The Wonder Years s04e20 Episode Script

What would you do if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears, and I'll sing you a song I will try not to sing out of key, yeah Oh, baby, I get by By with a little help from my friends All I need is my buddies High with a little help from my friends I'm sayin' I'm gonna get higher - Try with a little help from my friends Whoa-oa-oa-oa Oh, oh, oh, oh Somebody who knows quite sure Baby By with a little help from my friends Said I'm gonna make it with my friends Try with a little help from my friends Oh, I'm gonna keep on trying High with a little help from my friends I'm gonna keep on trying now, baby Ooh, ooh, ooh There are things about your childhood you hold on to because they were so much a part of you the places you went, the people you knew.
Somewhere, in every memory I had Was Winnie Cooper.
She was a part of me, and I was a part of her.
By the end of 9th grade, I knew everything about her.
What I didn't know Was that she was falling apart.
[ Indistinct conversations .]
The moonlight roller rink.
It was the place to be seen, a dividing line between junior and senior high school, between those who could skate Unh! And those who couldn't.
I'm getting out of here.
Not that I didn't have my own style.
In fact, I turned lack of balance into an art form.
Hi, guys! Winnie! Hey, stranger.
Hi.
Hi.
How have you been? Good.
You? Okay.
It had been two months since Winnie and I broke up, but to me, she was still the same.
You changed your hair! Yeah.
And I got my ears pierced.
See? Uhhuh.
They look good! You really think so? Sure.
Fact is, she looked beautiful.
So How's Roger? Oh.
Roger Dikovian, her steady guy, her constant flame, her Roger and I broke up.
See ya, guys! Needless to say, it came as a complete surprise.
- Whoa! - Ugh! Kevin? But not as much of a surprise as when she showed up at my house the next day.
Winnie.
Are you busy? Well No.
I was just No.
Why? Can I talk to you? Sure.
You want to go inside for a soda? Sure.
After all, an occasion like this called for a little privacy.
Winnie! This is a surprise! Hi, Mrs.
Arnold.
Privacy being hard to come by when your Mom's clogging up the kitchen.
Can I get you kids something to eat? - Well - Uh No, thanks, Mom.
- We're fine.
- Oh.
Really.
Well If you want anything, just give me a call.
Okay? Thanks.
It was really nice seeing you.
Mom Uh-huh.
Especially nice seeing her go.
Want something to drink? Great.
Have a seat.
And we were alone Together At last.
Not that I knew why, exactly.
So, what did you want to talk about? Well You could see in her eyes it was something deep, important, possibly even philosophical.
It's really gonna be fun going to high school, isn't it? High school? Yeah.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
High school.
I mean, it might be good to be in a new place.
Don't you think? Well Sure.
Me too.
I was kind of getting sick of junior high.
I mean, you feel like you're stuck with the way things are forever.
You know what I mean? Uh, definitely.
Never mind that I didn't have the foggiest idea of where this was going.
So Is that what you wanted to talk about? Well, yeah, kind of.
Anyway, I have to go.
Well, wait, you didn't even finish your soda.
That's okay.
Thanks for listening, Kevin.
Sure.
Anytime.
Well, see ya.
[ Door opens .]
And there you had it our first real heart-to-heart in months.
Just one little question Sometimes you can be so dense.
What are you talking about? Isn't it obvious? She broke up with Roger.
She came to your house.
Don't you see what this means? She wants you back.
'Course, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered the possibility.
- I don't think so.
- Uh-huh.
Paul, Winnie and I have a different relationship now.
Right.
Hey, Arnold! I heard the super Cooper's single again.
You going for her? No.
Do you mind if I do? Yes! I don't want to hear it.
[ Dog barks in distance .]
Okay, so I didn't know what I was feeling.
Love does that to you, especially when you're 14.
- All I knew was - Thanks! Things were different now.
There was a time when Winnie Cooper lived on my street When all I had to do was turn around and Winnie? She'd be there.
What are you doing here? Maybe Paul had been right.
Maybe there was a reason she was here.
Maybe it was me.
I don't know.
Do you know who lives there now? Just a family.
Are they nice? They're okay.
I really haven't met them.
It was really nice talking to you yesterday.
Yeah.
It was nice talking to you, too.
There aren't a lot of kids at my school I can talk to.
I don't think I fit in there.
What? Winnie, that's ridiculous! You Kevin, it's just kind of hard to explain, okay? Okay.
It's funny.
It doesn't even seem like I ever lived there.
The thing is, I knew I should say something.
I just wasn't sure what.
Well, I'd better be going.
My Mom's expecting me home.
So, I'll see you.
Yeah.
See ya.
It was strange.
Suddenly, she looked so out of place on the street where she'd spent her entire life.
Winnie? You maybe want to go out sometime? No, thanks.
I think I'd just rather be by myself.
And that was that.
Simple.
She wanted to be alone.
[ Indistinct conversations .]
Except, the next day, she wasn't.
I don't get it.
What? Winnie.
Look at her! She looks okay to me.
Paul, those guys are juniors! So? Paul, we're talking about guys with driver's licenses! But it wasn't just the driver's licenses that bothered me.
It was that smile on Winnie's face.
She didn't look like that yesterday.
Come on.
Let's skate.
Easy for Paul to say.
But for some reason, I didn't feel like skating.
It was time for a talk.
Winnie? Hi, Kevin.
- How you doing? - Me? Fine.
I see that you have some new friends.
Yeah.
They're really nice guys.
Okay.
