14. Brightwing

Complete story — includes the ending

Karen recruits Kevin as her confidant and accomplice when he discovers she is skipping school with her friends Julie ( Devon Pierce ) and Sandy (Kyra Stempel) to spend time at their hippie hangout, known simply as "the hill." Kevin becomes concerned about covering for Karen after repeated encounters in the hallway of Karen's school with George Finch, a long-haired man in trendy clothes who looks young enough to be a student, but who is actually a guidance counselor investigating Karen's truancy. Kevin tries to get Karen to go back to school and quit hanging out at the hill, and she promises to do so. After bedtime, Kevin is awoken by noise of his parents frantically dialing the phone looking for Karen, whom they fear has run away. Kevin tells them to go to the hill. It was discovered that Karen was indeed trying to run away to go off with Sandy and Julie to San Francisco, but was thwarted by Norma and Jack, who bring her back home in tears. Guest-starring: Devon Pierce and Kyra Stempel as Karen's hippie friends Julie and Sandy, respectively. Absent: Danica McKellar as Winnie Cooper.