Evening Shade: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Evening Shade Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Four Naked Women
Sep 20, 1993 · 30 min
After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.
One Down, Three to Go
Sep 27, 1993 · 30 min
Ava has a hard time adjusting when Taylor moves out ioto his own apartment.
One Hot Game
Oct 4, 1993 · 30 min
Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.
Witness for the Prosecution
Oct 11, 1993 · 30 min
Ava and Harlan go head to head in court when he is a witness for an insurance company.
Kiss of the Ice Cream Woman
Oct 18, 1993 · 30 min
Herman has some bad news for the returning Margaret (who has some for him in return). Herman confesses that he cheated on Margaret by kissing the ice cream woman—but only after M
Night of the Living Newtons
Oct 25, 1993 · 30 min
Wood tries to allay Emily's fear of scary costumes by letting her pick out his Hallowe'en attire.
The Dance
Nov 1, 1993 · 30 min
Wood is more than a wee bit upset when he has to deal with Molly dating boys; meanwhile, Herman discovers that he's Scottish.
Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure
Nov 8, 1993 · 30 min
With Nub out sick, Wood and Evan takes over his newspaper route as the ladies run his other errands.
Small Town Girl
Nov 15, 1993 · 30 min
A Hollywood movie star takes a liking to Evening Shade—and decides to buy the whole town and turn it into a tourist attraction.
Where There's Smoke
Nov 22, 1993 · 30 min
Freida returns from her health farm jaunt determined to stop smoking, with Herman's help.
Chain of Fools
Nov 29, 1993 · 30 min
A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.
Sleepless in Arkansas
Dec 13, 1993 · 30 min
Ava and Wood accompany a nervous Herman to a singles bar.
The Proof is in the Pudding
Dec 20, 1993 · 30 min
Ava is upset when she is forced to imprison her own father for refusing to divulge a journalistic source.
The People's Choice
Jan 3, 1994 · 30 min
Disaster is on the ballot when Harlan and Ima both run for mayor.
Educating Calvin
Jan 10, 1994 · 30 min
When Wood's delinquent cousin Calvin returns to Evening Shade, he decides to stay at the Newtons' until he earns his high school diploma.
Paint the Town Nude
Jan 17, 1994 · 30 min
Merleen finds her calling by painting nudes--starting with husband Harlan.
The Perfect Woman
Jan 31, 1994 · 30 min
The town gets an eyeful when Merleen takes up painting nudes—using Harland and Wood as her first subjects.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Wood
Feb 7, 1994 · 30 min
Wood must humiliate himself in order to inherit $1 million.
The Fabulous Frazier Girls
Feb 28, 1994 · 30 min
Merleen's sisters ask her to join their singing act.
I Did, I Did
Mar 7, 1994 · 30 min
On their anniversary, Ava and Wood plan to reaffirm their vows—a plan that includes bachelor and bachelorette parties.
Mr. Newton Goes to Hot Springs
Mar 14, 1994 · 30 min
The town is bankrupt and it's up to Mayor Wood to fix the problem; and he starts by attending a mayors conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?
Mar 28, 1994 · 30 min
Wood fields an offer from an old football chum who wants him as the new quarterback coach for the Atlanta Falcons.
Wood Climbs to New Heights
Apr 11, 1994 · 30 min
A suitor professes his love for Molly on the town's water tower.
Mama Knows Best
May 9, 1994 · 30 min
Mutual attraction develops between Ava's college pal and Taylor.
The Odder Couple
May 16, 1994 · 30 min
To avoid becoming infected with chicken pox, Wood moves in with Taylor.
I Left My Ring in Evening Shade
May 23, 1994 · 30 min
Nub becomes a chimney sweep. Meanwhile, Frieda's ex-husband returns with an unusual proposal: he wants to get married again, and wants Frieda to return his grandmother's ring so he