The following is an episode list for the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years. The series premiered on January 31, 1988 and ran for a total of 115 episodes spanning 6 seasons ending on May 12, 1993.
Currently, none of the seasons are available on DVD as official season box sets due to the cost of securing the music rights.[1] (See The Wonder Years article for more detailed information.)
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Steve Miner | Carol Black & Neal Marlens | January 31, 1988 | B88003 |
| Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) and his friends Paul Pfeiffer (Josh Saviano) and Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar) are introduced during the summer of 1968 just before they are getting ready to enter newly renamed Robert F. Kennedy Junior High School. Kevin and Winnie share their first kiss at Harper's Woods as Winnie mourns the loss of her brother Brian (Bentley Mitchum), who is killed in Vietnam. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Swingers" | Carol Black & Neal Marlens | Carol Black & Neal Marlens | March 22, 1988 | B88101 |
| Even at Brian's funeral, all Kevin can think about is Winnie. At school in the boys Physical Education class, Coach Cutlip (Robert Picardo) begins the much anticipated sex education, but Kevin and Paul are bored with it; they want to learn more, so they decide to steal a copy of the book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "My Father's Office" | Jeffrey D. Brown | Carol Black & Neal Marlens | March 29, 1988 | B88102 |
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After Kevin asks his Dad about what he does at work, Jack Arnold (Dan Lauria) brings his son to work at NORCOM and he learns more about his dad by spending a day at his office. Kevin learns the reason why his dad returns home from work in a grumpy mood every day and that even Jack has to quietly take orders and abuse from his boss. Note- In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode number 29 on it's '100 Greatest Episodes of All Time' list.[2] |
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| 4 | 4 | "Angel" | Art Wolff | Carol Black & Neal Marlens | April 5, 1988 | B88103 |
| Kevin's older sister, Karen (Olivia d'Abo) is now a hippie who doesn't communicate with her parents anymore. The tension is worsened when she brings home her new boyfriend Louis (John Corbett). Kevin takes an immediate dislike to Louis, a hippie who angers Jack with his anti-war sentiments. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Phone Call" | Jeffrey D. Brown | A. Scott Frank | April 12, 1988 | B88104 |
| Kevin tries to get up the courage to call Lisa Berlini (Kathy Wagner). Paul tries to find out if Lisa likes Kevin by consulting the junior high grapevine. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dance With Me" | Arlene Sanford | David M. Stern | April 19, 1988 | B88105 |
| Kevin asks Lisa Berlini to the Spring Dance and she says okay, but soon thereafter, when Brad Gaines (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) asks her, she decides to go with him. While eating lunch with Winnie, Kevin feels himself falling back in love with Winnie, but she is going to the dance with Kirk McCray (Michael Landes).. Kevin tries to make Winnie jealous at the dance, but fails. | ||||||
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| 7 | 1 | "The Heart of Darkness" | Steve Miner | Carol Black & Neal Marlens |
November 30, 1988 | B88501 |
| Kevin has been having recurring nightmares about finding himself in a cave. He attempts to act cool after Winnie starts dating Kirk McCray (Michael Landes) and hanging out with all the cool kids. Kevin and Paul go camping with Gary (Breckin Meyer), where they drink beer and smoke cigarettes. When Gary invites Kevin and Paul to explore a storm drain, Kevin must confront his fears of the cave. | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | "Our Miss White" | Peter Baldwin | Michael J. Weithorn | December 7, 1988 | B88502 |
| Kevin develops a crush on Miss White (Wendel Meldrum), his English teacher. She persuades him to play Robert Kennedy, the lead role, in a school play that she has written. | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | "Christmas" | Steve Miner | Bob Brush | December 14, 1988 | B88503 |
| Kevin and his older brother Wayne (Jason Hervey) try to convince their father to buy a color television for Christmas. Kevin tries to find a present for Winnie after he unexpectedly receives one from her. | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | "Steady as She Goes" | Steve Miner | David M. Stern | January 11, 1989 | B88504 |
| Rumors spread that Winnie and Kirk are going to break up, but later Kevin sees Kirk holding up a sign: "I am sorry, Winnie." Kevin gets frustrated with being alone, and ends up asking Becky Slater (Crystal McKellar) out in order to make Winnie jealous. Paul starts dating Carla Healey (Krista Murphy). | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | "Just Between Me and You and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky and John and Susan and Winnie and Eddie and Mary and Cindy and Greg" |
Peter Baldwin | Matthew Carlson | January 18, 1989 | B88505 |
| Kirk McCray asks Kevin to find out whether or not Winnie still likes him. While speaking to her, Winnie tells Kevin that she will break up with Kirk soon. Later, Kevin sees Kirk and Winnie kissing in the hall. Becky Slater punches Kevin in the stomach when she finds out he doesn't really like her and just wants to be friends. Kevin still wants to find out if Winnie likes him, but she is confused and is not sure. | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" | Daniel Stern | Matthew Carlson | February 1, 1989 | B88506 |
| When Kevin's mother, Norma (Alley Mills) decides to take a pottery class, but Jack is less than excited for his wife which deeply disappoints her. Jack's built-up anger over her newfound independence results in the couple's first big fight in front of their children. Guest Starring: Ben Stein as Mr. Cantwell, Kevin's mono-toned science teacher. | ||||||
| 13 | 7 | "Coda" | Beth Hillshafer | Todd W. Langen | February 8, 1989 | B88507 |
| Kevin dislikes his piano lessons, until Mrs. Carples (Maxine Stuart) tells Norma that Kevin has talent. He continues taking lessons, and improves his playing. That is, until Ronald Hirschmuller (Joseph Dammann) decides to play the same piece as him for the recital. After he messes up at the rehearsal, Kevin decides to quit and not go to the recital, a decision he seems to regret later in life. | ||||||
| 14 | 8 | "Hiroshima, Mon Frere" | Steve Miner | Matthew Carlson | February 15, 1989 | B88508 |
| Wayne's (Jason Hervey) bullying goes way too far when he tortures and kills Kevin and Paul's hamster test subject of an experiment for science class. | ||||||
| 15 | 9 | "Loosiers" | Steve Miner | David M. Stern | February 28, 1989 | B88509 |
| Paul likes to play basketball, but he's not very good at it. When Coach Cutlip (Robert Picardo) picks Kevin as a captain, he attempts to reorganize P.E. class so that Paul and the losers are not always picked last and chooses all the bad players for his team. Guest Starring: Dustin Diamond as Joey Harris. | ||||||
| 16 | 10 | "Walkout" | Steve Miner | Matthew Carlson | March 7, 1989 | B88510 |
| Kevin and other students on the student council try to organize a peace walk out to protest America's involvement in the Vietnam War. However, Mr. Diperna (Raye Birk), the school's vice principal threatens to mark it down on their permanent records if they take part in it. | ||||||
| 17 | 11 | "Nemesis" | Daniel Stern | Matthew Carlson | March 14, 1989 | B88511 |
| Kevin learns a lesson about talking behind someone's back and making jokes about his friends. He is taught "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" when Becky Slater returns and tells everyone what Kevin said about them. | ||||||
| 18 | 12 | "Fate" | Steve Miner | Bob Brush | March 28, 1989 | B88512 |
| Winnie is still angry with Kevin for talking about her behind her back. Kevin stands up for her honor against school bully Eddie Pinetti (Bobby Jacoby). Then he is shocked to find out that Winnie and Eddie are dating. In the end, his loyalty wins back Winnie's friendship when he stands up to Eddie for teasing her. | ||||||
| 19 | 13 | "Birthday Boy" | Steve Miner | David M. Stern | April 11, 1989 | B88513 |
| When Kevin's 13th birthday falls on the same day as Paul's Bar Mitzvah, he feels left out, especially since his family isn't really planning anything, but also becomes interested in family traditions and questions where his ancestors came from. When Kevin accepts the invitation to the Bar Mitzvah, he has a sense it is his own due to his involvement with an important event for Paul. | ||||||
| 20 | 14 | "Brightwing" | Daniel Stern | Matthew Carlson | April 18, 1989 | B88514 |
| Kevin becomes his sister Karen's confidant and accomplice when he discovers she is skipping school with her friends Julie (Devon Pierce) and Sandy (Kyra Stempel) to go to their hippie hangout called "the hill." Kevin is concerned about hiding what Karen is doing after he is constantly questioned by a long-haired man in trendy clothes known as George Finch, whom Kevin cannot deduce is a nosey student or a high school teacher investigating Karen's truancy. | ||||||
| 21 | 15 | "Square Dance" | Tom Moore | Todd W. Langen | May 2, 1989 | B88515 |
| When Kevin is partnered with class weirdo, Margaret Farquar (Lindsey Fisher), he tries to keep away from her; especially when she tries to become his friend. When she unexpectedly shows up at his house, Kevin finds out she's pretty interesting to talk to, but the rules of popularity forbid them to remain friends and he ends up not talking to her anymore. | ||||||
| 22 | 16 | "Whose Woods Are These?" | Peter Horton | Bob Brush | May 9, 1989 | B88516 |
| Kevin, Winnie and Paul try to stop the destruction of Harper's Woods, their childhood hangout. They don't want it destroyed because it was the place where Winnie and Kevin kissed for the first time and a place they all played together when they were younger. | ||||||
| 23 | 17 | "How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation" | Michael Dinner | Jane Anderson | May 16, 1989 | B88516 |
| It's the end of seventh grade for Kevin and a summer full of changes in his life. Winnie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper (H. Richard Greene and Lynn Milgrim) are separating and Miss White announces she is going to get married over the summer and her new name will be Mrs. Heimer. | ||||||
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| 24 | 1 | "Summer Song" | Michael Dinner | Mark B. Perry | October 3, 1989 | B89501 |
| In the remaining days of summer, the Arnolds decide to take a trip to "Ocean City". Paul comes along but is forced to stay inside for the remainder of the vacation when he develops a skin rash from eating fish. So Kevin is all alone until meets an older girl named Teri (Holly Sampson) at the beach and they go on a date to the boardwalk arcade. They kiss under a pier but then the moment is ruined when Terri tells Kevin she is going home to Albuquerque the next day. Guest Starring: Juliette Lewis as Wayne's girlfriend Delores. | ||||||
| 25 | 2 | "Math Class" | Andy Tennant | Tom Gammill & Max Pross | October 10, 1989 | B89502 |
| As Kevin starts 8th grade, his subjects are getting harder, especially math and he quickly has trouble understanding it. But when his patient math teacher Mr. Collins (Steven Gilborn) refuses to give up on him and his dad offers to tutor him, Kevin is able to turn things around. | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | "Wayne on Wheels" | Beth Hillshafer | Mark B. Perry | October 24, 1989 | B89504 |
| Wayne gets his driver's license but reluctantly has to chauffeur Kevin and Paul to the mall. While there, Kevin meets his "dream girl" (Jennifer Barron) who he follows to the movie theater where Romeo and Juliet is playing. When Kevin finally gets his chance to talk to her, Wayne shows up and embarrasses him by driving away every time he reaches for the door handle. | ||||||
| 27 | 4 | "Mom Wars" | Daniel Stern | Todd W. Langen | October 31, 1989 | B89503 |
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Against his mother's wishes, Kevin decides to play "no equipment" football in Shepherd's Park with his friends after school. After finding blood on his shirt, Norma (Alley Mills) tries taking Kevin clothes shopping to distract him from playing, but it backfires. Kevin soon realizes that this game is dangerous when he gets hurt while being gang tackled and has to bandage his wounds himself. Guest Starring as Kevin's football friends: Craig Hobson (Sean Baca), Doug Porter (Brandon Crane), and Randy Mitchell (Michael Tricario). |
