8.6/10202 votesLoading...#1 - Love & War
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/2022
Bruce returns home from Vietnam, and the family is shocked to find out he is dating an older woman with an 8-year-old son with whom he is eager to start his life. When they learn more about Bruce’s latest deployment, they begin to understand his survivors’ guilt and come together to support him.
Director: Numa Perrier
Writer: Kendra Cole
8.3/10116 votesLoading...#2 - Forbidden Fruit
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2023
Torn between his secret relationship with Keisa and his friendship with Broderick, Dean turns to Jackie for advice. Meanwhile, after her latest run-in with the law, Jackie decides to turn over a new leaf.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Bob Daily
8.3/10115 votesLoading...#3 - Football Team
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2023
As Kim decides to take classes at Bill's college and date one of his star students, Bill must walk the line between teacher and dad; Dean and his friends join the football team where Dean finds himself in a tricky situation.
Director: Stacey Muhammad
Writer: Amberia Allen
8.2/10103 votesLoading...#4 - Takeover Spirit
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2023
When Lillian joins the church choir, she discovers a new side to her mother-in-law; Kim encourages a guilt-ridden Dean to have an encounter with the supernatural.
Director: Melissa Kosar
Writer: Jordan Black
8.2/1095 votesLoading...#5 - Bill's New Friend
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/26/2023
After Bill befriends Dean's music teacher, Bill and Lillian attend a party at his house and the evening takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, with their parents away, Dean, Bruce and Kim make their own plans for the night.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Max Searle
8.2/1092 votesLoading...#6 - The Happiest Place on Earth
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 8/16/2023
When the Williams family decides to go on a family vacation, Kim suggests a road trip to Austin College and Dean proposes a stop at Disneyland. After meeting up with his old bandmates, Bill reflects on his life choices.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Yael Galena
8.1/1093 votesLoading...#7 - A Star is Born
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/2/2023
In search of a new hobby, Dean joins the drama club - only to find himself mixed up in drama of his own. Bill and Kim grapple with Bruce's choice to campaign for a local politician.
Director: Lisa C. Satriano
Writer: Melanie Boysaw
8.1/1091 votesLoading...#8 - Like a Boss
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/9/2023
After Lillian's boss announces budget cuts, she is forced to make a decision and enforce boundaries between her personal and professional life. Meanwhile, Dean and Cory's friendship hits a few speed bumps as they work together for the boxcar derby.
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: Tom Young
8.1/1091 votesLoading...#9 - Happy Birthday Clisby
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/16/2023
The Williams gather to celebrate Clisby's 75th birthday - including Bill's brother Melvin and his daughter Cassie. While Bill and Melvin try to one-up each other for Clisby's approval, Cassie shares big news with Lillian and Kim.
Director: Katie Locke O'Brien
Writer: Kendra Cole
8.0/10147 votesLoading...#10 - One Small Step
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2023
It’s the summer of 1969, and Dean and Bill are experiencing new walks of life in New York City where Dean has tagged along for Bill’s career-making songwriting gig. Back in Montgomery, Lilian’s infamous sister, Jackie, pays a memorable visit.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.8/10280 votesLoading...#11 - The Workplace
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2021
It’s “Take Your Son to Work Day” and Dean heads to band practice with Bill. But the “grown folks’ business” at the music studio prompts Lillian to have to pick up Dean. While at her office, Dean finally learns what his mom does while he’s at school all day, gaining a newfound respect for her career and ambition.
Director: Shiri Appleby
Writer: Kendra Cole, Meredith Dawson
7.8/10212 votesLoading...#12 - Independence Day
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2021
As Kim’s campaign for a car coincides with the need to take Grandaddy Clisby’s keys away, Bill proposes a solution that is only pleasing to him: Kim can drive, so long as she takes her grandfather and Dean around town. Later on at the mall, Dean is worried about seeming uncool when Clisby ends up chaperoning him and his friends, but Clisby has a few crowd-pleasing tricks up his sleeve.
