8.5/1060 votesLoading...#1 - The Reaper Whose Name Is Death
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 12/9/1979
The sudden news of Abbey's Bank going bankrupt was a huge shock to Matthew's already fragile heart, and killed him instantly. Marilla is seen performing present-day CPR on Matthew to no avail. Everyone in Avonlea goes to Green Gables to mourn, where Anne is the only one unable to cry. The two who cared for Matthew the most seek comfort from each other, as no other person had loved Matthew as profoundly as they did. While crying together, Marilla tells Anne how happy she has been since Anne came to Green Gables, and how it would've been intolerable if she went through this alone.
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8.3/1054 votesLoading...#2 - God's in Heaven, All Is Well on Earth
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 12/30/1979
News of Anne no longer going to university spreads while Anne gets used to a new life where she helps out Marilla a lot. Ms. Lynde tells Anne about Gilbert and his withdrawal on teaching in Avonlea, but at a different school instead, where he also recommended Anne to be the teacher. Anne meets Gilbert on the road and after talking with one another and understanding each other a little more they become friends. In writing to Stella and Ms. Stacy, Anne goes to write "no matter how narrow my road is, I can still find flowers blooming."
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8.2/1046 votesLoading...#3 - Matthew's Love
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 12/2/1979
Anne is stuck between a rock and a hard place while thinking of her future: to stay at Green Gables and help out seeing how old Matthew and Marilla has gotten, or to continue her education. Matthew's condition made Anne especially worried and Anne wished she was born a boy to help out, but Matthew assures her how even a dozen boys are incomparable to Anne, and for the first time calls Anne his daughter.
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8.1/1047 votesLoading...#4 - Spring Once Again
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/27/1979
Anne enjoys the spring atmosphere and takes over the chores when Marilla gets a headache.
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8.1/1047 votesLoading...#5 - The Results
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/14/1979
Anne, Jane, Gilbert and everyone else waits restlessly for the results. Seeing how tensed Anne is, Marilla lets Anne help Matthew out which puts her at ease. The results come as Diana runs up the hill to Green Gables.
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8.1/1054 votesLoading...#6 - Off to Queen's College
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/28/1979
Mrs.Spencer comes to Green Gables with a new adoption offer made by an American couple, but Anne listened to it as if she was hearing a story. Marilla decides to get a gown made for Anne. Mutual thoughts surrounds the house as the bittersweet moment finally approaches as for Anne to go to Queen's.
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8.1/1047 votesLoading...#7 - The Glory and the Dream
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/25/1979
Anne is afraid of seeing the results, and was in a moment of despair when everyone was cheering for Gilbert, to only also hear cheering starting for her as she passes by crying where she was then overwhelmed by happiness as she won the scholarship, while Gil won the medal, both awarded at the graduation ceremony. Anne eagerly heads home with Marilla and Matthew where Diana awaits at Green Gables. Diana tells Anne how Gilbert would not be heading into university right after Queen's but to have to work to be able to afford the tuition.
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8.1/1046 votesLoading...#8 - Matthew's Farewell
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 12/16/1979
The funeral ends with Matthew's burial. Anne plants Matthew's favourite flowers right beside his tombstone. As life moves on, Anne feels guilty how she can still have fun and laugh despite Matthew's death, which holds her back but learns to accept it. Marilla talks about Gilbert, how he looks reminds her of his father, John, who was in love with Marilla, but a similar situation where Marilla was unable to forgive John at the time broke the two lovers apart.
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8.0/1047 votesLoading...#9 - Anne Rescues Minnie May
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/1979
Minnie May falls seriously ill while she and Diana are being babysat, and Anne is the only one who may know what to do.
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8.0/1049 votesLoading...#10 - The Future of the Story Club
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 9/23/1979
After visiting Idlewild once again, Anna and Diana are filled with bittersweet memories after seeing the current condition. Throughout the episode, Anne can't help but to realize how things have started to change as she gets older, from the story club to Marilla wearing glasses, many things has changed already.
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8.0/1047 votesLoading...#11 - A 15-Year-Old's Spring
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 9/30/1979
Marilla constantly thinks back of the old times when Anne would talk. With the arrival of the new train station at Carmody, Aunt Josephine visits Green Gables and offers to let Anne stay with her when Anne is at Charlottetown.
