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The Best Episodes of The Wonder Years Season 4

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The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 1 - Growing Up
    8.2/10(366 votes)

    #1 - Growing Up

    S4:E1

    The family attends Jack's company picnic. Kevin is not looking forward to seeing Mimi Detweiler, who used to have a crush on him. Wayne's new girlfriend Angela annoys everyone but Wayne. Kevin beans Jack with a baseball at the father-son baseball game. Karen leaves for college.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  2. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 2 - Ninth Grade Man
    8.2/10(369 votes)

    #2 - Ninth Grade Man

    S4:E2

    Winnie is nervous about starting a new school, so she gets Kevin to promise to think about her every hour on the hour. Kevin finds this promise harder to keep than he thought when he loses his locker to Tony Barbella, is enrolled in shop class and meets a new girl in French class, Madeline.

    Director:Daniel Stern
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 3 - The Journey
    8.0/10(347 votes)

    #3 - The Journey

    S4:E3

    News of a 10th-grade girls' slumber party has Kevin and his friends traveling across the city, believing they'll be invited in if they bring beer.

    Director:Peter Werner
    Writer:Jeffrey Stepakoff

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  4. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 4 - The Cost of Living
    8.5/10(367 votes)

    #4 - The Cost of Living

    S4:E4

    When Kevin learns that Paul gets a weekly allowance of five dollars and that there is money to be made being a caddy, he goes to work for the first time.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 5 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World
    8.4/10(365 votes)

    #5 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World

    S4:E5

    Kevin has to cancel a date with Winnie to finish a homework assignment with Madeline, who has already kissed him once. To make matters worse, when he flees Madeline's, he drops a bracelet that Winnie had engraved for him.

    Director:Rob Thompson
    Writers:Eric Gilliland, Jeffrey Stepakoff

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  6. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 6 - Little Debbie
    8.2/10(347 votes)

    #6 - Little Debbie

    S4:E6

    Paul's sister Debbie needs someone to take her to a cotillion and Kevin is guilted into the task. Meanwhile, Paul, Doug and Randy go to the football game to watch cheerleader Donna Delgado.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  7. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 7 - The Ties That Bind
    8.4/10(356 votes)

    #7 - The Ties That Bind

    S4:E7

    When the family needs money, Jack demands a raise and gets it. But his new position means travelling across the country and it looks like he might miss Thanksgiving.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  8. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 8 - The Sixth Man
    8.3/10(332 votes)

    #8 - The Sixth Man

    S4:E8

    Kevin is worried that Paul will look foolish when he's drafted to the basketball team, but it appears that Paul is only at his worst when he plays Kevin.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:David Chambers

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  9. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 9 - A Very Cutlip Christmas
    8.2/10(357 votes)

    #9 - A Very Cutlip Christmas

    S4:E9

    Kevin discovers a soft-spot inside Cutlip when he sees him playing Santa Clause at a local mall.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 10 - The Candidate
    7.8/10(322 votes)

    #10 - The Candidate

    S4:E10

    Kevin enters the race for student-council president, head-to-head with nemesis Becky Slater.

    Director:Neal Israel
    Writer:Eric Gilliland

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  11. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 11 - Heartbreak
    8.7/10(393 votes)

    #11 - Heartbreak

    S4:E11

    Kevin is excited when a joint field trip is organized with Winnie's school. But things do not work out so well when Kevin has a hard time tearing Winnie away from her new friends. Things go from bad to worse when Winnie tells Kevin she has met someone else.

    Director:Andy Tennant
    Writer:David Chambers

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  12. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 12 - Denial
    8.8/10(404 votes)

    #12 - Denial

    S4:E12

    News of Kevin's break-up with Winnie has spread quickly throughout Robert F Kennedy Junior High. Kevin is still in denial though and has Paul organise a party at his place so that Kevin can get Winnie alone. In an effort to make Winnie jealous, Kevin turns up with Madeline on his arm. When Kevin finally does get Winnie alone, she tells him she needs him to be her friend, but only her friend.

    Director:Richard Masur
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 13 - Who's Aunt Rose?
    7.6/10(328 votes)

    #13 - Who's Aunt Rose?

