The BEST episodes written by Bob Brush

Independence Day
star
8.98
102 votes

#1 - Independence Day

The Wonder Years - Season 6 - Episode 22

After Kevin loses all his money and his car in a poker game, he decides he has to leave the resort - there's nothing to keep him there now. The next day he says goodbye to Winnie, punches Eric and storms out. Hitchhiking out of town, he runs into Winnie who has been fired from her job. They begin to argue and lose the ride they had flagged down. Later, sheltering in a barn they talk about how much has changed between them. Winnie thinks it's just inevitable - that everyone grows up. Kevin doesn't want to believe it and neither does Winnie, not really. They kiss, passionately. The next day they both return to Kevin's hometown for the last 4th of July he will ever spend there. Karen has returned home and she is pregnant...

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Faith
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8.25
55 votes

#2 - Faith

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 21

Gary is hit by a car, and wakes up in the hospital where he meets a young girl who is waiting for a heart transplant. A match is found in a little boy, but the paper says he will be killed in a hold-up.

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Dad
star
8.00
51 votes

#3 - Dad

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 22

Gary's father, Bernie, temporarily moves in with his son after his wife kicks him out. After learning about the paper, and enjoying helping others, Bernie decides to stay permanently.

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Christmas
star
7.88
130 votes

#4 - Christmas

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 11

Gary finds a headline about a bomb that will kill several people skating on a lake, and enlists the help of Detective Crumb to stop it. Chuck is arrested and imprisoned for unpaid parking tickets, and in his cell, he meets a man who claims to be Santa Claus.

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Growing Up
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7.82
98 votes

#5 - Growing Up

The Wonder Years - Season 4 - Episode 1

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.

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Goodbye
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7.78
144 votes

#6 - Goodbye

The Wonder Years - Season 3 - Episode 20

When Kevin thinks the best he can do in math is a B, his teacher Mr. Collins sets him the task of getting an A and even offers him private lessons. When Mr. Collins suddenly pulls out of the lessons shortly before the exams, Kevin feels betrayed and fills his exam with nonsensical answers.

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Pilot
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7.76
229 votes

#7 - Pilot

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 1

After being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It was a regular Monday morning, except for a mysterious paper that was delivered by an even more mysterious yellow cat at his door. At first Gary didn't pay much attention to the paper, but after a while he realized that wasn't a regular paper, it was tomorrow's paper. The first thing Gary does is get himself fired at his stockbroking job by messing around with stocks without his boss's permission. Then he devotes his free time to earn some money on bets, and eventually gives it to Marissa, the receptionist at his old job, who's blind and needs a dog. After Gary's regular news trader suffers an accident, Gary realizes that he could have saved him. The paper came for a reason after all. And so Gary decides to stop a shooting at a bank, which causes a lot of confusion. But that doesn't keep the paper from coming every morning, at 6:30 am sharp.

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Homecoming
star
7.75
91 votes

#8 - Homecoming

The Wonder Years - Season 6 - Episode 1

While Kevin tries to take his relationship with Winnie another step, Wayne's friend Wart returns from Vietnam a changed man. Kevin decides to steal the opposing team's mascot at the homecoming football game, but the childish prank is overshadowed by a realization of how Wart has been affected by the war.

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The Wall (2)
star
7.67
147 votes

#9 - The Wall (2)

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 15

While on the run from the police, Gary attempts to find out more about the origin of the paper. Gary attempts to stay away from the President to prevent the murder, but is curious what will happen instead.

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The Wall (1)
star
7.65
149 votes

#10 - The Wall (1)

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 14

Morris from Chicago Sun-Times finds a box in the name of Lucius Snow, giving Gary another lead to the origin of the paper. Meanwhile, Gary finds a headline that the President of the United States will be murdered in Chicago... by Gary Hobson.

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The Choice
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7.64
235 votes

#11 - The Choice

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 2

Gary has to make a decision between saving a little girl from dying or stop a plane from crashing and making over 190 victims. Since Chicago is stuck in its biggest traffic jam ever, Gary can't get to the airport. When he is about to take the train, he sees the little girl and decides to save her. The doctors ignore her and Gary then has to open their eyes for her real condition. Will he also be able to stop the plane crash, or will he fail?

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Born Too Late
star
7.63
8 votes

#12 - Born Too Late

The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 9

Tootie tutors seventh grader Andy for a role in "West Side Story," which turns him on to her more than to acting.

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Frostbit
star
7.61
151 votes

#13 - Frostbit

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 12

On a 20-below-zero day in Chicago, Gary encounters a homeless child who asks him for money on several occasions. Gary tells the boy off, but then finds a headline saying that the child freezes to death inside a building. Meanwhile, Chuck moves in with Gary after the heat goes out in his house.