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| 28 | 5 | "On the Spot" | Matia Karrell | Matthew Carlson | November 7, 1989 | B89505 |
| The new dramatic arts teacher Mr. Weber (Nicholas Hormann) is holding auditions for the school play Our Town and Winnie gets the leading role while Kevin and Paul are in charge of working the spot light. When Paul's nerves get the best of him, its up to Kevin to run the spotlight. Which he awkwardly does until Winnie's moving performance inspires him and leads her father to move back in with her and her mother. | ||||||
| 29 | 6 | "Odd Man Out" | Peter Baldwin | David M. Stern | November 14, 1989 | B89506 |
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After a heated argument over their elusive "Willie McCovey" baseball card trade, Kevin and Paul choose new best friends. They go their separate ways only to realize after they're new friends ditch them, they missed each others companionship in the end. Guest Starring: Brandon Crane as Kevin's new friend Doug Porter and Marty Belafsky as Paul's new friend Brady Ryland. |
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| 30 | 7 | "The Family Car" | Michael Dinner | Debra Frank & Jack Weinstein | November 21, 1989 | B89507 |
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After seeing one of their neighbors drive home a new car, the Arnolds' family station wagon just isn't reliable anymore, so they decide to get a new car. They go to a car dealer and select a new cherry red '69 Ford Mustang convertible and are ready to seal the deal. But Jack has trouble letting go of their old car as well as being reluctant to spend his money on a new one. Guest Starring: Patrick Cronin as used car salesman Marvin Lutz. |
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| 31 | 8 | "The Pimple" | Matia Karrell | Todd W. Langen & David M. Stern | November 28, 1989 | B89509 |
| Kevin gets his first pimple a few days before his family friends, the Pruitts and their beautiful daughter Gina (Heather Green) come for a visit. As he desperately tries to get rid of his pimple, Kevin goes as far as paying Wayne for his zit cream to covering it with a band-aid and telling Winnie he got into a fight with school bully Tony Barbella (Tony Nittoli). | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | "Math Class Squared" | Daniel Stern | Matthew Carlson | December 12, 1989 | B89510 |
| Kevin overhears classmate Eddie McCormick (Chris Demetral) having a conversation with two others about cheating in his math class. After being graded on a curve because of the cheaters, Kevin decides he wants in and asks Eddie "How 'bout those Mets", the secret code that he's on board. As a result, his grades rise to near perfect and he is put in the honor math class. After being unable to keep up, Mr. Collins (Steven Gilborn) offers Kevin to revert back to his old math class and keep his grades up. | ||||||
| 33 | 10 | "Rock n' Roll" | Michael Dinner | Bob Stevens | January 2, 1990 | B89508 |
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After helping the new student from San Francisco, Larry Beaman (Joshua John Miller) get out of trouble from vice principal Diperna (Raye Birk) when he's not allowed to play his guitar on school property, Larry teaches Kevin how to play guitar. Inspired by The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, they form a rock n' roll band called the "Electric Shoes" and land a gig at an 8th grade birthday party for Amy Ermin (Stefanie Scott), but are forced to stop playing by her father (Ben Slack) and the police because they're too loud. Guest Starring as Kevin's bandmates: Joshua John Miller (Joshua Miller) as lead guitarist Larry Beaman Casey Ellison as drummer Mark Bernstein and Dana Young as bassist Neal Rhodes. |
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| 34 | 11 | "Don't You Know Anything About Women?" | Jeffrey D. Brown | Tammy Ader | January 16, 1990 | B89511 |
| Both being dateless, Kevin's lab partner Linda Sloan (Maia Brewton) suggests that she and Kevin go to the school dance "as friends". But after he agrees, his crush Susan Fisher (Kelly Packard) asks him to save a dance for her and Kevin is now torn between two dates for the dance. At the dance, Kevin lets Linda dance with Steve Padway (Andy Howard), a boy who likes her while Kevin gets to dance with Susan, but has nothing to say to her afterward and she gets back with her boyfriend Donald Wallach (Sean Wohland). Kevin paid so much attention to Susan that he hurt Linda's feelings and is left standing by himself at the punch bowl. After a short break-up, Paul and Carla get back together, making Kevin feel left out. Now alone, Kevin searches for the right one--Winnie, but they just miss each other and he leaves the dance. | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | "The Powers That Be" | Daniel Stern | David M. Stern | January 23, 1990 | B89512 |
| Grampa Arnold (David Huddleston) visits Kevin and his family and he comes bearing gifts. One is a surprise for Kevin--a puppy, but Jack doesn't think he can handle the responsibility of taking care of an animal. After an argument with his father, Jack decides that a dog is exactly what they need and asks Kevin to keep him--they name him Buster. Guest Starring: (Gary Grossman) as Kevin's biology teacher Mr. Corey. | ||||||
| 36 | 13 | "She, My Friend and I" | Peter Baldwin | Kerry Ehrin | February 6, 1990 | B89513 |
| When Paul gets dumped by Carla, Kevin wants to help his brokenhearted friend get his self confidence back. Kevin convinces Winnie to ask Paul out on a date, but after going out three times, things take an unexpected turn when Paul actually starts liking Winnie, making Kevin jealous. Winnie doesn't feel the same way and tells Paul she still likes Kevin, but to keep it a secret. Kevin finds out and goes to Winnie's house to say that he knows she's "crazy about him", only to get the door slammed in his face. (This is the first episode that has the text, "to be continued..." at the end of it.) | ||||||
| 37 | 14 | "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" | Matia Karrell | Mark B. Perry | February 13, 1990 | B89514 |
| Things get complicated for Kevin when his "please forgive me" valentine meant for Winnie ends up in the locker of Becky Slater who, because of it, wants to resume their short-lived romance. But Kevin tells her the truth and breaks up with her yet again. However Becky wants revenge again and tries to run Kevin off the sidewalk with her bike but Curtis Hartsell (aka Cupid) (Ben Savage) gets in the way and she crashes into Craig Hobson, making a love connection. Kevin seeks advice on love from Mrs. Heimer (Miss White) and she tells him to speak from the heart which he does to Winnie, finally confessing that he likes her. Guest Starring: Elyse Eberstein as Winnie's friend Melissa Bemil and Jean Palmerton as Kevin's art teacher Mrs. Dougherty. | ||||||
| 38 | 15 | "The Tree House" | Michael Dinner | David M. Stern | February 20, 1990 | B89515 |
| At school Kevin's sees his friends faces after receiving "the talk" from their fathers and he wonders when his time will come. Since its Jack's week off, he has nothing to do but repairs around the house which upsets the balance of Norma's household. She suggests that he and Kevin build a tree house together. Jack finally lets Kevin help by letting him use his power tools and things run smoothly until they go up on the platform to look at the view of the neighborhood. Instead they catch a glimpse of their voluptuous neighbor Donna (Janet Wood) singing while digging in her tomato garden from above and they share an awkward moment, especially when Norma invites Donna over. Norma decides to go check on their progress but sees the same view of her neighbor. Jack then has a different talk with Kevin and says he's too old for a tree house, which stops the construction all together. | ||||||
| 39 | 16 | "Glee Club" | Jim McBride | Story by: Bob Brush & Todd W. Langen Teleplay by: Todd W. Langen |
February 27, 1990 | B89516 |
| When Kevin's chorus teacher Mr. Frace (William Lanteau) hands his class over to a student teacher Miss Haycock (Andrea Walters), the terrible voiced 8th grade glee club has to perform "Stout Hearted Men" in the "Spring Sing" concert. After Kevin and the rest of the class tells their eager teacher they don't want to sing in the recital, she starts crying but classmate Warren Butcher (Jeffrey Baum), who never talks begins singing in perfect pitch, now they have a secret weapon for the concert. Its just too bad his 13-year-old voice starts to change midway through the song. Guest Starring: Michael Tricario as Randy Mitchell, Dustin Diamond as Joey Lapman, and Troy Slaten as Eric. | ||||||
| 40 | 17 | "Night Out" | Dan Lauria | Tammy Ader | March 13, 1990 | B89517 |
| Since Kevin and Winnie are a new couple, they get invited to a make-out party hosted by infamous 9th grader Robbie Hudson (Greg Davis). When they get selected to go into the make-out room, things get awkward for the young couple, especially when Winnie doesn't want to kiss Kevin, leaving him confused. Later the night, Winnie comes to Kevin's bedroom window while he's sleeping to go for a walk so she can explain herself. But Kevin thinks Winnie wants to be just friends again until she calls him her "boyfriend" and kisses him on a bridge--she was waiting for the perfect moment. | ||||||
| 41 | 18 | "Faith" | Michael Dinner | Story by: Bob Brush & Matthew Carlson Teleplay by: Matthew Carlson |
March 27, 1990 | B89518 |
| At income tax time, Norma loses the important tax receipts, and the family awaits their impending doom when Jack finds out. But they learn there's more tragic things happening in the world. The news broadcasts of the failed Apollo XIII space mission has everyone on edge so Norma goes to a church to pray for the missing astronauts. While in creative writing class, Mrs. Stebbins, (Salmone Jens) Kevin's English teacher tells him to write an obituary of his life but he can't decided how his life will turn out in the future. Guest Starring as Kevin's classmates: Emily Schulman as Susan Kelly, Josh Berman as Harold, Billie Joe Wright as Larry, and Michael Bower as Joe. | ||||||
| 42 | 19 | "The Unnatural" | Nick Marck | Ian Gurvitz | April 17, 1990 | B89519 |
| When Paul tries out for the Kennedy junior high Wildcats baseball team, Kevin gets the coach's attention when he instructs him at bat. Coach Ted Baker (Harrison Page) asks Kevin to come up to bat and he smashes a line drive to right field, impressing him so much he asks him to try out for the team. But Kevin wonders why he keeps making the cut even though his performance is bad and wants to know why. He finds out that Coach Baker is his father's old corp buddy in the Korean War. Jack starts going to Kevin's try-outs and talks with the coach, but when Kevin sees his name crossed off the cut list, he's relieved that he wasn't receiving favoritism after all. He hits one out of the park, pretending like he's Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants baseball team in the National League pennant game of 1951. | ||||||
| 43 | 20 | "Good-bye" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush | April 24, 1990 | B89520 |
| When Kevin asks his beloved algebra teacher Mr. Collins how he is doing overall in math, he doesn't get the response he needed to hear back. Instead, Mr. Collins gives Kevin private tutoring to raise his grades of C's on quizzes into A's on tests. However, Mr. Collins decides that he can no longer spend the extra time with Kevin just prior to the mid-term exam. He's also taking the rest of the week off but would be back for the exam on Friday, leaving Kevin to fend for himself. Kevin thought Mr. Collins was helping him because he believed in him and was his friend, but he stated he was simply his teacher. On the day of the exam, Kevin decides to get a "respectable F" and botch the answers on purpose. That weekend Kevin is informed by Mr. Diperna (Raye Birk) that Mr. Collins died from heart failure. It seemed the teacher knew his end was near and gave Kevin another chance at the exam when he "misplaced" his test; looks like Arthur Collins believed in Kevin Arnold after all. | ||||||
| 44 | 21 | "Cocoa and Sympathy" | Peter Baldwin | Winnie Holzman | May 1, 1990 | B89521 |
