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Wizards of Waverly Place: Season 4

27 episodes Premiered Nov 12, 2010 Updated Sep 18, 2026

Wizards of Waverly Place Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 27 episodes.

Previously on Wizards of Waverly Place

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Wizards of Waverly Place Season 3.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Wizards of Waverly Place Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 27 episodes.

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Season 4 Episodes

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Alex Tells the World

Nov 12, 2010

After the government has taken all the wizards away, Alex decides to reveal wizards to the world. The rest of the wizarding world doesn't exactly take well to it.

S4·E2 Core

Alex Gives Up

Nov 27, 2010

Alex quits her wizard training after she decides there will never be enough time to regain her status and compete for the title of family wizard. However, she is shocked to learn t

S4·E3 Core

Lucky Charmed

Dec 10, 2010

Alex continues her life as a mortal but it causes tension between her and Harper. Meanwhile, a magical robe of Jerry's is found torn into pieces

S4·E4 Core

Journey to the Center of Mason

Dec 17, 2010

Alex and Mason try to be just friends but that's hard when Dean returns and Mason gets jealous. Meanwhile, Justin tries to motivate some wizards.

S4·E5 Core

Three Maxes and a Little Lady

Jan 7, 2011

Alex joins Justin's wizard class to try to move up in the competition. Max joins a sophisticated wizard society. They suggest he move the wizard competition up and he moves it to a

S4·E6 Core

Daddy's Little Girl

Jan 21, 2011

Max, now Maxine, has become the center of Jerry and Teresa's attention, leading Alex to become jealous. Justin takes Maxine to karate class. Harper tries to keep Zeke away from the

S4·E7 Core

Everything's Rosie for Justin

Feb 4, 2011

When a new student named Rosie joins Justin's remedial wizard class, he falls madly in love with her and discovers she's an angel. Jerry, Teresa, and Harper try to boost sales at t

S4·E8 Core

Dancing with Angels

Feb 11, 2011

Justin, Alex, Rosie and Harper go to an angels club while Theresa and Jerry enter Maxine in a beauty pageant.

S4·E9 Core

Wizards vs. Angels

Feb 18, 2011

Alex discovers that Rosie isn't what she seems, and is tricking Justin into doing evil. With the help of angel-in-training Tina, she tries to defeat the plans of the dark angel Gor

S4·E10 Core

Back to Max

Mar 11, 2011

Professor Crumbs is planning to check on the Russo's to see how their wizard training is progressing. This causes Alex and Justin to panic since they don't know how to explain "Max

S4·E11 Core

Zeke Finds Out

Apr 8, 2011

Zeke seeks magic as a new hobby, and when Alex impulsively and secretly assists in one of his routines, he begins to suspect that he himself might be a wizard, and consoles Harper

S4·E12 Core

Magic Unmasked

May 13, 2011

Alex encourages retired wrestler Muy Macho, her childhood hero, to return to the ring. Meanwhile, Zeke makes plans to wrestle Macho by persuading Justin to use his magic to turn hi

S4·E13 Core

Meet the Werewolves

Jun 17, 2011

Mason tries to hide the truth about his parents from Alex, and about Alex from his parents. Max makes his parents' food taste like kid food in order to make it taste good, but it h

S4·E14 Core

Beast Tamer

Jun 24, 2011

When Mason ignores Alex's invitation to the Beast Bowl so he can work on an anniversary gift, Alex decides to go anyway and she meets a boy named Chase.

S4·E15 Core

Wizard of the Year

Jul 8, 2011

Alex is given an award for saving the world from Gorog, and thus reinstated into the family wizard competition. Celebrity Chase Riprock visits the lair to congratulate Alex, and th

S4·E16 Core

Misfortune at the Beach

Jul 24, 2011

The Russos visit the beach and come across Zelzar, a fortune-telling machine that Jerry warns the kids will give wizards real fortunes. Alex receives a seemingly lethal fortune, ca

S4·E17 Core

Wizards vs. Asteroid

Aug 19, 2011

Alex, Justin, and Max must get into a Captain Jim Bob Sherwood spaceship in order to destroy an asteroid coming toward the earth.

S4·E18 Core

Justin's Back In

Aug 26, 2011

When Justin's students fail their exams, he instinctively accuses Alex, but Alex knows she's not to blame, causing her to discover the true culprit. Meanwhile, Teresa and Jerry fin

S4·E19 Core

Alex the Puppetmaster

Sep 16, 2011

Alex and Harper decide to move out and live on their own, but they need money first, so they they decide put on puppet show. But when Alex doesn't keep up her end of the bargain, s

S4·E20 Core

My Two Harpers

Sep 30, 2011

Harper must choose Zeke or Alex and she chooses Zeke. So, Alex makes a clone of Harper to spend time with. Meanwhile, Jerry, Justin and Max create another restaurant in the Wizard

S4·E21 Core

Wizards of Apartment 13B

Oct 7, 2011

Alex and Harper rent an apartment in a complex whose 13th floor is exclusively for Wizard World creatures, only to find that Mason also lives there.

S4·E22 Core

Ghost Roommate

Oct 14, 2011

Alex and Harper find an extra roommate, Lucy, to help with their living expenses. Lucy is heartbroken over the loss of her previous boyfriend over the Bermuda Triangle, so they try

S4·E23 Core

Get Along, Little Zombie

Oct 21, 2011

Mr. Laritate, who lives on a different floor in Alex and Harper's apartment complex, discovers the 13th floor after Mason breaks the elevator, and ends up bitten by a zombie. Meanw

S4·E24 Mytharc

Wizards vs. Everything

Oct 28, 2011

After Dexter reveals himself as Gorog, the angel of darkness, he turns Felix evil in order to use his powerful wand to take over the Wizard World. Alex, Justin and Max learn from P

S4·E25 Core

Rock Around the Clock

Nov 4, 2011

The family goes back in time to try and save their lair.

S4·E26 Mytharc

Harperella

Nov 18, 2011

Harper gets zapped into a Cinderella Book.

S4·E27 Mytharc

Who Will Be the Family Wizard?

Jan 6, 2012

During a dinner that Alex made for the family, Headmaster Crumbs visits to reveal that with this selfless act, the Russo children can finally have their family wizard competition.