

The Wonder Years
“Return to wonder.”
A coming of age story set in the late 1960s that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the point-of-view of imaginative 12 year-old Dean. With the wisdom of his adult years, Dean’s hopeful and humorous recollections show how his family found their “wonder years” in a turbulent time. Inspired by the classic series of the same name.
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1.Pilot
3.222-09-202121mStruggling to figure out where he fits in, Dean decides to pursue his calling as "The Great Uniter" and attempts to organize the first integrated baseball game between his team and...

2.Green Eyed Monster
1.029-09-202121mWhile Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and assume his grief is from mourning current events.

3.The Club
1.006-10-202121mDean stumbles upon some “racy literature” and shares it with friends at school. When he is caught by the school principal, Bill and Lillian navigate uncharted territory as parents...

4.The Workplace
1.013-10-202121mIt’s “Take Your Son to Work Day” and Dean heads to band practice with Bill. But the “grown folks’ business” at the music studio prompts Lillian to have to pick up Dean. While at he...

5.The Lock In
1.020-10-202121mDean is reluctant to attend the annual church lock-in until Kim tells him it’s where she got her first kiss. He enlists his friends to help him pair up with Keisa, but his plans ar...

6.Be Prepared
1.027-10-202121mWhen Coach Long and Bill take the boys on a camping trip as part of their newly formed scout troop, their starkly different approaches to the outdoors show Dean that his father isn...

7.Independence Day
2.303-11-202121mAs Kim’s campaign for a car coincides with the need to take Grandaddy Clisby’s keys away, Bill proposes a solution that is only pleasing to him: Kim can drive, so long as she takes...

8.Science Fair
1.017-11-202121mAfter seeing Dean bullied by Michael after school Lillian goes to confront his parents and learns he needs more compassion than discipline. Much to Dean’s dismay, she takes Michael...

9.Home For Christmas
3.001-12-202121mDean can’t wait to spend Christmas with his older brother, Bruce, when he returns home from Vietnam. But adjusting to life back in Montgomery comes with unexpected challenges for B...

10.Lads and Ladies and Us
1.005-01-202221mBill and Lillian decide to join high society club Lads & Ladies as a way to introduce Kim and Dean to positive influences in the community. Bill, Kim and Dean fit right in, but thi...

11.Brad Mitzvah
1.012-01-202221mBrad works through his nerves preparing for his bar mitzvah speech while Dean ends his friendship with Keisa when Charlene tells him he can’t be friends with other girls. Things co...

12.I'm With The Band
1.019-01-202221mWhen Dean loses his position as first chair saxophone in the school band, Bill lays the pressure on him to earn it back.

13.The Valentine’s Day Dance
1.002-02-202221mDean’s plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine’s Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first after a new makeover makes her the talk of the school. Meanwhile, Bill and Lil...

14.Country Dean
1.023-02-202221mThe family spends spring break with Lillian's parents in the countryside, and Dean lies to his cousins about city life in Montgomery to impress them. Meanwhile, Lillian helps to se...

15.Black Teacher
1.002-03-202221mWhen their teacher goes on maternity leave, Dean, Cory and Keisa are excited to be taught by Mr. Brady, the school’s first Black teacher. Mr. Brady encourages the students to try o...

16.The Sleepover
1.016-03-202221mWhen Dean learns that Corey’s dad, Coach Long, is in the doghouse, he struggles to keep this secret from his friend.

17.Jobs and Hangouts
1.023-03-202221mKim is excited to start her new job as a waitress at the local diner, which Dean adopts as his local hangout. When Kim experiences drama with her friends, she finds unlikely allies...

18.Goose Grease
1.006-04-202222mWhen Dean comes down with the chicken pox on his way to a hunting trip with Bill and Grandaddy Clisby, Lillian forces the three of them to quarantine together. Clisby pushes homema...

19.Love & War
1.013-04-202222mBruce returns home from Vietnam, and the family is shocked to find out he is dating an older woman with an 8-year-old son with whom he is eager to start his life. When they learn m...

20.Bill's New Gig
1.020-04-202221mBill is excited to have made tenure at the university, only to find that his focus on career and family has cost him his spot in his band; Bruce adjusts to living at home.

21.Where No Dean Has Been Before
1.011-05-2022Dean tries to impress Keisa's cool new boyfriend by inviting him and his friends to a party Kim is throwing while Bill and Lillian are away for the night; things get out of hand ju...

22.Love, Dean
1.018-05-2022It's the end of the school year, and summer excitement is all around; Bill and Lillian each receive major career opportunities; Dean and Keisa take shelter together as a tornado te...
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