That's So Raven season 4

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That's So Raven
Season 4
Starring
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkDisney Channel
Original releaseFebruary 20, 2006 (2006-02-20) –
November 10, 2007 (2007-11-10)
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The fourth and final season of That's So Raven aired on Disney Channel from February 20, 2006 to November 10, 2007. This season ultimately became the final season of the show, closing the chapter on the story of the Baxter family, which now consists of only Raven Baxter (Raven-Symoné), Cory Baxter (Kyle Massey), and Victor Baxter (Rondell Sheridan), following T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh's departure from the show in the third season as the matriarch, Tanya Baxter. Anneliese van der Pol and Orlando Brown reprise their roles as Chelsea Daniels and Eddie Thomas respectively.

After a record-breaking third season, season four continued to accomplish many firsts for Disney Channel. It reached 100 episodes with its series finale on November 10, 2007, a record which was met on October 7, 2011 with Wizards of Waverly Place's 100th episode. There would however be a continuity-error regarding the final three episodes, since they aired after the spinoff, Cory in the House, premiered on January 12, 2007 with Cory and Victor moving to Washington, D.C.

Guest stars for this season included: Rose Abdoo, Candace Cameron Bure, Rae Dawn Chong, Ashley Eckstein, Jasmine Guy, Sammi Hanratty, David Henrie, Richard Horvitz, Steve Hytner, Anne-Marie Johnson, Phill Lewis, Spencer Locke, Brooke Lyons, Kathy Najimy, Geoffrey Owens, Sydney Park, Tim Reid, Karly Rothenberg, Jodi Shilling, Maria Shriver, Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Tiffany Thornton, Dorien Wilson, Annie Wood and Amy Yasbeck.

Production[edit]

The season was filmed from July 15, 2005 to January 13, 2006 and Raven-Symoné is credited as one of the show's producers.

Cast[edit]

Production staff[edit]

Episodes[edit]

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791"Raven, Sydney and the Man"Rich CorrellMarc WarrenFebruary 20, 2006 (2006-02-20)4034.5[1]

Raven, Chelsea, and Eddie volunteer to run clubs for Mrs. Valentine's class at the Community Center. While there, Raven must deal with mentoring an obnoxious little girl named Sydney. Raven finds out that Sydney never knew her real parents, and eventually they grow a sisterly bond.

Guest stars: David Henrie as Larry, Sydney Park as Sydney, Karly Rothenberg as Mrs. Valentine
802"Pin Pals"Rich CorrellDennis RinslerFebruary 24, 2006 (2006-02-24)401N/A

The episode begins with Victor talking to Raven and Cory about taking responsibility in the Baxter house since Tanya is in England. Raven must choose between going with Chelsea and Eddie for a bowling tournament, or sneaking into world-famous fashion designer Donna Cabonna's (Anne-Marie Johnson) fashion show to show off her designs. She chooses to go to the fashion show, and ends up "saving the night"...before she destroys it. She then becomes an intern for Donna Cabonna. In this episode, it is revealed that Raven's mother, Tanya Baxter, left to study law in England.

Guest stars: Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany, Shon Little as Chef Heimlich
813"Dues and Don'ts"Rich CorrellTheresa Akana & Stacee ComageMarch 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)404N/A

Raven has a vision that she will get an awesome office on her first day at work as an intern for Donna Cabonna (Anne-Marie Johnson), and she decides to brag about it. Muffy doubts Raven's words and Chelsea later invites Muffy, Señorita Rodriguez, and the entire Spanish class, much to Raven's dismay. Raven arrives at her first day of work and finds out her "private office" is actually Donna's office room. Cory and Eddie accidentally destroyed the kitchen after they were brawling over a ticket. When Raven's unexpected visitors threaten to ruin Donna's office room and Raven kicks them out, but not before knocking Donna's prized sculpture off the center. Donna returns and Raven tries to hide the tilted art from her. Tiffany unexpectedly "saves the day" by accidentally breaking the sculpture and therefore taking the heat from Donna.

