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Clarissa Explains It All: Season 4

13 episodes Premiered Mar 13, 1993 Updated Oct 3, 2026

Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.

Previously on Clarissa Explains It All

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Clarissa Explains It All Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season overview

Clarissa Explains It All Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (10): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

The Flu

Mar 13, 1993

When Marshall and Janet come down with the flu, it's up to Clarissa and Ferguson to take care of the household chores. But trouble ensues when Ferguson buys nothing but chocolate f

S4·E2 Core

ESP R Us

Mar 27, 1993

Olivia believes that she has psychic powers, but Clarissa doesn't believe it. After Olivia takes an ESP test and unknowningly committs herself and Clarissa to receiving psychic-re

S4·E3 Core

Commitment

Apr 17, 1993

Clarissa starts to have commitment fears in her relationship with Clifford. Meanwhile, Ferguson tries to get into the Guinness Book Of Records by making the world's largest rubber

S4·E4 Core

Road Trip

May 8, 1993

The annual family vacation to Lake Winnemucca is usually filled with doom and disaster. This year the family decides to give the Grand Canyon a try as a change of pace. Trouble e

S4·E5 Core

The Bicycle Thief

May 22, 1993

After leaving her bike out in the front yard, Clarissa finds that it's been stolen. She soon finds out that while it may not have been a car, it was her only mode of transportatio

S4·E6 Core

Boy Thoughts

Jun 19, 1993

Ferguson convinces Clarissa's boyfriend Clifford to star in his cable access show called 'Boy Thoughts'. But once the show is a hit, Clifford doesn't have time for Clarissa.

S4·E7 Core

Hero Worship

Jun 26, 1993

Clarissa has a problem when Eve, the meek and mousy new girl in school, starts copying her style and taking over her life. Clarissa is annoyed but flattered until Eve steals her i

S4·E8 Core

A Little Romance

Aug 14, 1993

After one bad date too many, Sam realizes that the perfect girl for him is Clarissa. They agree to go out on a date, but it turns into a disaster and they both decide they're bett

S4·E9 Core

Tale of Two Moms

Aug 28, 1993

Sam's mom Debbie is back in town for the roller derby playoffs. But there's trouble in store when Clarissa invites Debbie to stay at her house. Debbie's a little too messy for the

S4·E10 Core

The Zone

Sep 10, 1993

Clarissa gets stage fright when her music teacher picks her to play a flute solo at the school music recital. Suddenly she finds herself not being able to play her flute like usua

S4·E11 Core

Don't I Know You?

Sep 11, 1993

When Clarissa has to compete against winner Cindy Sparkle in the talent show, she turns to the journal of her great great aunt once removed hoping for some helpful show stopping hi

S4·E12 Mytharc

Babysitting

Sep 25, 1993

After vowing to never babysit Elsie Soaperstein again, Clarissa lets herself get guilted into sitting for her on the Soaperstein's anniversay. Elsie's a big time troble maker with

S4·E13 Mytharc

Educating Janet

Oct 16, 1993

Both Clarissa and Ferguson have issues when Janet starts teaching at their high school. Ferguson gets frustrated when she doesn't give him the grade he wants on an art project and

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