Boy Meets World Season 4 episodes
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This article is a list of summaries and information about episodes of Season 4 (1996-1997) of the TV series Boy Meets World.
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| Production Code | Episode # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 68 | "You Can Go Home Again" | September 20, 1996 |
| Nearing the end of last season's summer road trip, Cory agrees to a final pit stop— without realizing that Eric intends to make it a permanent one because he feels that there's nothing there for him back home. Meanwhile, winning a company award makes Alan consider whether or not he's really happy with his current employment as a supermarket manager. | |||
| 402 | 69 | "Hair Today, Goon Tomorrow" | September 27, 1996 |
| After Cory expresses his insecurity about his hair, Topanga cuts off six inches of her own hair, in an attempt to show him how meaningless outward appearance is compared with inner beauty. However, she soon realizes that even she can be self-conscious when she gets a glimpse of herself with her new 'do'. Meanwhile, Eric refuses to look for a job, and instead lazily stays home watching daytime TV— but what will he do when he gets a glimpse of the real world? | |||
| 403 | 70 | "I Ain't Gonna Spray Lettuce No More" | October 4, 1996 |
| Alan goes to demand a raise, but he instead quits his job as a supermarket manager— something that shocks all of the Matthews, including himself. His wife, Amy, becomes furious that he has made a decision that affects their entire family without talking to her about it first. And, a hysteric Cory enlists Shawn's help in an attempt to learn how to cope with poverty. | |||
| 404 | 71 | "Fishing For Virna" | October 11, 1996 |
| After having run away from her family over a year ago, Shawn's mother Virna is back. However, she won't actually return to her family until Shawn and Chet can prove that they're really willing to live like a family. Also, after learning from the Hunters that you don't truly appreciate someone until she's gone, Cory thinks of ways to inspire students to honor the late Brenda, a beloved and devoted cafeteria lady. | |||
| 405 | 72 | "Shallow Boy" | October 18, 1996 |
| When Eric offends Corinna, a perky but weird girl who writes strange lyrics, she composes a nasty song about him, and as a result Eric gains instant notoriety— or rather, infamy. Meanwhile, Topanga feuds with Cory because she fears that their differing viewpoints on child rearing could affect their long-term future. | |||
| 406 | 73 | "Janitor Dad" | October 25, 1996 |
| When Verna gives Chet an ultimatum to find work, he lands a job as the school janitor, to Shaun's humiliation. Meanwhile, Alan and Eric look for experienced help at the store, and answering their call is a mountain man who will do anything to make a sale. | |||
| 407 | 74 | "Singled Out" | November 1, 1996 |
| Eric has been having bad luck dating, so he says that he is attending Harvard so that he can appear on MTV's Singled Out. Meanwhile, Cory must undergo an operation, but when he listens to a rumor that Shawn tell him about, he begins to worry that he'll vanish from the operating room. | |||
| 408 | 75 | "Dangerous Secret" | November 8, 1996 |
| When Cory discovers that attractive Claire has been sleeping over at Shawn's place, he jumps to the obvious conclusion, especially when Shawn swears him to secrecy. But Cory learns that they have a much more serious, much more dangerous problem. | |||
| 409 | 76 | "Sixteen Candles And Four-Hundred-Pound Men" | November 15, 1996 |
| Frankie seeks Cory and Shawn's help to earn the love of his father, Vader when Vader wrestles Jake "The Snake" Roberts at a World Wrestling Federation house show. However, the match takes place the same day as Topanga's Sweet Sixteen— forcing the kid who "wants everyone to love him" to both help a friend and celebrate a girlfriend's birthday at the same time. | |||
| 410 | 77 | "Turkey Day" | November 22, 1996 |
| Cory and Shawn are given an assignment over the Thanksgiving weekend about the class differences that are the heart of the conflict in Rwanda, and are quick to assume that these same divisions, between the haves and the have-nots, don't exist in Philadelphia. But they learn better when their respective families don't show full enthusiasm in spending their Thanksgiving together. Meanshile, Frankie's younger brother Herman hears that the Matthews are coming to the trailer park, and he decides to try to sweetheart Cory's sister, Morgan. | |||
| 411 | 78 | "An Affair To Forget" | December 13, 1996 |
| Shawn is in shock when his girlfriend, Jennifer, dumps him. To try to help him, Cory starts badmouthing Jennifer to Shawn. But when Jennifer finds out about this, she agrees to make up with Shawn— as long as he and Cory end their friendship. | |||
