embody the girl next door, if you lived in paradise. >> i would tell people, look, it was slow motion. it was the music, the whole setup, the narration lifting me up on a pedestal. come o i can't take a lot of credit for it. >> reporter: in college she would co-author a ground breaking math theorem. she and savage hear from fans irked by the show's ever wistful finale. >> have a nice life. >> i got asked, why didn't kevin and winnie end up together. >> no. >> i would say three times a week, i'm heartbroken. i just watched the last episode. i was like it is just a tv show. >> reporter: i'm chris connelly for "nightline." >> kevin and winnie didn't get together? in my head they did after the show ended. how could they not get together? i believe abc should do a remake of "wonder years" with them getting divorced to whoever they married, getting remarried and having a modern family. how's that?