| The most popular girl in school makes a list of categories she thinks is the definitive rating of 8th grade boys called the "Lisa Berlini Poll". Kevin receives "best eyes" while Paul's self esteem falls when he is named the "brainiest". The boys decide to make their own list about the 8th grade girls, but when Paul says Kevin's mom should get "best smile", he is embarrassed, especially when his friends all agree. Paul develops a crush on Norma when she says he looks "manly" with glasses, but she handles it well. They then go to a chamber music concert together and when he gives her a rose, she lets him down easy with compliments of finding other girls his age. | ||||||
| 45 | 22 | "Daddy's Little Girl" | Jim McBride | Todd W. Langen & Mark B. Perry | May 8, 1990 | B89522 |
| With Karen's 18th birthday approaching, tension arises with Jack when she tells him that she wants to enroll in a liberal college. When he declines her decision about her future, she suggests taking a year off to go backpacking in Europe. In the end, Jack realizes that his little girl isn't so little anymore. Karen's leaving and won't be back next year, but he sends her off with one last gift--his military "kit bag" from the corp, so she can use it for college or if she goes some place. Karen then blows out her birthday cake candles, makes a wish, and goes out for the night, with her father leaving the porch light on when she returns. | ||||||
| 46 | 23 | "Moving" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush & Jill Gordon | May 16, 1990 | B89523 |
| When Jack finds dry rot in the basement, he talks about selling the house, sending Kevin in a panic. He tells Winnie and Paul that he's moving, but is surprised they take it well and are ready to have a long distance relationship. In the end, Jack realizes that he'll just get the basement fixed, but accidentally slips that the Coopers are moving 4 miles away across town. Kevin is now in despair over this and wonders why Winnie didn't tell him, especially that she's going to a different school at Lincoln Jr. High next year. Thinking she'll stay if he buys Winnie a ring, Kevin gives it to her but she can't accept it and breaks up with him instead, making Kevin throw it in the trash. On moving day, Kevin decides to say goodbye to Winnie and finds her alone in the moving truck with his ring in her hand and they have a long hug. Then Kevin's off to Karen's high school graduation and the family celebrates with Wayne at his new job as a waiter. Now Kevin has to travel way beyond his front door and out of his neighborhood to see Winnie; his world just got a little bigger. | ||||||
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| 47 | 1 | "Growing Up" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush | September 19, 1990 | B90501 |
| Kevin and his friends are venturing into adolescence as they find themselves staring at "Marsha Millany" in a bikini at the town pool. Winnie and Kevin survive a summer of "cross-town romance", Wayne has a car, and no one likes his new girlfriend Angela (Meredith Scott Lynn). To bring the family closer, Norma suggests going to Jack's company picnic on Labor Day, but the outing isn't as fun as they remember. Kevin finds out that the "office clown", Harry "Dead Wood" Detweiler (Rick Hurst) beat his father out of a promotion and is now NORCOM vice president while boating with his daughter Mimi (Soleil Moon Frye). In the softball game, Jack gets knocked out when Kevin accidentally hits a ball at him, but he is the one apologizing for not telling his son about the promotion. Wayne quickly gets dumped by Angela and wonders why. However, the family comes together in the end when they see Karen off to college. | ||||||
| 48 | 2 | "Ninth Grade Man" | Daniel Stern | Jill Gordon | September 26, 1990 | B90502 |
| As Kevin enters 9th grade, he has to make adjustments throughout his first day back. He has to deal without Winnie being there, his terrible class schedule, the return of bully Tony Barbella who takes his locker, a beautiful new girl, Madeline Adams (Julie Condra) who's quite the temptress when she kisses him, and worst of all...Becky Slater's wrath. She blames Kevin over Craig Hobson breaking up with her before he went to military school. Kevin tries to get help from the school guidance counselor but she's away and Coach Cutlip is her replacement--his solution--run laps! Guest Starring: Charles Tyner as Kevin's elderly industrial arts teacher, Blake Soper as 'shop kid', Julie Payne as Kevin's French teacher Mrs. Falcinella, and Josh Berman as Harold. | ||||||
| 49 | 3 | "The Journey" | Peter Werner | Jeff Stepakoff | October 3, 1990 | B90503 |
| Walter McCafferty (aka "Mr. Hormones") claims he is unofficially invited to Donna Pescarelli's (Sarah Lundy) slumber party of 10th grade girls if they bring beer. Kevin and his friends decide to make the journey across town to crash the party, but their battle to get there is like being in a war. Paul is allergic to being in a different part of town, Doug injures himself and Randy has to carry him the rest of the way. Then the mission is nearly over when Walter gets caught taking beer by his mom, but Paul makes a speech that they must continue on without him. | ||||||
| 50 | 4 | "The Cost of Living" | Nick Marck | Mark Levin | October 10, 1990 | B90504 |
| After Paul complains about his $5 allowance, Kevin asks for a raise in his, but Jack says he has to earn the value of a dollar by doing chores around the house, earning only 50 cents more. Mark Kovinski (Justin Whalin), the "Howard Hughes" of RFK school, says he has two choices; be like his dad or be his own man, by caddying at the Whispering Green golf course. Kevin signs up for a golf caddy job in hopes of getting a $20 tip. There's three problems: the tip was earned by carrying a big bag, it belongs to his father's boss Ken Stein (Alan Fudge), and Jack is playing with him. Ken is winning until he insults Jack for having cheap and old golf clubs, making Jack play better. He almost wins the game but deliberately misses an easy putt because he doesn't like how his boss made Kevin fetch his club after throwing it in the lake. Kevin is thankful and treats him to lunch, realizing its not so bad ending up like his father after all. | ||||||
| 51 | 5 | "It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World" | Rob Thompson | Eric Gilliland & Jeffrey Stepakoff | October 24, 1990 | B90506 |
| Winnie gives Kevin an ID bracelet for their one year anniversary of him wanting to ask her out, but didn't. Kevin gets partnered up with Madeline for a French cuisine cooking project in French class and has to spend an evening with her alone in her house making chocolate mousse instead of going out with Winnie. While there, Kevin accidentally leaves his bracelet--he gets flustered when Madeline says it wasn't a coincidence that she picked him and tries to tempt him into tasting the mousse off her finger. At the movies with Winnie, Madeline sits behind them, but returns the bracelet by pretending she found it on the floor. | ||||||
| 52 | 6 | "Little Debbie" | Michael Dinner | Mark B. Perry | November 7, 1990 | B90505 |
| Now in 7th grade, Paul's little sister Debbie (Torrey Anne Cook) who has a crush on Kevin asks him to a cotillion dance when Paul weasels out of escorting her. Paul has "school spirit" on his mind by watching chesty cheerleader Dina Delgado (Stefanie Scott) with Randy and Doug at the Friday night football game. At the dance, Kevin feels out of place when he and Debbie are chosen to lead in the "Sweetheart Waltz". But when Debbie wants a souvenir pictures of their night, he ditches her for some fresh air. While outside, the guys break the bad news, something slipped from Dina's sweater--she "stuffs". Heart broken over Kevin's absence, Debbie finds him but her grandmother's pearl earring accidentally falls in the pool. Playing hero, Kevin dives in to retrieve it, asks her to dance, and gets their picture taken together. | ||||||
| 53 | 7 | "The Ties that Bind" | Peter Baldwin | Mark B. Perry | November 14, 1990 | B90509 |
| In the Arnold household, money is tight and things get worse when the stove stops working properly. At work, Jack asks for a raise so he can buy Norma a new stove. To his surprise he receives it, along with a promotion as well, but it has a condition. Jack's boss is forcing him to travel during Thanksgiving which leaves Norma in charge of the Thanksgiving dinner. Jack might have to break tradition if he can't make it home on time to carve the turkey. | ||||||
| 54 | 8 | "The Sixth Man" | Nick Marck | David Chambers | November 28, 1990 | B90507 |
| Its "tryouts time" in gym class and to Paul's surprised he is among the ones chosen. However, Kevin tries to prove to Paul that he's not good enough to try out for Coach Cutlip's basketball team at school. But after 790 consecutive losses of backyard b-ball, Paul finally shows Kevin that things change when he wins one game. Paul makes the team after all and Kevin is his biggest supporter cheering his buddy on. | ||||||
| 55 | 9 | "A Very Cutlip Christmas" | Michael Dinner | Mark Levin | December 12, 1990 | B90509 |
| While Christmas shopping with his mother, Kevin discovers that his gym teacher, Coach Cutlip (Robert Picardo) has another job as the mall Santa Claus. Back at school, Kevin's treated like royalty from the much kinder gift-giving "Ed" Cutlip so he wouldn't give up his secret to the rest of the class. But Kevin accidentally tells Doug Porter he saw Cutlip working at the Brightlin Mall. Doug then tells Randy Mitchell, who tells Tommy Kisling (Jay Lambert), so they gather a mob to the mall and try to find their strict gym teacher. | ||||||
| 56 | 10 | "The Candidate" | Neal Israel | David Chambers & Eric Gilliland | January 9, 1991 | B90510 |
| Paul nominates Kevin to run for the 1970 RFK Jr. High student-council president against his long-time nemesis Becky Slater. But Kevin decides to drop out of the election until he wants revenge against Becky for calling him a "loser" in front of Winne. Paul gathers Doug Randy, and Tommy for his campaign team, but after three weeks of battling Becky at school with pranks, they're no match for her and her team. Tommy tempts Kevin when he manages to get a copy of Becky's election speech. Even though Paul throws the speech in the trash, Kevin retrieves it and decides to use it at the election. But after Paul introduces him as an honest and true every-man, Kevin's conscience gets to him and he resigns from the race, causing Doug to drop his stink bombs, making the whole audience leaves. | ||||||
| 57 | 11 | "Heartbreak" | Andy Tennant | David Chambers | January 23, 1991 | B90511 |
| When Kevin's school conducts a joint field trip with Lincoln Jr. High to the Natural History Museum, Kevin wonders why Winnie isn't as excited as he is, especially when he sneaks her onto his bus. They soon find themselves growing apart when all Winnie wants to do is hang out with her friends the whole trip. Meanwhile, Paul, Randy, and Doug try to find a the museum's rumored fourth floor with gangster John Dillinger's remains in a jar of formaldehyde. While Kevin is separated from Winnie, Madeline tries to make her move on him when they are alone, but Winnie returns, spoiling her plans. Thinking Winnie is going to break-up with him, Kevin tries to explain nothing happened. However Winnie confesses she's met someone, leaving Kevin alone on the bus ride back with an empty seat and the ring he gave her next to him. Guest starring as Winnie's friends: Art Hoffman as Roger, Aaron Loher as Sean, Robin Lynn Heath as Tina, and Keire Montell as Marsha. | ||||||
| 58 | 12 | "Denial" | Richard Masur | Story by: David Chambers & Mark Levin Teleplay by: Mark Levin |
January 30, 1991 | B90513 |
| Days after the break-up, Kevin is still in denial over Winnie and cannot accept the fact she is with someone else even when he is introduced to her new boyfriend, Roger Dikovian (Art Hoffman). He plans to throw a party to get Winnie back but thinking it would be too obvious, he asks Paul to have the party at his house instead, however, Paul invites Winnie and Roger. When Madeline puts suggestions in Kevin's head about being alone at the party, he asks her if she wants to go with him. While at the party, Kevin tires to make Winnie jealous with Madeline, but it doesn't work and he winds up hurting Winnie's feelings when he lies to her by saying their relationship didn't mean that much to him. But he defends her honor by telling Madeline to "get lost!" after she says she "never saw what the big deal about Winnie Cooper was anyway". With his heart broken, Kevin ends up at Winnie's house to apologize and say they can still be friends. | ||||||
| 59 | 13 | "Who's Aunt Rose?" | Rob Thompson | Jill Gordon | February 6, 1991 | B90512 |
