Grounded for Life (season 4)

Grounded for Life: Season Four

Region 1 DVD cover
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 28
Broadcast
Original channel WB
Original run 5 September 2003 – 7 May 2004
Home video release
DVD release date 7 November 2006
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Grounded for Life: Season Four aired on WB between 5 September 2003 and 7 May 2004. It is the show's first full season on the WB as it was switched from Fox TV during the previous season. It consists of 28 episodes. WB originally ordered 22 episodes for season four, but six episodes from season three had not been aired, but WB included them along with season four. On 7 November 2006, Anchor Bay Entertainment released the complete fourth season of 28 episodes, uncut on a 4-disc set.

This is Jake Burbage's final season as Henry Finnerty.

Notable guest stars in season four include: Adam Brody, Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Kevin McDonald, Brian McFayden, Scott Thompson, Elizabeth Berridge and Mila Kunis.

Contents

Cast and characters

Main cast

Guest cast

Episodes

# # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code
51 1 "Your Father Should Know - Part 1" John Blanchard Jill Condon & Amy Toomin Straus September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) 310

Sean seems to be annoyed by every move Dan O'Keefe makes. Claudia says the real problem is Sean's unhappiness about Brad and Lily. Claudia's peacemaking attempts to blow up in her face.

Title Reference: "Your Mother Should Know" by The Beatles 
52 2 "Your Father Should Know - Part 2" John Blanchard Jeff Astrof & Mike Sikowitz September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) 402

Sean seems to be annoyed by every move Dan O'Keefe makes. Claudia says the real problem is Sean's unhappiness about Brad and Lily. Claudia's peacemaking attempts to blow up in her face.

Title Reference: "Your Mother Should Know" by The Beatles 
53 3 "All the Young Nudes" John Blanchard Brad Copeland September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) 307

When Sean and Eddie decide to hire strippers at the bar, business booms. Sean loves it, until he starts to see the strippers as people and not objects.

Title Reference: "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoople 
54 4 "I Right the Wrongs" John Blanchard David Goetsch & Jason Venokur September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19) 308

When Brad gets bullied, Sean and Eddie get revenge, which results in the bully getting kicked of the basketball team. The rest of the school blames Brad, which forces Lily to announce their relationship.

Title Reference: "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow 
55 5 "I Just Paid to Say I Love You" John Blanchard Jeff Astrof & Mike Sokowitz September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26) 401

Things go wrong at every turn when Brad tries to take Lily out on a special, romantic date. Meanwhile, Eddie breaks a window in the Finnerty sewing room but refuses to take responsibility. And when Henry cathes his parents in a giant lie, they try to buy him off with a cat.

Title Reference: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder 
56 6 "S.A.T. and Sympathy (S.A.T Out of Hell)" John Blanchard Aron Abrams October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) 311

Henry forces Sean to invite a homeless man into their home, and Lily announces that college isn't for her.

Title Reference: "Tea and Sympathy" by Janis Ian, "Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf 
57 7 "Pay You back with Interest" John Blanchard Bill Martin & Mike Schiff October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10) 403

Money's tight at the Finnerty household - too tight to pay for Lily to get a tattoo removed. Claudia thinks there's enough for her college tuition, but her check bounces. Maybe that has something to do with a loan Sean gave Eddie.

Title Reference: "Pay You Back with Interest" by The Hollies 
58 8 "Ticket to Ride" John Blanchard Amy Toomin Straus & Jill Condon October 31, 2003 (2003-10-31) 404

When it appears that Lily drove home drunk from a party, Sean decided to sell her car. Then Eddie turns the Finnerty front yard into a used car lot.

Title Reference: "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles 
59 9 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" John Blanchard Erica Rivinoja November 7, 2003 (2003-11-07) 406

Jimmy's in the throes of puberty, and Sean decides it's time for "the talk". Meanwhile, when Brad sees Claudia naked and Can't stop grinning about it, Lily knows that drastic measures are in order.

Title Reference: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana 
60 10 "Baby Come Back" John Blanchard Ned Goldreyer November 14, 2003 (2003-11-14) 312

Claudia storms out of the house after Sean questions her intentions when a photographer takes pictures of her.

Title Reference: "Baby Come Back" by Player 
61 11 "Been Caught Stealing" John Putch Erica Rivinoja November 21, 2003 (2003-11-21) 313

Sean and Eddie have a blow up after the bar is robbed.

Title Reference: "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction 
62 12 "(She's Got) Kegs" Richard Boden Steve Armogita & Jim Armogita January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09) 408

Eddie hires a bouncer for the Red Boot, but it soon becomes clear that he's really Eddie's bodyguard. Meanwhile, Claudia, who finds studying at home impossible, is constantly trying to recruit a babysitter.

Title Reference: "Legs" ZZ Top 
63 13 "My Ex-Boyfriend's Back" Keith Truesdell Ned Goldreyer January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16) 412

Lily and Brad run into Dean and his new girlfriend, and it's painfully awkward. Meanwhile, Eddie tries his hand at stand-up comedy using Sean's and Claudia's lives for his material.

