The first episode I saw takes place in dec 1972. Norma graduates from college and kevin tries to get a raise in order to buy winnie a $100 cashmere sweater for christmas($559 in today's money). Jack tries to get charlie to get a loan from the bank so they could open their business. Charlie however backs out of the deal and kevin meets him awkwardly at the mall. Norma talks to the bank and gets jack the loan by telling them what kind of man he is. Kevin gets a 50 cents raise and has to work christmas eve but he doesn't mind as he gets winnie the sweater. She gives him a bread album(I never heard of them) and he doesn't like it but hides his true feelings. He sure did go through a lot of trouble for that sweater and she just cops out and gives him an album.
The 2nd episode is about wayne and bonnie. Wayne is a completely different person (this is a guy who vacuumed kevin's hamster) and he is serious about his relationship with bonnie. He plans a family night on new year's eve and kevin could invite winnie to come along too. Unfortunately for kevin, the cool senior's are having a party at a ski condo that day and that's where he wants to go. He begrudgingly tags along with winnie and finds wayne missing. Bonnie shows up and tells kevin, her and wayne are through because she still loves her baby daddy. Kevin and winnie go looking for wayne and find him doing laundry at a laundromat. They watch the ball drop and the couple kiss while says it's a new start for everyone.
This next episode is a filler and is easily explained. Kevin's car is breaking down more often so he gets his friend chuck to talk to his gf whose dad owns a used car dealership. Chuck dumps alice but she takes an interest in kevin and is willing to get him a great deal on a austin healy. Chuck gets upset over this and soon they are back together again and kevin is back to his old car.
The 4th episode I saw was also a filler episode. There is a rumor at school that the rolling stones are going to play at a bar about an hour away. Jack and norma have to go square dancing with another couple so kevin is forbidden from moving his car. Kevin takes jack's car and he gets pulled over by the cops but winnie makes up a fake excuse and they get a warning. He gets mad when he finds the bar empty and accidentally backs up into a car. Worried about getting in trouble, kevin goes home and wonders what kind of punishment he'll get. Just then his parents come home and the other couple accidentally smash into jack's car freeing kevin from the guilt. Norma also confesses she had a fender bender with it and kevin says it was a great night even though he didn't see the rolling stones.
This last season is having more and more episodes that were thrown together. The good episodes aren't as common as in season 2 or 3. It's like the writers mailed it in
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