Kevin's continuing longing for Winnie has caused him to become frustrated with being alone. And it's not helping that Paul now has Carla. When Kevin reaches his breaking point, he ends up asking Becky Slater to go steady.
Kevin feels that his piano lessons with Mrs. Carples aren't doing him any good. But Mrs. Carples feels that Kevin has got musical potential and sets him up against her best student, Ronald Hirschmuller.
Wayne's bullying of Kevin has been getting pretty out-of-hand lately. but when he interferes in a big way with Kevin and Paul's Science Project, Wayne may have gone too far.
When Kevin sees that Paul is being humiliated at basketball, he decides to go to Coach Cutlip to complain about how he thinks teams are being unfairly picked. Trying to teach him a lesson, Cutlip makes Kevin the new team captain.
Kevin along with kids from his school plan to schedule a walkout to protest the Vietnam War. However, when the assistant principal, Mr. Diperna, finds out about the planned walkout, he threatens to suspend all who participate.
Now that Kevin is back together with Winnie Cooper, Kevin thinks his problems are behind them. But then he is remembered how he ridiculed his friends, including Winnie, behind their backs - because Becky tells everyone.
With Winnie still upset at him, Kevin tries to get back on good terms with her by confronting Eddie Pinetti, the school bully, for going into her locker. This plan backfires when he realizes that Winnie is now seeing Eddie.
Kevin and Paul have usually celebrated their birthdays together. But when Paul turns 13 and his Bar Mitzvah is about to take place, the convention is endangered.
To get closer to his sister, Kevin agrees to run errands for her before school. He soon discovers that she is skipping school to hang out with her friends at the "rock".
The gym class is engaging in square-dancing, and Kevin is paired up with Margaret Farquhar, the strangest girl in 7th grade. While Margaret enjoys spending time with Kevin, her presence makes Kevin wary of his junior-high image.
Kevin, Winnie and Paul band together to save their childhood playground of Harper's Woods from becoming a shopping mall. The only problem is, no one seems to care.
As the end of school approaches, Kevins looks forward to spending the summer with Paul and Winnie. However, his summer is spoiled when Paul tells hims that he'll be leaving for summer and Winnie seems to be avoiding him.
Kevin joins the school play just to get out of Gym class, while Winnie and Paul seem to take it very seriously. Winnie has problems with her performance, and Kevin unexpectedly helps her during the show.
When Kevin and Paul have a disagreement, they decide to find new best friends. Kevin starts hanging around with Doug Porter while Paul befriends Brady Ryland.
Just when the Pruitts and their daughter Gina are coming to visit, Kevin gets a giant pimple. With only a few days until the Pruitts arrive, Kevin resorts to all kinds of methods to get rid of the unsightly blemish.