| Grandpa Arnold comes for a surprise visit in order to take the family to the funeral of Aunt Rose, a relative they never knew. While at the wake, Kevin and Wayne see their extended family, but are glad when they see Jack's rich cousin Lloyd (Arlen Dean Snyder) who gives them a $20 bill which they have to split. After they argue over changing the bill, it accidentally falls into Aunt Rose's open casket. By time they think up a plan to get it back, it's too late and they're on their way to the funeral. On the way, Kevin and Wayne are kicked out of the car by their grandpa after fighting in the back seat, making them walk 2 miles to the cemetery. But once there, they see why it was important to be respectful, even if they didn't know their aunt, she was still a part of the Arnold family. Guest starring as the Arnold clan, Helen Page Camp as Opel Arnold and John Brandon as Phillip Arnold. Also Danny Breen as Ray McKinsey and Earl Boen as the pastor, and Wesley Mann as Mr. Livey. | ||||||
| 60 | 14 | "Courage" | Daniel Stern | Mark B. Perry | February 13, 1991 | B90515 |
| After a routine cleaning at the dentist, Kevin gets his first cavity and needs a filling, but feels embarrassed he'll wimp out in front of the pretty denial hygienist Miss Hasenfuss (Whitney Kershaw) and asks Dr. Tucker (Gerrit Graham) if she won't be there. Hasenfuss is then replaced by the much older and hoarse voiced Mrs. Craw (Mary Gillis), making him feel even more uncomfortable. But after Kevin finds out that she's taking his advice on going back to school to become a dentist herself, he has the courage to ask her to assist for one last time. | ||||||
| 61 | 15 | "Buster" | Nick Marck | Jeff Stepakoff | February 27, 1991 | B90514 |
| Kevin's dog Buster will not stop barking, so his family leaves it up to him to take him to the vet. But the veterinarian Dr. Ferleger's (Christine Rose) solution to the situation chills Kevin to the bone and everyone leaves it up to him to decide on what to do. Kevin even seeks the help of his senile shop teacher Mr. Nestor but he only reminisces about his old dog Smokey. Meanwhile, Buster's misbehavior continues when he chews up Jack's important work reports. Kevin takes Buster to the park, but he finds a female dog and runs away, leaving the family to search for him later. They soon realize that Buster is a part of the Arnold clan too--their "silent partner". | ||||||
| 62 | 16 | "Road Trip" | Ken Topolsky | David Chambers | March 6, 1991 | B90516 |
| After Norma finds a clothing sale advertisement in the paper, she urges Jack to take Kevin along for the one hour ride to the store to get him a new suit. But due to Jack's stubbornness to ask for directions, Kevin is unable to communicate with his father and they get lost in the countryside. They stop at a diner where they find a cute waitress (Melora Walters) who tries to bring them together with her flirting, but Jack embarrasses Kevin in front of her. They finally make it to the store but it's too late, they're closed and they popped a tire, leaving Jack and Kevin at odds with each other again. However, Kevin manages to get the jammed luge nut free and change the tire, impressing his father--now they can get back home. | ||||||
| 63 | 17 | "When Worlds Collide" | Lyndall Hobbs | Eric Gilliland | March 20, 1991 | B90517 |
| Norma takes a job as a temporary secretary in the attendance office at Kevin's school, putting a dent in Kevin's "cool" factor. During a fire drill, Norma embarrasses Kevin by waving and saying "hi, honey" to him in front of his peers, causing them to make fun of him. This incident makes Kevin talk to his mother about not speaking to him while at school, which she obliges. Then class bully Tony Barbella confronts Kevin while in the bathroom to steal him a green late pass since he has "connections" in the front office, but Norma catches him and he puts it back. However, Norma has other things on her mind and tells Kevin Mr. Diperna fired her because her typing wasn't up to snuff, causing her to apply for enrollment at Rider Community College. | ||||||
| 64 | 18 | "Separate Rooms" | Michael Dinner | Story by: Bob Brush & Jill Gordon Teleplay by: Bob Brush |
April 3, 1991 | B90518 |
| Karen comes home from college for a mid-semester break and tells the family that she won't be back for summer because she got a job on campus. Kevin and Wayne convince their parents to allow them to each have their own room, only to fight over who moves into Karen's room. Things turn ugly when they can't decide and it causes Wayne to rather sleep in his car then spend one more night with Kevin. After 14 years of abuse from his older brother, Kevin gets even when he kicks the bumper off Wayne's car, accidentally causing his car to roll down the block with Wayne still inside. After the incident, they each admit wanting the room, but in the end, Jack had to flip a coin and Wayne had to move. | ||||||
| 65 | 19 | "The Yearbook" | Neal Israel | David Chambers | April 10, 1991 | B90519 |
| After covering for them in history class while caught passing a note, the most popular students in school, Brad Patterson (Chad Allen) and Marci Donovan (Sandy Alexander) recruit Kevin to help with writing quotes in the yearbook. But they later set him up to put a derogatory quote about an unpopular overweight classmate, Peter Armbruster (Michael Ray Bower) known as "Pig". Although, Kevin provided two quotes about him, he gets to know Peter as a real person with feelings and now feels guilty for saying such things about him. Kevin then asks Brad and Marci to change his quotes, but its too late and the final draft is already on Mr. Diperna's desk. Kevin gets called in to Diperna's office and finds out he has to take the blame about writing the quotes. When Kevin confronts them for selling him out, he realizes Brad and Marci are untouchable and there's more to life then being popular and having a perfect image. Guest starring as the yearbook committee: Jonathan Brandis as Steve, Ami foster as Susan, and Sonney Kelly as Julius. | ||||||
| 66 | 20 | "The Accident" | Richard Masur | Story by: Bob Brush & Jill Gordon Teleplay by: Jill Gordon |
April 24, 1991 | B90520 |
| When Winnie shows up at Kevin's house to "talk", he tries to help her but doesn't understand what's wrong. Kevin soon learns that Winnie broke up with Roger, and Paul leads him to believe that she may want to get back with him. Thinking everything's okay, he sees Winnie's distress doesn't show in front of her new friends--a couple of 11th grade guys. Realizing Winnie's emotionally instability, Kevin tries to help her but she blows him off by taking a drive with her high school friends. Later, Kevin finds out that Winnie got into a car accident with them and winds up breaking her leg. Kevin abruptly leaves school to visit Winnie and waits until dark for her return, but her parents tell him that she doesn't want to see him right now. He then sneaks back to see her later that night, and they mouth "I love you" to each other through her window. Guest Starring as Winnie's friends: Nicolas Read as Rex and Shawn Phelan as William. | ||||||
| 67 | 21 | "The House that Jack Built" | Ken Topolsky | Mark Levin & Mark B. Perry | May 1, 1991 | B90521 |
| When Karen moves out of the dorms and into an old house that needs fixing up, Jack wants to help with the repairs and drags Kevin along. But he and Norma get more than they bargained for when they meet Karen's new roommate, who turns out to be her boyfriend Michael (David Schwimmer). This causes Jack to question his daughter's values and her relationship living with a man before she's married. Meanwhile Kevin gets to know Michael and respects why he's living with his sister--he loves her. Too bad Jack doesn't feel the same and says he can't allow this kind of relationship, but Karen defies her father and tells him that times have changed, things have changed. | ||||||
| 68 | 22 | "Graduation" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush | May 8, 1991 | B90522 |
| As his junior high school graduation approaches, Kevin learns from Winnie that Paul will be attending a prep school in the fall. Angry because his best friend is leaving him, Kevin confronts Paul, makes fun of him, then punches him in science class, making Mr. Cantwell to spill his chemicals causing them to explode. Later, the pregnant Mrs. Heimer sees Kevin is troubled and offers him a ride to talk about it, but their conversation gets interrupted when she goes into labor, leaving him to drive her to the hospital without a license. However, Kevin makes it back in time for his graduation, gets his diploma, and is taken back by Paul's speech about remembering their time at RFK Junior High, never forgetting the friends that they've made there, and they're class of 1971. Kevin patches things up with Paul, Winnie gets her cast off, and the three look forward to getting their driver's licenses next year. | ||||||
| 69 | 23 | "The Wonder Years: Looking Back..." | Nick Marck | Mark Levin & Mark B. Perry | May 15, 1991 | B90523 |
| In a collection of clips from past episodes, Kevin recalls significant people, places, and events in his life. | ||||||
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| 70 | 1 | "The Lake" | Michael Dinner | Mark Levin | October 2, 1991 | 02S0059101 |
| The Arnolds spend their summer vacation at Lake Wenatchee with the Pfeiffers, but Kevin and Paul quickly become bored. To get away from his annoying parents, Kevin and Paul have to pay Wayne and his new buddy Dave Wirtschafter he called "Wart" (Scott Menville) for a ride to the drive-in, where he meets a local girl named Cara (Lisa Gerber), and her brother Billy (Brad Hunt). For the rest of his one week vacation, Kevin spends all his time with her, and romance ensues, ditching "Mr. Hormones" Paul and his misunderstanding family behind. The two find it difficult to part ways as the summer comes to an end. Guest Starring: Robin Lynn Heath as Cara's friend Lori. | ||||||
| 71 | 2 | "Day One" | Daniel Stern | Sy Dukane & Denise Moss | October 9, 1991 | 02S0059102 |
| It's Kevin's first day of 10th grade at McKinley High School. Distraught to be without his best friend Paul, and feeling totally alone, it doesn't go as planned. First Kevin is interrupted by an old grade school classmate, Stuart Cartesian (Adam Sneller) in front of a pretty girl when he tells an embarrassing story of Kevin, causing the girl to walk away. Then Wayne and Wart give him "the bwoosh"--a "royal flush" down a toilet because he accidentally stepped on the school seal only seniors can walk on. At lunch, he finds Winnie sitting by herself and tries to keep her company but is beat out by the some of the guys on the football team. Kevin's U.S. Government teacher Mr. (Arlo) Bottner (Scott Jaeck) has a vendetta against him when he disobeys "Bottner's Rules" in class. This causes Kevin to stand up for his student rights when he rips out a page from his spiral notebook--a sound Bottner despises. To Kevin's surprise all his fellow classmates are behind him when they do the same--maybe he's not so alone after all. | ||||||
| 72 | 3 | "The Hardware Store" | Ken Topolsky | Craig Hoffman | October 16, 1991 | 02S0059103 |
| After Jack gets him a job at Harris & Sons Hardware in town, Kevin doesn't like the way his boss, Old Man Harris (Al Ruscio) treats him like a slave instead of an employee. Kevin tries to quit several times, but the old man offers him a raise instead and he feels obligated to stay until things get worse. Kevin, Paul, and their new friend Lewis Michael Bacall begin hanging out at 'Hillcrest Mall and they see a classmate, Robby Cashion (Josh Blake) surrounded by girls while working at the Burger Cage which Kevin wants to be a part of. Even his father would rather go to the mall's hardware store than his son's place of employment because its easier and faster, making Kevin realize the world's moving fast unlike the 'slow-paced Harris'. Kevin finally goes to work at Burger Cage, but feels guilty because of all the things that Mr. Harris had taught him. | ||||||
| 73 | 4 | "Frank and Denise" | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | October 23, 1991 | 02S0059104 |
| Kevin officially meets Frank Stanavukovic (Noah Blake) and Denise Lavel (Amy Hathaway), better known as Frank "The Stank" and Denise "The Grease", a couple whose love soared above all others at his high school. However, their longtime romance is on the rocks, and Kevin finds himself in the middle, especially when he starts helping Denise understand the Jonathan Swift poem "Cadenus and Vanessa" in poetry class. Frank becomes jealous, but soon finds out its not Kevin's fault--its his, and he starts to open up to Denise. At Fatso's drive thru, Kevin suggests Frank recite poetry to talk to her, but when that doesn't work he instead sings a verse from his favorite song, Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter", which works to get their love back in the end. Guest starring Parker Jacobs as Kevin's friend Purdle the Turtle, and Roy Brocksmith as Kevin's poetry teacher Weird Mr. Lemkur. | ||||||
