The Wonder Years: Season 2

1988 · 17 episodes · ★ 9.5

What Season 2 of The Wonder Years

Kevin Arnold is twelve years old and lives in a middle-class suburb in the United States in the late sixties. His father, Jack, works for a defense company and has very rigid ideas, while his mother, Norma, keeps the house running and often mediates conflicts. The home is also shared with his brother Wayne, who enjoys needling him, and his sister Karen, who has become a hippie. Outside the home, Kevin wants to fit in with his classmates, win over Winnie Cooper and keep his friendship with Paul Pfeiffer. Between school, piano lessons and family arguments, the protagonist faces doubts about friendship and his first heartbreaks. The voice of the adult Kevin looks back on those years and reflects on what it means to grow up.

17episodes

Nov 30, 1988Aired

May 16, 1989latest episode

6.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Heart of Darkness
Nov 30, 1988 · 24 min
Winnie starts hanging around the cool kids because she is now dating Kirk McCray.
Directed by: Steve Miner · Starring: Breckin Meyer, Donnie Jeffcoat, Michael Landes, Linda Hoy
2x02 Our Miss White
Dec 7, 1988 · 24 min
Kevin gets a crush on Miss White. She convinces him to play Robert Kennedy is a play she has written.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Michael J. Weithorn · Starring: Wendel Meldrum, Krista Murphy, Tiffany Glass, Shea Farrell
2x03 Christmas
Dec 14, 1988 · 24 min
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.
Directed by: Steve Miner · Written by: Bob Brush · Starring: Liz Torres, Michael Landes, Tiffany Glass, Mary Gregory
2x04 Steady as She Goes
Jan 11, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin continues to pine for Winnie, but is becoming frustrated with being alone - especially as Paul has Carla. Even though he's just looking for someone to make Winnie jealous, he ends up boyfriend to Becky Slater.
Directed by: Steve Miner · Written by: David M. Stern · Starring: Robin Thicke, Crystal McKellar, Michael Landes, Krista Murphy
2x05 Just Between Me and You and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky
Jan 18, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin wants to know if Winnie likes him or Kirk. Kirk wants to know if Winnie like him or Kevin. Becky punches Kevin when she finds out he doesn't really like her.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Starring: Crystal McKellar, Donnie Jeffcoat, Michael Landes, Krista Murphy
2x06 Pottery Will Get You Nowhere
Feb 1, 1989 · 24 min
Norma begins taking a pottery class, but receives no support or encouragement from Jack.
Directing: Daniel Stern · Starring: Ben Stein, Tiffany Glass
2x07 Coda
Feb 8, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin strives to prove himself better at the piano than Ronald Hirschmuller. But who is he trying to impress more - himself or his teacher?
Directed by: Bethany Rooney · Starring: Michael Weiner, Tiffany Glass, Brandon Crane, Joseph Dammann
2x08 Hiroshima, Mon Frere
Feb 15, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin and Paul settle on doing a hamster/maze experiment for science class, but Wayne threatens to put a stop to it.
Directing: Steve Miner · Starring: Ben Stein, Tiffany Glass, Ina Fried, Sarah Jo Martin
2x09 Loosiers
Feb 28, 1989 · 24 min
Paul likes to play basketball, but he's really bad at it. Kevin doesn't like to see his best friend humiliated during Physical Education class.
Directed by: Steve Miner · Written by: David M. Stern · Starring: Larenz Tate, Robert Picardo, Dustin Diamond, Tiffany Glass
2x10 Walk Out
Mar 7, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin and other students on the student council try to organize a walk out to protest America's involvement in Vietnam. Mr. Diperna threatens to mark it down on their permanent records if they do it.
Directing: Steve Miner · Starring: Michael Manasseri, Robin Thicke, Denis Arndt, Lindsay Price
2x11 Nemesis
Mar 14, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin learns a lesson about talking behind someones back and how 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned'.
Directed by: Daniel Stern · Starring: Wendel Meldrum, Crystal McKellar, Michael Landes
2x12 Fate
Mar 28, 1989 · 24 min
When Kevin confronts the school bully, he's driven by his love for Winnie.
Directing: Steve Miner · Writing: Bob Brush · Starring: Raye Birk, Krista Murphy, Nat Bernstein, Erica Gayle
2x13 Birthday Boy
Apr 11, 1989 · 24 min
When Kevin's birthday party is scheduled for the same day as Paul's Bar Mitzvah, Kevin feels put out, but also becomes interested in family traditions.
Directing: Steve Miner · Writing: David M. Stern · Starring: Zachary Benjamin, Mars Callahan, Torrey Ann Cook, Ben Diskin
2x14 Brightwing
Apr 18, 1989 · 24 min
Kevin becomes his sister's confidant when he discovers she is skipping school to go to ""the hill.""
Directed by: Daniel Stern · Starring: Eric Lloyd, Trevor Owen, Ruth Zakarian, Darren Powell
2x15 Square Dance
May 2, 1989 · 24 min
When Kevin is partnered with class weirdo, Margaret Farquhar, he tries to keep away from her - especially when she tries to become his friend.
Directing: Tom Moore · Starring: Robert Picardo, Michael Tricario, Suzy Broad, Wendy Bowers
2x16 Whose Woods Are These?
May 9, 1989 · 24 min
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.
Directing: Peter Horton · Writing: Bob Brush · Starring: Matthew Faison, Raye Birk, Jenny Drugan, Daniel Lee
2x17 How I'm Spending My Summer Vacation Season Finale
May 16, 1989 · 24 min
It's the end of seventh grade for Kevin and a summer full of changes in his life. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are breaking up and Miss White announces she is going to get married.
Directed by: Michael Dinner · Written by: Jane Anderson · Starring: Ben Stein, Wendel Meldrum, Robert Picardo, Bentley Mitchum