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8.0/1048 votesLoading...#12 - Home for the Weekend
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/11/1979
Anne is unable to tell Marilla and Matthew of her future plans for further studies. At Green Gables and Avonlea, Anne spends some quality time with the two throughout the area.
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8.0/1049 votesLoading...#13 - The Winter at Queen's
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/18/1979
Hearing Matthew's condition from Ms Barry, Anne immediately departs for Green Gables and walks through a snowstorm. After a warming visit at Green Gables, Anne returns to Queen's with an even stronger passion to succeed in her own way, by balancing her love of the countryside and her studies.
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7.9/1048 votesLoading...#14 - A Tempest in Class
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/8/1979
The flirtatious and bold prankster Gilbert Blythe returns to town. But he goes too far when he jokingly calls Anne "Carrots", and she responds by breaking her slate over his head. Anne's teacher makes her sit next to Gilbert as a punishment, so she decides to never go back there. Marilla respects that choice and decides to teach Anne more about leading a household until she decides to go back to school on her own free will.
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7.9/1047 votesLoading...#15 - Diana's Birthday
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/1979
Anne has been invited to go to concert and sleepover for Diana's birthday. But things go wrong for Diana when the girls get too boisterous during the sleepover.
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7.9/1045 votesLoading...#16 - Matthew and the Clothes Shop
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 7/15/1979
Matthew, unlike Marilla, sees no problem with Anne having a nice dress with puffed sleeves like the other girls. He sets out to get one for her for Christmas, but his well-intentioned plan goes awry when the clerk at the store is female.
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7.9/1045 votesLoading...#17 - The Christmas Concert
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 7/22/1979
Anne receives her Christmas presents, and the eve of the concert arrives.
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7.9/1043 votesLoading...#18 - Anne Starts the Story-telling Club
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/29/1979
Anne finds it hard to settle back into mundane life after the concert, so she starts a creative writing club.
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7.9/1042 votesLoading...#19 - An Unfortunate Lily Maid
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 8/12/1979
Anne and her friends act out the Lady of Shalott, but Anne soon finds herself in trouble. After her friends run to get Diana's parents, who will come to her rescue?
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7.9/1042 votesLoading...#20 - An Epoch in Anne's Life
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 8/19/1979
Anne and Diana are invited to Charlottetown by Aunt Josephine. She realizes that while city life and fancy things are a lot of fun once in a while, she prefers her country life and leaving things to the imagination.
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7.9/1043 votesLoading...#21 - An Invitation to Queen's Class
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 8/26/1979
Anne and Diana has a quarrel regarding the future which was primarily about marriage. Anne, looking for Matthew for comfort, eats a few apples on a barrel that Jerry claimed to be poisoned, a bad joke on his part. Later, Anne hears about the news for Queen's Class that begins the preparation required for the entrance exam, with Matthew and Marilla's approval, Anne sets her eyes towards the future where she dreams of becoming a teacher.
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7.9/1048 votesLoading...#22 - My Number Is 13
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/7/1979
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7.9/1047 votesLoading...#23 - The Concert Hotel
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 10/21/1979
Anne is invited to recite at a concert to help and earn funds to give to a hospital in Charlottetown.
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7.9/1048 votesLoading...#24 - Life on a New Campus
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 11/4/1979
A wave of sadness hits Marilla, Matthew and Anne as they face the first night of a new lifestyle. Anne initially saddened, is visited by Jane, Josie and Ruby at her room where they mention a scholarship for a university: the idea helps light Anne's ambition as she aims to get the scholarship and to earn a bachelor of literature.
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7.8/1061 votesLoading...#25 - Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1979
Matthew Cuthbert and his sister decided to take in an orphan boy to help on their farm, but he's surprised to find red haired Anne waiting for him at the train station. Though not expected, Anne doesn't take long until she has a place in his heart with her open mind and creative way to see the world around her.
Director: Isao Takahata
Writer: Isao Takahata
The Best Episodes of Anne of Green Gables
Every episode of Anne of Green Gables ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Anne of Green Gables!
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Reaper Whose Name Is Death" is the best rated episode of "Anne of Green Gables". It scored 8.5/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/9/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "God's in Heaven, All Is Well on Earth".