| 74 | 5 | "Full Moon Rising" | Ken Topolsky | Mark B. Perry | October 30, 1991 | 02S0059105 |
| When Kevin has a date with Cindy (Heather McComb), a girl in his biology class, his friends, Randy and Purdle make fun of him for having his mom drive him and his date around. They to turn Ricky Halsenbach (Scott Nemes), the first kid in their class to turn 16 and get his driver's license--he's their ticket to ride. Kevin breaks his date by lying to Cindy about a grandmother's with a failing liver to go cruising with his friends on a Friday night. But their glorious night turns into a catastrophe when they run into the "Moon Patrol", a group of guys in a Mustang who goes around mooning people. Ricky is challenged by them to a drag race, but can't grasp the concept of going fast and stops at a four-way stop sign. Then Kevin runs into a mad Cindy at Zesty's Drive-in, and to top it all off, Purdle moons Kevin's parents at a traffic light, causing Kevin to flip out at his friends. As they decide to go home, the car runs out of gas, but in the end, the guys realize their night out was an adventure in driving and agree to do it again when Ricky gets the car next Friday. | ||||||
| 75 | 6 | "Triangle" | Daniel Stern | Sy Rosen | November 6, 1991 | 02S0059106 |
| Kevin feels guilty after coming between Wayne and his new girlfriend, Sandy (Carla Gugino), after he engages in a secret relationship with her behind his back. He feels that Wayne doesn't deserve her--that's she's too smart and beautiful for him. But when Kevin sees Sandy make Wayne a better person, he backs off. Kevin asks another girl, Alice Pedermeir (Lindsay Sloane) to the school dance, but she's going with someone else, making him dateless. However, Sandy wants to be with the younger more sensitive brother, than the "basic" brother, so she breaks up with Wayne in the parking lot at the dance. Now Kevin is faced with an ultimatum--ditch his brother to be with his ex-girlfriend or comfort his big brother when he needs it the most. Kevin knows family comes first, and leaves Sandy to dance with another guy. Guest starring Michael Ensign as Mr. Finora, Kevin and Wayne's typing teacher. | ||||||
| 76 | 7 | "Soccer" | Thomas Schlamme | Mark Levin | November 20, 1991 | 02S0059107 |
| When Kevin tries out for the football team and gets cut for being too short and small, he is introduced to the new sport of soccer, where the school's misfit team, made up of dorks, geeks, and nerds welcome him. After meeting the old uncaring coach, Pops "The Bear" McIntyre (Paul Dooley) due to his much missed champion football days, Kevin joins the team in an attempt to become involved in school sports. But he becomes frustrated with the team's lackluster performance and his apathetic coach. He desperately tries to improve the team's image and their upcoming inaugural season. On game day, their high hopes are dashed when faced with a superior opponent. But Pops becomes a caring coach again after hearing Kevin's inspirational speech, even though they lose, the team chemistry is what's important. Guest starring as Kevin's soccer teams: Andrew Berman as Chuck Coleman ("Mr. Fidget"), Brice Beckham as Nick Bott, Trenton Teigen as Andy Collin, and Ryan Holihan as Leigh Fitzpatrick. | ||||||
| 77 | 8 | "Dinner Out" | Bryan Gordon | Gina Goldman | December 4, 1991 | 02S0059108 |
| Kevin decides to treat his family out to dinner on his father's 43rd birthday. Meanwhile Norma decides to try to reconcile Jack's relationship with Karen by having the family meet her at the Briarcliff Lodge, a restaurant of his choosing. However, dinner doesn't go as planned, when first, the Maitre D' (Eric Poppick) sits them at a tiny table, then Jack continues to belittle Karen's live-in boyfriend Michael, making them leave abruptly. But Jack and Karen feel badly of their past transgressions, and make up in the end. This makes Kevin realize that what his father needed for his birthday wasn't gifts, but his daughter back in his good graces. | ||||||
| 78 | 9 | "Christmas Party" | Jim McBride | Sy Dukane & Denise Moss | December 11, 1991 | 02S0059110 |
| The Arnolds' throw their annual Christmas party, but after things just aren't the same with their guests, this may be their last. Jack's old war buddy Bill Foster (Parker Whitman) shows up without his wife beloved Marsha and arrives with his young girlfriend Carol (Kimberley Kates) instead. Jack's golf buddy Lou (David Selberg) stopped drinking and Al Wannamaker (Marty Zagon) has a coughing attack. Neighbor Ed Ermin (Ben Slack) gets away from his wife Mrs. Ermin (Candice Azzara) and everyone else when he makes himself at home by smoking marijuana in the basement. After Kevin and Wayne get back from a soda run, they find all the guests have left and their parents are curled up by the fire; they just wanted to be alone. Guest Starring: Carol Mansell as Lou's wife, Jeanne, and Roger Nolan as Mr. Weisman. | ||||||
| 79 | 10 | "Pfeiffer's Choice" | Ken Topolsky | Mark B. Perry | December 18, 1991 | 02S0059109 |
| Tension arises between the Arnold and the Pfeiffer families after Paul's father makes a lot of money from a real estate speculation by investing in beach front property. Even though the Arnolds seem happy about the Pfeiffers' good fortunes, Jack is upset by Alvin's spare-of-the-moment spending. Instead of buying new, Jack is a "spare parts-man", and after a quick trip to Jean's Mower Shop, he is discouraged when he finds Alvin buying an expensive John Deer tractor mower. Alvin buys a new color television, the puts in an in-ground pool, and joins a country club. This puts Kevin and Paul's friendship on the rocks, making him wonder why money had become between their families. Kevin's thoughts are answered when he learns from Alvin that his father could have gone in on the investment deal, but backed out of the last minute. The family is invited by the Pfeiffers to the county club and after a good will toast, Alvin tells everyone that he lost everything--his oceanfront property got washed away and was now underwater. Kevin can't leave things the why they ended up with Paul, so he takes a walk to his house and they patch thing up. Plus Paul is leaving his prep school and coming to McKinley High with Kevin. Guest Starring Mark Boone Junior as Repairman Jean. | ||||||
| 80 | 11 | "Road Test" | Thomas Schlamme | Craig Hoffman | January 8, 1992 | 02S0059111 |
| Kevin seems to be an ace at driving, however, there's one exception--his inability to parallel park. This haunts him when being tested in driver's education class, especially when his group of terrible drivers with ditzy Alice Pedermeir and hippie Harold Grutner have no problem with it. So, parallel parking stands in Kevin's way of getting his driver's license and he's determined to secretly practice alone. But Kevin lies to his parents about not getting his driver's license--he didn't even take the test at the DMV--and when they celebrate with cake and the keys to the car--he ends up feeling guilty for not telling them the truth. He's even under pressure at school when he asks out Jessica Thomas (Alicia Silverstone), a cute girl in his class, and she tells him to pick her up and "park" out front, making Kevin nervous even more about parallel parking. Guest Starring Michael Gregory as Coach Meecham, Josh Berman, and Troy Fromin as Slovoski. | ||||||
| 81 | 12 | "Grandpa's Car" | Michael Dinner | Mark Levin | January 15, 1992 | 02S0059112 |
| After getting into several accidents in the past couple of months, and getting his license suspended, the aging Grandpa Arnold has trouble driving, but he refuses to listen to his family's concerns. When he is no longer able to drive, he asks Kevin to drive him back home, however, Kevin gets suckered by his own flesh and blood when Grandpa takes control of the car. Suddenly, their road trip takes some unexpected turns to Grandpa's favorite pit stops and roadside attractions. Kevin sees Grandpa's old age creep up on him first hand when he almost gets them into an accident when reminiscing about the old days and not paying attention to the road. He finally realizes he's getting too old to drive and lets Kevin have his cherished Oldsmobile for only a dollar. Kevin will always remember his first car because it was his grandfather's last. | ||||||
| 82 | 13 | "Kodachrome" | David Greenwalt | Gina Goldman | January 29, 1992 | 02S0059113 |
| Kevin's English teacher Miss Shaw (Lanei Chapman) has some rather unorthodox methods of teaching. She refuses to adhere to rigid teaching standards set by the school board which makes her well liked and respected among her students, including Kevin. While the class enjoys these her new grading system of giving them all "P"'s for "pass", it doesn't sit well with the board of education. After school principal Dr. Valenti (Richard Fancy) finds out Shaw is letting her students select their own grades, he tells her she must follow state curriculum guidelines. Thinking the righteous Miss Shaw will fight the might of system, she tells Kevin "it's just not worth it" and quits, making Kevin feel disheartened. So, she not sticking it to the man after all, she's walking out on her students. Guest Starring, Wendy Cooke as Felicia. | ||||||
| 83 | 14 | "Private Butthead" | Nick Marck | Sy Rosen | February 5, 1992 | 02S0059114 |
| After giving up on the prospect of going to college when he doesn't take the SAT's, Wayne, alongside his buddy Wart, decide to join the army instead. With the Vietnam War still going on in 1972, the family is afraid that Wayne could be shipped off to fight. Although Jack objects to his son's decision, Wayne is an adult now, and he hesitantly allows him to go and take the physical. However, Wayne is rejected due to psoriasis while Wart is accepted, then sent to Fort Polk in Louisiana, and two months later, shipped to Vietnam. Meanwhile, Kevin thinks his own future when his guidance counselor Mrs. Ruebner (Pat Crawford Brown) urges him to start planning for college. | ||||||
| 84 | 15 | "Of Mastodons and Men" | Thomas Schlamme | Mark Levin | February 12, 1992 | 02S0059116 |
| Kevin is caught between going steady with a girl he's been dating, Julie Aidem (Wendy Cox) and hanging out with the guys. They soon get on his case when he starts spending most of his time with her and her family instead of playing football with them. Although Kevin admires Julie's cool dad Ben (Lyman Ward), he sees her mother June (Sandy Faison) has him on a short leash--only allowing him to drive his sport car on the weekend and telling him to fix his collar--he soon realizes Julie is doing the same with him. Now Kevin feels smothered--she wants him to wear stripe shirts with the collar up, walk her little dog Pooh-Pooh, and has to go over her house after school. Finally Kevin ditches Julie to play football with the guys, but she shows up at his house to give him a gift for their three week anniversary then wants to go steady. Plus he has to make the announcement in front of her family during dinner. But Kevin can't bring himself to do it after Ben tells him a story of his old black lab Duke that ran away when he proposed to June. This subtle message becomes clear when Kevin goes through the same controlling trait from Julie at the dinner table. He then breaks it off with Julie in front of her mother, her two younger sisters, and Ben, who seems empowered by Kevin's actions, so much so, he even takes the car out on a weekday. | ||||||
| 85 | 16 | "Double Double Date" | Peter Baldwin | Mark B. Perry & Sy Rosen | February 26, 1992 | 02S0059115 |
| Kevin has a crush on the new Swedish exchange student Inga Finnstrom (Shevonne Durkin), and asks Winnie to help set him up on a date with her. In return, Winnie asks Kevin to introduce her Matt Stevens (Jason Renfro), the new guy in his history class. Things get awkward when Matt suggests they all go on a double date to the spring formal. At the dance, its the battle of the ex's when Kevin and Winnie are forced to accompany each other's dim-witted dates. Matt asks Inga for a dance leaving Kevin and Winnie alone on the dance floor. However, while slow dancing, something strange happens and they are brought close together once again. They ditch their dates to "talk" and go to the point to park, but as they get even closer to each other, both find it hard to make the move and wind up kissing one another on the eye. Both feel that they need to think about being together and just hold to what they had in the past--there are things they still need to find until they find each other. | ||||||
| 86 | 17 | "Hero" | Stephen Cragg | David Greenwalt | March 11, 1992 | 02S0059117 |
