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This episode guide was the first complete one ever and was posted originally in the newsgroup rec.arts.tv. Last Updated on June 15, 1993. Compiled by Kirk Golding, Kit Kimes provided the titles of the episodes. Used with permission.
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The first "Wonder Years" Episode Guide ever was put together by Jerry Boyajian and posted in the newsgroup rec.arts.tv on September 4, 1991. Used with permission.
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Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6
| 001 | 1.01 | The Wonder Years |
| We are first introduced to Kevin. They begin Junior High, Winnie starts wearing contacts. Wayne keeps saying Winnie is Kevin's girlfriend - he goes off in the cafe and Winnie's brother, Brian, dies in Vietnam. Winnie and Kevin have their first kiss in Harpers Woods. | ||
| 002 | 1.02 | Swingers |
| At Brian Cooper's funeral, all Kevin can think about is Winnie. At school the boy's PE class begins sex education. Mr. Cutlip is the teacher and the boys are bored with it all. They decide that they need a better book than the school textbook and they go to buy "Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Sex But Were Afraid to Ask". They chicken out when they see the clerk is a girl, so Paul steals the book. Kevin's mom confiscates it before they could read any of it. Kevin and Winnie go for a walk in the park but Kevin is afraid to try anything. [Fall '68] | ||
| 003 | 1.03 | My Father's Office |
| Kevin's Dad keeps coming home from work grumpy. Kevin wants to know what he does at work, so he goes to work with him. | ||
| 004 | 1.04 | Angel |
| Karen starts listening to Jimi Hendrix and hangs around a guy named Louis who's a vegetarian. Both of them are hippies and Karens Dad has a huge argument with Louis at the dinner table. | ||
| 005 | 1.05 | The Phone Call |
| Kevin likes Lisa Berlini and he completely loses it. It gets around the cafe and he plays sick for a day. He ends up trying to ring her up. | ||
| 006 | 1.06 | Dance With Me |
| Next day after Kevin has rung Lisa up. He asks her to the Spring dance. She says OK but then Brad asks her and she accepts his offer. Kevin tries to win Winnie back at the dance. |
| 007 | 2.01 | Heart Of Darkness |
| Winnie starts hanging around the cool kids - because she is going with Kirk McCray. Kevin starts doing things for this kid to be cool. Paul ends up doing the same - they both realise they were idiots. Great ending with Winnie. | ||
| 008 | 2.02 | Our Miss White |
| Kevin plays the main role in Miss Whites play. But Kevin's Dad keeps talking to Miss White and Kevin gets jealous. | ||
| 009 | 2.03 | Christmas |
| The Arnold family want a colour TV for Christmas. But Kevin's Dad won't buy one. It ends up a good Christmas and Winnie gives Kevin a present. | ||
| 010 | 2.04 | Steady As She Goes |
| Kevin asks Becky Slater to go steady in order to get Winnie jealous. In the end Becky gives him the flick anyway. | ||
| 011 | 2.05 | Just Between You and Me ... and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky |
| Kevin is with Becky Slater, Kirk McCray wants Kevin to ask Winnie if she still likes him. Kevin still likes her. She breaks up with Kirk, and Kevin thinks she likes him but she says no. | ||
| 012 | 2.06 | Pottery Will Get You Nowhere |
| Kevin's parents relationship is strained. Kevin's mum does pottery, and she makes Kevin's Dad a coffee mug and they have a huge argument over the Pepsi. | ||
| 013 | 2.07 | Coda |
| Kevin plays the piano and has to play at the recital. Ronald Hirschmeuller plays "Canon in D Major" the same as Kevin, Kevin doesn't go. | ||
| 014 | 2.08 | Hiroshima, Mon Frere |
