Whose Line Is It Anyway?: 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 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 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
Jeff Davis
Sep 6, 2001
The improv comedy begins with a round of “Props,” “Sound Effects” and a hilarious “Doo Wop” segment about a woman who falls victim in a taxidermy tragedy.
Kathy Greenwood
Sep 6, 2001
Games include “Props”; “Living Scenery”; and a round of “Song Styles” that finds Wayne Brady crooning to a fitness trainer from the audience.
Chip Esten
Sep 20, 2001
Highlights include “Weird Newscasters” with a cowboy and a synchronized swim team; “Narrate,” a film noir scene set in a bike shop; “Duet,” in which a duo serenade Merrilee, the pe
Kathy Greenwood
Sep 20, 2001
"Questions Only" sees romance break out at a luxurious European health spa; Ruth and Lisa provide "Sound Effects" for Ryan and Colin, two American GIs attempting an escape from a G
Chip Esten
Sep 27, 2001
Games include Wayne Brady 'n a spoof of 'N Sync for a round of “Let's Make a Date”; an audience serenade during “Duets.” Also: “Doo Wop”; “Party Quirks”; and “Scene to Rap.” Ryan S
Kathy Greenwood
Oct 3, 2001
Ryan Stiles yuks it up as a cowboy-influenced weatherman in “Weird Newscaster.” Also: “Party Quirks” and “Newsflash.” Other players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew
Brad Sherwood
Oct 4, 2001
Games include “Let's Make a Date,” “Party Quirks” and “Scenes from a Hat.” Also: Drew joins the cast for a “Family Reunion Hoedown.” Regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and
Kathy Greenwood
Oct 4, 2001
Games include a round of “Film, TV and Theatre Styles,” with the guys taking on kids' shows, Westerns and Shakespeare. Also, Wayne Brady and Chip Esten perform an impromptu theme s
Chip Esten
Oct 10, 2001
“Hollywood Director” finds Wayne Brady striking a pose as female supermodel and Chip Esten as her unhappy hubby. Also: rounds of “Song Titles,” “Scenes from a Hat” and a heavy-meta
Brad Sherwood
Oct 17, 2001
Colin tries to figure out his own occupation during a “Press Conference.” Also: a “Show Stopping Number” in a vet's office; “Scenes from a Hat”; and a “Hoedown” with a medical slan
Greg Proops
Oct 18, 2001
Brad Sherwood plays a short-tempered cook in “Let's Make a Date”; and Wayne Brady channels an overactive TV set during “Party Quirks.” Other games include “Hoedown,” “Scenes from a
Kathy Greenwood
Oct 25, 2001
Games include “Weird Newscasters,” “Song Styles” and a musical “Greatest Hits” from Wayne Brady. Also: Drew and the cast perform a “Just Got Arrested Hoedown.” Regulars include Rya
Greg Proops
Nov 7, 2001
Ryan messes up a waitering gig in a round of “Hollywood Director”; and Chip Esten croons with Wayne Brady in a heavy-metal “Duet” to an unsuspecting audience member. Other players
Whoopi Goldberg
Nov 14, 2001
Whoopi Goldberg plays along for a round of “Hollywood Director” about a famous Notre Dame hunchback; and receives a serenade from Wayne Brady, who borrows Tina Turner's “Song Style
Brad Sherwood
Nov 21, 2001
A “salute to television” edition features a guest performance by “Your Show of Shows” side-splitter Sid Caesar; and a segment honoring TV's first dog, Lassie. Regulars include Wayn
Jeff Davis
Nov 22, 2001
Games include “Infomercial,” with Colin and Ryan pitching a hair-removal serum; a cowboy rendition of “Questions Only”; and a round of “Greatest Hits” featuring Wayne and guest pla
Brad Sherwood
Nov 28, 2001
Games include “Two-Line Vocabulary,” with Colin as a suspicious submarine skipper; and a round of “Quick Change” featuring Brad and Ryan as Western misfits. Also: “Scenes from a Ha
Chip Esten
Dec 5, 2001
Wayne is an excited Japanese tourist and Ryan plays Bigfoot in “Weird Newscasters”; and Colin and Ryan are on a secret car wash called “Improbable Mission.” Other games include a s
Chip Esten
Dec 12, 2001
Colin Mochrie helms a pet-store movie scene in a round of “Hollywood Director”; Wayne Brady plays a talk-show guest in “Party Quirks“; and the guys get some help from Drew during a
Brad Sherwood
Dec 13, 2001
Colin Mochrie helms a pet-store movie scene in a round of “Hollywood Director”; Wayne Brady plays a talk-show guest in “Party Quirks”; and the guys get some help from Drew during a
Kathy Greenwood
Dec 19, 2001
Colin and Ryan play peculiar parents in a game of “Meet the Family”; “Song Styles” finds the cast doing a number on a number from “West Side Story”; and Wayne battles voodoo in a r
Kathy Greenwood
Jan 24, 2002
A round of “Questions Only” uncovers the truth about a famous fairy tale maiden; “Song Styles” has Wayne Brady rapping to a pool cleaner in the audience; and host Drew Carey leaves
Greg Proops
Jan 24, 2002
Games include “Multiple Personalities,” with the gang jumping from Scooby Doo to Richard Simmons to John Wayne; and a round of “Superheroes.” Players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne B
Brad Sherwood
Jan 31, 2002
“Awards Show” finds the guys mounting a toast to alcoholics; Wayne and Brad “Duet” to impress guest Hugh Hefner's Playboy lady friends, who also join in for a round of “Living Scen
Chip Esten
Feb 7, 2002
Games include a round of “Superheroes,” with Colin as Tacky Shirt Man; a Backstreet Boys-themed “Hoe Down”; “Scenes from a Hat”; “Newsflash”; and a version of “Sound Effects” that
Greg Proops
Feb 12, 2002
Games include a round of “Hats,” a musical ode to college in “Greatest Hits” and a bit of “Weird Newscasters” about a kinky news anchor. Players include Greg Proops, Wayne Brady an
Brad Sherwood
Feb 12, 2002
Brad Sherwood plays a witch-hunter in a round of “Let's Make a Date,” then helps Wayne serenade an audience member with a “Duet.” Also: “Hoe Down”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “Title
Brad Sherwood
Mar 7, 2002
Games featured: “Weird Newscasters”; ”Scenes From a Hat”; “Two-Line Vocabulary” and “Greatest Hits”.
Kathy Greenwood
Mar 14, 2002
Games include “Living Scenery,” “Scenes from a Hat” and a Latin-flavored round of “Hollywood Director.” Also: Wayne Brady dips into the “Song Styles” of James Bond themes to serena
Greg Proops
Mar 28, 2002
Featured: “Weird Newscasters,” with Wayne as a possessed Girl Scout; “Scenes from a Hat”; “Action Replay”; and “Hockey Player Hoedown.” Other players include Ryan Stiles and Greg P
Greg Proops
Apr 11, 2002
Games include “Let's Make a Date” with Ryan as a horse whisperer and Wayne as a visually impaired rapper; “Film Dub”; “Props”; and “Songs of the Retirement Album.” Colin Mochrie an