16. Whose Woods Are These?

Complete story — includes the ending

Kevin, Winnie, and Paul try to stop the destruction of Harper's Woods, their childhood hangout, which is on a site that the city is developing for a new shopping center. They don't want it destroyed because it was the place that Winnie and Kevin hold sentimental after sharing their first kiss and also a place they all played together when they were younger. At Karen's suggestion; Kevin, Winnie, and Paul attempt to voice their concerns at a town hall meeting but fell asleep until after the meeting was adjourned. At school the next day, Kevin was caught by Mr. Diperna for not looking where he was going in the halls and was forced to "think about what he had done" in Mr. Diperna's office, where he gets into further trouble for unconsciously carving his initials on Diperna's desk. His father punished him for it after he got a call from Diperna, and Wayne bullyingly tells him to "grow up". After all of this; Kevin, Winnie, and Paul sneak outside to visit Harper's Woods one last time before it's overtaken by construction crews. They play hide and seek one more time, before they said good-bye. The final scene in the episode shows the present-day shopping center on the site, with the kids' initials carved in a sidewalk, as they once had been on a tree in Harper's Woods. Recurring guest: Raye Birk as Mr. Diperna.