Season 4

1. Four Naked Women

After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.

1993-09-20 • 30 min

2. One Down, Three to Go

Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.

1993-09-27 • 30 min

3. One Hot Game

Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.

1993-10-04 • 30 min

4. Witness for the Prosecution

Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.

1993-10-11 • 30 min

5. Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman

Herman has some bad news for the returning Margaret (who has some for him in return). Herman confesses that he cheated on Margaret by kissing the ice cream woman—but only after Margaret confesses to kissing a man during her trip to Greece.

1993-10-18 • 30 min

6. Night of the Living Newtons

Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.

1993-10-25 • 30 min

7. The Dance

Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.

1993-11-01 • 30 min

8. Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure

With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.

1993-11-08 • 30 min

9. Small Town Girl

A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.

1993-11-15 • 30 min

10. Where There's Smoke

Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.

1993-11-22 • 30 min

11. Chain of Fools

A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.

1993-11-29 • 30 min

12. Sleepless in Arkansas

Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.

1993-12-13 • 30 min

13. The Proof is in the Pudding

Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.

1993-12-20 • 30 min

14. The People's Choice

Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.

1994-01-03 • 30 min

15. Educating Calvin

When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.

1994-01-10 • 30 min

16. Paint the Town Nude

Merleen finds her calling by painting nudes--starting with husband Harlan.

1994-01-17 • 30 min

17. The Perfect Woman

The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.

1994-01-31 • 30 min

18. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood

Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.

1994-02-07 • 30 min

19. The Fabulous Frazier Girls

Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.

1994-02-28 • 30 min

20. I Did, I Did

On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.

1994-03-07 • 30 min

21. Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs

The town is bankrupt and it's up to Mayor Wood to fix the problem; and he starts by attending a mayors conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

1994-03-14 • 30 min

22. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?

Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.

1994-03-28 • 30 min

23. Wood Climbs to New Heights

A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.

1994-04-11 • 30 min

24. Mama Knows Best

Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.

1994-05-09 • 30 min

25. The Odder Couple

To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.

1994-05-16 • 30 min

26. I Left My Ring in Evening Shade

Nub becomes a chimney sweep. Meanwhile, Frieda's ex-husband returns with an unusual proposal: he wants to get married again, and wants Frieda to return his grandmother's ring so he can give it to his new spouse.

1994-05-23 • 30 min