Kate & Allie

Season 4

When Allie Lowell divorces her husband and gets custody of their two children, she moves to New York City and moves in with her best friend, Kate McArdle, also divorced and raising a daughter. They form a unique kind of family unit in this comedy from the 1980s.

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25 Episodes

The Trouble With Jason
E1
The Trouble With JasonBrash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.
Found Money
E2
Found MoneyKate and Allie find a wallet containing $5,000 in cash, and the grateful owner gives them a $500 reward -- so Kate challenges Allie to spend her half on something frivolous she will enjoy.
The Bully
E3
The BullyChip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.
General Hospital
E4
General HospitalKate's surprise birthday party is delayed while she recuperates in hospital, so Allie checks in to keep her company.
Rx for Love
E5
Rx for LoveStill in the hospital, Kate is romanced by her suave doctor but soon learns an unpleasant truth about the man.
Halloween II
E6
Halloween IIThe kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
Jennie and Jason
E7
Jennie and JasonJennie's boyfriend is pressing her to go all the way, so it looks like time for the dreaded mother-daughter conversation.
Bringing Up Charles
E8
Bringing Up CharlesAllie gives Charles a lecture on responsibility when Chip and Jenny feel he has abandoned them for his new family, but Allie discovers that Clare and baby Stuart aren't seeing much of him either.
Emma's Coming Out Party
E9
Emma's Coming Out PartyKate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
Stage Mother
E10
Stage MotherJennie gets a chance to sing on cable tv -- if she can leap the hurdle of Allie's excessive enthusiasm.
The Goodbye Girl
E11
The Goodbye GirlAllie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
Dates of Future Past
E12
Dates of Future PastWhile Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
Gift of the Magi
E13
Gift of the MagiKate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.
Allie's Graduation
E14
Allie's GraduationAllie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
Upstairs, Downstairs
E15
Upstairs, DownstairsJennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
Emma Goes to College
E16
Emma Goes to CollegeEmma has to decide between going to college at Columbia or UCLA.
Allie and the Three Wolves
E17
Allie and the Three WolvesAt a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
Louis in Love
E18
Louis in LoveKate tries to explain love to Louis. The family meet Louis' mentally challenged friend Catherine, who clearly has a crush on him, so Kate tries to persuade Louis that a woman really likes him and he assumes she means herself.
Reruns
E19
RerunsAllie dreams that she and Kate are characters in ""I Love Lucy."" Mail forwarded to Allie from Connecticut contains a perfumed envelope addressed to Charles, marked ""Private and Personal"". Struggling to keep from opening it, Allie falls asleep in front of late night TV and dreams herself and Kate into old episodes of ""I Love Lucy"" and ""Mary Tyler Moore.""
Send Me No Flowers
E20
Send Me No FlowersThe arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.
Dearly Beloved
E21
Dearly BelovedTo dig up enough money for a date, Chip opens a pet cemetery. To finance a date, Chip starts a pet-burial service.
Allie on Strike
E22
Allie on StrikeFed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
Kate Quits
E23
Kate QuitsEmma asks Kate to talk about her work as a travel agent for her school's ""Women's Career Day,"" causing Allie to realize how much she hates her job at the movie theatre -- until it burns down. When Kate encourages her to find a job she wants, such as the museum job she has always wanted, Allie finds a position in the gift shop of the ""Museum of Contemporary Art"" -- and her happiness causes Kate to realize how much she hates her job. Kate's talk turns into a rant about needing the courage to quit her job & then Allie arrives home to say the Museum's sprinklers causes a flood and she is unemployed too.
Charles' Dinner
E24
Charles' DinnerKate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
Allie's Surprise Party
E25
Allie's Surprise PartyKate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.