| McKinley High's basketball team is having a great season thanks to their star player, Bobby Riddle (James Caviezel) and make it all the way to the state championship of 1972. Kevin and his friends are caught up in the school spirit for the team, and revere Bobby as a hero. Too bad Jack doesn't hold high regards for Riddle and the team, telling Kevin, Paul, and Chuck that the other team, Southwestern may have Bobby's number and might try to double team him on defense. He was right in the end and Kevin's team loses and when Kevin tries to cheer up his high school hero, Bobby tells him to "get off his back." Jack then teaches Kevin a valuable lesson when he tells his son "its not easy being a hero."--his father wasn't talking about Bobby, he was talking about himself. | ||||||
| 87 | 18 | "Lunch Stories" | Ken Topolsky | Sy Dukane & Denise Moss | March 18, 1992 | 02S0059118 |
| Kevin recalls a significant memory of several different stories he and his friends experience--a academic crises, love troubles, and setbacks--during the course of one lunch period at McKinley High. Wayne tries to win a bet by finding the true identity of a kid known only as "Maniac" (Richard Stay) by having to split 20 bucks with him. Despite Wayne getting Maniac's real name--Florence--he can't tell anyone since Mainac threatened he will kill him if he does. Meanwhile, Chuck is trying to get enough courage to ask band geek Shelia McCaffry out on a date, but when he does, his constant twitching turns her off. Ricky has to complete a thousand word paper on the A Day in the Life of a Citizen in Ancient Rome, and Paul gets sloppy Joe sauce on his white pants right before a big debate. Kevin is asked by Winnie to donate blood for the school blood dive, and is also duped into ditching school to see an x-rated film Devil in Miss Jones with three of the class troublemakers, Jimmy Donnelly, (Seth Green), Joey Spinoza (Demian Slade), and Neal Pemish (Eric Foster), but they are caught by Dr. Valenti and blame Kevin as the reason they were following him out of school. Good thing Winnie saves the day when she helps them by saying they were going to see her to donate blood. | ||||||
| 88 | 19 | "Carnal Knowledge" | Nancy Cooperstein | David Greenwalt | March 25, 1992 | 02S0059119 |
| Kevin and his friends plan to sneak in to see an R-rated movie called "Carnal Knowledge" with seductress Ann Margaret, the first film with erotic scenes. Paul reveals that he will be having dinner with his mother's old college roommate and her college-age daughter Beth (Kawena Charlot) that night and won't make it. After Kevin and his friends get kicked out of the theater, Paul tells Kevin that he had his first sexual encounter with Beth and expected he'd perform better, leaving him confused at what happened. At first Kevin is upset Paul doesn't disclose any details, then he gets upset it didn't happen to him, and feels Paul doesn't need him anymore. However, when Paul confesses he can't cope with a casual relationship, Kevin helps his best friend and takes him to the airport to say a final goodbye to Beth, who is flying back home. Even though Paul never sees her again, he still has memories of her and of Kevin, his best friend who'll do anything for him. | ||||||
| 89 | 20 | "The Lost Weekend" | Arthur Albert | Story by: Rob Cohen Teleplay by: Sivert Glarum & Stephen Jenkins |
April 8, 1992 | 02S0059120 |
| When Kevin's parents go away for the weekend, he invites the guys over to play poker, but their poker night gets boring, and they decide to invite some girls over. However, when Chuck invites a girl he likes, she brings along her sister and Ricky invites Alice, who brings her friends with her, who tell their friends to come, creating a domino effect by turning Kevin's house into a wild party. Kevin and Chuck make a food and drink run to a liquor store but being underage, the clerk (Michael G. Hagerty) won't sell them any beer and doesn't fall for Chuck's fake ID. They come up empty handed until a burnout (Andrew Shue) with a beer keg in his car tells them he's going to Kevin's party. When they get back, the party's out-of-control and the house is totally trashed. Kevin stays up the rest of the night to clean but its no use because his parents come home early. Seeing the mess, they automatically blame Wayne who they suspect is responsible for the party. Wayne, being used to it and seeing a little of his self in his little brother, takes the blame for Kevin, who is eternally grateful and washes and waxes his big brother's car in return. Guest starring Eric Bruskotter as Football Player and Jeremy Davies as Guy. | ||||||
| 90 | 21 | "Stormy Weather" | Ken Topolsky | Sy Dukane & Denise Moss | April 22, 1992 | 02S0059121 |
| When Karen and Michael have a fight, she moves out and comes back home in the middle of the night wanting to stay with the family. She asks Jack to get her things from Michael's house and he brings Kevin and Wayne to help him in this awkward moment. But when they get there, Jack tells Michael he didn't want them living like this, and finds out neither did Michael, who then divulges what the reason for the fight was actually about--he asked Karen to marry him. But Karen doesn't believe in marriage and thinks it's an "antiquated, male-centered institution" and believes Michael wants to change her. Michael, follows the Arnolds back to their house to reconcile with Karen, but she asks him to leave. However, Michael comes back with his tent and pitches it out on the front lawn, making his final stand for love as the family watches him literally stand for hours in the pouring rain waiting for Karen to come out. Jack tells Karen that "any guy who goes through all this by standing out in the rain must really be crazy about her". Eventually, Karen realizes how much Michael loves her and goes outside in the thunder storm to bring him coffee Norma made, but instead they make up in a soaking embracing. Ten days later Karen asks Micheal to marry her and he accepted. | ||||||
| 91 | 22 | "The Wedding" | Peter Baldwin | Mark B. Perry | April 29, 1992 | 02S0059122 |
| With their wedding day approaching, Karen and Michael decide against a traditional church ceremony at a chapel with a minister and their families. Instead they plan a hippie wedding with an Indian Maharishi (Gerry Bednob) and all their friends in the backyard. However, Kevin, in all this happiness sees a potential mood-breaker at their wedding party when Michael tells him he got a job in Alaska and they are planning to move there right after the ceremony. But Karen has yet to tell her parents and during the party when Jack makes a touching speech, her friend Earth Mother (Tara Ellison) bakes a cake that says "Alaska or Bust" on it, making Jack and Norma dislike the sudden surprise. Karen then tells her parents her and Michael have a life and they have to let them go and live it as adults. They agree with that but where ever Karen is, they will never let her go. During the wedding, Jack and Norma let their first-born daughter out into the world, feeling sorrow and joy. Guest starring Jon Frear as Brett, Frank Lloyd as Rainbow, Karen Massey as Wind. | ||||||
| 92 | 23 | "Back to the Lake" | Michael Dinner | Mark Levin | May 6, 1992 | 02S0059123 |
| As summer starts, Kevin is frustrated to be missing out on a relaxing summer since his parents are making him get a summer job. Wayne gets a job on the loading dock at NORCOM, Jack's company, Winnie's working at a diner, Paul is an assistant manager at a Chinese restaurant, and Kevin takes a remedial position there, but he's still unhappy about working over the summer. He looks back on all the fun that he had with his friends from past summers and wants to get away for this one. On the way to work with Paul, Kevin spontaneously decides to go back to the lake and visit Cara, his summer love from last year. But Cara isn't thrilled to see him and wonders why he's there since she got the impression he wasn't interested in her anymore because he never sent her a responding Christmas card. She tells Kevin when he tries to kiss her that she has a boyfriend, making him think of Winnie who he had left behind. Kevin wonders why he ever ran off in a fit of "summer madness" in the first place, using Cara when he has Winnie. Guest starring Michael Paul Chan as the Chinese chef Mr. Chong. | ||||||
| 93 | 24 | "Broken Hearts and Burgers" | Ken Topolsky | Craig Hoffman | May 13, 1992 | 02S0059124 |
| When Winnie thinks Kevin is flirting with a waitress (Sarah Dammann) at Fatso's drive-in, she gives him an icy reception and leaves him to sit with her friends for the rest of the night. Even though Kevin explains that it was just a misunderstanding, he remembers back to a lot of ups and downs he had with Winnie and with the girls he knew in his past. Although his friends and Wayne try to help him out, its no use, he has to patch things up with Winnie himself. By the end of the evening, Kevin speaks from his heart by telling Winnie that she's the only girl he ever cares and thinks about. But Winnie's heard enough and takes Kevin into her arms with a passionate kiss--all she wanted to hear was some honesty. | ||||||
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 94 | 1 | "Homecoming" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush | September 23, 1992 | 02S0059202 |
| Kevin, now in 11th grade, with Winnie his girlfriend, and Paul class president, is becoming a wise guy in class like his new friend, Jeff Billings (Giovanni Ribisi), the first kid he ever knew whose parents were divorced. Also Kevin becomes the delivery guy at Mr. Chong's, and has to advertise the business on his car, making Winnie embarrassed to ride with him, especially up at Mountain View Drive--"The Point". Wayne became a working man too with his job in the mailroom at NORCOM, he now lives in the family's basement. After the school's rival Central High School's steals his school's knight mascot, Kevin tries to make a name for himself when he steals their owl mascot for homecoming, only to set it free in the end. Meanwhile, Wayne's old buddy, David "Wart" Wirtshafter, the silly kid everyone knew, returns home from a tour in Vietnam a changed man. But he doesn't receive a hero's welcome at the big game when anonymous shouts of "murderer" are directed towards him. They find Wart sitting alone on a baseball field bench with his clothes lying on the ground in a neat pile. He says nothing seems to fit anymore, but he wasn't talking about the size of his clothes, so Wayne offers the shirt off his own back. Guest starring Don Perry as Mr. Deeks, Kevin's history teacher. | ||||||
| 95 | 2 | "Fishing" | Greg Beeman | Phil Doran | September 30, 1992 | 02S0059203 |
| Kevin and Wayne are dragged by their father to Berlinger Falls, a secluded fishing hole for their semi-annual fishing weekend trip for some male bonding. However, after the woman at the bait shop (Melanie MacQueen) tells them that nobody goes up there anymore because they closed the road, Jack's once beloved secret spot is now overgrown and not how he remembered it. Plus Kevin is angry that Jack and Wayne still treat him like he's still a little kid, refusing him beer and ignoring him. In retaliation, Kevin tells his father that his dream of building a cabin in the area is never going to happen, making Jack realize its probably true. Things go from bad to worse when Wayne and Kevin start fighting and bump into Jack who knocks over a lantern, causing their tent to go up in flames. But in the end, after things settled down, they figured out why they came here in the first place--they'd come to say goodbye to all the memories they shared in this place of the past. | ||||||
| 96 | 3 | "Scenes from a Wedding" | Michael Dinner | Story by: Michael Curtis Teleplay by: Jon Harmon Feldman & Gregory Malins |
October 7, 1992 | 02S0059204 |
| When Candy (Aimee Graham), the daughter of Jack's boss, Arthur Jensen (Paul Gleason) is getting married, the whole family gets invited to the wedding. They are prepared for an unfulfilled evening. After the reception, Kevin tries to impress a girl he just met, Linda Sloan (Sara Melson) when he says he can get champagne, and she asks met at the gazebo. But he can't get away from her Aunt Muriel (Bette Ford). Jack is infuriated with Arthur who has been flirting and dancing with Norma the whole night. And Wayne tries to dance with Candy, but since they dated, she acts like she doesn't know him. In the end, Kevin is stood up by Linda and manages to get drunk on the bubbly. Seeing her with another guy, he accidentally throws up on her and leaves the scene. Jack, finally has enough of Arthur's inappropriate antics, especially when he puts his arm around Norma. This causes Jack to react by telling his boss to get his arm off his wife or he'll break it off and finally gets to dance with Norma. Wayne confides in Kevin, telling him that even though the groom "waited" after he got married, the bride certainly didn't, because it only took one date with Wayne at a wedding to lose her virginity. Guest starring: Tom Wood as Peter Rotelli, the groom. | ||||||
