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

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.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Guest cast

Episodes

# # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code
511"Your Father Should Know - Part 1"John BlanchardJill Condon & Amy Toomin StrausSeptember 5, 2003310

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
522"Your Father Should Know - Part 2"John BlanchardJeff Astrof & Mike SikowitzSeptember 5, 2003402

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
533"All the Young Nudes"John BlanchardBrad CopelandSeptember 12, 2003307

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
544"I Right the Wrongs"John BlanchardDavid Goetsch & Jason VenokurSeptember 19, 2003308

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
555"I Just Paid to Say I Love You"John BlanchardJeff Astrof & Mike SokowitzSeptember 26, 2003401

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. When Henry catches 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
566"S.A.T. and Sympathy (S.A.T Out of Hell)"John BlanchardAron AbramsOctober 3, 2003311

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
577"Pay You back with Interest"John BlanchardBill Martin & Mike SchiffOctober 10, 2003403

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
588"Ticket to Ride"John BlanchardAmy Toomin Straus & Jill CondonOctober 31, 2003404

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
599"Smells Like Teen Spirit"Brent PiazzaErica RivinojaNovember 7, 2003406

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
6010"Baby Come Back"John BlanchardNed GoldreyerNovember 14, 2003312

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
6111"Been Caught Stealing"John PutchErica RivinojaNovember 21, 2003313

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

Title Reference: "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction
6212"(She's Got) Kegs"Richard BodenSteve Armogita & Jim ArmogitaJanuary 9, 2004408

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
6313"My Ex-Boyfriend's Back"Keith TruesdellNed GoldreyerJanuary 16, 2004412

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
6414"Communication Breakdown"John BlanchardBill Martin & Mike SchiffJanuary 23, 2004411

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
6515"All Apologies"John BlanchardJeff Astrof & Mike SikowitzJanuary 30, 2004407

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
6616"I Think We're Alone Now"John BlanchardErica RivinojaFebruary 6, 2004410

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
6717"Can't Get Next to You"John PutchChris KellyFebruary 13, 2003409

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
6818"Racketman"John BlanchardDave TennantFebruary 20, 2004413

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
6919"Me and Mrs. O"John BlanchardJill Condon & Amy Toomin StrausFebruary 20, 2004414

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 making out in Eddie's car.

Title Reference: "Me & Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul
7020"Tombstone Blues"John BlanchardChris KellyFebruary 27, 2004417

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
7121"Pictures of Willy"John BlanchardNed GoldreyerFebruary 27, 2004419

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
7222"It's Hard to be a Saint in the City"John BlanchardJim Armogita & Steve ArmogitaMarch 5, 2004416

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
7323"Beat on the Brat"Sean LambertNed GoldreyerMarch 19, 2004405

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

Title Reference: "Beat on the Brat" by The Ramones
7424"The Cheat Is On"John BlanchardErica RivinojaMarch 26, 2004418

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
7525"You're So Vain"John BlanchardJeffrey Astrof & Mike SikowitzApril 16, 2004415

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
7626"Pressure Drop"John BlanchardEric KentoffApril 23, 2004420

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
7727"Get a Job"John BlanchardSteve Armogita & Jim ArmogitaApril 30, 2004422

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 that Lily never gets to see him.

Title Reference: "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes
7828"Space Camp Oddity"John BlanchardChris KellyMay 7, 2004421

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
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  • Brand-New Audio Commentaries
  • Letters from the Creators
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
7 November 2006

References

  1. "Grounded for Life: Season Four - set details". tvshowsondvd.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

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