Plot summary
In another "Jack vs. Karen" episode, Karen's eighteenth birthday is approaching, and tension arises with Jack when she tells him that she wants to enroll in a liberal college. When he declines her decision about her future, she suggests taking a year off to go backpacking in Europe. In the end, Jack realizes that his little girl isn't so little anymore. Karen's leaving and won't be back next year, but Jack sends her off with one last gift--his military " kit bag " from the Marines, so she can use it for college or if she goes some place. Karen then blows out her birthday cake candles, makes a wish, and goes out for the night, with her father leaving the porch light on when she returns. Absent: Josh Saviano as Paul Pfeiffer.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Wonder Years season 3. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.