the wonder years was my favorite show as a kid, and it’s still right up there among the other shows I’ve loved over the years.
It’s a nostalgic hit with great storytelling, great acting, and the best comedic voices Daniel Sternwho is the narrator looking back on his life. This show always makes me laugh and cry, even though the ending, while well done, wasn’t what many fans were hoping for.
actor Danica McKellarShe, who played Winnie Cooper on the show, opened up about the ending years later, giving some hope to disgruntled viewers.
In the final episode, which aired on May 12, 1993, the narrator revealed that Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) and Winnie did not end up together, although they were on and off throughout the series relationship. She went to Paris to get an art degree, and Kevin married someone else, but the two remained friends.
“Fans are still upset about it,” McKellar said on the Nov. 25 episode of “Pod Meets World.” She explained that on the show, “not everything works out in the end” as a way to connect with the audience.
She continued: “Most of our lives don’t turn out the way we want them to, or the way we imagined they would, so in the same way, Kevin and Winnie didn’t end up together.
“But I would say, look. What we know is what the narrator says happened… He and his wife had a baby, and they were the first people to greet me on the plane. . This is just the beginning of the story.
“Personally, I’ve been divorced and remarried, as are a lot of people. Maybe Kevin and Winnie end up together.
At the end of the series, executive producer Bob Brush reflected on the ending, which upset some fans. In 1993, he told the Los Angeles Times:
“Some viewers will be surprised that your most cherished wish doesn’t come true. My message is that this is part of the beauty of life.
“It’s okay to say, ‘I wish everything was like it was when I was 15 and I was happy,’ but to me it seems more educated to say we put these things behind us and keep forging.” Our own new Life.
I want to see Kevin and Winnie end up together as much as anyone. My own parents met in junior high school in the sixties, so this story feels so familiar and right to me. I was sad when they didn’t end up getting married.
But as I’ve gone through my own life as an adult and ended up marrying someone who wasn’t my high school sweetheart, I understand now. When we are young we cannot see the future and sometimes what lies ahead is even better than what we have to leave behind.
via: Variety
