The BEST episodes of The Wonder Years season 4

Every episode of The Wonder Years season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wonder Years season 4!

The Wonder Years tells the story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.

Last Updated: 3/21/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Growing Up
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7.82
99 votes

#1 - Growing Up

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1990

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.

Directors: Michael Dinner
Writer: Bob Brush
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The Accident
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7.76
108 votes

#2 - The Accident

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1991

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.""

Writer: Jill Gordon
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Ninth Grade Man
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7.73
125 votes

#3 - Ninth Grade Man

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1990

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, Madeleine.

Directors: Daniel Stern
Writer: Jill Gordon
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The House That Jack Built
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7.66
106 votes

#4 - The House That Jack Built

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1991

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.

Directors: Ken Topolsky
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Heartbreak
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7.59
115 votes

#5 - Heartbreak

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/1991

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.

Directors: Andy Tennant
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Separate Rooms
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7.54
103 votes

#6 - Separate Rooms

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1991

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?

Directors: Michael Dinner
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Little Debbie
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7.47
119 votes

#7 - Little Debbie

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1990

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.

Directors: Michael Dinner
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Graduation
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7.46
106 votes

#8 - Graduation

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1991

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.

Directors: Michael Dinner
Writer: Bob Brush
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Buster
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7.45
107 votes

#9 - Buster

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/1991

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

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The Sixth Man
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7.43
141 votes

#10 - The Sixth Man

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1990

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.

Directors: Nick Marck
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Denial
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7.36
141 votes

#11 - Denial

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1991

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.

Writer: Mark Levin
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The Yearbook
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7.32
108 votes

#12 - The Yearbook

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/1991

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.

Directors: Neal Israel
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It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World
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7.31
153 votes

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

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1990

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.

Directors: Rob Thompson
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A Very Cutlip Christmas
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7.30
115 votes

#14 - A Very Cutlip Christmas

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/1990

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

Directors: Michael Dinner
Writer: Mark Levin
When Worlds Collide
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7.28
102 votes

#15 - When Worlds Collide

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1991

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.

Directors: Lyndall Hobbs
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Road Trip
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7.25
106 votes

#16 - Road Trip

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/6/1991

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.

Directors: Ken Topolsky
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The Candidate
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7.25
112 votes

#17 - The Candidate

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1991

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

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The Ties That Bind
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7.25
138 votes

#18 - The Ties That Bind

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1990

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.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
The Cost of Living
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7.20
122 votes

#19 - The Cost of Living

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1990

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.

Directors: Nick Marck
Writer: Mark Levin
The Journey
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7.19
117 votes

#20 - The Journey

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1990

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.

Directors: Peter Werner
Courage
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7.18
107 votes

#21 - Courage

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/1991

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.

Directors: Daniel Stern
The Wonder Years
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7.16
98 votes

#22 - The Wonder Years

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1991

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.

Directors: Nick Marck
Who's Aunt Rose?
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7.09
106 votes

#23 - Who's Aunt Rose?

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1991

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