| 97 | 4 | "Sex and Economics" | Ken Topolsky | John Bunzel | October 14, 1992 | 02S0059201 |
| Despite having an after school job, Kevin's financial problems are taking a toll on his life. When his young and beautiful history teacher, Miss Farmer (Rebecca Staab) posts an ad on the school bulletin for a painting job, he thinks this is the answer to his money trouble. Thinking it's going to easy, she informs him that he needs to paint the whole exterior of the house. However, he accepts on account of her charm and her offer to pay him $500. But Kevin has to find a crew to help him tackle this time consuming job, so he figures the trio of blue-collar guys of Jimmy Donnelly, Joey Spinoza, and Eddie Horvath (Jeremy Davies) the right fit for the job. Too bad they demand more money than he expected to pay them and with the cost of paint and supplies being expensive, Kevin ends up not having much money for himself and tries to break even when they run out of paint. The hired help then takes more advantage of him by taking too many breaks, procrastinating with work, and winds up as peeping Tom's watching their teacher. When Kevin confronts them, they quit, leaving him to get the job done at a huge financial loss. Then he learns that Miss Farmer sold the house to Mr. Kaplan (Jack McGee) a buyer, who she took advantage of with her looks, getting way over her asking price. In the end, Kevin learns his lesson never to take advantage of a pretty lady and find out Mr. Kaplan put up aluminum siding the next spring. Guest starring: William Bronder as Mr. Glidden (paint store clerk), and Michael Weiner as Dominick. | ||||||
| 98 | 5 | "Politics as Usual" | Bryan Gordon | Craig Hoffman | October 21, 1992 | 02S0059205 |
| When Kevin's high school holds a political debate for the McGovern/Nixon presidential race, his peers don't seem to be interested until Mike Detweiller a charismatic speaker, (Lance Guest) heading McGovern's campaign gets everyone's attention on his anti-political view. Winnie jumps on board the McGovern campaign committee and starts devoting all her free time to help elect Senator George McGovern. But Kevin's not buying it, and joins the committee to keep an eye on her, since he's convinced that Mike has a romantic interest in Winnie. His uneasy thoughts has brought him to break in to campaign headquarters to catch them in the act, but it turns out it was a secret meeting with Senator McGovern himself, and he gets to meet him in person. Feeling guilty the next day and seeing the polls up, Kevin returns to congratulate the win, but it was premature, Nixon had won nearly every state's votes. He finds Winnie upset and Mike walking out with his assistant Peggy Kimball (Renee Faia). He wasn't interested in Winnie after all, just wanting to use her and all the young people who couldn't vote yet as his political pawns to win the race. After all, he tells Winnie, "It's just politics!" and knew the senator never had a chance to win. | ||||||
| 99 | 6 | "White Lies" | Peter Baldwin | Jon Harmon Feldman & Robin Roirdan | October 28, 1992 | 02S0059206 |
| Kevin is feeling pressure from the guys in the locker room to sleep with Winnie, since they have been going out for 6 years, it due time. Kevin seizes the opportunity to be along with Winnie when his parents take a trip out of town for one night, so he baits her into coming over to study for the SATs. She agrees, and even though Kevin creates a romantic atmosphere, Winnie wants to study, but then figures out Kevin's plan and informs him that girls have a "talk" too. Despite, his attempts at seduction, Kevin and Winnie end up doing what they always do--reminisce about their past together, as they watch a movie on TV. They wind up falling asleep together on the couch and have to rush to school so they can make it on time. After Winnie tells her parents where she was all night and they express how they trust him, Kevin feels frustrated. So much so that guys catch him in his mood and assume its about Winnie. Then Kevin makes the mistake of letting them get the wrong idea about him and Winnie and tells them to use their imagination of what happened, which they do, especially Kenny Steuben (Chance Quinn), who tells everyone. By lunch time, the whole school knows about their supposed actions, including an ashamed Winnie. Later, on his father's advice, Kevin goes to Winnie's house to apologize, but to his surprise, Winnie breaks up with him because what he's done is unfixable to her. She leaves Kevin to ponder his inexcusable actions at her doorstep. Guest starring Jason Horst as Jay. | ||||||
| 100 | 7 | "Wayne and Bonnie" | Greg Beeman | Mark Levin | November 11, 1992 | 02S0059207 |
| Wayne begins dating Bonnie Douglas (Paula Marshall), an older woman he met at work. Over dinner, the family finds out she is divorced and has a 6 month old son named David. Norma invites them to the NORCOM family picnic and learns that Wayne is serious about their relationship, so much so, he decides to move in with Bonnie and help her take care of David. Meanwhile, still distraught over Winnie not being in his life, Kevin tries to get her back by buying a gift. But when he goes to her house with a huge teddy bear, Winnie has a study date with classmate Phil (Bret Anthony). Seeing them at the diner together, Kevin feels lonely and meets a new girl named Cindy Fleming (Heather Allen), who just moved into town. He invites her to the picnic only to find out her immature behavior is due to the fact she's only in 7th grade and winds up giving her the big bear in his trunk. With all this stuff happening to his family, Kevin needs someone to talk about it with, so he turns to Winnie, who in return, helps him because she still loves him and love is what brings them back together. | ||||||
| 101 | 8 | "Kevin Delivers" | Bryan Gordon | Gina Goldman | November 25, 1992 | 02S0059208 |
| With his two-nights a week Chinese food delivery job at Mr. Chong's Restaurant, Kevin has difficulty making it back on time for his date with Winnie. Out on the road, every night had its pitfalls and perils, from encounters with the Fioni's Pizza guy (Adam Stradlin), and a yapping dog, to menacing houses, especially at 105 Elm Street, home of Mrs. Fanny Tambora (Ellen Albertini Dow), a lonely old lady, who always wants Kevin to stay and pet Clarence, her cat. He also has a strange incident delivering to a funeral home to Mr. Kramer, who's deceased--the ultimate practical joke from the pizza guy still sore after Kevin letting him get caught by the cops for drag racing. But just when his night takes a turn for the good--a hippie stoner (Zachary Mott) gives him $30 for food--it takes a turn for the worse when he has to spend it all on getting his car out of an impound lot after getting it towed. Then Winnie breaks their date, but Kevin decides to go out on a high note when he pranks the pizza guy into delivering to Mrs. Tambora. Then Mr. Chong (Michael Paul Chan) informs Kevin, about one last delivery at 216 Maple, and to his surprise it was ordered by Winnie who shows up for a late dinner date on a park bench. | ||||||
| 102 | 9 | "The Test" | Ken Topolsky | Robin Roirdan | December 9, 1992 | 02S0059209 |
| Kevin deals with the stress of the SATs, when Paul and his friends blow the test out of proportion. Meanwhile, after Jack gets a middling review at NORCOM saying he's "competent" at performing his job, he decides after 20 years, he's had enough and leaves the company. With Norma's support, Jack takes the risk and goes into the furniture-making business with his friend and ex-NORCOM co-worker, Charlie Barrett (John Pleshette), and they meet with the owners of a furniture factory. Empowered by Jack's bravery, Kevin takes the SATs, knowing that he won't let his life be dictated by the results. There is an obvious microphone at the top of the screen as Kevin's dad shows Kevin the new furniture factory. Guest starring: Monty Hall and Willie C. Carpenter as Mr. Glavin, Kevin's English comprehension teacher. | ||||||
| 103 | 10 | "Let Nothing You Dismay" | Ken Topolsky | Mark B. Perry | December 16, 1992 | 02S0059210 |
| December 1972, marks a time of change for the Arnolds. Norma graduates from Fremont Community College and the newly unemployed Jack invests in the future when he and his friend, Charlie tries to get a bank loan to open their own furniture factory business. However, this being the holiday season, his partner backs out at the last minute and returns to NORCOM to support his family. But with Norma's help, Jack manages to get the loan after all. Also, Kevin has his own problems trying to get a raise from his boss, Mr. Chong so he can buy Winnie an expensive cashmere sweater after he and Jeff see her at the mall with a big wrapped box. Thinking the gift was for him, Kevin spent has hard earned money on Winnie when all she gives him is a new Bread album. (This marks the fourth Christmas episode of the series.) | ||||||
| 104 | 11 | "New Years" | Thomas Schlamme | Craig Hoffman | January 6, 1993 | 02S0059211 |
| Kevin's sees his older brother changing from the bully he grew up with his whole life into a family man with manners. All this because, Wayne and his girlfriend Bonnie are getting serious about their relationship. They plan a family get together at a supper club on New Year's Eve and Wayne wants Kevin and Winnie to be there at his expense. This is much to Kevin's dislike since he had plans to go to a party at Eddie Putnam parent's ski condo in the mountains with Winnie. But on the big night, Wayne never shows up and Kevin has to hear from Bonnie that they split up and she still has feelings for her ex-husband James, who is the father of her baby, David. Kevin and Winnie go out searching for Wayne and eventually finds him doing his laundry at the laundromat. But at midnight, they all get to watch the ball drop on TV, marking the end of 1972 and a new beginning for them in 1973. Guest Starring: Lou Cutell as the comic and Richard Diamond as the Zanic the Magnificent (magician). | ||||||
| 105 | 12 | "Alice in Autoland" | Michael Dinner | Mark Levin | January 13, 1993 | 02S0059212 |
| When Kevin starts having car trouble, he finds out that Chuck's on-again-off-again girlfriend, Alice is the daughter of "Pistol Pete" Pedermier (Victor Raider-Wexler), the "used car cowboy", and she asks her dad to try and give him a good deal on a new car trade. However, when she dumps his friend, Kevin has second thoughts about accepting her offer. But after Chuck blames him for their 29th break-up, Kevin changes his mind and goes with Alice to Pedermier's Autoland to test drive a flashy red convertible. While on the drive, Alice tells Kevin that she has had a crush on him ever since they first met and proclaims her love for him in a tight embrace just when Chuck drives by and sees them. Kevin shouts out that Alice doesn't mean anything to him, but it falls on deaf ears. While at school, Kevin tries to explain what really happened, but Alice already did that, saying it was the other way around. So Chuck and Alice--the school's worst couple--are back together again, leaving Kevin on the ground from Chuck's punch and continuing car problems missing out on Friday night parties with Winnie. | ||||||
| 106 | 13 | "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones" | David Greenwalt | Gina Goldman | January 20, 1993 | 02S0059213 |
| A rumor spreads through McKinley High in the winter of '73 that The Rolling Stones are playing at a Joe's Place, a dive bar out on Highway 9 an hour away. Even though Kevin doesn't believe it, he gets talked into taking Winnie, Paul, Jeff, and Chuck miles out of town to try and find the concert's location. After getting a speeding ticket on Vine Street, Kevin tried to hide it but Norma finds the ticket in the wash. Since Jack and Norma have to go square dancing with a furniture buyer, Zeke (O'Neal Compton) and his wife on the same night, Jack forbids Kevin to go, telling him he better not move his car one inch off its oil spot. So Kevin takes Jack's car instead and rounds up everyone for the trip. When they get to Joe's, the parking lot is empty and everybody they asked just answers "the who?". After getting stopped by a cop again, Winnie saves the day by making up an excuse, they wind up on a wild goose chase, searching for clues. They follow the trail to Wally's Inn when they find a crowd gathered outside, but are kicked out by the owner Wally (Tom McCleister), himself. Then in frustration, Kevin backs up into a parked car, and the night ends. He makes it back home before his parents, and thinks of a logical reason for the damaged bumper. But when Zeke runs into it instead, Kevin is relieved he doesn't have to take the blame, and Norma confesses she dented it too. It turns out to be a great evening, plus he learns The Stones did play at Joe's after all--secretly. | ||||||