| Kevin and Wayne don't get along, Kevin and Paul want to do a science experiment with hamsters at Kevin's house. Wayne keeps torturing them because a girl he likes doesn't like him. Kevin hurts Wayne by verbally abusing him. | ||
| 015 | 2.09 | Loosiers |
| Cutlip teaches basketball and Paul keeps getting picked last. Kevin says its unfair, so Cutlip makes him a captain and Kevin picks all the worst players. Cutlip gets sconned on the head. | ||
| 016 | 2.10 | Walk Out |
| Kevin and Paul get elected as home reps. They organise a walkout about the Vietnam War. The day of the walkout the teacher is ill and everyone is waiting for Kevin to walk first - he goes to the toilet. | ||
| 017 | 2.11 | Nemesis |
| Kevin and Winnie are together, Becky Slater keeps speaking to Winnie in class. Kevin thinks she will tell her what he said when they were together. She does and everyone goes off. "Bride of the Mummies" | ||
| 018 | 2.12 | Fate |
| Eddie Pinetti is the school bully. Winnie still is not talking to Kevin for the things he said, Eddie is looking in Winnies locker, Kevin has a go at him. Then there it is on between Eddie and Kevin. | ||
| 019 | 2.13 | Birthday Boy |
| Paul and Kevin's birthdays are together. Paul is having his Barmitzva, Kevin won't go but ends up going. | ||
| 020 | 2.14 | Brightwing |
| Karen gets Kevin to drop of messages at her High School, she is skipping school to go to the hill, Kevin starts going. Great ending! | ||
| 021 | 2.15 | Square Dance |
| Kevin gets Margaret Farquhar as a dance partner. She has 3 pigtails and is totally weird. | ||
| 022 | 2.16 | Whose Woods Are These? |
| Harpers Woods is getting teared down, Paul, Kevin and Winnie go to the Council. They can't stop the inevitable but they do have a final game of chasey there the night before it gets torn down. | ||
| 023 | 2.17 | How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation |
| Final day of school and holidays begin. Paul is going away and Winnie signs Kevin's year book "have a neat summer!". Winnie is going away also, but at her party its obvious her parents are breaking up. |
| 024 | 3.01 | Summer Song |
| The Arnolds family holiday. Paul comes, but gets an allergy. Kevin meets "Terri with an RI" and they go to the pier, Kevin has his first huge kiss. Great episode! | ||
| 025 | 3.02 | Math Class |
| Mr Collins becomes Kevin's Maths teacher. Kevin starts getting D's on Pop Quiz's - Paul gets A's. Kevin starts to study harder but it only gets worse. He ends up going to extra classes. | ||
| 026 | 3.03 | Wayne On Wheels |
| Wayne gets his license and Kevin thinks he will now be out of his life. Kevin wants to go to the mall to find a girl but Wayne has to drive him, Wayne tries to make a fool of him. | ||
| 027 | 3.04 | Mom Wars |
| Kevin wants to play full contact football at the park after school but his Mum thinks he will get hurt. She ends up trying to take him to buy new clothes after school all the time. | ||
| 028 | 3.05 | On The Spot |
| Winnie gets the major role in the school play - Our Town. Kevin is the lights man. Winnies parents get back together. | ||
| 029 | 3.06 | Odd Man Out |
| Paul and Kevin have a massive argument. Kevin starts hanging around with Doug Porter but he is too bland. | ||
| 030 | 3.07 | The Family Car |
| Kevin's Dad buys a new car, but doesn't want to spend too much money. Craig Hobson tries to pay Kevin out but it doesn't work. | ||
| 031 | 3.08 | The Pimple |
| Kevin gets his first pimple just when a beautiful family friend is coming over to visit. | ||
| 032 | 3.09 | Math Class Squared |
| Kevin's Maths teacher Mr Collins, is his hero. Kevin's grades are getting worse because mr Collins grades on a curve and some of the kids are cheating. Kevin's cheats too. | ||
| 033 | 3.10 | Rock 'n' Roll |
| Kevin joins a band - The Electric Shoes. They play their own Rock 'n' Roll at a friends party. | ||
