The Hogan Family
The Hogan Family: Season 4

Air Date

October 3, 1988

Episodes

21 episodes

The Hogan Family

Season 4

Episodes

1. Animal House

October 3, 1988
30 min

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.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

2. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

October 10, 1988
30 min

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.

3. Dad's First Date

October 17, 1988
30 min

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.

4. Foiled Again

November 14, 1988
30 min

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.

5. Save Baby Mark

November 21, 1988
30 min

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.

6. Saturday Night Feverish

November 28, 1988
30 min

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.

7. Tobacco Road

December 5, 1988
30 min

Sandy tries to teach Willie a lesson about cigarettes, but her efforts go up in smoke when she returns to smoking herself.

The Big Sleep

8. The Big Sleep

December 12, 1988
30 min

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.

9. Secretarial Poole

January 9, 1989
30 min

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.

10. Strangers On a Train

January 16, 1989
30 min

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.

11. The Naked Truth

January 23, 1989
30 min

Mark and Willie are barely able to contain themselves when they spot a nude portrait of Sandy hanging in an art gallery.

12. Rebel with a Cause

February 13, 1989
30 min

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.

Boy Meets Girl (1)

13. Boy Meets Girl (1)

February 20, 1989
30 min

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.

Boy Loses Girl (2)

14. Boy Loses Girl (2)

February 27, 1989
30 min

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.

15. Viva Las Vegas

March 6, 1989
30 min

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.

16. Double Date

March 13, 1989
30 min

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.

17. The Long Goodbye

March 20, 1989
30 min

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.

18. Oh Dad, Poor Dad

March 27, 1989
30 min

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.

19. Slapshot

April 3, 1989
30 min

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.

20. Private Lessons

April 23, 1989
30 min

Willie wants to teach Mark a lesson in brotherly love when Willie's girlfriend decides she likes her tutor Mark better.

21. Coming to America

May 8, 1989
30 min

It's amore at first sight for David when Sandy's friend arrives from Italy to stay with the Hogans.