Guest stars: Ashley Drane as Muffy, Rose Abdoo as Señorita Rodriguez, Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
824"Unhappy Medium"Rich CorrellJosh Lynn & Danny WarrenMarch 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)407N/A

Teen actress Nikki Logan (Brooke Lyons) arrives at Bayside High School to shoot a new movie. But when Raven has a vision that Nikki's going to choke from eating taffy, she saves her from it. She asks Raven how she knows this will occurs, but when she says she is a psychic, Nikki reveals she's playing a psychic character in the new movie and asks that if Raven would mind giving her pointers. Raven is happy to help, as it also means joining Nikki's circle. Due to some expired orange juice, Raven has a reaction that leads Nikki to think that Raven's trying to talk to the dead. Raven explains that her visions don't come all the time and that, aside from having “occasional visions that may or may not come true,” she is still a regular teenager. This disappoints Nikki and she leaves. Raven later invites Nikki back and she pantomimes having an over-the-type fake vision, using quotes from various movies. Nikki believes this will be her ticket to being taken seriously, thanks Raven and says that if her performance is met with positive reviews, she'll allow Raven to come along to her Malibu estate. As Nikki leaves, Raven then has a vision that Nikki's performance will cause her to be fired on the set. Worried about her vision, Raven starts planning how to save Nikki from being axed. During the middle of filming, with Nikki doing Raven's "performance" Raven attempts to warn her on the set, but it turns out that Raven is mistaken for an extra and is the one fired. Nikki later reveals that she lied to Raven about bringing her to Malibu, leaving Raven heartbroken at how shallow Nikki really is. Then Raven has a third vision that Nikki's performance will be met with scathing reviews, so much that her beach house in Malibu will be taken away. Since Raven thinks Nikki deserves it, she doesn't tell her.

Guest stars: Brooke Lyons as Nikki Logan, Sam Rubin as himself, Amanda Tepe as Becky, Ryan Yu as Toshi Nakamora
835"Adventures in Boss-Sitting"Eric Dean SeatonJessica LopezMarch 24, 2006 (2006-03-24)406N/A

Donna Cabonna makes Raven her temporary assistant while Tiffany is out of town. Devon returns to San Francisco for one night and Raven is planning on a romantic date, but Donna shows up at Raven's doorstep in tears because her boyfriend Teddy (Richard Horvitz) broke up with her. Raven must juggle both Devon and Donna, running up and down the stairs, catering to Donna's every whim while trying to have a nice night with Devon. Donna breaks down again, and Cocoa runs down the stairs with the head of a bear that Devon got Raven. Devon finds out that Raven has been hiding Donna upstairs, and gets angry and breaks up with Raven. Meanwhile, Cory goes on a date with a girl named Brittany. At the movie he sees Cindy, his ex-girlfriend, who is also on a date with a boy. The date doesn't turn out all that well, and Cory finds himself wanting to get back together with Cindy. Cindy, Devon, and Teddy, all come to the door and each relationship is rekindled.

Special guest star: Jonathan McDaniel as Devon

Guest stars: Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany, Jordyn Colemon as Cindy, Richard Horvitz as Teddy

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
846"Hook Up My Space"Rich CorrellMichael FeldmanMarch 31, 2006 (2006-03-31)408N/A

Raven feels that her room is not big enough. When she gets a vision of Cory asking Victor if he can move his band to the basement, Raven interrupts her brother. She gets to Victor first. This makes Cory furious, and he uses the television makeover show Hook Up My Space to make Raven's room just how she hates it, instead of the way she wants it. Even though Raven is embarrassed on national television, Cory later makes over her new room exactly how she wants it, Chelsea accidentally puts the big paper at Raven on the wall. Meanwhile, Victor and Eddie decide they need to work out after finding it too hard to lift a box of Raven's stuffed animals and pillows. This leads them to move Victor's old weights up to Raven's old room to exercise.