| 034 | 3.11 | Don't You Know Anything About Women? |
| Kevin likes Susan Fisher and Linda his lab partner tells him to ask her to the dance. Anyway she is going with someone else, so he asks Linda. Susan then asks to save her a dance. | ||
| 035 | 3.12 | The Powers That Be |
| Kevin's Grandad comes to stay. he brings a puppy for Kevin. Kevin's Dad is lways arguing with his Dad and the puppy gets the blame. | ||
| 036 | 3.13 | She, My Friend and I |
| Kevin sets Paul up with Winnie to get Carla jealous. However, Kevin still likes Winnie. Anyway Paul ends up really liking Winnie but she only likes him as a friend so she lets him down lightly. Paul tells Kevin she said she still liked him and Winnie goes off! | ||
| 037 | 3.14 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre |
| The next day and its Valentines Day. Kevin makes Winnie a Valentine card but it is put in Becky Slaters locker by mistake. In the end Winnie admits she still likes him. Great ending! | ||
| 038 | 3.15 | Tree House |
| Kevin and his Dad make a tree house but see the lady next door sunbaking, they both lose the plot. | ||
| 039 | 3.16 | Glee Club |
| Kevin's Glee Club get a new teacher and she makes them sing at the 'Spring Sing' - Stout Hearted Men. | ||
| 040 | 3.17 | Night Out |
| Kevin and Winnie are together and they get invited to Robbie Hudson's 'make-out' party. They have to kiss, Winnie runs out, but they do in the end. | ||
| 041 | 3.18 | Faith |
| Kevin has to write his own obituary. His Dad has to pay taxes and his Mum loses the receipts. Classic quote: "I get up at 5 in the morning, I fight traffic, I bust my hump all day, then I fight traffic again, then I pay my taxes - The End". | ||
| 042 | 3.19 | The Unnatural |
| Paul signs up for the baseball team, Kevin has a good hit at practice Kevin keeps making the cut and thinks its because his Dad went to Korea with the coach. | ||
| 043 | 3.20 | Goodbye |
| Kevin gets some extra help from Mr Collins but he doesn't turn up for the exam. Mr Collins dies and Kevin resits his exam. | ||
| 044 | 3.21 | Cocoa and Sympathy |
| Lisa Berlini poll - Kevin gets best eyes and Paul gets brainiest. Paul thinks its because he wears glasses but Kevin's Mum tells him glasses make the man. They end up going to the theatre together. | ||
| 045 | 3.22 | Daddy's Little Girl |
| Karen's 18th birthday. Kevin's Dad is angry with her. Karen doesn't want a party or cake. They make up in the end. | ||
| 046 | 3.23 | Moving |
| Kevin's house has dry rot, so he thinks he has to move. He thinks he may have to break up with Winnie but it turns out Winnie is moving. Kevin buys her a ring but she won't take it. Great ending! |
| 047 | 4.01 | Growing Up |
| Kevin and Winnie are together, Kevin and his family go to his Dads work picnic. Karen goes off to college. | ||
| 048 | 4.02 | Ninth Grade Man |
| Kevin begins 9th grade. Winnie is going to another school and she wants him to think of her every hour. Kevin has a rotten day but we meet Madeline and she kisses Kevin after Becky Slater gives him a race. | ||
| 049 | 4.03 | Journey |
| The gang of Kevin's mates go on an adventure to Donna Pescarellis slumber party. Classic part when they make 'the signal'. | ||
| 050 | 4.04 | The Cost of Living |
| Kevin is not getting paid enough allowance so he becomes a caddy. His first job is to caddy for his Dads boss against his Dad. | ||
| 051 | 4.05 | It's a Mad, Mad Madeline World |
| Kevin and Winnie are together but he gets a cooking assignment with Madeline. When he goes to her house he forgets Winnies bracelet. So he buys a new one - 'Kevin Amold'. | ||
| 052 | 4.06 | Little Debbie |
| Pauls sister Debbie, has a crush on Kevin. He ends up having to take her to her first dance. | ||
| 053 | 4.07 | The Ties That Bind |
