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S4.E1 ∙ An Explosive Affair: Part 1

Tue, Oct 06, 1981

In the first of this two-part episode, WKRP receives a terrorist bomb threat.

8.6 /10

S4.E2 ∙ An Explosive Affair: Part 2

Tue, Oct 13, 1981

Conclusion of two-part series. WKRP receives a terrorist bomb threat.

8.7 /10

S4.E3 ∙ The Union

Tue, Oct 20, 1981

When the staff plans to unionize, Carlson's mother (Bruce) threatens to sell the station.

7.8 /10

Johnny's apartment is being fumigated and he needs a place to stay. Everyone turns him down except for Bailey. Rumors start at the office that they are having an affair. Johnny is also afraid the new DJ will take over his radio time slot.

8.2 /10

S4.E5 ∙ Straight from the Heart

Tue, Nov 03, 1981

Les is being given an award for a news broadcast. Herb is going on vacation, but Jennifer is worried when Herb takes insurance papers with him. He checks into a hospital for heart tests and asks Les to stay with him. They go to a porn movie.

7.5 /10

S4.E6 ∙ Who's on First?

Tue, Nov 10, 1981

With Herb in the hospital, Mr. Carlson must fill in for him in order to negotiate a contract. But if Mr. Carlson is Herb, who is Mr. Carlson? In the meantime, Johnny avoids settling a poker debt.

8.2 /10

S4.E7 ∙ Three Days of the Condo

Tue, Nov 17, 1981

When Johnny comes into a large amount of money, everyone at the station is curious to see what he will do with it.

7.7 /10

S4.E8 ∙ Jennifer and the Will

Tue, Dec 01, 1981

When an elderly gentleman friend of Jennifer's dies, the man's family blames her for stealing his fortune.

8.4 /10

S4.E9 ∙ The Consultant

Tue, Dec 29, 1981

Mother Carlson hires a radio doctor to evaluate the station and Andy worries when the doctor threatens to write a poor review if the station doesn't buy his services.

8.6 /10

S4.E10 ∙ Love, Exciting and New

Tue, Dec 08, 1981

Andy wants a new transmitter for the station, and visits Mrs Carlson to ask for it. Andy ends up taking her out to discuss business, but she seems to want more than that.

7.9 /10

S4.E11 ∙ You Can't Go Out of Town Again

Tue, Jan 05, 1982

Arthur and Carmen attend his college reunion. He finds out their first date was because someone dared her to go out with him. Bailey wants to get a computer for billing. Venus tries to impress a new date.

7.7 /10

S4.E12 ∙ Pills

Tue, Jan 19, 1982

The station sells some new commercial spots to a diet company whose 'magic pills' are not as innocuous as they seem.

8.2 /10

S4.E13 ∙ Changes

Tue, Feb 02, 1982

Herb decides it's time for a change in his wardrobe and enlists Jennifer to help him. Meanwhile, Venus is interviewed by Black Life magazine.

8 /10

S4.E14 ∙ Jennifer and Johnny's Charity

Tue, Jan 12, 1982

A fire at the Vine Street Mission that destroys the kitchen. Johnny starts a donation fund and asks Jennifer to ask her wealthy friends to contribute. She throws a party and all goes well -until the homeless show up to show their gratitude.

7.6 /10

S4.E15 ∙ I'll Take Romance

Tue, Feb 16, 1982

Herb sets Les up with a blind date through his latest client. Les enjoys the date, but does not realize the Ill Take Romance Dating Service is actually a front for prostitution.

8 /10

S4.E16 ∙ Circumstantial Evidence

Tue, Feb 23, 1982

Venus' girlfriend gives him a diamond earring, and then excuses herself from the room and leaves. While he wonders where she went, the police visit the station and question Venus. The earring was stolen, and they think Venus is the thief.

7.7 /10

S4.E17 ∙ Fire

Tue, Mar 16, 1982

A fire alarm sends the crew home early, However Herb and Jennifer get trapped on the elevator going down. Herb then tells Jennifer some rumors that he has been spreading about them being together.

8.1 /10

S4.E18 ∙ Dear Liar

Tue, Mar 23, 1982

When Les jealously plagiarizes Bailey's initial draft of a partially fictional news story on air, the station's broadcast license is put in jeopardy.

8 /10

S4.E19 ∙ The Creation of Venus

Tue, Mar 30, 1982

While Andy and Venus are playing jokes on each other at the radio station, Mama Carlson visits and then quizzes them. Venus lets it slip he used to be a teacher. Andy and Venus tell the story of how Venus went from school teacher to DJ.

8.3 /10

S4.E20 ∙ The Impossible Dream

Sun, Sep 19, 1982

Les' mother is visiting, and complains that Les is in a dead-end job. Les decides he is going to follow his dream and apply for a job at CBS for the evening news in New York.

7.8 /10

S4.E21 ∙ To Err Is Human

Sun, Aug 08, 1982

Kiss the Cook. Hundreds of cardboard figures of Herb at his barbecue instead of Venus promoting shampoo. When an ad for one of the station's sponsors that's supposed to show Venus somehow ends up with a picture of Herb because of a sloppy oversight mix-up, the sponsor wants to drop them. Jennifer offers to go talk to the manager using her obvious appeal to convince him not to, but as it turns out the guy is blind, and she has to resort to charm - which she also has in spades.

8.3 /10