Title Reference: "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels 
64 14 "Communication Breakdown" John Blanchard Bill Martin & Mike Schiff January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23) 411

Sean proves to be hopless at taking phine messages. Meanwhile, Jimmy takes a "967" call, than Lily racks up the cell phone minutes chatting with Brad at his grandfather's Florida.

Title Reference: "Communication Breakdown" by Led Zeppelin 
65 15 "All Apologies" John Blanchard Jeff Astrof & Mike Sikowitz January 30, 2004 (2004-01-30) 407

Claudia bans Eddie permanently from the Finnerty house when it's revealed that he used their living room as a set for a porn movie. Meanwhile, Jimmy's confused when a girl at school starts beating up on him

Title Reference: "All Apologies" by Nirvana 
66 16 "I Think We're Alone Now" John Blanchard Erica Rivinoja February 6, 2004 (2004-02-06) 410

Sean and Claudia just wants ninety minutes alone at home to get a couples massage, and they hope Eddie will help them make that happen. Meanwhile, Brad and Lily go to their first big dance as a couple but are back home much sooner than expected.

Title Reference: "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James 
67 17 "Can't Get Next to You" John Putch Chris Kelly February 13, 2003 (2003-02-13) 409

When the kids are made to sign an abstinence pledge at school, Sean terrifies Brad with threats of hell and damnation if he breaks the pledge.

Title Reference: "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations 
68 18 "Racketman" John Blanchard Dave Tennant February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) 413

Sean's in hot water when he accidentally reveals that Dan O'Keefe's been having an affair.

Title Reference: "Rocket Man" by Elton John 
69 19 "Me and Mrs. O" John Blanchard Jill Condon & Amy Toomin Straus February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20) 414

Brad's depressed that his parents have separated, so Lily throws him a birthday party to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Sean's astonished when he sees Eddie and Brad's making out in Eddie's car.

Title Reference: "Me & Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul 
70 20 "Tombstone Blues" John Blanchard Chris Kelly February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27) 417

Walt's in trouble with Claudia when she learns that he buried his cat in her place in the family plot.

Title Reference: "Tombstone Blues" by Bob Dylan 
71 21 "Pictures of Willy" John Blanchard Ned Goldreyer February 27, 2004 (2004-02-27) 419

An ex-girlfriend comes back into Eddie's life threatening to jeopardize his new relationship with Hope. Meanwhile, Jimmy starts to date a deaf girl.

Title Reference: "Pictures of Lily" by The Who 
72 22 "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City" John Blanchard Jim Armogita & Steve Armogita March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05) 416

It's St. Patrick's Day, and it's Sean and Eddie's last chance to make the Red Boot Pub a money-making venture.

Title Reference: "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City" by Bruce Springsteen 
73 23 "Beat on the Brat" Sean Lambert Ned Goldreyer March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19) 405

Sean gets branded as a bad parent when he tries to deal with Henry's obnoxious friend. Meanwhile, Lily's bored bu Brad's friends but finds it best to let him keep them.

Title Reference: "Beat on the Brat" by The Ramones 
74 24 "The Cheat Is On" John Blanchard Erica Rivinoja March 26, 2004 (2004-03-26) 418

Claudia's shocked when she gets an F in English, because, her professor says, her paper was plagiarized. Meanwhile, Eddie tries to give Jimmy some advice on dating.

Title Reference: "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey 
75 25 "You're So Vain" John Blanchard Jeffrey Astrof & Mike Sikowitz April 16, 2004 (2004-04-16) 415

When Claudis's dad comes for a visit and says he going to have surgery, Sean thinks he's scamming. Meanwhile, Eddie's facing an IRS audit, and Jimmy's fixing up a new room for himself in the attic.

Title Reference: "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon 
76 26 "Pressure Drop" John Blanchard Eric Kentoff April 23, 2004 (2004-04-23) 420

When Sean's diagnosed with hypertension, Claudia takes on all the family's problems alone in an effort to help Sean stay calm.

Title Reference: "Pressure Drop" by Toots & the Maytals 
77 27 "Get a Job" John Blanchard Steve Armogita & Jim Armogita April 30, 2004 (2004-04-30) 422

When Eddie offers Walt a job at the bar, Sean isn't sure it's a good idea. Meanwhile, Brad's working such long hours at the supermarket the Lily never gets to see him.

Title Reference: "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes 
78 28 "Space Camp Oddity" John Blanchard Chris Kelly May 7, 2004 (2004-05-07) 421

In the season finale, when Brad talks about his space camp girlfriend Lana, Lily thinks she's someone Brad made up. Meanwhile, Jimmy finds an intriguing inscription in his yearbook. Then Eddie's girlfriend Hope is furious with Claudia when she betrays a confidence.

Title Reference: "Space Oddity" by David Bowie 

DVD release

Season Four
Set Details[1] Special Features
  • Brand-New Audio Commentaries
  • Letters from the Creators
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
7 November 2006

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