7.2/10210 votesLoading...#1 - Be Prepared
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2021
When Coach Long and Bill take the boys on a camping trip as part of their newly formed scout troop, their starkly different approaches to the outdoors show Dean that his father isn’t good at everything. As a thunderstorm threatens an eerie quest through the woods, Bill leans into his expertise to save the day.
Director: Fred Savage, Numa Perrier
Writer: Bob Daily
7.2/10205 votesLoading...#2 - Science Fair
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2021
After seeing Dean bullied by Michael after school Lillian goes to confront his parents and learns he needs more compassion than discipline. Much to Dean’s dismay, she takes Michael under her wing and helps him with his project for the science fair – an event where Dean typically excels
Director: Matthew A. Cherry
Writer: Yamin Segal
7.2/10175 votesLoading...#3 - Lads and Ladies and Us
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2022
Bill and Lillian decide to join high society club Lads & Ladies as a way to introduce Kim and Dean to positive influences in the community. Bill, Kim and Dean fit right in, but things take a turn when Lillian is treated differently for being a working mom.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Jacque Edmonds Cofer
7.3/10170 votesLoading...#4 - I'm With The Band
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2022
When Dean loses his position as first chair saxophone in the school band, Bill lays the pressure on him to earn it back.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Jordan Black
7.3/10154 votesLoading...#5 - Country Dean
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/23/2022
The family spends spring break with Lillian's parents in the countryside, and Dean lies to his cousins about city life in Montgomery to impress them. Meanwhile, Lillian helps to settle a land dispute between her parents and their neighbors to impress her difficult-to-please mother.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Bob Daily
7.3/10148 votesLoading...#6 - The Sleepover
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/16/2022
When Dean learns that Corey’s dad, Coach Long, is in the doghouse, he struggles to keep this secret from his friend.
Director: Shiri Appleby
Writer: Jordan Black
7.4/10477 votesLoading...#7 - 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...#8 - 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...#9 - 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
7.4/10141 votesLoading...#10 - Bill's New Gig
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/20/2022
Bill is excited to have made tenure at the university, only to find that his focus on career and family has cost him his spot in his band; Bruce adjusts to living at home.
Director: David Robert Jones
Writer: Dioverd Danny Batista
7.5/10165 votesLoading...#11 - 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...#12 - 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...#13 - 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
7.6/10163 votesLoading...#14 - 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...#15 - 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
7.7/10283 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
7.8/10280 votesLoading...#18 - 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...#19 - 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...#20 - 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...#21 - 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...#22 - 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
8.0/10147 votesLoading...#23 - 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
8.1/1093 votesLoading...#24 - 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...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of The Wonder Years
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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Be Prepared" is the worst rated episode of "The Wonder Years". It scored 7.2/10 based on 210 votes. Directed by Fred Savage, Numa Perrier and written by Bob Daily, it aired on 10/27/2021. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Science Fair".