Director: Robert Townsend
Writer: Jacque Edmonds Cofer
7.8/10202 votesLoading...#13 - Home For Christmas
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2021
Dean can’t wait to spend Christmas with his older brother, Bruce, when he returns home from Vietnam. But adjusting to life back in Montgomery comes with unexpected challenges for Bruce, and the rest of the Williams family rely on their favorite holiday traditions to bring cheer
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Bob Daily
7.8/10165 votesLoading...#14 - Black Teacher
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2022
When their teacher goes on maternity leave, Dean, Cory and Keisa are excited to be taught by Mr. Brady, the school’s first Black teacher. Mr. Brady encourages the students to try out for the Knowledge Bowl team where Dean faces some unexpected challenges
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Amberia Allen
7.8/10114 votesLoading...#15 - Blockbusting
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2023
Bill and Lillian consider moving into the first integrated neighborhood in Montgomery; Dean develops a crush on Brad's mom during a sleepover at their house.
Director: Nefertite Nguvu
Writer: Jacque Edmonds Cofer
7.7/10283 votesLoading...#16 - The Club
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2021
Dean stumbles upon some “racy literature” and shares it with friends at school. When he is caught by the school principal, Bill and Lillian navigate uncharted territory as parents and Dean learns that manhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Max Searle
7.7/10134 votesLoading...#17 - Love, Dean
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2022
It's the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around; Bill and Lillian each receive major career opportunities; Dean and Keisa take shelter together as a tornado tears through.
Director: Saladin K. Patterson
Writer: Yamin Segal
7.6/10163 votesLoading...#18 - The Valentine’s Day Dance
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2022
Dean’s plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine’s Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first after a new makeover makes her the talk of the school. Meanwhile, Bill and Lillian make Kim sign up for a Big Sister program to have extracurricular activities for her college applications.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Brett Melnick
7.6/10146 votesLoading...#19 - Jobs and Hangouts
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/23/2022
Kim is excited to start her new job as a waitress at the local diner, which Dean adopts as his local hangout. When Kim experiences drama with her friends, she finds unlikely allies in a tough coworker and her younger brother.
Director: Aisha Tyler
Writer: Jacque Edmonds Cofer
7.5/10165 votesLoading...#20 - Brad Mitzvah
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2022
Brad works through his nerves preparing for his bar mitzvah speech while Dean ends his friendship with Keisa when Charlene tells him he can’t be friends with other girls. Things come to a head when the whole group comes together to celebrate Brad’s bar mitzvah.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Yael Galena
7.5/10142 votesLoading...#21 - Goose Grease
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2022
When Dean comes down with the chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Grandaddy Clisby, Lillian forces the three of them to quarantine together. Clisby pushes homemade remedies on them out of his mistrust of doctors, but he’s forced to reckon with this when Dean’s condition worsens.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Yael Galena
7.5/10125 votesLoading...#22 - Where No Dean Has Been Before
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2022
Dean tries to impress Keisa's cool new boyfriend by inviting him and his friends to a party Kim is throwing while Bill and Lillian are away for the night; things get out of hand just as Bill and Lillian arrive home.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Bo Zenga
7.4/10477 votesLoading...#23 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2021
Struggling to figure out where he fits in, Dean decides to pursue his calling as "The Great Uniter" and attempts to organize the first integrated baseball game between his team and his friend Brad's team.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.4/10314 votesLoading...#24 - Green Eyed Monster
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2021
While Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and assume his grief is from mourning current events.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Mary Fitzgerald
7.4/10228 votesLoading...#25 - The Lock In
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2021
Dean is reluctant to attend the annual church lock-in until Kim tells him it’s where she got her first kiss. He enlists his friends to help him pair up with Keisa, but his plans are thwarted when he instead gets paired up with the pastor’s daughter, Charlene.
Director: Molly McGlynn
Writer: Amberia Allen
The Best Episodes of The Wonder Years
Every episode of The Wonder Years ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Wonder Years!
A coming of age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the...
Genres:ComedyDramaFamily
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Love & War" is the best rated episode of "The Wonder Years". It scored 8.6/10 based on 202 votes. Directed by Numa Perrier and written by Kendra Cole, it aired on 4/13/2022. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Forbidden Fruit".