Hangin' with Mr. Cooper: 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 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper 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
Together Again
Sep 22, 1995
Everyone's plans to leave Oakland, California go awry and they all come back.
It's a Matter of Principal
Sep 29, 1995
Rehired as basketball coach, Mark takes advantage of Geneva's position as principal.
R.O.T.C.
Sep 13, 1995
Geneva recruits a new instructor for the Reserve Officer Training Corps, her former boyfriend, Master Sergeant Ken.
Halloween
Oct 27, 1995
When Tyler becomes scared while watching a horror movie, Nicole and her friend, Sandy (SHEKINAH WILLIAMS), tease him and dare him to camp out in a haunted house on Halloween. Tyler
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 3, 1995
Nicole breaks Mark's prized mug and lets Vanessa take the blame. Later, while playing a fantasy computer game, Nicole falls asleep and has a dream that teaches her the importance o
Waterworld
Nov 10, 1995
When the ancient plumbing system breaks down in the house, Vanessa and Geneva hire a plumber. But Mark chases away the plumber and insists on fixing the problem himself.
I Remember Grandpa
Nov 17, 1995
Mark unwillingly goes to clean out Grandpa Cooper's mountain cabin.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Dec 1, 1995
Geneva becomes exasperated with everyone in the house treating like a servant. So, she moves out with Nicole. Mark invites his inconsiderate friends Steve and Lydell to move in, ca
The Great Pretender
Dec 8, 1995
Mark allows medical trainee Vanessa to practice wrapping bandages on him. While wearing a shoulder brace, Mark meets his beautiful new neighbor, Monique. Before Mark can explain th
Christmas '95
Dec 15, 1995
Disgusted by the commercialization of Christmas, Mark persuades everyone to accompany him to a nostalgic Christmas tree farm. The adventure is ruined when they discover that the fa
Increase the Peace
Jan 5, 1996
A gang member at school harasses Earvin, and threatens him with a gun.
Robo Golf
Jan 12, 1996
Mark invests in a co-worker;s invention, a robotic suit designed to imporve the wearer's golf skills.
Coach Counselor
Jan 19, 1996
Mark becomes a student guidance counselor and advises an egotistical football player.
Talent Show
Feb 2, 1996
Geneva assigns Mark to be in charge of the Winter Carnival at school, but everyone knows that he actually wants to perform in it himself.
Globetrotters
Feb 9, 1996
Mark is upset when he is unable to attend a show put on by the professional basketball pranksters The Harlem Gobetrotters for the fifth time in his life.
Rivals
Feb 16, 1996
Mark tries to end a rivalry with a coach from another high school basketball team.
The Curse
Feb 23, 1996
Mark causes a lot of bad luck for himself and those around him when he buys a beautiful car that the previous owner claims is haunted.
Grumpy Old Man
Mar 8, 1996
Knuckleball Smith, one of Vanessa's patients at the retirement home, intends to sell his classic car to please his jealous elderly lover, Edna.
True Confessions
Apr 26, 1996
After Geneva introduces Vanessa to a successful, handsome man, Mark does everything he can to sabotage the developing relationship.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
May 3, 1996
Mark and Vanessa announce that they are dating. But after their first fight, they decide that it would be better if they were just friends.
Will She or Won't She?
May 10, 1996
Despite wanting to marry Mark, Vanessa innocently has lunch with her former boyfriend. When Mark finds out, he frantically proposes marriage to her. But Vanessa rejects him, thinki