Square Dance

Episode aired May 2, 1989
TV-PGTV-PG
23m

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8.7/10

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Fred Savage and Lindsay Fisher in The Wonder Years (1988)

Comedy Drama Family

The gym class is engaging in square-dancing, and Kevin is paired up with Margaret Farquhar, the strangest girl in 7th grade. While Margaret enjoys spending time with Kevin, her presence make... Read allThe gym class is engaging in square-dancing, and Kevin is paired up with Margaret Farquhar, the strangest girl in 7th grade. While Margaret enjoys spending time with Kevin, her presence makes Kevin wary of his junior-high image.The gym class is engaging in square-dancing, and Kevin is paired up with Margaret Farquhar, the strangest girl in 7th grade. While Margaret enjoys spending time with Kevin, her presence makes Kevin wary of his junior-high image.

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Fred Savage, Lindsay Fisher, and Josh Saviano in The Wonder Years (1988)

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Trivia
After going through his yearbook and predicting his classmate's futures, Kevin stops on Becky Slater's picture and says, "gossip columnist..., No, divorce lawyer." In real life, Crystal McKellar graduated from Harvard Law School.

Goofs
While adult Kevin narrates, the camera scans a yearbook, ultimately zeroing in on Kevin's nemesis for this episode. It pans across a row of five young students, then settles on their names to the left. The five first names, top to bottom, matched with the five pictures, left to right, are: Randy (girl), Lara (boy), Jason (girl), Brian (girl), Nicole (boy). Not a single first name matches the gender of the person in the corresponding picture. The rows above and below are similarly mis-matched.

Quotes
Kevin Arnold: Margaret, can I ask you something? Why do you have three pigtails?
Margaret Farquhar: Cos you never know when you're gonna need an extra rubber band.

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

Soundtracks
Turkey in the Straw
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10/10

My favorite episode of the whole wonderful series

I'm not a reviewer by any stretch, but I am an absolute precise compiler of personal favorite forms of entertainment. In breaking this down "The Wonder Years" is my 7th most favorite 'North American Television Series' of all-time on my current Top 100 list compiled August 2014. And of the total 115 outstanding episodes created, this is by far my most favorite. The regular cast of the show and the other 114 chapters of young Arnold's diary are a proud example of the once great American television potential. But in my opinion Neal & Carol, the Margaret Farquhar character should have been included in a few more of the show's episodes because her whole persona is complete contagious comedy. So finely illustrated in the casting, writing, directing and acting in the "Square Dance". And thank you Lindsay Fisher. A very rare 10/10.

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