Alyssa Milano | Who's the Boss? | Season 4

"Frankie and Tony are Lovers"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 1
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Karen Wengrod & Ken Cinnamon
• Premiere: September 22, 1987

The whole family heads to Brooklyn for a street fair. Tony runs into his old friend Frankie, the only girl in the neighborhood that would not go out with him in high school. At the street fair, Tony is auctioned off for his housekeeping services to make money for the neighborhood. It becomes a bidding war between Angela and Frankie, who bids $1,000 for Tony and takes him home to clean her house. While Tony is cleaning, Frankie proposes to Tony. Angela is upset about this proposal and goes to see a therapist, who asks if she loves Tony and Angela says that she is in love with him and he makes her happier than any other person.

"Big Girl on Campus"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 2
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Robert Walden
• Premiere: September 29, 1987

Sam makes a date with a 15-year-old college student, without telling Tony. Tony bleeds Sam's friend Julia for what she knows about Sam's plans. He interrupts her study-date at the college library, and makes a big scene, humiliating Sam.

"There Goes the Bride"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 3
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: John Donley & Clay Graham
• Premiere: October 6, 1987

Angela and Tony play matchmaker with two shy friends of theirs, who hit it off and agree to get married. The wedding is set to take place at Angela's house, but guests are distracted by a hockey game on TV, causing the wedding plans to be altered.

 

"A Trip to the Principal"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 4
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: John Donley & Clay Graham
• Premiere: October 13, 1987

Jonathan's school tells Angela that he should skip the 6th grade and go to the 7th grade. The boys in the junior high are making his life miserable and stealing his lunch, so Jonathan changes his image to make friends and finds one that is a little bit punk. Angela is called to the principal's office because Jonathan and his friend have been terrorizing the school. The principal tells Angela that she has expectations for Jonathan that are too high for a child that just skipped a grade, she wants him to be popular and have a lot of friends, and he is just trying to please her. Jonathan chooses to stay in 7th grade, even though Angela would let him go back to 6th.

"New Kid in Town"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 5
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Howard Meyers & Susan Meyers
• Premiere: October 27, 1987

Sam is upset over being dateless for the dance. Tony leaves to the supermarket and there meets an environmentally conscious and sweet boy named Jesse Nash, cheerfully working the produce section. Convinced this is the boy for Sam, he brings the boy home, only to find Sam has already rounded up an emergency date. Courteous, Jesse says he doesn't mind, but as he is attracted to Sam, he doesn't want her going out with another boy, and deviously, using his uncanny persuasiveness and environmentally evoked guilt, he manipulates Sam's date into not taking her to the dance. Furious, Sam demands Jesse leave, whilst Jesse is only amused. The next day when Jesse comes over to see her, much to her annoyance, Sam refuses to see him but Tony insists she be polite. Still bemused Jesses insists she need calm down, and suggests some Yoga-inspired deep breathing. In her moment of calm Jesse is able to kiss her, sparking a long lasting romance on the show.

"Two on a Billboard"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 6
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Jeffrey Duteil
• Premiere: November 3, 1987

In a publicity stunt to encourage children to read, Tony lives on a billboard for 48 hours. The ensuing media attention lands him a very attractive job offer.

"A Farewell to Nick"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 7
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Lee Aronsohn & Marc Sheffler
• Premiere: November 10, 1987

Sam is invited by her grandfather to visit him in Florida. But on her way there, Nick dies. Sam initially tries to pay no attention to this, but Nick's death left big marks on her.

"Hell on Wheels"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 8
• Directed by: Gail L. Bergmann
• Writter by: Matt Geller
• Premiere: November 17, 1987

Tony gets no help when Angela decides to help out with the housework after putting Tony in a wheelchair with a sprained ankle and a broken leg.

"A Fishy Tale"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 9
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Dawn Aldredge & Brian Brock
• Premiere: November 24, 1987

Mrs. Rossini is devastated after her husband has left her. Tony pitches in to help her run their fish market, but the work, coupled with the search for a capable new employee, soon becomes too much for Tony.

"Car and Driver"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 10
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Paul Chitlik
• Premiere: December 1, 1987

Sam and Jesse are out delivering lasagna to the elderly when Jesse lets Sam drive the van and they get hit by another car. Angela and Tony try to get the boys' license taken away for hitting Sam, because Tony does not know that it was Sam driving the car who does not have a license.

"Just Mona and Me"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 11
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Mindy Glazer
• Premiere: December 8, 1987

One of Angela's clients (played by Leslie Nielsen) is more interested in Mona than in Angela's presentation. Their romance appears to be going well, but just before they are to take a cruise together, he calls and cancels the trip and the relationship with no explanation. Tony and Angela decide to investigate and are surprised at what they learn.

"Yellow Submarine"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 12
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Robin Pennington
• Premiere: December 15, 1987

Tony gets a job at the coolest place in the mall and hires Sam as a waitress, but when Tony kicks out the coolest boys, he loses all the customers and the owner asks Sam to fire Tony.

"Another Single Parent"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 13
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Glenn Padnick
• Premiere: January 5, 1988

Mona is off to a murder mystery weekend. A woman named Kelly, whose husband recently died and has a daughter named Melissa, moves into the neighborhood. Kelly is a sports nut and she invites Tony to a few sporting events, but Tony has no feelings for her. Angela is roped into babysitting when Samantha gets invited to a U2 concert in the middle of her duties. When Angela is babysitting, Melissa tells her that her dad called one day and her mother would not let her talk to him, and the next day they moved. Angela and Tony start to suspect that Kelly might have stolen Melissa from him. Kelly divorced her husband, and it was a very rough custody battle during which she gave up her parental rights, but she decided that she could not live without her and stole her back.

"All in the Famiglia"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 14
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: John Donley & Clay Graham & Maurizio Bizzarri
• Premiere: January 12, 1988

Tony's family comes to visit from Italy, and Angela tries really hard to impress them. Tony's Aunt Rosa says that he is stupid for never being with Angela and that they should get married. Tony's cousin Maritzio proposes to Angela.

"Steady as She Goes"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 15
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Joe Fisch
• Premiere: January 19, 1988

Samantha accepts when Jesse asks her to go steady. However, she soon feels that her dedication to him is taking away from spending time with the other guy in her life: Tony.

"Tony and the Dreamtones"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 16
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Karen Wengrod & Ken Cinnamon
• Premiere: February 2, 1988

Tony's old singing group comes to Connecticut to ask him to sing one more time with them, for charity. When Tony hears Angela sing, he asks the group to let her sing with them, but they say no.

"The Matriculator"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 17
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Lee Aronsohn & Marc Sheffler
• Premiere: February 9, 1988

In an attempt to spark Samantha's interest in pursuing higher education, Tony gets bitten by the academic bug himself, and decides to become a college student. But he begins to have doubts as to whether he is up to the challenge.

"Three Teens and a Tony"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 18
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Claylene Jones
• Premiere: March 1, 1988

While Jesse is away, Sam's friend, Mason, is staying at the Bowers' house. After spending an evening with him, Sam kisses him, and then worries about confessing to Jesse when he returns.

"Housekeepers Unite"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 19
• Directed by: James Eric Hornbeck
• Writter by: John Donley & Clay Graham
• Premiere: March 15, 1988

The housekeepers in the neighborhood go on strike.

"Model Daughter"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 20
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Danny Kallis
• Premiere: March 22, 1988

Tony doesn't approve of Sam being a model.

"Marry Me, Mona"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 21
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Howard Meyers & Ken Cinnamon & Karen Wengrod & Joe Fisch
• Premiere: March 29, 1988

Max proposes marriage to Mona, but she turns him down, claiming she likes things the way they are. But Max doesn't give up—he makes a number of attempts to change Mona's mind. She finally does say yes, but only after Max's ex-wife surprises him with a visit. Angela worries that Mona's change of decision is for the wrong reason.

"Prom Night II"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 22
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Diana M. Ayers & Susan Sebastian
• Premiere: May 3, 1988

Jesse asks Sam to go with him to the prom. Angela takes cares of Sam and overdoes it because she wants Sam having the prom night she herself never had. But after all the interferences, Sam refuses to go.

"Sleep Talk, Sweet Talk"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 23
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Ken Cinnamon & Karen Wengrod
• Premiere: May 10, 1988

Angela is talking in her sleep and is calling out Tony's name. Angela's sleep talking is waking everyone up, and when everyone is gathered outside her door, she says that she is in love with Tony.

"The Two Tonys"

• Season: 4
• Episode: 24
• Directed by: Asaad Kelada
• Writter by: Gene Braunstein & Bob Perlow
• Premiere: May 17, 1988

Tony and Angela run into a woman he knew from the old neighborhood. She is now married to an arrogant, extremely competitive businessman named Tony, who challenges Tony to a serious game of pool.