| 412 | 79 | "Easy Street" | January 3, 1997 |
| Comedy veterans Buddy Hackett and Soupy Sales play two businessmen of a shady sort who hire Cory to run "errands" for them. Since it is just before Christmas, Cory decides he can use the money for his holiday shopping. However, Cory quits once he figures out that the two gents are part of "the mob." Shawn takes over, but Cory must persuade his pal to quit as well, before he gets in over his head - or hit over the head. (Touchstone press release.) | |||
| 413 | 80 | "B & B's B 'N' B" | January 10, 1997 |
| Shawn, in a crazy scheme to get his economics project done and make some real money at the same time, convinces Cory to turn Feeny's quaint home into a Bed & Breakfast while their unsuspecting teacher is out of town. Meanwhile, Eric and Feeny surprise each other when they bump into each other in Boston and start to develop a friendship. | |||
| 414 | 81 | "Wheels" | January 17, 1997 |
| Alan finds himself at a crossroads when Cory, armed with a new driver's license on his 16th birthday, would rather celebrate the event on a road trip with Shawn and Topanga instead of with him. | |||
| 415 | 82 | "Chick Like Me" | January 31, 1997 |
| The war between the sexes starts heating up at John Adams High when the boys realize that girls expect different things when out on a date. When it is suggested to Cory that his school newspaper column is a tad boring, Shawn gives him a story idea on dating and sexual harassment based on the book they're reading in Mr. Feeny's class: Black Like Me. After Cory emerges from the bathroom in full regalia, it is decided that Shawn would make a better girl: he's studied them much more carefully. Making his debut at school, Shawn, now Veronica Wasboyski, immediately gets asked out by Gary, one of the school's more well-known Lotharios. Shawn soon finds out what it's like to push off a teen boy's advances. Meanwhile, Eric tries to teach mountain-reared Lonnie how to get along with city men. | |||
| 416 | 83 | "A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 1)" | February 7, 1997 |
| Eric accidentally discovers that Shawn and Topanga have a secret when he finds them behaving more than friendly at Chubbie's, and he tells Cory about it. Unfortunately, they only know half the truth— and tensions rise between friends and family as Cory tries to find out the real reason Shawn and Topanga are acting so strangely.... | |||
| 417 | 84 | "A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2)" | February 14, 1997 |
| Cory is taking Topanga's departure very hard, and is wavering between depression and anger. Fortunately for him, a surprise visitor comes to help him: Topanga is back! But, the couple will need to convince their friends and family that theirs is a true love if they want a shot of her staying in Philadelphia.... | |||
| 418 | 85 | "Uncle Daddy" | February 28, 1997 |
| When Eric learns that his new girlfriend Kelly has a son, he's confident he's mature enough to handle the responsibility - but too scared to tell his parents about it. Meanwhile, Cory and his friends prepare for the dreaded SAT's. | |||
| 419 | 86 | "Quiz Show" | March 21, 1997 |
| The producers of a dull but prestigious academic bowl sense a hit after Cory, Shawn and Topanga become star contestants by enlivening the show with their humor and pop culture knowledge. But Mr. Feeny concludes that today's modern world puts entertainment before education when the show's newfound popularity causes it to change its questions from brainy to brainless. | |||
| 420 | 87 | "Security Guy" | April 4, 1997 |
| Eric's schemes are bankrupting the store, but Alan is reluctant to fire him, so Amy does. Consequently, Eric decides to leave home and take a job as a security guard. However, Mr. Feeny knows that Eric's only looking for an easy way out, and tries to convince him to give the SAT and college another try. Meanwhile, Cory and Topanga try to get Shawn to join Mr. Feeny's SAT preparation class. | |||
| 421 | 88 | "Cult Fiction" | April 25, 1997 |
| When a lonely Shawn starts hanging around with a new group of people whom he defensively describes as "not a cult," Jonathan Turner tries to stop him before it's too late— but Shawn doesn't want his help because he doesn't believe Mr. Turner really cares about him. | |||
| 422 | 89 | "Learning to Fly" | May 2, 1997 |
| Eric invites Cory and his friends to come with him to a potential college. However, Topanga isn't coming, a disappointment which leaves him vulnerable- to a coed named Mary Beth. Meanwhile, Eric's doubt that any real college will accept him leads him to consider staying at a surfer school. Will they be able to "walk away from a sure thing?" Or will they throw away everything they've worked hard to keep? | |||
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