The Millionaire: 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 The Millionaire 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
The Matt Kirby Story
Sep 18, 1957
A newspaper man who ruthlessly embellishes the misdeeds of others in his stories uses his million to buy controlling interest in his paper but a female reporter could have unsavory
The Pete Marlowe Story
Sep 25, 1957
After spending 20 years in prison Pete Marlowe tries to reconnect with the family he left behind.
The Carl Bronson Story
Oct 9, 1957
A former show business star, who has fallen on hard times, is tracked down by Michael Anthony to a seedy hotel and presented with the million dollar check.
The Laura Hunter Story
Oct 16, 1957
A policewoman uses her million in an attempt to prove that her policeman boyfriend was framed by whom she believes is an unscrupulous fur dealer in a robbery scheme executed to col
The Larry Parker Story
Oct 23, 1957
Larry Parker pines for a French woman he met in the war so much that he takes for granted a loving wife but is able to resolve the conflict when the money allows Parker and his wif
The Ruth Ferris Story
Oct 30, 1957
Ruth Ferris' envious sister's engages in campaign to drive a wedge between Ruth and her new husband by suggesting the man has married Ruth for her money and will kill her for it as
The Hap Connolly Story
Nov 13, 1957
Drifter Hap Connolly harbors a runaway orphan boy for whose parents he worked prior to their deaths and comes into conflict with a young teacher over her intense educational schedu
The Steve Logan Story
Nov 27, 1957
Steve Logan uses his money to start a construction business with his Korean War buddy Larry who has been crippled by a job accident saving Steve's life which condition makes Larry
The Anitra Dellano Story
Dec 4, 1957
Seamstress Anitra Dellano meets a socialite at the Mardi Gras and is ashamed to tell him about her occupation.
The Hugh Waring Story
Dec 11, 1957
Anthony's research concerning the story of man on death row who he just gave a million that is wife is alive and framed him for her murder convinces Anthony that the man's story is
The Barbara Lydon Story
Dec 18, 1957
Barbara Lydon forsakes her longtime hometown love and uses her million to travel to Switzerland where she becomes romantically involved with a count caught up in a live and death s
The Regina Wainwright Story
Dec 25, 1957
Wheelchair bound and of faded fortune, Regina Wainwright of southern aristocratic heritage hides her million to make her daughter think that the mother is dependent on her and to s
The Rod Matthews Story
Jan 1, 1958
To give the million Anthony traces Rod Matthews to a secluded island where he hides after being unjustly court marshaled and disowned by family and Matthews decides to use the mone
The Marjorie Martinson Story
Jan 8, 1958
An actress ' misguided effort to use her money to revive a long faded career is interrupted when the demands of an old love forces to her reconsider her plans.
The Peter Barkley Story
Jan 15, 1958
Peter Bartley wants to use his money to find and help his two younger brothers who were separated from him by adoption from a Catholic orphanage where Pete grew to adulthood.
The Jonathan Bookman Story
Jan 22, 1958
An art dealer uses his million to start an island artists' colony while dealing with an uncooperative and shrewish wife and becoming increasingly enamored of a young model and danc
The Doris Winslow Story
Jan 29, 1958
After Elliot Smith marries nurse Doris Winslow who is unaware of Smith's great family wealth, another jealous nurse jeopardizes the marriage by causing Smith to believe that Winslo
The Michael Holm Story
Feb 5, 1958
When Michael Holm receives his million, he decides to leave his meager and unrewarding law practice to become a man of leisure until his girlfriend introduces him to a man in a sha
The Martha Crockett Story
Feb 12, 1958
Martha decides to use her check to sponsor her husband's violin recital at Carnegie Hall.
The John Richards Story
Feb 26, 1958
A high school principal, the check recipient , must guide his son in dealing with a group of young hoodlums who beat his friend to death and now threaten the son.
The Johanna Judson Story
Mar 5, 1958
Johanna Judson abruptly leaves her employment as a companion for a grumpy woman but asks the woman's charming nephew to enter into a marriage of convenience because she wants a com
The Raymond Dupar Story
Mar 12, 1958
After acquiring his million dollar cheque, quiet librarian Raymond DuPar is followed around by gangsters. He's also a bit deaf, and hadn't heard them plotting in the library, thoug
The Neal Bowers Story
Mar 19, 1958
An American medical student in Paris losing in his rivalry for an American art student to a French composer due to her sympathy for the man after he loses sight in an accident uses
The John Smith Story
Mar 26, 1958
A man who has suffered amnesia in a hotel fire uses his money to search his identity and discovers his involvement in a romantic triangle which led to murder.
The Susan Birchard Story
Apr 2, 1958
Childhood sweethearts meet up later in life by accident and fall in love all over again.
The Tony Drummond Story
Apr 9, 1958
Young architect Tony Drummond insists he must make a success of himself before he'll marry his rich heiress fiancée. She offers to finance a his housing development plans so they c
The Thorne Sisters Story
Apr 16, 1958
Three spinster sisters receive jointly the million and start a spending spree that draws suspicion, particularly of busybody Atwood, on sister Tessie of embezzlement of government
The Rafe Peterson Story
Apr 23, 1958
A big game hunter in Africa has an encounter with a rogue elephant that nearly kills him. The incident scares him so much he loses his nerve. But after receiving the Tipton cheque,
The Andrew Sterling Story
Apr 30, 1958
The recipient this week is a retired widower who has just been joined by his son, a recent graduate of law school but not ready to start his own office. Upon getting the million do
The Wally Bannister Story
May 7, 1958
Wally Banister is shunned and even fired from his job for hanging a jury in a murder trial so when he gets his million he uses the money to prove the innocence of the defendant in
The Jack Garrison Story
May 14, 1958
Because Phil Williams sees Garrison kiss Helen Rawlings to whom Williams is engaged, Phil threatens to kill Garrison while on an Air Force assignment at the North Pole so Garrison
The Paul Taylor Story
May 21, 1958
Paul Naylor believes that his wife and daughter value him only for the things he provides for them so when he receives his million he withdraws from his all consuming business and
The Russ White Story
May 28, 1958
When Russ White goes to thank and offer financial help to the family of the man who gave White his cornea, he is initially rebuffed because of a scandal of which he is unaware and