Sherry Coben
Director
Kate & Allie (1984)
Season 4
Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
Released March 19, 1984
Episode 30 min
10+
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Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - The Trouble With Jason
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 showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.
Sept. 22, 1986, midnight
S4E2 - Found Money
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.
Sept. 29, 1986, midnight
S4E3 - The Bully
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.
Oct. 6, 1986, midnight
S4E4 - General Hospital
Kate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
Oct. 13, 1986, midnight
S4E5 - Rx for Love
His bedside manner's irresistible, so Kate's in love...
Oct. 20, 1986, midnight
S4E6 - Halloween II
The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
Oct. 27, 1986, midnight
S4E7 - Jennie and Jason
Jennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.
Nov. 3, 1986, midnight
S4E8 - Bringing Up Charles
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 either.
Nov. 10, 1986, midnight
S4E9 - Emma's Coming Out Party
Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
Nov. 24, 1986, midnight
S4E10 - Stage Mother
Jennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
Dec. 1, 1986, midnight
S4E11 - The Goodbye Girl
Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
Dec. 8, 1986, midnight
S4E12 - Dates of Future Past
While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
Dec. 15, 1986, midnight
S4E13 - Gift of the Magi
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 camera lens.
Jan. 5, 1987, midnight
S4E14 - Allie's Graduation
Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
Jan. 26, 1987, midnight
S4E15 - Upstairs, Downstairs
Jennie arranges a date for Emma.
Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
Feb. 2, 1987, midnight
S4E16 - Emma Goes to College
Emma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
Feb. 9, 1987, midnight
S4E17 - Allie and the Three Wolves
At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
Feb. 16, 1987, midnight
S4E18 - Louis in Love
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 him and he assumes she means herself.
Feb. 23, 1987, midnight
S4E19 - Reruns
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 Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""
March 2, 1987, midnight
S4E20 - Send Me No Flowers
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 speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.
March 16, 1987, midnight
S4E21 - Dearly Beloved
To dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery.
To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.
March 23, 1987, midnight
S4E22 - Allie on Strike
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.
April 6, 1987, midnight
S4E23 - Kate Quits
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 down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.
May 4, 1987, midnight
S4E24 - Charles' Dinner
Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
May 11, 1987, midnight
S4E25 - Allie's Surprise Party
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.
May 18, 1987, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 3660 min.
Released: March 19, 1984
Last Air Date: May 22, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 10+
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