Episode guide
Kate & Allie: Season 4
25 episodes · premiered Sep 22, 1986
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- Episode 1: The Trouble With Jason Sep 22, 1986 · 30m Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he…
- Episode 2: Found Money Sep 29, 1986 · 30m Kate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.
- Episode 3: The Bully Oct 6, 1986 · 30m Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.
- Episode 4: General Hospital Oct 13, 1986 · 30m Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
- Episode 5: Rx for Love Oct 20, 1986 · 30m His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...
- Episode 6: Halloween II Oct 27, 1986 · 30m The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
- Episode 7: Jennie and Jason Nov 3, 1986 · 30m Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.
- Episode 8: Bringing Up Charles Nov 10, 1986 · 30m Allie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him…
- Episode 9: Emma's Coming Out Party Nov 24, 1986 · 30m Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
- Episode 10: Stage Mother Dec 1, 1986 · 30m Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
- Episode 11: The Goodbye Girl Dec 8, 1986 · 30m Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
- Episode 12: Dates of Future Past Dec 15, 1986 · 30m While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
- Episode 13: Gift of the Magi Jan 5, 1987 · 30m Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a…
- Episode 14: Allie's Graduation Jan 26, 1987 · 30m Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
- Episode 15: Upstairs, Downstairs Feb 2, 1987 · 30m Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
- Episode 16: Emma Goes to College Feb 9, 1987 · 30m Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
- Episode 17: Allie and the Three Wolves Feb 16, 1987 · 30m At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
- Episode 18: Louis in Love Feb 23, 1987 · 30m Kate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes…
- Episode 19: Reruns Mar 2, 1987 · 30m Allie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and…
- Episode 20: Send Me No Flowers Mar 16, 1987 · 30m The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to…
- Episode 21: Dearly Beloved Mar 23, 1987 · 30m To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.
- Episode 22: Allie on Strike Apr 6, 1987 · 30m Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
- Episode 23: Kate Quits May 4, 1987 · 30m Emma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns…
- Episode 24: Charles' Dinner May 11, 1987 · 30m Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
- Episode 25: Allie's Surprise Party May 18, 1987 · 30m Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.