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The Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver

Every episode of Leave It to Beaver ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver!

The Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures...

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  1. Background image for Beaver Gets 'Spelled
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Beaver Gets 'Spelled

    S1:E1

    Beaver's teacher, Miss Canfield, sends a note home with Beaver and the other kids convince him that it's news that he's getting kicked out of school. Beaver and Wally take steps to hide the note from Ward and June.

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  2. Background image for Wally's Weekend Job
    8.4/10(186 votes)

    #2 - Wally's Weekend Job

    S5:E6

    Wally gets a job at the ice cream parlor leaving a gaggle of girls swooning and Eddie and Lumpy feeling neglected. So to get back at him, Eddie and Lumpy concoct a plan of revenge that involves Mary Ellen Roger's slumber party.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Wally's Big Date
    8.3/10(194 votes)

    #3 - Wally's Big Date

    S5:E8

    Wally's school is having an exchange dance and Wally and Eddie must take girls from a rival school that they chose out of a hat. Eddie asks to trade with Wally and he agrees, like a shot, after seeing the picture of Eddie's intended in a yearbook. Suspicious, Wally soon quickly discovers why Eddie wanted to trade; the girl is a few inches taller than Wally.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for A Night in the Woods
    8.3/10(186 votes)

    #4 - A Night in the Woods

    S5:E36

    Beaver and his friends are all psyched to go on a camping trip with Gilbert's father as an escort. However, when Gilbert's father suddenly has to work and everyone is down in the dumps that is until Wally agrees to take them. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lumpy decide to secretly tag along and scare the boys with animal noises.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Beaver's Fear
    8.1/10(181 votes)

    #5 - Beaver's Fear

    S5:E21

    Wally is rounding up some guys to go to an amusement park and he's one short from getting a discount so he settles on Beaver. However, Beaver begins having second thoughts when he hears stories about one of the rollercoasters.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Beaver Takes a Drive
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    #6 - Beaver Takes a Drive

    S5:E7

    When Beaver and Gilbert are pretending to go for a drive in Ward's car, Beaver accidentally releases the parking brake, causing the car to roll down the driveway and into the street, backing up traffic. Wally steps in and drives the car back in the driveway and clears up the traffic mess, but he soon finds himself being issued a citation for driving without a license.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Lumpy's Car Trouble
    8.0/10(154 votes)

    #7 - Lumpy's Car Trouble

    S5:E26

    Ward allows his car to be driven by Lumpy who must get Eddie, Wally and Beaver to a sporting event in a neighboring town. However, on the way back, Lumpy disobeys Ward's orders and takes a shortcut home.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Bob Mosher
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  9. Background image for The Merchant Marine
    8.0/10(146 votes)

    #8 - The Merchant Marine

    S5:E30

    Angry with his dad for taking his car keys away, Lumpy Rutherford decides to secretly join the Merchant Marine Corp and has the enlistment information sent to the Cleaver's address instead of his own. Trying to be a good friend, Wally hides the Corp literature in his room; but, when June finds it while cleaning, she's sure that a break-up with his girlfriend and a recent reprimand from Ward have made Wally unhappy enough to leave home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for No Time for Babysitters
    7.9/10(189 votes)

    #9 - No Time for Babysitters

    S5:E2

    June, Ward and Wally are going out for the evening and not wanting to worry about Beaver, June calls a babysitter, despite Beaver's pleas against the idea.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Wally's Car
    7.9/10(173 votes)

    #10 - Wally's Car

    S5:E3

    For $25, Wally buys a car and signs a contract with the owner knowing full well what he's getting, a car that doesn't start. Wally quickly finds himself with more trouble then he bargained for when the lemon becomes a fixture in front of the Cleaver home.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Eddie Quits School
    7.9/10(166 votes)

    #11 - Eddie Quits School

    S5:E23

    Eddie pompously announces that he's dropping out of school to get a high paying job at a gas station. However, all is not as it seems when Wally and Lumpy get a glance at Eddie's new free spending life.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Tennis, Anyone?
    7.9/10(165 votes)

    #12 - Tennis, Anyone?

    S5:E33

    Wally finds himself smack dab in the middle of a lover's quarrel when a woman tries to make her estranged boyfriend jealous by continually making tennis dates with Wally. Wally finds himself in an awkward position when the boyfriend threatens him.

