An older Kevin Arnold (Daniel Stern) recounts his childhood in suburbia. The Vietnam war is raging. The young Kevin (Fred Savage) has his annoying brother Wayne (Jason Hervey), rebellious sister Karen (Olivia d'Abo), housewife mother Norma (Alley Mills) and father Jack (Dan Lauria). His best friend is nerdy Paul Pfeiffer (Josh Saviano) and there is the suddenly blossoming girl-next-door Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar).
It's an iconic award winning series that affected other shows. Fred Savage is utterly adorable as a child actor and it's a classic coming-of-age TV show. It's all great. The show lasted 6 seasons. It definitely has more trouble once it gets to high school. Kevin turns more angry, and less likable. Quite frankly, he's a selfish jerk. Winnie Cooper gets faded out in the middle seasons for some unknown reason. Paul gets the same treatment during the later years. This is a mistake. This is as much their show as it is Kevin's show. Their friendships is the heart of the show. I would love to have more Becky Slater for the fun although I didn't know about the sisters back in the day. That's not to say that the high school years are a bust. Even with its inherent darkness, there are some outstanding individual episodes. Frank and Denise remains one of my favorites in the entire show. That episode is poetic and I can still remember it all the way to the end. It's too bad that it couldn't make that transition because the first few seasons are the best of TV.
It's an iconic award winning series that affected other shows. Fred Savage is utterly adorable as a child actor and it's a classic coming-of-age TV show. It's all great. The show lasted 6 seasons. It definitely has more trouble once it gets to high school. Kevin turns more angry, and less likable. Quite frankly, he's a selfish jerk. Winnie Cooper gets faded out in the middle seasons for some unknown reason. Paul gets the same treatment during the later years. This is a mistake. This is as much their show as it is Kevin's show. Their friendships is the heart of the show. I would love to have more Becky Slater for the fun although I didn't know about the sisters back in the day. That's not to say that the high school years are a bust. Even with its inherent darkness, there are some outstanding individual episodes. Frank and Denise remains one of my favorites in the entire show. That episode is poetic and I can still remember it all the way to the end. It's too bad that it couldn't make that transition because the first few seasons are the best of TV.