Well, Winnie it's just that when we talked yesterday - Oh.
- You said I really don't think that's any of your business, Kevin.
Hey, Winnie! Come on, we're doing a whip.
I'll be right there! I couldn't understand it.
It's only to camouflage my sadness What was going on with this girl? To cover this hurt with a show of gladness Winnie? Is something wrong? Okay, get ready! Don't be silly.
Everything's fine.
Yeah, but Kevin, I told you, I don't want to talk about it anymore.
Well, I And that's when I knew something was wrong.
All right.
Let's go.
Winnie Cooper was out of control.
Kevin, let me go! I can't! Kevin, let go! Now, there's some sad things known to man Kevin, you're holding me back! Winnie, I, ca who-o-o-a! Unh! When there's no one around Oh, yeah Just like Pagliacci did Oh, my God.
I try to keep my sadness hid Smiling in the public eye But in my lonely room, I cry Oh, my God.
The tears of a clown This is great! [ Laughs .]
I don't know why I pursued her.
Maybe it was because I wanted to help her.
Okay.
And maybe it was because I wanted to know she needed my help.
Hi, Kevin! Hi, Mrs.
Cooper! You need some help with that? No, no.
It's okay.
I can handle it.
Honey, why don't you stay out here and talk? It's good to see you, Kevin.
You should come around more often.
And we were alone again Again.
Hi.
I'm sorry about what happened yesterday.
It's okay.
I just wanted to make sure you were all right.
I'm fine, thanks.
And she did look fine Which left only one thing to say.
Winnie, does your Mom know you're hanging out with 11th-graders? Apparently, the wrong thing.
Kind of.
Why? Well It's just Look, Winnie You know when you know somebody, but then, all of a sudden, you don't, and you feel that you kind of missed out on something because they're not being like the way you thought they would? Kevin, what are you talking about? [ Sighs .]
Nothing.
But it wasn't nothing.
I just Couldn't say what it was.
New sleeping bag? Yeah.
Well, you going on a trip? Camping.
Oh! Sounds like fun.
We go every year on Brian's birthday.
The anniversary of his birthday.
I hate camping.
[ Horn honks .]
Hey, Winnie, come on! Let's go.
Yeah, come on, jump in! Well, I got to go.
So maybe I'll see you.
Yeah.
Hey, guys.
How are you? Maybe I'll see you.
Okay, let's go.
Winnie? She left.
There was a time when I saw Winnie Cooper every single day of my life.
Hi.
Hi.
Whatcha doing? Nothing.
Maybe we could do something tomorrow.
I mean, if you want.
Yeah.
I mean, sure.
If you want.
Come on, Kev! Let's go! Okay, well, bye.
See you tomorrow.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
But that was a long time ago.
[ Indistinct conversations .]
I decided to devote my life to skating.
Skating was simple, really Unh! [ Thud .]
As opposed to, say, Winnie.
Are you okay? Yeah.
I'm fine.
It was a pretty bad spill.
Yeah, well, thanks for asking! Kevin? Oh, no.
Can we talk? And here we went again.
I guess you think I've been acting kind of weird lately.
Well, no.
Yes.
I wish I could explain.
Yeah, well, why don't you try, then? It's just And for a second, I thought I might actually get an answer.
Hey, Winnie! Hey, come on, we're going for a drive! Great! I got to go.
Winnie! Stop.
Kevin, you're scaring me! What's going on? I don't know what you mean.
Winnie, I know you or I used to know you and you're not acting like yourself! - How am I supposed to act? - Like you! Like the Winnie Cooper I know! Kevin, let me go.
No! Why are you acting like this? Because when I act like myself, everything goes bad.
What? I just want to forget the past three years.
What about me? You just don't understand.
Well, what do you want me to say? Nothing.
Come on.
The funny thing is, those three years had been the best years of my whole life.
I decided to give up skating.
- Kev.
- [ Sighs .]
What? - About Winnie - Paul! - Kev! - What?! I'd done enough talking about her, worrying about her.
She had an accident Last night, in a car With those kids.
Look out! Watch it! [ Knocking .]
Winnie! [ Doorbell rings .]
Winnie! I waited all afternoon.
I didn't know what else to do.
Kevin? Mr.
Cooper.
Is she all right? Well, it's a broken leg and some cuts.
She's gonna need some time to recover, but she'll be okay.
Can I see her? [ Car door opens .]
Hello, Kevin.
Mrs.
Cooper, may I talk to her? Kevin, maybe you should go home now.
What? Kevin, Winnie doesn't want to see you right now.
Wh but that's impossible.
I know she wants to see me.
Kevin Please go home.
And I guess that's when I finally understood.
I'd been part of Winnie's past a past she wanted to forget.
And now there was nothing to do But go.
Only I didn't.
I know it's late I couldn't.
I know you're weary I know your plans Don't include me Still, here we are Both of us lonely Longing for shelter From all that we see There are things in a life that matter, things in a past which can't be denied.
Look at the stars So far away Winnie Cooper was part of me.
And I was part of her.
Who needs tomorrow? And no matter what, for as long as we lived Why don't you stay? I knew I could never let her go.
Deep in my soul I've been so lonely All of my hopes Fading away I've longed for love I love you.
Like everyone else does I know I'll keep searching Even after today I love you.
So, there it is, girl I've said it all now And here we are, babe What do you say? We've got tonight Who needs tomorrow? Let's make it last Let's find a way Turn out the light Come take my hand, now We've got tonight, babe