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Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1997 - 1997
Episode 1
Ben Treats
Fri, May 9, 1997
Ben wins $500 in a lottery scratch-off game and uses the money on an expensive dinner at a five star restaurant, with Dr. Katz and Laura as his guests. In the end, the restaurant bill ends up over his $500, forcing him to rely on Katz and Laura to pay the rest.
Episode 2
Memoirs
Sun, Jun 22, 1997
Ben wants to make author his full-time job, and for his first book, plans to write memoirs of his life so far. He dedicates the book to Dr. Katz, rationalizing that by the time he finishes the book, Katz will be dead. As with most all job ideas, though, Ben gives up by the end of the episode.
Episode 3
Electric Bike
Sun, Jun 29, 1997
Dr. Katz orders an electric bike in the mail, but Ben proceeds to break it upon using it.
Episode 4
Broadcaster Ben
Sun, Jul 6, 1997
Ben sees an ad for a broadcasting school audition and decides to try out, especially after Dr. Katz says he has a natural voice for radio. It's revealed that the school is a scam, however.
Episode 5
Trash Day
Sun, Jul 13, 1997
Dr. Katz rescues a chair that someone abandoned on the street, though he has second thoughts about keeping it and eventually tells Ben to take it to the dump. Ben encounters problems doing so, though.
Episode 6
Sharon Meyers
Sun, Jul 27, 1997
Dr. Katz gets a call from an old flame and patient Sharon Myers, whom he referred to another therapist because he felt unprofessional dating one of his patients. However, he does agree to a drink with Sharon to tell her that he can't start seeing her as a patient again.
Episode 7
Mask
Sun, Aug 3, 1997
Dr. Katz takes a mask-making class and Ben gets inspired to create his own. Additionally, Ben is disturbed about a dream he had: That he killed Dr. Katz.
Episode 8
Closets
Sun, Aug 10, 1997
Dr. Katz enlists Ben's help in reorganizing Katz's bedroom closet space. Ben schedules appointments for various closet companies. However, the company that Ben chose actually makes Katz's closet worse.
Episode 9
Wild Weekend
Sun, Aug 17, 1997
Ben gets the bug to be outdoors and asks Dr. Katz if they could do some camping and biking over the weekend. However, things don't pan out, and they end up staying home as usual, recording their "wild" weekend of pigging out on food and watching TV on Laura's camcorder.
Episode 10
Chopper
Sun, Aug 24, 1997
Ben is runner-up in a contest to ride in a traffic helicopter. He hopes something will happen to the winner so he can take their place, and he even practices how he'll behave in the helicopter. But things go according to plan.
Episode 11
Alibi
Sun, Aug 31, 1997
A story appears on the news about a balding man in his late forties breaking somebody's mailbox. Ben jumps to conclusions and thinks Dr. Katz performed the crime, and continues to think that, even after the real culprit was arrested.
Episode 12
Ben-Centennial
Sun, Sep 7, 1997
Ben turns 25. Meanwhile, Laura rescues a baby bird and nurtures it in the office, eventually enlisting Ben's help when Dr. Katz doesn't want it disrupting himself or the patients.
Episode 13
Undercover
Sun, Sep 14, 1997
Laura has been taking many afternoons off without saying where she's going. Dr. Katz and Ben are both naturally suspicious, and Ben sets out to be a detective to find out what she's been doing. He doesn't find anything in his "detective work", though; Laura admits she's been going to traffic school when confronted by Dr. Katz.
