The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 4

Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.

Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.

Will withdraws from a difficult college philosophy class, then regrets his decision when he discovers that the professor Jeremy Mansfield (Jim Meskimen) is the most stimulating teacher he has ever known. He chooses to return to that class even when having to forfeit the credits it should give him.

When Will tries to impress a beautiful college girl by pretending to be a single father and using his new infant cousin as his son, he is forced to accept the honor of "Campus Father of the Year". Jackie (Tyra Banks) makes him feel ashamed and he confesses when offered a prize of plane tickets to Hawaii, so he hands them over to the other student-father, who then confides to Will that he also is lying. Uncle Phil talks to Will about lying pretending to be a single father and sits on him.

Carlton meets Jo Ann (Natalie Venetia Belcon), a beautiful woman on the college campus. They end up spending the night together and Carlton finally loses his virginity. This also helps give him confidence as he prepares again to apply for Princeton. However, Carlton's shot at greater merriment is short-lived, as Jo Ann turns out to be married to Dean Morgan (Robert Hooks), a man who could've helped Carlton get into Princeton and reveals to Carlton that she was actually using him for a one-night

Will defies his uncle by throwing a pool party in the yard after he makes his rent payment conditional that Philip repairs the air conditioner in the pool house, which Philip nonetheless demands in exchange for that freedom. The next day, Philip sues, unprepared for them to plead their cases in court before Judge Reynolds. Philip and Will/Carlton paint very different pictures before the judge, who rules in Philip's favor as A/C is not an essential housing requirement.

When the Banks family attends a seance so Hilary can contact her dead ex-fiancé Trevor, Scorpius, the spiritualist (Glenn Shadix) gets so frustrated with Will's mockery and skepticism that he curses the family with a hex that brings them all bad luck: Uncle Phil is put out of business because of assumed evidence that he was taking bribes and faces jail time, Ashley breaks an ankle just before her tennis match, Carlton's hair gets bleached as a result of his Macaulay Culkin Halloween costume, Geo

Will and Carlton pledge Phi Beta Gamma, a black fraternity whose president Top Dog (Glenn Plummer) is a friend of Will's. They are given various chores as a form of hazing as part of their initiation, and Carlton is subjected to more difficult hazing (for instance bathing a full-grown St. Bernard, while Will and the other pledges groom Poodle Puppies) due to Top Dog's personal prejudice against Carlton and his wealthy family, since he equates being black with being working class and from the 'ho

When Hilary is invited to pose for Playboy magazine, Will and Carlton get to meet Hugh Hefner and the beautiful bikini-clad "bunnies" at the Playboy mansion. Philip is furious and retreats to his self-styled hermitage. When he finally sees the publication, he at first seems pleasantly surprised that the pictures are tasteful as promised by Hugh, until he sees the centerfolds that are more revealing.

After struggling to lose weight, Philip has a serious heart attack while eating a cheeseburger that he bribes Will to buy for him. The entire family arrives at the hospital to help Philip get through this, except for Carlton. Will confronts Carlton to visit his father by telling the story of his own dead-beat father, reminding Carlton that he has a father who is there for his kids, and saying that he's just being selfish. Carlton eventually comes to comfort his father and reveals to him that he

When one of Will's college professors Scott Burton (Phil Morris) gets depressed over his recent divorce, Will hopes to improve his own failing class grade by introducing him to Hilary, who is still grieving Trevor's death. Since Will is on Academic Probation, passing Burton's class will get him off probation. They hit it off but then after a short time, Hilary starts not liking him for strange reasons such as his mole and Adam's Apple. Will finds that all of this is because she cannot get over T

When Will is challenged to a drinking contest by Jackie's boyfriend, Hank Farley (Cylk Cozart), a popular college football player, he gets drunk, collapses in a cemetery on the way home, and is trapped in a mausoleum with four philosophical ghosts. He learns how stupid it can be to get so drunk when he meets the ghost of a boy killed by a drunk driver.

