The Wonder Years: S4E13: Who's Aunt Rose?

Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 5:04 p.m.

Happy Monday Wonderlings , Angela Bowen here, the host of Looking Back on My Wonder Years: A Wonder Years Podcast. Here's the second to last remaining episode of Season 4. S4E13: Who’s Aunt Rose? Air Date: February 6, 1991 In this episode Following the death of a very distant relative, Grandpa Arnold comes to visit and convinces the family to attend the funeral and burial. While at the event, Kevin begins to think about the mortality of his dad and grandfather. The return of Grandpa Arnold was nice to see, he can always be counted on for a laugh. Poor Jack gets poked in the belly twice in good humor, once by his dad, than his cousin Loyd (you may recognize the actor if you watched Full House, he played Joey Gladstone's father Col. Gladstone). The boys get $20 which they later proceed to lose when they're fighting over it while leaning over the casket and the money falls onto poor dead Aunt Rose. That money is gone, or is it? Wayne devises a plan to get it back with something that looks like string or dental floss and some chewing gum. We never get to see this play out however because the casket is now been officially closed. This fight over the lost $20 escalates in the backseat with poor Norma trying and failing to break it up, since she and the boys are smooshed together back there, there's really not any room to pull Kevin away from Wayne. Grandpa's had enough of it though since he first witnessed the boys scrapping it up in the bathroom at the funeral parlor and screams at them to get out of the car, then tells them if they can be respectful they can join them at the cemetary two miles down the road. I loved the scene towards the end in the car between Kevin and his Dad while it's night time and everyone else is asleep. Kevin looks at his Dad and says "Dad, don't ever die, ok" and Jack turns his head ever so slightly and smirk smiles " Don't worry Kev, I'm not gonna die" And knowing what we know now, I'm all like, hold on to those next five years Kev and treasure them. Later this week we get the last episode of S4E14: Courage, which aired on February 13, 1991. In this episode following a trip to the dentist, Kevin finds out that he needs to have a cavity filled. He puts off going back in fear that he will look like a coward in front of the lovely dental hygienist, who is always complimenting him on his courage. Have a great Monday everyone!