The Wonder Years: Season 4
The Wonder Years Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes.
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Wonder Years Season 3.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
The Wonder Years Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Growing Up
Sep 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
Ninth Grade Man
Sep 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
The Journey
Oct 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.
The Cost of Living
Oct 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.
It's a Mad, Mad, Madeline World
Oct 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 b
Little Debbie
Nov 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
The Ties That Bind
Nov 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.
The Sixth Man
Nov 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.
A Very Cutlip Christmas
Dec 12, 1990
Kevin discovers a soft-spot inside Cutlip when he sees him playing Santa Clause at a local mall.
The Candidate
Jan 9, 1991
Kevin enters the race for student-council president, head-to-head with nemesis Becky Slater.
Heartbreak
Jan 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.
Denial
Jan 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
Who's Aunt Rose?
Feb 6, 1991
Kevin learns the importance of family when Grandpa Arnold returns to town for Aunt Rose's funeral.
Courage
Feb 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.
Buster
Feb 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.
Road Trip
Mar 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.
When Worlds Collide
Mar 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 N
Separate Rooms
Apr 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 colleg
The Yearbook
Apr 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 Arm
The Accident
Apr 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, b
The House That Jack Built
May 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.
Graduation
May 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
The Wonder Years
May 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 P