Guest stars: Steve Truitt as Sly Huffington
857"Driving Miss Lazy"Eric Dean SeatonMichael CarringtonApril 21, 2006 (2006-04-21)405N/A

Eddie, gets his driver's license, and he decides to buy a car with Raven and Chelsea. Raven and Chelsea boss Eddie around by creating a "voting" system—tilted in their favor—and even painting their beloved car pink. After being their valet for too long, Eddie takes a drive to the countryside by himself. Sheriff Jefferson (Tim Reid) arrests Eddie on suspicion of being "The Pink Bandit", who is responsible for a string of recent burglaries in the area. Eddie enlists Raven's help, and she uses a disguise to assist her friend. Back at home, Stanley sells Cory cologne that he says will attract girls, but it turns out to attract dogs.

Special guest star: Tim Reid as Sheriff Jefferson

Guest stars: Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter

Note: Orlando Brown also played The Pink Bandit
868"Be Prepared"Debbie AllenMarc WarrenMay 12, 2006 (2006-05-12)413N/A

Raven agrees to help her boss, Donna Cabonna, shoot a public service announcement commercial/music video about emergency preparedness. Raven gets boy band Boyz 'N Motion to shoot the video, but the trio begin to turn against each other, and then break up. Raven and the others start to panic when the alarm in the office goes off, and they do not know how to exit the building safely. Then-First Lady of California Maria Shriver guest stars.

Special guest star: Maria Shriver as herself

Guest stars: Columbus Short as Trey, Michael Copon as Ricky, Ryan Hansen as J.J., Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany
879"Juicer Consequences"Rich CorrellMichael FeldmanJune 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)402N/A

Raven and Chelsea get into an argument when Chelsea asserts that Raven only thinks about herself, and never listens to others. Meanwhile, Cory starts junior high school, and becomes a business partner with a bully named "The Juicer". Cory’s pleas to Raven for advice on how to deal with The Juicer fall on deaf ears, confirming Chelsea’s accusations. Raven finally realizes Cory is in trouble when she has a vision where Cory gets “juiced.” She must warn Cory at his junior high school, but in order to do so, she disguises herself as a cafeteria lunch lady.

Guest stars: David Henrie as Larry, Dan Mott as The Juicer

Absent: Orlando Brown as Eddie Thomas
8810"Sister Act"Marc WarrenMichael FeldmanJuly 8, 2006 (2006-07-08)412N/A

Raven and Sydney enter a beauty pageant "Little Miss and her Big Sis" to raise money for the Community Center. Things get personal when Muffy and her younger sister, Buffy, also enter the pageant. This causes Raven and Muffy to become too competitive, leading to everyone in the room quarreling—even Chelsea, Eddie, Stanley, Cory, Victor, and the audience. When Raven has a vision of Sydney releasing the rope that holds a giant globe that will fall on Buffy during the fight, she stops everyone from fighting. However, Raven, Sidney, Muffy and Buffy are immediately disqualified for starting a fight.

Guest stars: Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley, Ashley Drane as Muffy, Rachel Fox as Buffy, Sydney Park as Sydney, Karly Rothenberg as Mrs. Valentine, Buddy Lewis as Father
8911"Checkin' Out"[a]Rich CorrellStory by : Michael Carrington
Teleplay by : Edward C. Evans & Al Sonja L. Rice
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28)4225.7[2]

Raven must organize an important photo-shoot for Donna Cabonna at the Tipton Hotel in Boston, however she messes up when she lands Pistache in Italy and the models still stuck halfway around the world in Budaprogoslovakia. However things turn to worst when Raven's Secretec's alarm has the wrong time so she misses her flight back to San Francisco. Meanwhile, Eddie and Cory use Chelsea's paddleballs to get money by having her break records. They think that it will be easy, until the defending paddleball champion—Stanley—shows up.