| Kevin's Dad gets a raise but has to go to travel around a lot. It ends up looking like he is going to miss Thanksgiving. | ||
| 054 | 4.08 | The Sixth Man |
| Paul gets on the school basketball team. Kevin beats him all the time when they play in his backyard but when hes not playing with Kevin he is good. So he challenges Kevin one night and finally beats him. | ||
| 055 | 4.09 | A Very Cutlip Christmas |
| Kevin sees Cutlip playing Santa at the mall. He lets it slip to his friends and they go looking for him. | ||
| 056 | 4.10 | The Candidate |
| Becky Slater is running for school President. Kevin runs against her. It turns into a slanging match. | ||
| 057 | 4.11 | Heart Break |
| First part of when Kevin and Winnie go to the Museum together on a joint school trip. Winnie breaks up with him because she likes Roger but Madeline has her eye on Kevin. | ||
| 058 | 4.12 | Denial |
| The next day - Kevin tries to win Winnie back by taking Madeline to Pauls party. But they end up having a huge argument. Great ending! | ||
| 059 | 4.13 | Who's Aunt Rose? |
| Kevin's Grandpa comes to town to go to a funeral. The whole family ends up going. Kevin and Wayne end up getting kicked out of the car. | ||
| 060 | 4.14 | Courage |
| Kevin's dentist, Miss Hussenfuss, is really good looking. She thinks he is brave for going to school. | ||
| 061 | 4.15 | Buster |
| Buster, Kevin's dog, needs to get fixed but everyone keeps avoiding it. When Kevin takes him for a walk he runs off so they all go looking for him. Then they all taking him to get fixed. | ||
| 062 | 4.16 | Road Trip |
| Kevin and his Dad stop communicating, his Mum makes them go together to buy a suit. They never get there. Classic part, in the cafe 'My Mum, your wife!' also 'Budge the lug nut'. | ||
| 063 | 4.17 | When Worlds Collide |
| Kevin's Mum goes to work at his school. Kevin hates it. He doesn't want her to talk to him there. She gets upset and loses her job. | ||
| 064 | 4.18 | Separate Rooms |
| Wayne and Kevin's room is getting too small. Karens room is empty, so they want to use it. They end up arguing over who has to leave. | ||
| 065 | 4.19 | The Yearbook |
| Peter Arbuster is the fat kid in school. Kevin is in charge of funny quotes for each student. He makes Peter "Oink!Oink!" and then feels guilty. | ||
| 066 | 4.20 | The Accident |
| Kevin sees Winnie for the first time since they split up. She comes over, he tries to help her. She gets in an accident. Great ending! | ||
| 067 | 4.21 | The House That Jack Built |
| Karen moves into a house with Michael. She doesn't tell her parents, she is living with a guy. Her Dad goes off. | ||
| 068 | 4.22 | Graduation |
| Kevin is graduating from Junior High. Ed Cutlip makes a classic quote 'Free at last.....Thank God almighty, I'm free at last!'. Winnie thinks Paul has already told Kevin he is going to Prep school. They have a fight. Paul makes a big speech at the end. | ||
| 069 | 4.23 | Wonder Years (Clip Show) |
| Look back at Kevin's days at RFK Junior High. Great parts with Winnie in it. Great ending! |
| 070 | 5.01 | The Lake |
| Cara episode! Kevin meets Cara on the Arnold/Pfeiffer family trip. No more needs to be said. | ||
| 071 | 5.02 | Day One |
| Kevin's first day in High School. Stuart Carpazian keeps annoying him, Mr. Bottner has it in for him and Winnie tries to make him feel alright. Good ending with spiral note paper. | ||
| 072 | 5.03 | The Hardware Store |
| Kevin gets his first job at Harris & Sons Hardware Store. He wants to get a job at the mall so he can get girls. | ||
| 073 | 5.04 | Frank and Denise |
| Denise the Grease and Frank the Stank are a tough couple. Denise likes Kevin because he understands the poetry at school. Denise breaks up with Frank but Kevin gets them back together. | ||
| 074 | 5.05 | Full Moon Rising |
