Whose Woods Are These?

Episode aired May 9, 1989
TV-PG
24m

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8.0/10

358

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Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, and Josh Saviano in The Wonder Years (1988)

Comedy Drama Family Romance

Kevin, Winnie and Paul band together to save their childhood playground of Harper's Woods from becoming a shopping mall. The only problem is, no one seems to care.Kevin, Winnie and Paul band together to save their childhood playground of Harper's Woods from becoming a shopping mall. The only problem is, no one seems to care.Kevin, Winnie and Paul band together to save their childhood playground of Harper's Woods from becoming a shopping mall. The only problem is, no one seems to care.

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8.0/10

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Trivia
The title of this episode paraphrases the first lines of Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," namely: "Whose woods are these? I think I know./His house is in the village though;/He will not see me stopping here/To watch his woods fill up with snow."

Quotes
Wayne Arnold: [to Kevin] Nice going, dorkface!

Connections
Featured in The Wonder Years: The Wonder Years (1991)

Soundtracks
In My Life
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by Judy Collins

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Featured review

10/10

"There's no Old Man Harper?"

Another beautiful episode that tackles growing up in a very literal and metaphorical sense. I think a little piece of us dies whenever we see our childhood playground, school, house, etc. Torn down. Ironically, a lot of us are now watching the shopping malls where we spent our adolescent years be torn down or abandoned. The cycle of life continues!

We also get a quick glimpse of the present day at the end of the episode, with another very sweet closing shot.

Once again, Paul Pfeiffer delivers a line that made me pause the episode to laugh. His belief that there MUST be an Old Man Harper is such perfect kid logic. I never appreciated how hilarious this character was when I first watched the show.