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Who do you think Kevin Arnold married?


In the season finale Kevin says ""It was the last July I ever spent in that town. The next year, after graduation, I was on my way....Winnie left the next summer to study Art History in Paris. Still, we never forgot our promises. We wrote to each other every week for the next 8 years. I was there to meet her when she came home, with my wife and my first son - 8 months old."

I never recalled him naming his wife. Who do you think it was? A character from the show? I think his best match was his science partner, Linda Sloane. They were perfect for each other.

Let's take a run down of his interests:

Linda Carr she's a manipulative stoner with dead eyes who's got the personality of a mossy potato. Kevin ended up puking on her and I can't blame him.

Alice Pedermeir, she cries hysterically in seconds, blatantly lies to get what she wants, causes so much unnecessary drama, she's a sociopath. Plus she throws herself at Kevin, knowing full well he was going out with Winnie Cooper.

The other Cindy, she was pretty but Kevin cancelled his Friday night date with her, making up an elaborate lie about his grandmother's liver disease just to hang out with his friends.

Lisa Berlini, she dropped Kevin to go to a dance with someone else after she already told Kevin she would.

Inga Finnstrom, she's not bright. And not his type.

Susan Fisher, Southern accent that could melt a heart, blonde hair, gorgeous eyes, unfortunately that's all she had. Kevin made the mistake of focusing all his attention on Susan, completely ignoring the affections of his lab partner Linda Sloane. He lost both at the school dance.

Jessica Thomas and Kevin Arnold had so much potential it hurts. You could just see the sexual tension between the two. Jessica had agreed to go out with Kevin, but he didn't have a license or a car to be able to pick her up, so that pretty much put an end to their love affair.

Sandy Tyler and Kevin were great together. There was lots of passion, lots of making out, only problem was, she was dating Wayne.

Julie Aidem, Kevin broke up with her in front of her family and all her father could do was look at him like, "RUN!"

Debbie Pfeiffer, she was president of Kevin's fanclub if he had one. Debbie had charm. Who knew if she would grow up and marry Kevin. Who really knew?

Denise the Grease, Denise used Kevin as a shoulder to cry on and talk about poetry with, which does not go over well with her boyfriend. Denise makes out with Kevin, so what does Kevin do? He helps Frank get back together with Denise. Talk about a missed opportunity.

Becky Slater, She kicks your ass. If Winnie Cooper had been out of the picture, these two could've made a great couple.

Teri, perfect summer fling.

Winnie Cooper is the worst. She's the WORST girlfriend ever! She cheats on Kevin TWICE, has a hissy-fit over a piece of jewelry, and gets extremely jealous because a waitresss puts some extra relish on the side for Kevin. Oh, and she's also the queen of mixed signals, not to mention a pretty big tease and a slut. Still don't understand why Kevin had a thing for her as long as he did. It's still a mystery.

Maragret Farquhar, sure she rocked three ponytails and had a bat named Mortimer. She was weird. But once you got to know her, she was actually really smart and interesting. Kevin learned to like her, but the pressures of seventh grade superficiality got to him and he broke her heart, she ended up marrying someone and having 6 kids with them.

Cara, she smoked cigarettes, hung out on the back of the pickup truck with her brother, and hung out at the drive in movie. Kevin met her on a family summer trip to the lake. He returned months later to track her down and relive their summer love, but by then, she had moved onto someone else. While Teri was a great summer fling, Cara was a fling of a lifetime.

Madeline Adams, Kevin should have dumped Winnie and drove off into the sunset with this elegant, French speaking masterpiece of a girl. Even after Winnie dumps Kevin for some other dude, Madeline practically throws herself at Kevin, but the idiot doesn't reciprocate.

Linda Sloane, I'm convinced that Linda Sloane was Kevin's soulmate and his greatest missed opportunity. More than looks, this girl had the greatest personality of ANY character in the show, Kevin included. She was smart, sassy, and had perfect comic timing and wit. But Kevin, the idiot that he is, spent all of his time ogling Susan who had ZERO personality. Linda asked Kevin to the school dance and he still doesn't get the hint. If Kevin sang out of tune, she would NOT stand up and walk out on him.

What do you guys think? Who do you think Kevin married?

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Interesting question. Maybe a college gf, or perhaps Becky or Linda. I wonder how Winnie reacted when Kevin told her he got married?

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