| No one in Kevin's group have their license. Ricky Holsenbach is the first to turn 16. He gets his license somehow. Kevin lies to break up a date with Cindy and Randy 'Moons' Kevin's parents. | ||
| 075 | 5.06 | Triangle |
| Wayne gets a girlfriend, Sandy. She is really nice looking. Kevin and she make out behind Waynes back. Kevin wants to be with her but when she breaks up with Wayne he can't leave his brother. | ||
| 076 | 5.07 | Soccer |
| Kevin can't get in any school sport teams. So he goes out for the soccer team and we see the biggest assemblence of nerds. | ||
| 077 | 5.08 | Dinner Out |
| Its Kevin's Dads birthday. He and Karen are still not talking over Michael. They end up going to a restaurant and all they do is argue. Karen comes back later, and makes him 'King for a day'. | ||
| 078 | 5.09 | Christmas Party |
| The annual Christmas party at the Arnolds. It was not the same anymore. Nobody wanted to go. Mr. Ermin got caught smoking marijuana in the basement. | ||
| 079 | 5.10 | Pfeiffer's Fortune |
| Pauls Dad comes into money. They buy a new colour TV, ride-on mower and join a country club. Kevin's Dad can't handle it. | ||
| 080 | 5.11 | Road Test |
| Kevin does driver-ed. He is a heaps good driver, accept he can't parallel park. When he goes to get his license he runs out and pretends he got them. | ||
| 081 | 5.12 | Grandpa's Car |
| Kevin's Grandpa comes to stay, but he is getting to old to drive. After many arguments with Kevin's Dad, Kevin drives him home and buys the car for $1. | ||
| 082 | 5.13 | Kodachrome |
| Miss Shaw is a radical teacher at Kevin's school. She lets them choose their own grade. But the school does not like it, so she leaves. | ||
| 083 | 5.14 | Private Butthead |
| Wayne has to sit his SAT's again to get into college. But Wayne and Wart go and sign up for the army instead. Kevin's Dad goes off but Wayne fails the fitness test and Wart goes off to war. | ||
| 084 | 5.15 | Of Mastodons and Men |
| Kevin dates Julie Aidem but she pays a bit too much attention to him. Kevin's mates get jealous. | ||
| 085 | 5.16 | Double Double Date |
| Kevin likes the Swedish exchange student. Winnie likes a new guy, they go to the dance as a double date. Kevin and Winnie argue all the time but end up together. Great ending! | ||
| 086 | 5.17 | Hero |
| Bobby Riddell is the star basketballer. The school team has a chance to get to the final. Kevin takes his Dad to see him but Bobby stuffs up. | ||
| 087 | 5.18 | Lunch Stories |
| A day in the cafe at Kevin's school. Ricky has an essay to write. Chuck is in love with Sheila and Kevin has to give blood for Winnie. Wayne tries to win $20 for getting Maniacs first name. | ||
| 088 | 5.19 | Carnal Knowledge |
| Paul loses his virginity to a friend of the family and Kevin gets uptight about it because he thinks Paul doesn't need him anymore. | ||
| 089 | 5.20 | The Lost Weekend |
| Kevin's parents leave him and Wayne alone for the weekend. Kevin throws the mother of all parties, Wayne goes out. The party ruins the house and Wayne takes the blame. | ||
| 090 | 5.21 | Stormy Weather |
| Karen and Michael have a fight. Karen comes home to stay because Michael asked her to marry him. Michael camps on the front lawn. | ||
| 091 | 5.22 | The Wedding |
| Karen and Michael are getting married. But Karens Mum starts taking over. In the end Karen has it how she wants it. But they are moving to Alaska and Karen can't tell her family. | ||
| 092 | 5.23 | Back to the Lake |
| Kevin goes looking for Cara. But when he finally finds her she has a boyfriend and Kevin realises how stupid he's been. | ||
| 093 | 5.24 | Broken Hearts and Burgers |
| Winnie and Kevin are together. But when he goes to order dinner, the 'I put the relish on the side' girl eyes him off and Winnie gets mad.. Heaps good reminiscing and they fully make out in the end. |