    S4:E13

    Kevin learns the importance of family when Grandpa Arnold returns to town for Aunt Rose's funeral.

    Director:Rob Thompson
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  14. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 14 - Courage
    7.6/10(322 votes)

    #14 - Courage

    S4:E14

    Kevin has a small crush on Dr. Tucker's dental hygienist, Miss Hasenfuss. She makes him feel like a man, though that all changes when she calls him in for his first cavity filling.

    Director:Daniel Stern
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  15. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 15 - Buster
    7.7/10(322 votes)

    #15 - Buster

    S4:E15

    Kevin's dog Buster needs to get fixed to stop his incessant barking, but the dog wants to avoid that at all costs.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  16. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 16 - Road Trip
    8.1/10(317 votes)

    #16 - Road Trip

    S4:E16

    Kevin and his father endure a disastrous trip together to buy a suit for Kevin. They get lost and argue over the radio station and Kevin embarrasses Jack at a diner they stop at.

    Director:Ken Topolsky
    Writer:David Chambers

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  17. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 17 - When Worlds Collide
    8.1/10(309 votes)

    #17 - When Worlds Collide

    S4:E17

    Kevin's quest to remain cool is shattered when Norma takes a job at his school. He tries to rebel by stealing a hallpass for Tony Barbella, but Norma catches him in the act. When Norma acknowledges him during a fire drill and the other kids laugh, Kevin decides it is time to ask his mother to stop noticing him at school.

    Director:Lyndall Hobbs
    Writer:Eric Gilliland

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  18. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 18 - Separate Rooms
    8.4/10(334 votes)

    #18 - Separate Rooms

    S4:E18

    When Kevin and Wayne decide it's too cramped for two grown boys in their bedroom, they decide one of them should be allowed to move into Karen's room, now that she's away at college. The trouble is, who is going to be the one to go?

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  19. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 19 - The Yearbook
    7.9/10(321 votes)

    #19 - The Yearbook

    S4:E19

    Kevin finds himself in the in-crowd when he is invited to write witty captions for the photos in the yearbook. But when it comes to writing one for the fat kid in school, Peter Armbruster, Kevin has a hard time figuring out what is funny and what will hurt Peter.

    Director:Neal Israel
    Writer:David Chambers

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  20. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 20 - The Accident
    9.0/10(478 votes)

    #20 - The Accident

    S4:E20

    Kevin sees Winnie for the first time since they broke up. He discovers that she a Roger have split up, too. When Winnie is in a car accident, Kevin rides over to see her at home, but her parents say she doesn't want to see him. Kevin leaves, but returns and climbs up to Winnie's bedroom window. They tell each other, "I love you."

    Director:Richard Masur
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 21 - The House That Jack Built
    8.5/10(329 votes)

    #21 - The House That Jack Built

    S4:E21

    Jack wants to help Karen out by fixing up the house she is now living in. But father and daughter go head-to-head when he discovers she is living there with a man.

    Director:Ken Topolsky
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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  22. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 22 - Graduation
    8.3/10(317 votes)

    #22 - Graduation

    S4:E22

    As Kevin graduates from Junior High, he wants to believe nothing will change, but he learns that things can and do change when he discovers Paul is going to a private school in the coming year. Winnie is also anxious about the future. And Kevin has to drive Mrs. Heimer to the hospital when she goes into labor.

    Director:Michael Dinner
    Writer:Bob Brush

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  23. The Wonder Years Season 4 Episode 23 - The Wonder Years
    7.6/10(299 votes)

    #23 - The Wonder Years

    S4:E23

    A clip show of highlights from Kevin's years in Junior High. Including clips from "Don't You Know Anything About Women," "The Glee Club," "Just Between You and Me... and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky," "Summer Song" among others.

    Director:Nick Marck
    Writer:Mark B. Perry

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Growing Up" is the best rated episode of "The Wonder Years" season 4. It scored 8.2/10 based on 366 votes. Directed by Michael Dinner and written by Bob Brush, it aired on 9/19/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Ninth Grade Man".