Putnam 1964 A4

Let $p_n$ be a bounded sequence of integers which satisfies the recursion $$p_n =\frac{p_{n-1} +p_{n-2} + p_{n-3}p _{n-4}}{p_{n-1} p_{n-2}+ p_{n-3} +p_{n-4}}.$$ Show that the sequence eventually becomes periodic.