| 094 | 6.01 | Homecoming |
| The McKinley Knight gets stolen. Wart comes back from Vietnam. When Kevin and Winnie go to the game he tries to steal the owl and sees Wart sitting in his underpants. | ||
| 095 | 6.02 | Fishing |
| Kevin and Wayne go on the annual fishing trip with their dad. But they realise that it is the last time. The place has changed and they no longer find it enjoyable. | ||
| 096 | 6.03 | Scenes from a Wedding |
| At Candy's wedding she keeps avoiding Wayne. Kevin tries to pick up the bridesmaid by getting drunk and Kevin's Dads boss tries to crack on to his Mum. | ||
| 097 | 6.04 | Sex and Economics |
| Miss Farmer is Kevin's teacher and she is gorgeous. She needs her house painted. Kevin offers to do it, she gives him the money, it runs out and ends up costing Kevin $200. | ||
| 098 | 6.05 | Politics as Usual |
| A charismatic McGovern campaigner brings Winnie and Kevin into the political arena, where Kevin, believing the man is an opponent in the race for Winnie's affections, gets a taste of power politics. | ||
| 099 | 6.06 | White Lies |
| Kevin invites Winnie over to study for the SATs but they fall asleep on the lounge. He sort of lies to the guys about what happened and Winnie finds out and breaks up with him. | ||
| 100 | 6.07 | Wayne and Bonnie |
| Wayne and Bonnie are dating. She is 23, divorced and has a child. He decides to move out with her. Kevin is trying to get Winnie back, and he finally does. | ||
| 101 | 6.08 | Kevin Delivers |
| Kevin is working for Mr Chong and we see all the people he encounters and he tries to finish early to see Winnie. | ||
| 102 | 6.09 | The Test |
| Kevin has to sit his SATs and his Dad is trying to decide whether he should leave NORCOM and buy a furniture business. | ||
| 103 | 6.10 | Let Nothing You Dismay |
| Kevin wants to buy Winnie a cashmere sweater and has to work on Christmas Eve to get it. Kevin's dad gets a loan for the furniture business by himself thanks to Kevin's Mum. | ||
| 104 | 6.11 | New Year |
| Wayne is shouting the family to a New Years dinner. Kevin wants to go away with Winnie but they end up going and Wayne doesn't turn up because he breaks up with Bonnie. | ||
| 105 | 6.12 | Alice in Autoland |
| Kevin wants a new car so he goes to Alices Dads car yard - Pistol Pete Pedemeir. Alice test drives the car with Kevin and she comes on to him. Chuck sees them and goes off. | ||
| 106 | 6.13 | Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones |
| Theres a rumour going around that the Rolling Stones are playing at Joes. Kevin gets a speeding ticket and is not allowed to drive his car. But he drives his parents car when they go out and they don't end up seeing the Rolling Stones anyway. | ||
| 107 | 6.14 | Unpacking |
| Theres a new girl in school and Winnie wants Kevin to set Jeff up with her but he won't do it as he already has a girl from his home town. | ||
| 108 | 6.15 | Hulk Arnold |
| Kevin beats everyone at wrestling in PE so he joins the wrestling team but he finds that hes not that good. But he wrestles the state champion and doesn't get pinned. | ||
| 109 | 6.16 | Nose |
| Hayley, the new girl has a big nose. Ricky doesn't have a girl and asks her out. She makes a speech in class and everyone laughs, Ricky then breaks his date with her. But they all learn a lesson in life. | ||
| 110 | 6.17 | Eclipse |
| Kevin's class go on a field trip to the Planetarium. Winnie gets angry because Kevin says she is too perfect. Chuck gets locked in the toilets and Kevin helps put a cherry bomb in a toilet. | ||
| 111 | 6.18 | Poker |
| The gang (Kevin, Paul, Chuck, Randy and Jeff) all come over for a night of poker at Kevins house. During the course of the night we learn a bit more about all of them - Randy is worried about failing trig, Chuck thinks he got Alice pregnant, Jeff is just Jeff and Paul looks like he is drifting away from Kevin forever. | ||
