7.9/102,866 votes#1 - The Old Grist Mill
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/2014
Lost in the mysterious woods of the Unknown, two brothers named Wirt and Gregory run into a jaded old woodsman who warns them to beware the terrifying Beast that roams the dark forest.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Steve Wolfhard, Natasha Allegri, Zac Gorman
8.4/102,777 votes#2 - Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/2014
A bluebird named Beatrice offers to guide Wirt and Greg to Adelaide of the Pasture (the good woman of the woods) and help them get home.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Patrick McHale, Aaron Renier, Bert Youn
7.7/102,656 votes#3 - Schooltown Follies
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2014
Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice get all mixed up in the musical antics of a schoolhouse of animals, a lovelorn teacher, a grouchy old benefactor, and an escaped gorilla.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Jim Campbell, Laura Park
8.2/102,561 votes#4 - Songs of the Dark Lantern
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2014
Beatrice is left out in the rain with a brainless horse while Wirt and Greg must ask for directions in a lively colonial tavern called "The Dark Lantern" where some surprising secrets are revealed about the Unknown.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Bert Youn, Pendleton Ward, Steven A. MacLeod
7.9/102,502 votes#5 - Mad Love
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2014
Is millionaire Quincy Endicott's sprawling mansion haunted by a beautiful ghost, or is the tea baron going mad? Greg and Fred the Horse are on the case! Meanwhile, Wirt and Beatrice get trapped in an armoire while searching for loose change.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Natasha Allegri, Zac Gorman
8.5/102,516 votes#6 - Lullaby in Frogland
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2014
We join Wirt and Greg on a lighthearted romp aboard the Frogland Ferry as they approach Adelaide of the Pasture. But why is Beatrice acting so glum? Things turn emotional for Greg as well when he realizes that his own frog may be better off living with his amphibian compatriots.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Bert Youn, Nick Edwards
8.8/102,604 votes#7 - The Ringing of the Bell
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2014
After unexpected darkness tears the gang apart, Wirt takes charge and meets Loma, a young woman forced to do housework by an odious witch with a magic bell. Can Wirt and Greg save Lorna, and themselves, from the wicked witch?
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Patrick McHale, Bert Youn, Tom Herpich
8.0/102,473 votes#8 - Babes in the Wood
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2014
While Wirt and Greg lay down to rest, they're drawn into a dreamworld of cherubs, flowers, and clouds where Greg must battle the North Wind.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Bert Youn, Jim Campbell, Mark Bodnar
9.1/102,741 votes#9 - Into the Unknown
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/2014
The origin of Wirt and Greg’s descent into the Unknown reveals itself.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Zac Gorman, Cole Sanchez, Vi-Dieu Nguyen
9.4/103,081 votes#10 - The Unknown
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/2014
The Beast has come. The final chapter begins.
Director: Nate Cash
Writer: Natasha Allegri, Jim Campbell, Tom Herpich
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Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman...
Genres:MysterySci-Fi & FantasyAnimationFamilyComedy
Network:Cartoon Network
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Old Grist Mill" is the best rated episode of "Over the Garden Wall" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 2866 votes. Directed by Nate Cash and written by Steve Wolfhard, Natasha Allegri, Zac Gorman, it aired on 11/3/2014. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee".