Season 4

September 27, 1993

Registration day finds Will signing up for no-brainer classes, plus one that might truly challenge him - a philosophy course he takes to meet a girl.

October 4, 1993

Stuck with caring for Nicky for the day, Will soon discovers the benefits of baby-sitting: he's suddenly a big man on campus with the women so long as he poses as a single dad.

October 11, 1993

After Will's friends guys rib Carlton about being a virgin, Miss Right appears and sweeps Carlton off his feet. Elsewhere, Geoffrey confesses a secret of his own.

October 18, 1993

When Phillip sues Will and Carlton for unpaid rent, two different versions of the dispute are aired - neither entirely truthful.

October 25, 1993

Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.

November 1, 1993

A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.

November 8, 1993

Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine.

November 15, 1993

Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.

November 22, 1993

On academic probation, Will schemes to improve his grades by fixing up a newly divorced English professor with Hilary, who soon finds fault with the man, further jeopardizing Will's academic future.

November 29, 1993

Will uses booze to prove his manliness while competing with a hulking football hero who wants to score points with Jackie, and his fraternity brothers leave drunken Will in a cemetery, where he is haunted. Meanwhile, Ashley learns that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

December 20, 1993

Vivian promises god-motherhood of her child to both of her sisters, while Will hatches a harebrained scheme to get Boyz II Men to perform at baby Nicky's christening.

January 3, 1994

Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date.

January 10, 1994

Carlton in charge. Will gets his feathers ruffled when his cousin becomes his boss at the Peacock Stop.

January 24, 1994

Bird is the word when Carlton, ULA's peacock mascot, is kidnapped by a rival school before the big game.

January 31, 1994

Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.

February 14, 1994

A Valentine's double date finds Will treating Ashley like a kid and Ashley demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

February 21, 1994

A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.

February 28, 1994

Jazz's bride has a couple of teensy character flaws: She's a convict. And she puts the moves on Will.

March 14, 1994

Will finds himself stranded in a mountain forest with his new girlfriend's disagreeable father after they parachute out of his disabled plane.

April 25, 1994

It's double trouble for Will when Philip's old flame visits with her daughter, who's attracted to Will.

May 2, 1994

Say, homie, could you do me a favor? Just-married Jazz makes a surprising request of Will.

May 9, 1994

Ben Vereen plays Will's long-lost father, who breezes into town and promises Will the moon, which angers an unforgiving Philip.

May 16, 1994

A stranger makes a generous offer for the Banks estate, which prompts the family to reminisce about their good times there.

May 23, 1994

Will returns to the City of Brotherly Love and discovers he's the butt of old friends' jokes, prompting him to go into training to settle an old score and clear his reputation as a chicken.