| 112 | 6.19 | The Little Women |
| SAT scores arrive and Kevin does better than he expected - 1272?? So he is on top of the world until he finds out Winnie gets 1482 and his mother is getting a full-time job then it turns into a men against women battle. Great episode!!! | ||
| 113 | 6.20 | Reunion |
| Kevins Mum has her class reunion and the family trek to her home town to meet some of her old friends but instead there is an old boyfriend who still has the 'hots' for her and even worse Kevins Dad doesn't seem to mind. | ||
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6.21 6.22 |
Summer Independence Day |
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It's summer, and Kevin is working in his Dad's furniture factory.
Winnie, on the other hand, is working in the Cascades at a resort
as a lifeguard (shades of "Dirty Dancing"). Not being
together during the summer according to Winnie His irritation with the situation escalates when two of his buddies take off to drive across country and he gets left behind because his Dad wouldn't let him go -- "you wouldn't survive for two seconds on your own." (That quote sets the stage for the rest of the story). One day at work, Kevin calls Winnie at the resort -- she's busy and distracted by poolside activities and new friends, which results in a short conversation. Kevin's Dad yells at him for using the phone, a huge argument follows, and Kevin quits his job -- "its not good enough for me." He goes home, packs a bag, and takes off to follow the wind wherever it takes him, which happens to be to the resort where Winnie is working. She's surprised (and doesn't look too pleased) a busboy in the restaurant. He expects to spend time with her one evening and she tells him she has a lifeguard meeting to go to at the lake. He feels that she's giving him the brush off, and she tells him he has to give her time to get used to having him there. That evening, he goes to play poker with the band and wins $100 by bluffing. Feeling like a man, he goes to find Winnie at the lake and sees her kissing one of her lifeguard pals, Eric. Things deteriorate from there. He sees her the next day and tells her he saw her; she accuses him of spying. That night he plays poker again and loses everything, including his car. The next day he packs up to leave, walks in to the restaurant tell Winnie goodbye, punches Eric, walks out, and starts walking to who knows where. He flags a car down for a ride only to find Winnie sitting in the backseat; she got fired because of his behavior. They start arguing and get put out on the side of the road together. They continue to fight, throwing each others luggage into the road to get run over by a truck. Then it starts raining and they both head for a nearby barn. Eventually they start talking about everything .. about how much things have changed; Winnie says she thinks it had to happen eventually -- everybody grows up sometime. They end up making up and promise to always be together. This is the best part - with powerful and intense dialogue. They arrive back home on the 4th of July. Karen has come home for a visit and is pregnant. Kevin makes up with his dad. The last scene is a "soliloquy" about how that was the last 4th of July Kevin ever spent in his home town, and about what happens to everyone: Kevin was on his way; Just to give you an indication the final narration by the Adult Kevin (Daniel Stern) was very true and a fitting way to end a WONDERful series: Growing up happens in a heartbeat. I remember a place ..... a town ..... And the thing is ..... After all these years, < credits roll, with voiceover > Young boy's voice: Hey Dad, wanta play catch? |
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