Blown Away
star
7.60
10 votes

#14 - Blown Away

Karen Sisco - Season 1 - Episode 1

In the opening episode, Karen Sisco is shot, learns that her charter fisherman boyfriend might be a bank robber, and has to satisfy Internal Affairs. Karen and fellow Marshall Danny Quintero were on stake-out of a suspected fugitive, and she is placed on temporary duty until she files her report about what happened one particular night. Other than being shot, Karen is having some memory problems. Meanwhile, Karen's father, PI Marshall Sisco is investigating possible insurance fraud. In his spare time, Marshall Sisco plays poker with ex-cons.

Separate Rooms
star
7.54
103 votes

#15 - Separate Rooms

The Wonder Years - Season 4 - Episode 18

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?

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The Whole Truth
star
7.54
63 votes

#16 - The Whole Truth

Ed - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Molly's grandfather hires Ed to write his will, he ends up revealing a shocking secret;; Mike has a new rival at the doctor's office; Phil hosts an open-mike night at Stuckeybowl.

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Unpacking
star
7.52
105 votes

#17 - Unpacking

The Wonder Years - Season 6 - Episode 14

Kevin's new friend, Jeff, was the first kid he ever knew whose parents were divorced. Winnie has Kevin set Jeff up with Ann, but Jeff is feeling guilty about the girlfriend he moved away from. Ann is upset that Jeff doesn't want anything to do with her and Winnie blames Kevin! To sort everything out, Kevin drives Jeff to talk it all over with Julie.

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Halloween
star
7.49
104 votes

#18 - Halloween

Early Edition - Season 3 - Episode 6

Gary is abducted by two witches that he saved from a fire. The witches believe that Gary is a warlock, and that Gary can help them free their sister who has been locked up for close to 200 years.

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Christmas
star
7.49
249 votes

#19 - Christmas

The Wonder Years - Season 2 - Episode 3

Kevin and his brother try to convince their Dad to buy a color television. Kevin tries to find a present for Winnie after she unexpectedly gives him a present.

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Graduation
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7.46
106 votes

#20 - Graduation

The Wonder Years - Season 4 - Episode 22

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.

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Whose Woods are These?
star
7.41
159 votes

#21 - Whose Woods are These?

The Wonder Years - Season 2 - Episode 16

Kevin, Winnie and Paul try to stop the destruction of Harper's Woods. This is the place where Winnie and Kevin kissed for the first time and a place they all played together when they were younger.

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The Paper
star
7.41
180 votes

#22 - The Paper

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 4

Gary is invited to the office of the Sun-Times, and he falls for one of the paper's star reporters.

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Moving
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7.36
123 votes

#23 - Moving

The Wonder Years - Season 3 - Episode 23

When Jack begins to complain about dry rot in the house, Kevin begins to think that his father might consider moving. When it is revealed that the Arnolds are staying put and it is the Coopers who are moving out, Kevin buys Winnie a ring as ""insurance."" Kevin decides to attend Karen's graduation from high school rather than watch Winnie leave.

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Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog
star
7.30
115 votes

#24 - Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 5

Gary has to stop the mayor's dog from being kidnapped. The kidnapper turns out to be Chuck's uncle, who was trying to get back at the mayor after a public truck ran over his dog. Phil says he'll only stop after he gets a written apology from the mayor. All Gary gets is an autograph.

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Fate
star
7.25
199 votes

#25 - Fate

The Wonder Years - Season 2 - Episode 12

When Kevin confronts the school bully, he's driven by his love for Winnie.

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Baby
star
7.14
193 votes

#26 - Baby

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 3

Gary helps Chuck deliver twins in an elevator after Chicago has a blackout due to Gary's inability to stop street workers to keep a water pump turned off. Meanwhile, Gary keeps chasing for a mysterious blonde woman while his ex-wife attempts to get back together.

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Career Decision
star
7.10
10 votes

#27 - Career Decision

Growing Pains - Season 1 - Episode 21

Reporter Maggie and psychiatrist Jason both face important career decisions.

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Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams)
star
7.08
166 votes

#28 - Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams)

Early Edition - Season 1 - Episode 6

Michael Williams, one of the biggest high school basketball stars, has a heart condition that may cost him his life. Gary tries to convince him not to play, but his coach keeps pushing him to do so. He and Marissa visit Michael's neighborhood, where Marissa grew up. They appeal to Connie Hooks, one of Marissa's old friends and also the Michael Williams of their time.

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