"Good-bye" | |
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The Wonder Years episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 20 |
Directed by | Michael Dinner |
Written by | Bob Brush |
Original air date | April 24, 1990 |
Guest appearances | |
Steven Gilborn as Mr. Collins Sean Baca as Craig Hobson Raye Birk as Mr. Diperna | |
"Good-bye" is the twentieth episode of the third season of The Wonder Years and the forty-third episode overall. "Good-bye" aired on April 24, 1990 on the ABC network. The episode revolves around the relationship between Kevin Arnold and his math teacher, Mr. Collins, who pushes him to succeed in math. Kevin becomes antagonistic towards Mr. Collins, only to become regretful when tragedy befalls the teacher.
The episode was well received by the critical community at the time. It has been retrospectively considered a classic episode of the series. Bob Brush won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on scripting this episode. Michael Dinner won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, becoming one of the few episodes to accomplish the directing/writing double.