Season 4 includes the famous coming-out episode (The Puppy Episode). From Wikipedia: Season four (1996-1997) This season is most famous for "The Puppy Episode" outing the fictional Ellen Morgan, which aired on the same day Ellen DeGeneres came out on Oprah. Prior to that, almost every episode exhibited a gathering drumbeat of hints. "Give Me Equity or Give Me Death" Ellen complains she can't afford her own home while rejecting offers to sell her bookstore. "A Deer Head for Joe" Ellen literally comes out of the closet of a home she's considering purchasing. "Splitsville, Man" Ellen's parents decide to separate, and Ellen has more of a problem with it than they do. "The Parent Trap" Ellen tries to get her parents back together. "Looking Out for Number One" Ellen sees her psychiatrist urinating in a parking lot. "The Bubble Gum Incident" More than twenty years later, Ellen still can't tell Paige that she's the one who put bubble gum in her hair at camp. "Harold and Ellen" Both Ellen and her father wind up injured. "Not So Great Expectations" "The Pregnancy Test" To ease Paige's worries about a missed period, Ellen and Audrey take a pregnancy test with her. "Kiss My Bum" "Bowl, Baby, Bowl" After a friendly bowling game, Ellen and her boss become very competitive. "Fleas Navidad" Ellen tries to find a dog-sitter so she and Paige can go on holiday to Mexico. "Alone Again... Naturally" Ellen tries going to a romantic French restaurant all by herself. "Joe's Kept Secret" Joe is being kept by a wealthy woman (Florence Henderson), but after she dumps him, she starts spoiling Ellen with expensive gifts and matching outfits. "Makin' Whoopie" "Ellen Unplugged" For her birthday, Ellen gets to go to rock 'n roll fantasy camp. Her friends tell her she can be anyone she wants: Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, the Indigo Girls... Tina Turner. "Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam" Audrey falls in love with a deaf actor in a sign language production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Ellen Morgan shamelessly plugs Ellen DeGeneres's new comedy CD and wonders "if the rumors about her are true." "Hello, Dalai" "Secrets & Ellen" "Reversal of Misfortune" "The Clip Show Patient" "The Puppy Episode (1)" "The Puppy Episode (2)" "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" "Moving On"