| 107 | 14 | "Unpacking" | Nick Marck | Sy Rosen | February 3, 1993 | 02S0059214 |
| After Kevin and Winnie see Jeff feeling lonely, they set him up on a date with Ann Sheer (Alisa Scheindlin), the new girl in school. But, Jeff is just homesick about leaving his old hometown and is unable to commit to the relationship with Ann because of his attachment to his long-time girlfriend Julie (Bryn Erin) he left behind. During a double date after playing miniature golf, Jeff even leaves early when Kevin and Winnie ask he and Ann join them at The Point, leaving his date wondering if its something she did. After a fight with Kevin, Jeff finally gets rid of his sarcasm and joking around and gets serious when he asks Kevin, for a ride back to his old hometown. While there, Jeff sees his old girlfriend, Julie at the diner and says goodbye to her one last time. He even gets his old Brooks Robinson baseball glove back when he visits his old house, and two kids playing out front find it for him. Kevin discovers his friend didn't want to go back home, he just wanted to let go of it and have closure of his past memories. When he goes back to school, Jeff doesn't shy away, and is ready to ask Ann out, properly. Jeff realizes his dad is not coming back but he has finally found a new home. Guest starring Bruce Ed Morrow as Kevin and Jeff's chemistry teacher Mr. Clemens and Marine Andrews as Jeff's mother Mrs. Billings. | ||||||
| 108 | 15 | "Hulk Arnold" | Thomas Schlamme | Mark Levin | February 10, 1993 | 02S0059215 |
| After his P.E. teacher (Jim Zubiena) sees him pin all his classmates in gym class, Kevin is drafted to the wrestling team by Coach Silva (James Tolkan), who's tough work ethic makes him think twice about trying out. Even though Wayne and Jack think he's not committed to be on the team, Kevin sticks with it when Chuck, Jeff, and Winnie encourage him by telling him they'll be at his first match. But when the coach tests him out against the smallest and lightest teammate, Spider (Kristopher Kent Hill), Kevin soon realizes this isn't gym class anymore and isn't as good as he thinks. Then the coach himself challenges Kevin and when he doesn't give up easily, he actually makes the team. Thinking he's just going to sit on the bench, Silva makes a change and Kevin has to wrestle the best in the 140 pound weight class on the Spartans team, Doug Gurney (Matt Blansett), who pinned everybody he's faced. During the match, Kevin quickly score two points, then it was all downhill from there. After Doug whispers in his ear "give up, and make it easy on yourself", he doesn't and his shoulder never touches the mat once, getting by on his natural ability from gym class. Even though he loses 15-2 in front of his friends and father, Kevin tells the coach "Told you I was good!", earning his respect. | ||||||
| 109 | 16 | "Nose" | David Greenwalt | Sy Rosen | February 24, 1993 | 02S0059216 |
| After Ricky asks Kevin and the guys what's wrong with him and why can't he get a date to the dance, he finally finds a love interest with the new girl, Hayley Green (Renee Humphrey) and asks her to the spring dance. However, even though she is good-looking, the only flaw is her nose and Kevin, Jeff, and Chuck can't help but make fun of the size of it. In English class, their teacher Mr. Arkinson (David Brisbin) tells Hayley to read her paper on something that really bothers her about herself in front of the whole class. Thinking to hit her problem head on, she comically reads how her weakness is shopping because no matter how hard she tries, nothing really matches with her big nose and she's accepted it because she has personality and that's who she is. But her plan backfires and the class winds up laughing at her instead, leaving Ricky embarrassed to take her to the dance. So he backs out by lying about having to take his cousin to the hospital for an operation on her webbed feet. At the dance, Hayley actually shows up, and seeing a second chance to get her back, Kevin encourages Ricky to tell her the truth, but he doesn't. He asks her to dance, but she came with a date, class president and captain of the football team, Brett Davis (Eric Dane), who was so moved by her speech in class, he asked her out. Now Ricky is back to where he started, asking himself, "What does he have, that I don't?" Apparently, Hayley, the girl who simply knew herself and was happy with what she knew, unlike everyone else in school. | ||||||
| 110 | 17 | "Eclipse" | Stephen Cragg | David Greenwalt | March 17, 1993 | 02S0059217 |
| Kevin and his classmates take a field trip to the Nierman Planetarium to witness the solar eclipse of March 21, 1973. On the way there, Kevin and Winnie have a fight during a Truth or Dare game when he calls her "too perfect" after answering what he would change about her. Chuck's results aren't so great with Alice either and during a pit stop, he accidentally gets locked in a rest area bathroom, and gets left behind by the bus. However, he manages to escape through a window and hitch a ride with a chicken coop truck, but the driver winds up being a maniac, so he jumps out of the moving vehicle and makes it back safely. Meanwhile, the class bad girl, Mary Jo Genaro (A.J. Langer) makes a $25 bet with her friends, Sheila Lackeroo (Devon Odessa) and Cindy (Alicia Bergman) to kiss the fat kid Harlan Abramson (Trenton Teigen) for 30 seconds and has to leave a hickey as proof. She ends up liking him as a person and makes out with him in the bushes. Winnie is so upset at being the nice girl, she throws a spitball at Mr. Plenitzer (Timothy Stack), the science teacher, who then asks her if she saw who threw it. Even though she admits the truth, he doesn't believe her, so she resorts to stealing a hat from the gift shop, making Kevin one up her by doing something equally dangerous. He agrees to help Louis Lanahan (Gregor Hesse), the class pyromaniac by being an accomplice to his scheme of providing a loud bang by flushing a cherry bomb down the toilet during the viewing. But Kevin backs out at the last minute, and when a security guard catches them, he flees while Louis is successful, but is later caught. On the way back, Winnie confesses she actually paid for the souvenir--she's still Kevin's perfect girl after all. | ||||||
| 111 | 18 | "Poker" | David Greenwalt | Story by: David Kohan & Max Mutchnick Teleplay by: Jon Harmon Feldman |
March 24, 1993 | 02S0059218 |
| When Kevin and the guys get together for a Friday night of poker, each of them confesses their own problems. Chuck is worried about possibly becoming a father after not using protection with Alice; Randy failed his last three trigonometry tests, making him not graduate if he doesn't pass the class; and Jeff is accused of cheating at cards and annoys Paul with his cigar smoke. However, the real problem is with Paul's behavior by annoying everyone with his air freshener and prude remarks. His actions make the guys claim they have no room for Paul in the car or cabin for their spring break ski trip because they consider him a downer. After 17 years of Paul being his best friend, Kevin realizes they've grown apart. While out on a food run, they get into a fight and Paul actually says what Kevin wanted to say, that he's "changed". But just when tensions were growing between the guys, their problems vanish when Randy, always the loser, finally wins a hand. Then Alice calls to tell Chuck she's not pregnant, and Kevin and Paul see the error of their ways. While cleaning up, Kevin discovers Jeff's winning streak was still intact after all--he threw his last hand on purpose--though he questions why his friend had five kings. Guest starring: Barney Martin as Old Kevin, Billy Beck as Old Paul, Walt Beaver as Old Jeff, Bob Larkin as Old Chuck, and Burt Saunders as Old Randy. | ||||||
| 112 | 19 | "The Little Women" | Ken Topolsky | David M. Wolf | March 31, 1993 | 02S0059219 |
| As the Women's Liberation Movement gets stronger across the country in the Spring of 1973, the Jack, Wayne, and Kevin find it hard to be "liberated men" yet. Since Norma doesn't want her college degree to go to waste, she takes a full-time job as a comptroller at Micro Electronics, a start-up computer company, earning $225 per week, much to the surprise of the Arnold men. Meanwhile, Kevin is proud of himself when he did surprisngly well on his SAT's, scoring a 1240 (a 650 in verbal and a 590 in math). However, Kevin becomes extremely insecure when he discovers that Winnie scored a 1482, getting a 725 in verbal and a 757 in math. She can now consider going to any of the top Ivy League universities while Kevin has to settle for Ed's Junior College. With their fragile male egos beaten, Jack and Kevin decide to take their women out to King Pin Lanes and after Norma gets a strike on her first frame, they challenge her and Winnie to a bowling match. Even though Jack and Kevin beat them, Norma and Winnie are good sports about it, making them realize if they want to live in a liberated world, they have a lot to teach these women about being jerks like them. | ||||||
| 113 | 20 | "Reunion" | Arthur Albert | Story by: Mark B. Perry Teleplay by: Robin Roirdan |
April 28, 1993 | 02S0059220 |
| The Arnold clan flies to Norma's hometown for her 25th high school reunion. Norma's parents, Karl (Macon McCalman) and Jane Gustavson (Jean Speegle Howard) (making their first and only appearance in the series) express their continued disapproval of Jack. They attempt to set Norma up with her old high school sweetheart, Roger Baldwin (Edward Edwards), a medical doctor, who almost ended up together. While staying at the Gustavsons' house, Kevin is chased around the block by their big mean dog, Princess, Wayne learns that his grandparents will leave he and Kevin everything when they die and starts taking inventory, Norma is being wooed back by Roger, and Jack hurt his back when he lost to the good doc in the sack race at the reunion picnic. This makes Kevin wonder why his father doesn't seem to mind that Norma gets to spend the night at the reunion dance with her former flame. But his questions are answered when Jack tells him his mother hated it here too and when she met Jack, she wanted more out of life then this small town had to offer, so she left everyone behind. Norma returns, and even though her and Roger were made king and queen of the dance, she reassures her real true love Jack, that Roger was still was the same old jerk he always was. Then admits she had a boring time to her mother, however, Norma isn't surprised that she didn't listen to her, realizing both her parents never did while growing up. This makes Kevin finally understand why his mother moved so far away in the first place, and also families are the same through the generations, you have to take them for better or for worse. | ||||||
| 114 | 21 | "Summer (Part 1)" | Michael Dinner | Sy Rosen | May 12, 1993 | 02S0059221 |
| Winnie gets a summer job at a resort where she will also live. Kevin meanwhile plans a cross country trip with his friends, an idea that his father put a stop to. Kevin then quits his job at his dad's factory and gets a job at the resort where Winnie works. Kevin is then disappointed when he and Winnie are so busy they have no time for each other. Meanwhile, Kevin gambles his life savings playing poker with some pros and wins big, which cheers him up until he catches Winnie kissing a co-worker. | ||||||
| 115 | 22 | "Independence Day (Part 2)" | Michael Dinner | Bob Brush | May 12, 1993 | 02S0059222 |
| Kevin is furious with Winnie and plays another poker game. This time he loses all his money and his car. He then punches the guy Winnie kissed and quits the job (that he was about to be fired from anyway). Winnie, meanwhile, is fired because of this as well. Winnie hitches a ride back home. Kevin also hitches a ride and happens to be picked up by the same couple that picked up Winnie moments earlier. Winnie then tells Kevin her side of what happened. They get into an argument and are both dropped off at the side of the road in hot humid weather. Soon after a thunderstorm occurs and lasts till dark. The two find refuge in an old barn where they talk things out. The next day they get back home, just in time for the Independence Day parade in their town. Kevin reveals the fates of himself, his family, and his friends. | ||||||