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Living Single: Season 4

24 episodes Premiered Aug 29, 1996 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Living Single

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 Living Single 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.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
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S4·E1 Mytharc

The Engagement (2)

Aug 29, 1996 · 30 min

The police bring a shivering Overton to the apartment. The horse subdued the mugger, but bucked Overton into the bushes. He still does not tell Synclaire about the ring. Overton la

S4·E2 Core

Ride the Maverick

Aug 29, 1996 · 30 min

Khadijah re-considers Flavor's endorsement of Max when she insists on spouting clichés, rather than discussing the issues. She instead backs a little-known high school teacher nam

S4·E3 Core

Not Quite Mr. Right

Sep 5, 1996 · 30 min

Regine is outraged when Keith ignores her at his opening (aside from asking her to change a light bulb in the bathroom). He refuses to defend her when an art critic comes on to her

S4·E4 Core

Not So Silent Partner

Sep 12, 1996 · 30 min

Khadijah is approached by Jeremy Mills, a corporate liaison whose employer, Majestic Publishing, would like to purchase a share of Flavor. Khadijah turns him down, noting that they

S4·E5 Core

Moi the Jury

Sep 19, 1996 · 30 min

Regine is the only juror holding up the potential acquittal of Sara McQueen, a beloved elderly movie star accused of arson. When her friends talk about the case and joke about the

S4·E6 Core

Multiple Choice

Sep 26, 1996 · 30 min

Overton and Synclaire must take a compatibility test before they can be married at their church. Synclaire constantly nags Overton about studying, while he feels they have nothing

S4·E7 Core

I've Got You Under My Skin

Oct 31, 1996 · 30 min

On her way out of the hospital following hemorrhoid surgery, Khadijah makes a date with a doctor named Charles. When she learns that he was her anesthesiologist, she becomes embarr

S4·E8 Mytharc

School's Out Forever

Nov 7, 1996 · 30 min

Kyle and Overton return to Cleveland for a reunion at their high school, which is about to be demolished due to asbestos. Kyle has a run-in with Lester Tate, the bully who tormente

S4·E9 Core

Do You Take This Man's Wallet?

Nov 14, 1996 · 30 min

After learning that Palo Alto has been cancelled, Regine is cheered by a visit from a now-wealthy Darryl, who asks her to coordinate his wedding. Although his fiancée, Tina, all b

S4·E10 Core

Virgin Territory

Nov 21, 1996 · 30 min

Max is stunned to learn that her boyfriend, Gary, is a virgin. She has serious doubts as to whether she should deflower him, but eventually goes through with it. She is saddened wh

S4·E11 Core

Riot on the Set

Dec 5, 1996 · 30 min

Synclaire lucks into a starring role in a play when the star drops out a day before the opening. (Synclaire had memorized all the lines while serving as an usher as a teenager.) Ho

S4·E12 Core

Doctor in the House

Dec 19, 1996 · 30 min

Charles is the recipient of an award, but is reluctant to attend the ceremony, as he considers everyone in that social circle to be snobs. After the guests treat Khadijah rudely, C

S4·E13 Core

Mother Inferior

Jan 9, 1997 · 30 min

When her friends will not include her in their Saturday night plans, Regine takes her mother out to dinner. Laverne hits it off with the handsome man who picks up her napkin, who t

S4·E14 Core

The Clown That Roared

Jan 23, 1997 · 30 min

Synclaire lands a job as a clown sidekick on a popular television show, thanks to Kyle's business ties to the producer. She is appalled to discover that her new boss is a 12-year-o

S4·E15 Core

Back in the Day

Jan 30, 1997 · 30 min

As Khadijah prepares to accept an award for her work at Flavor, the group recalls a time when Flavor was just a dream; Max lived with Khadijah and Regine (until she and Regine trie

S4·E16 Core

Oh, Solo Mio

Feb 20, 1997 · 30 min

Kyle is appointed the church's new choir director. He gives in to Regine's pleading and awards her the solo in the performance honoring the church's 50th anniversary. When he disco

S4·E17 Core

Playing House

Mar 6, 1997 · 30 min

Kyle and Max lie about out-of-town trips and sneak off to a hotel for the weekend. They insist, however, that they are not getting back together. Although their claim that there wi

S4·E18 Core

Swing Out Sisters

Mar 20, 1997 · 30 min

After realizing that their busy schedules have caused them to miss out on important events in each other's lives, the girls decide to go out together on Saturday night. They are im

S4·E19 Core

Moonlight Savings Time

Apr 3, 1997 · 30 min

Kyle and Max's attempts to sneak around are complicated when Overton takes a second job as a handyman in her building. She is evicted after he inadvertently exposes her illegal sat

S4·E20 Core

Living Single Undercover

Apr 10, 1997 · 30 min

Max enlists Khadijah's help in exposing an embezzlement scheme at City Hall. Ty Richardson, Flavor's cocky new reporter, demands the story, but is arrested in a barroom brawl. With

S4·E21 Mytharc

One Degree of Separation

Apr 17, 1997 · 30 min

Overton and Synclaire's engagement party is marred when her bickering parents announce that they have separated. When Synclaire begins to express doubts about her own union, Overto

S4·E22 Mytharc

Too Good to Screw

Apr 24, 1997 · 30 min

Kyle learns that his visiting brother Damon is about to undertake a long voyage to Africa. He is incensed when Damon remarks that he also might be interested in becoming a handyman

S4·E23 Mytharc

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

May 8, 1997 · 30 min

Khadijah is annoyed when her estranged father comes to town for Synclaire's wedding. She has dinner with her parents for Mother's Day, but is hardly cordial. When she learns that L

S4·E24 Mytharc

Never Can Say Goodbye

May 8, 1997 · 30 min

As the girls reminisce in Synclaire's room the night before the wedding, a drunken Regine laments the fact that she hasn't been able to find a man. After Regine staggers off to bed

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