    Director:Hugh Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Wally Goes Steady
    7.8/10(189 votes)

    #13 - Wally Goes Steady

    S5:E1

    Ward and June find themselves in the dark when they hear through the grapevine that not only is Wally going steady with Evelyn Boothby but that wedding bells may be heard soon. Meanwhile, Wally gets a different picture of marital life through Evelyn's sister and her husband.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Bob Mosher
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  15. Background image for Beaver's Long Night
    7.8/10(169 votes)

    #14 - Beaver's Long Night

    S5:E18

    Beaver has Gilbert over to spend the night but after they watch a gangster movie things get out of hand. A suspicious car has just pulled up to the front of the house with two strange characters sitting inside, and they just happen to be Lumpy and Bill, dressed for a masquerade party. Not knowing this, Beaver calls the police and Lumpy and Bill are arrested.

    Director:Hugh Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Un-Togetherness
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #15 - Un-Togetherness

    S5:E39

    The Cleavers are all excited about their annual summer vacation up to the cabin, that is except Wally. Wanting to be close to his latest girl, Wally wants to stay behind and gets permission to stay at Eddie's house during the two weeks the Cleavers are on vacation, but June and Ward are a bit unsure of Wally's plans.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Beaver's English Test
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    #16 - Beaver's English Test

    S5:E11

    Beaver has been having trouble in English and Ward persuades Wally to tutor him. Wally has Beaver look over an old exam that he once took and to Beaver's surprise, the next day, his teacher gives him the exact same test, which he of course he aces. However, Beaver is left with a guilty conscience.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Wally's Chauffeur
    7.7/10(172 votes)

    #17 - Wally's Chauffeur

    S5:E12

    Wally plans on going to a big dance with Evelyn Boothby and they plan on getting there cramped with six other people in Lumpy's car. When June and Ward refuse to allow that, Wally and Evelyn must find another way to get there. However, what Evelyn has in mind doesn't go over well with Wally.

    Director:Hugh Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Farewell to Penny
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    #18 - Farewell to Penny

    S5:E15

    Beaver learns a girl he fights with is leaving town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Beaver's Laundry
    7.7/10(140 votes)

    #19 - Beaver's Laundry

    S5:E25

    Beaver agrees to help Richard cart his family's clothes down to the laundromat, however, half way there they discover that Richard has lost the three dollars his mother gave him. This leads him to ask Beaver if he could use the Cleaver washer. They soon find themselves in another jam when the washing machine overflows after Beaver put in too much soap and starch.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Yard Birds
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #20 - The Yard Birds

    S5:E32

    Wally and Beaver reluctantly give up their Saturday morning to clean the yard, miss the garbage man's pick-up deadline and go from the frying pan into the fire when they trust Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford to take the trash to the dump in Lumpy's car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Long Distance Call
    7.7/10(173 votes)

    #21 - Long Distance Call

    S5:E37

    Beaver and his friends decide to make a call to California to talk to Don Drysdale and they agree to chip in on the cost of the call, assuming that it's only going to be a couple dollars. However, when they're put on hold, the cost quickly jumps up to $9.00.

    Director:Norman Abbott
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Stocks and Bonds
    7.7/10(152 votes)

    #22 - Stocks and Bonds

    S5:E38

    Beaver and Wally become interested in the stock market and Ward decides that they should try their hand at it. However, Wally and Beaver have different ideas about what to invest in compared to Ward who wants them to play it safe and invest in Mayfield Power and Electric, while they want to invest in a more risky venture.

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  24. Background image for Weekend Invitation
    7.6/10(160 votes)

    #23 - Weekend Invitation

    S5:E10

    Wally and a bunch of other guys are invited to spend the weekend at Scott's cottage on the lake. However, the one thing that could keep Wally from going, Scott just happens to forget to mention, that there will be no parent supervision.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Bob Mosher
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  25. Background image for Wally Stays at Lumpy's
    7.6/10(147 votes)

    #24 - Wally Stays at Lumpy's

    S5:E24

    A communication gap ensues when Wally wants to spend the night at Lumpy's and Beaver wants to have Gilbert spend the night. Beaver asks June and she tells him, he can sometime when Wally spends the night somewhere and Wally asks Ward, who tells him he can sometime when Beaver has someone spend the night.

    Director:Hugh Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Beaver's Typewriter
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #25 - Beaver's Typewriter

    S5:E29

    Seeing an ad for typewriters on sale, Beaver talks his parents into letting him get one as long as he learns how to use it. However, Beaver discovers learning to type is not as easy as it looks and soon finds himself making a deal with the shady Eddie Haskell.

    Director:David Butler
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Beaver Gets 'Spelled" is the best rated episode of "Leave It to Beaver". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Norman Tokar and written by Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, it aired on 10/4/1957. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wally's Weekend Job".