Sister, Sister: 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 Sister, Sister 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
When a Man Loves Two Women
Sep 4, 1996
Unbeknownst to the twins, they both develop a crush on the same, unlikely guy.
You are So Beautiful
Sep 11, 1996
After an ugly encounter with last year's prom queen, the twins start feeling insecure about their looks and question Ray and Lisa about their birth mom. Meanwhile, Ray tries to thi
Gimme a Brake
Sep 18, 1996
The twins are riding high after Tim and Lisa buy them a convertible. But their days in the fast lane come to an abrupt halt after they drive the car into Lake Erie.
Daddy's Girl
Sep 25, 1996
Tamera grows jealous when Ray begins spending more time with Tia and invites Tia to a father-daughter dance.
Sis Boom Bah
Oct 2, 1996
Ray helps the twins bounce back after they try out for the cheerleading team and make the C squad, a.k.a. "the odd squad." Meanwhile, Lisa's gimmick to attract new customers backfi
Kid-Napped
Oct 9, 1996
After the twins' rival steals their friends by hosting a party where the NBA's Kobe Bryant (who has a cameo) is a guest, they kidnap a star rapper (Christopher "Kid" Reid) and have
Boy from the Hood
Oct 23, 1996
Tia's childhood friend moves back to Detroit from Atlanta and woos Tamera with a wily form of Southern hospitality - until he escorts her to a wild party in a dangerous neighborhoo
I'll Be There
Nov 6, 1996
Happy days arrive for Tia when she gets a job at a '50s-themed diner. But her time for "groovin' all through the week" without her twin ends when her boss (Darrow Igus) also hires
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Nov 13, 1996
Tia and Tamera set in motion a plan to get Ray and Lisa together for a romantic evening. But things come to a screeching halt after Lisa's friend Patrice pays her a visit.
Double Exposure
Nov 20, 1996
It's time again for the yearbook photo to be taken. For Tamera, a moisturizer means the end of her dreams of a perfect photo. Last year's was a mess; this year, again? She turns to
Some Like It Hockey
Nov 27, 1996
After learning that girls are restricted from hockey-team tryouts, the twins don male disguises and cross-check some extremely chauvinistic guys. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes addicted t
Bring on the Debate
Jan 8, 1997
Ray feels threatened by Tamera's devotion to her new substitute music teacher. Meanwhile, Lisa peddles her fashions on the street, and the local ladies misunderstand what's for sal
Little Man Date
Jan 15, 1997
Tamera experiences public humiliation of the high-school kind when Tia sets her up with her newest beau's brother - unaware that he's a pretentious 8-year-old. Meanwhile, Lisa rece
The Ski Squad
Jan 29, 1997
Tamera, who's never been away from home, reluctantly accompanies Tia on a parent-free ski trip. But when a snowslide buries their cabin, it's Tamera who shows nerves of steel.
Cafeteria Lady
Feb 5, 1997
Lisa gets a second job as a cafeteria worker at the twins' school and adds zest to the lunchline; everyone seems to be sweet on her efforts but Tia, who's embarrassed.
Three the Heart Way
Feb 12, 1997
On Valentine's Day, Tia and Roger are mysteriously struck by Cupid's arrow, which leaves Tamera feeling alone and brokenhearted. Meanwhile, Ray participates in a charity bachelor a
Model Tia
Feb 19, 1997
Tia is chatting to some guy called Verique on-line. Tamera then sends Tia's picture to him and he reply's saying he likes it and that he is a photographer. Tamera is totally excite
My Guy
Feb 26, 1997
In exchange for tickets for a sold-out Boyz II Men concert - which Roger failed to get - Tamera promises Elliot, the school nerd, to get Tia to date him. During his make-over, help
Double Dutch
Apr 2, 1997
Tia and Tamera enter a rope-jumping contest, but Tia loses her confidence when she sees a bully from her childhood; Lisa convinces Ray to be Roger's substitute dad.
Inherit the Twin
Apr 30, 1997
Tia gets some new smart friends making Tamera. Then when copies of her personal journal are passed around to the other students she accuses Tamera of stealing it ending them in Stu
Slime Party
May 7, 1997
Tamera learns that life isn't a bowl of cherries when she and Tia are pitted against twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on a TV quiz show where she is transformed into a human sundae
Guardian Angel
May 14, 1997
Tamera discovers that her new friend shoplifts as Ray struggles to let go of the past. Gabrielle Union guest stars.