Special guest stars: Jasmine Guy as Pistache, Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Zack and Cody Martin, Phill Lewis as Mr. Moseby

Guest stars: Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley, Annie Wood as Sandra Blair, Tiffany Thornton as Tyler Sparks

Note: This was a crossover with The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Hannah Montana.
9012"Fur Better or Worse"Eric Dean SeatonDeborah SwisherAugust 5, 2006 (2006-08-05)410N/A

Raven shows Donna Cabonna her sketches for their new fall clothing line. Donna likes her designs, but thinks that they would be better with a fur collar on them. Raven quickly tells her best friend, Chelsea, about her "good news". Chelsea, along with her Friendly Earth Society Club members, protest the use of real animal fur in clothing, resulting Raven and Chelsea's friendship turning sour. Meanwhile, Stanley creates—and sells—a gadget to Eddie and Cory that uses pick-up lines to attract women. What Stanley didn't tell them that it DID NOT attract women, but it hit on them, thus resulting in Eddie being whacked by women with purses.

Guest stars: Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany, Fred Meyers as Leaf
9113"Mad Hot Cotillion"Rich CorrellMichael CarringtonAugust 12, 2006 (2006-08-12)415N/A

Cory gives advice about getting girls to "The Juicer", who has his eyes on a beautiful new transfer student, Kayla. "The Juicer" gets angry when he finds out she really likes Cory. Meanwhile, Raven is grounded for a week for being late for her great aunt's 80th birthday celebration (following a vision of Chelsea and Eddie needing help in a Mexican restaurant), and she quickly goes mad from loneliness.

Guest stars: David Henrie as Larry, Dan Mott as The Juicer, Spencer Locke as Kayla, Amy Tolsky as Mrs. Rothschild
9214"When 6021 Met 4267"Eric Dean SeatonDennis RinslerAugust 18, 2006 (2006-08-18)411N/A

When Raven is having a party, she can't find a date to go with, so she uses the school's internet dating service to find out a compatible match. Raven finds out her true soul mate is Eddie, and then has a vision that their lives will be horrible when they grow up if they stay together. Because of this, she breaks up with Eddie. During the party they share a kiss, in which they seem to feel no spark from. In the last scene they share one more kiss, and there they both deny any feeling of a spark, but both of them end up showing that they liked the kiss and may have feelings for each other even though they decided to just be friends.

Guest stars: Bobb'e J. Thompson as Stanley, Ben Ziff as Danny, Andrea Edwards as Loca

Note: In this episode, Raven has a vision that she and Eddie are married and have twins. Raven does go on to have twins as seen in the show's spin-off Raven's Home, however, Devon is the father, not Eddie.
9315"Soup to Nuts"Rich CorrellStory by : Michael Feldman
Teleplay by : Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren
August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25)421N/A

Raven hurts Principal Stuckerman, sending him to the hospital. She has a vision that Stuckerman is going to retire the next day, so she tries to avoid him the whole day by playing sick. Her grandma's soup causes her to have strange dreams, placing her in strange situations..

Guest stars: Steve Hytner as Dr. Stuckerman
9416"Members Only"Rich CorrellTheresa Akana & Stacee ComageSeptember 15, 2006 (2006-09-15)414N/A

Raven and Chelsea pretend to be Eddie's girlfriends, so he can get into a hot new club called "The Sigmas". Things get ugly when the club's leaders, Dylan and Jordan, find out that Eddie is scamming them. Meanwhile, Cory and Victor try to find a cricket that Cory accidentally lets loose in the house.

Guest stars: B. J. Britt as Dylan, Colin Kim as Jordan
9517"The Ice Girl Cometh"Rich CorrellAl Sonja L. RiceSeptember 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)409N/A

Chelsea and her mother (Amy Yasbeck) invite Raven to join them on a mother/daughter retreat that they have every year since Tanya is in England. Raven initially cringes at that idea, but when she has a vision of meeting a cute guy named Brent, she quickly changes her mind. Meanwhile, Cory's band, "Cory and the Boys", takes drastic action to get radio DJ Mitch (Dorien Wilson), Victor's old friend, to get their music played on the radio.

Special guest star: Amy Yasbeck as Joni Daniels

Guest stars: David Henrie as Larry, Frankie Ryan Manriquez as William, Dorien Wilson as Mitch
9618"Rae of Sunshine"Eric Dean SeatonLanny HornOctober 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)418N/A

Raven unwittingly hosts a slumber party at her house for Sydney's new club, the local Bayside Sunshine Girls, and everything turns into a complete disaster. Meanwhile, Cory takes Eddie and Chelsea to the movies, and has to deal with their loudness. Despite Eddie and Chelsea making all the noise, it is Cory who gets kicked out of the theater for being too loud.

