Season 4 - Episode Guide

Ellen longs to buy a home, but she'll have to sell her bookstore to do so.

The bookstore's new manager, whose hobby is hunting, wants to bag Joe, whom he finds beastly.

Ellen comes unglued when her parents reveal that they intend to separate.

Desperate to reunite her parents, Ellen re-creates their Cuban honeymoon, circa 1958, complete with the musical stylings of Eddie Fisher (who appears as himself).

Ellen's therapist counsels her to speak her mind, but Ellen's speechless when she spies the good doctor in a compromising position.

At a camp reunion, Paige intends to get even for a childhood incident that Ellen was secretly behind.

Ellen insists on mothering her ailing father.

Lois accepts a date with a man she meets through a dating service.

As Spence's passion for medicine is reborn, Paige takes a test to find out if she's pregnant. But Audrey is the one who's positive.

Ellen invites a nice guy to Thanksgiving dinner, not knowing that he's homeless.

Ed becomes fiercely competitive after Ellen beats him in a bowling match.

Ellen's attachment to a stray dog upsets her Christmas vacation plans.

As a New Year's resolution, Ellen pledges not to let being unattached prevent her from doing the things she wants to do.

Ellen comes in contact with Joe's friend when she seeks a permit to remodel her house.

Ellen has one too many at a wine-tasting party given by an M.D. whom Spence wants to impress.

Ellen and the group attend "Rock and Roll Dream Camp."

Ellen thinks she's gotten signals of attraction from a hearing-impaired actor with whom Audrey is infatuated.

Ellen and Peter attend a new-age retreat, where Peter offers the insight that Ellen is not really as happy as she claims to be.

Ellen and her parents conspire to keep up appearances for Ellen's grandmother; Paige and Spence go to Las Vegas.

Ellen is finally reconciled to the impending divorce of her parents, but they don't appear to be in any rush to finalize the matter.

Spoofing "The English Patient," Ellen provides a burn victim with a litany of memories (shown via clips from previous episodes).

Part 1 of two. Ellen discovers her true sexual identity when she finds that she has a decided preference for her male friend's female pal.

Conclusion. Ellen discovers her true sexual identity when she finds that she has a decided preference for her male friend's female pal.

Ellen comes out to her parents.

As Ellen prepares to move into her house, she runs into trouble at the bookstore when she learns that Ed has an aversion to gays.