user votes. It was directed by Rich Correll and written by N/A. "Animal House" aired on 10/3/1988 and is rated 1.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow".
7.6/10 17 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
8.9/10 19 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
- 7.0/10 18 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
- 7.6/10 18 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
- 8.9/10 17 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
- 8.2/10 15 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
- 8.1/10 16 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
7.7/10 17 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
- 8.2/10 18 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
- 7.9/10 18 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
- 8.0/10 17 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
- 8.8/10 14 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
9.4/10 15 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
8.9/10 12 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
- 7.9/10 17 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
- 8.2/10 14 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
- 8.0/10 18 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
- 8.1/10 14 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
- 7.7/10 15 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
- 8.8/10 16 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
- 8.3/10 14 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