Green Eyed Monster is the second episode in the first season of The Wonder Years. It aired on September 29, 2021.
Synopsis[]
While Dean reckons with his first taste of heartbreak and betrayal, the adults in his life are overly empathetic and assume his grief is from mourning current events.
Plot Summary[]
After church, Dean watches as his big sister, Kim, tries to persuade their parents Lilian and Bill to let her join a protest against MLK Jr.’s murder. Dean will still be shaken by the sight of Cory kissing Keisa. His family, on the other had, believes he is depressed as a result of Dr. King’s death.
They band together and strive tirelessly to assure Dean that he is not alone. He notices their misunderstanding, but it feels nice to have their attention, so he gets through with it and accepts Kim’s rally invitation and his father’s offer to take him fishing.
Cast[]
- Elisha Williams as Dean Williams
- Dulé Hill as Bill Williams
- Saycon Sengbloh as Lillian Williams
- Laura Kariuki as Kim Williams
- Amari O'Neil as Cory Long
- Julian Lerner as Brad Hitman
- Milan Ray as Keisa Clemmons
- Co-Starring
- Terrence J. Smith as Allen
- Barbara Hawkins-Scott as Mrs. Hodges
- Myron Parker Wright as Kwame
- Bill Kelly as Coach Wright
- Kristen Wharton as Guidance Counselor Mackin
- Melanie Jeffcoat as Mrs. Anderson
- James Arthur Sims as Pastor
Music[]
- his eye is on the sparrow | MAHALIA JACKSON
- MLK memorial service
- the tracks of my tears | SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
- (flashback) dean crying over keisa
- different strokes | SYL JOHNSON
- the community mourns the loss and dean milks it
- struggling for survival | LITTLE ED & THE SOUNDMASTERS
- kim brings dean to the activists hq
- somebody help me | OTIS BROWN
- dean and cory fishing
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