4x2 - One Down, Three to Go

September 27, 1993

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

4x3 - One Hot Game

October 4, 1993

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.

4x4 - Witness for the Prosecution

October 11, 1993

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

4x5 - Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman

October 18, 1993

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.

4x6 - Night of the Living Newtons

October 25, 1993

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

4x7 - The Dance

November 1, 1993

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

4x8 - Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure

November 8, 1993

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

4x9 - Small Town Girl

November 15, 1993

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

4x10 - Where There's Smoke

November 22, 1993

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

4x11 - Chain of Fools

November 29, 1993

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

4x12 - Sleepless in Arkansas

December 13, 1993

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

4x13 - The Proof is in the Pudding

December 20, 1993

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

4x14 - The People's Choice

January 3, 1994

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

4x15 - Educating Calvin

January 10, 1994

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

4x16 - Paint the Town Nude

January 17, 1994

4x17 - The Perfect Woman

January 31, 1994

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

4x18 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood

February 7, 1994

Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit million.

4x19 - The Fabulous Frazier Girls

February 28, 1994

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

4x20 - I Did, I Did

March 7, 1994

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

4x21 - Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs

March 14, 1994

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.

4x22 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?

March 28, 1994

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

4x23 - Wood Climbs to New Heights

April 11, 1994

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

4x24 - Mama Knows Best

May 9, 1994

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

4x25 - The Odder Couple

May 16, 1994

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

4x26 - I Left My Ring in Evening Shade

May 23, 1994

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.