Surprised by the expensive gifts that the Banks family bought for baby Nicky's christening on Christmas Eve, Will foolishly promises to provide a live performance by the R&B music group Boyz II Men. Vivian chooses Geoffrey ahead of her sisters as the child's godfather. Philip recounts this as a bedtime story to toddler Nicky in 1998, to which time this episode travels forward. This episode contradicts the latter timeline of the sitcom, as Geoffrey leaves for England and the Banks move out of the

Will and Carlton try to concentrate on their schoolwork while surrounded by the noisy late-night distractions of the Banks family. Carlton ends up irritating Will by revealing that the assignment he was working on was purely optional whereas Will's test will be mandatory. Ashley came home late by curfew and her father is very overbearing and overprotective of her. Ashley tried to reason with her father, it didn't work and he punished her for it.

When Carlton becomes the new manager of the campus restaurant, Will (who had previously been up for the same position) refuses to work as his employee. He attempts to do so, and when it does not work out, he gets a job at a sports bar a few blocks away.

When Carlton, the mascot of the university's football team, is abducted by the students from a rival college, Will wears Carlton's peacock costume to inspire the team during a championship game. It does not work because they are so attached to Carlton already and his inspiring speech puts even more of a damper on their team spirit.

Will's love affair with a superstar singer, Michelle Michaels (Stacey Dash), is threatened when he meets her handsome former lover. Will learns that glamorous flings are not as fulfilling as meaningful relationships.

Ashley asks Will to chaperone her on a date, thinking that her father would be too overprotective. Will and Ashley double date, and he turns out to be just as overprotective. Both of their dates take off, as Will's "double standards" are apparent; Ashley subsequently rebels, wanting nothing to do with Will. When Will and Ashley arrive on a bad romantic dinner between Phil and Vivian, the parents get angry at Will's incompetence as a chaperone. Ashley, feeling her pleas have been completely ignor

Will withdraws from his university classes to become a successful car salesman by the place's owner Pete Fletcher (Robert Guillaume). His mother becomes furious when she finds out and comes to LA, and gets him to re-enroll at college by threatening to enroll herself.

On the day of Jazz's wedding, his bride-to-be Jewel (Karen Malina White) makes sexual advances towards Will to call off the wedding.

Will finds himself stranded in a mountain forest with his new girlfriend Lisa's (Cree Summer) disagreeable father Augustus (John Witherspoon), after having crash-landed. He escapes from there and leaves him to it because he is somewhat unsettled by his overbearing personality and protectiveness of Lisa.

When Philip's former college girlfriend, Janice Robertson (Pam Grier), visits the Banks family, she attempts to seduce an unwilling Will, who is supposed to be getting to know the daughter, Wendy (Elise Neal). Vivian is openly jealous of Janice's presence (made worse by overhearing Phil saying he "settled" for Vivian after Janice showed no interest), but when Philip finds out that Will slept with Janice, he apologizes to her and makes it clear that he values his marriage more than anything Janic

When Jazz and his wife, Jewel, try unsuccessfully to conceive a child, they ask Will to "father" the baby. Meanwhile, Phillip challenges the kids to put more thought into their Mother's Day gifts for Vivian.

Will's deadbeat father, Lou Smith (Ben Vereen), returns to his son's life after 14 years. Will is very happy about the chance to reconnect with his father. However, Philip and Vivian (especially Philip) give him the cold shoulder, sensing that Lou has returned for his own selfish purposes and will most likely disappoint Will again. Will refuses to believe it and even gets into a heated argument with Philip. However, Lou discovers he has landed a new job that doesn't afford room to take Will on a

The Banks family is offered a $1 million profit by Donald Trump and Marla Maples, who wants to buy the family house. Clips are shown of previous memorable occasions. The only person who really does not want to move even for the money is Ashley, who shows the most sentimental attachment, a complete opposite to her brother Carlton who'd like to take the money and leave.

Will and the entire Banks family vacation in Will's hometown, Philadelphia, and learn a surprising secret about Will's reputation in the neighborhood. They learn that Will is now known as a chicken due to moving and not confronting the bully, Omar Boulware, who made him go to LA in the first place. Will is determined to fight Omar. Omar rejects him. Will is surprised and asks him about his reputation. Omar points at his small group of friends, telling Will that that was his reputation. Omar tell