I watched 5 episodes of the wonder years today mostly because they are short without commercials or the theme song or ending credits. The first one I saw was about kevin working up the courage to call a girl on the phone. It reminds me a lot of my first gf because it took me an hour just to call her and I was 12 at the time and in middle school.
The 2nd episode I saw was about an upcoming school dance. Kevin is confident he is going with the girl from the previous episode (Lisa) but instead mark paul gosselaar beats him to the punch. Kevin is bummed but his spirit is lifted when he sees winnie and asks her to the dance but of course she already has a boyfriend/date named kirk. He almost decides not to go but does and he eventually has a slow dance with winnie and the narrator mentions how things are changing as they are growing up. kevin and winnie slow dance
The 3rd episode was about winnie and kirk being the "cool" couple and they attract the cool kids. Kevin and paul want to be cool too so they hang out with the older tougher guy from school named gary. I'm sure we all had a gary in our lives when we were little. He's a bad boy who pretty much does what he wants and is considered a bad influence. The 3 boys have a night out camping and gary offers some beer to paul and kevin although only paul drinks some. The 3 of them also smoke cigarettes. In the start of the episode there was a sequence where kevin had nightmares of him being alone and stuck in a cave. Gary tells them a scary story and leads them into a storm drain. Once inside he tries to scare them but only paul gets frightened. In the end, kevin and paul decide that they are good friends and gary is a lonely boy who really needs friendship. The 2 of them walk to kevin's house and have their camp inside his room.
The 4th episode is one that every boy can relate to at some moment in they're lives. It is about kevin developing a crush on his teacher named miss white. She persuades him to try out for the school play for the part of RFK which is also the lead. He manipulates his dad into not picking him up and she gives him a ride home where he realizes he is much too young for her and that they are just "friends"
The 5th episode is the first christmas episode of the series. Kevin and his brother wayne try hard to convince their dad to buy them a color tv(they have a black and white one and it is 1968). He retorts with the standard excuses of it being too expensive and money doesn't grow on trees. Since he never says no, the boys assume they are getting one anyways and he is putting on a ruse. Kevin's life gets turned upside down when winnie gives him a present at school and now he has to get her something. After the montage of him shopping for her gift, he decides to wait till christmas eve to deliver it in person. He is crushed when winnie's aunt answers the door and winnie went out of town to celebrate the holidays. Kevin walks home feeling bad for himself but things get better when he sees his family caroling and he joins them. It is short lived singing because it starts to rain but the arnold family stays together until they get too wet. Kevin ends the narrative with this is the day he realized there was more to christmas then presents as it is about family
I only started season 2 and I noticed a little pattern in this show, kevin always has to learn something and anything little thing turns into a life lesson. Winnie cooper for some reason has a theme song. When ever kevin runs into her there is a little guitar riff that plays
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