Guest stars: Sydney Park as Sydney, Karly Rothenberg as Mrs. Valentine, Rachel Fox as Buffy, Sammi Hanratty as Taylor, Johari Johnson as Movie Usher

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
9719"The Dress is Always Greener"Eric Dean SeatonDeborah SwisherNovember 25, 2006 (2006-11-25)416N/A

Raven is getting very annoyed with Donna Cabonna because she wants to be a fashion designer, not a maid. Then, Donna's ex-best friend (but now arch-enemy), Lora Stelladora (Kathy Najimy), moves into the office upstairs, and offers Raven a job as a fashion designer. Raven quickly finds that she has to deal with two bosses. Meanwhile, Cory and Eddie try to profit on Chelsea's potato that resembles Abraham Lincoln.

Special guest star: Kathy Najimy as Lora Stelladora

Guest stars: Anne-Marie Johnson as Donna Cabonna, Jodi Shilling as Tiffany

Note: This is Rondell Sheridan's last appearance as Victor Baxter in That's So Raven. Sheridan did however reprise his role as Victor Baxter in Cory in the House and Raven's Home.
9820"Teacher's Pet"Rondell SheridanAl Sonja L. RiceJanuary 15, 2007 (2007-01-15)417N/A

Raven's scheme to get an exam postponed gets the new, hip young history teacher fired. Meanwhile, Cory auditions girls to find a new lead singer for his band, but "The Juicer" insists that he will be the new singer because he "sings like an angel".

Guest stars: Candace Cameron Bure as Courtney Dearborn, David Henrie as Larry, Frankie Ryan Manriquez as William, Dan Mott as The Juicer, Curtis William Jr. as Dorian, Steve Hytner as Dr. Stuckerman

Note: This episode—and the two episodes that follow—aired after Cory in the House had already premiered.

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
9921"The Way We Were"Eric Dean SeatonStory by : Deborah Swisher
Teleplay by : Theresa Akana & Stacee Comage
March 2, 2007 (2007-03-02)420N/A

Raven and Chelsea throw Eddie a surprise birthday party, and invite both of his divorced parents (Geoffrey Owens and Rae Dawn Chong), who—Eddie suspects—will get back together. However, Eddie quickly finds out about the party from Chelsea, of course.

Guest stars: Rae Dawn Chong as Lynn, Geoffrey Owens as Michael, David Henrie as Larry, Frankie Ryan Manriquez as William, Shon Little as Chef Heimlich, Dallas Henry as Stu


Note: When Raven explains her vision about Eddie's parents to him, he asks "You sure you weren't just watching The Cosby Show?", on which Raven-Symone and guest-star Geoffrey Owens were cast members. This episode was the final episode produced for the series and was intended to be the series finale but due to episodes airing out of production order and with the newly premiered spin off series Cory in the House taking its timeslot. The network eventually concluded the series eight months later in November 2007 with "Where There's Smoke".

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
10022"Where There's Smoke"Eric Dean SeatonEdward C. EvansNovember 10, 2007 (2007-11-10)4195.5[3]

Raven suspects that Cory has started smoking when she finds a pack of cigarettes in Cory's shirt pocket which gets him in trouble, but he is really hiding them from his girlfriend, Cindy, so she does not smoke them.

Guest stars: David Henrie as Larry, Frankie Ryan Manriquez as William, Dan Mott as The Juicer, Jordyn Colemon as Cindy Note: This was the final episode aired for the series due to the network airing the episodes out of production order the intended series finale aired eight months prior to this episode.

Absent: Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ratings for 4.01 of That's So Raven
  2. ^ "Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending July 30, 2006". Ratings Ryan.
  3. ^ "ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' cable television's most-watched show for week of Nov. 5-11". Associated Press. November 14, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2011.