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The Best Episodes of The New Leave It to Beaver

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The Best Episodes of The New Leave It to Beaver

The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It...

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  1. Background image for Life Without Father
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Life Without Father

    S3:E4

    Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Dads and Grads (1)
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Dads and Grads (1)

    S4:E25

    The boys prepare to graduate. Beaver's ex-wife arrives in town interrupting his new romance with a pretty teacher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Ensign Cleaver
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Ensign Cleaver

    S3:E11

    June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

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    Director:Jerry Mathers
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Still The New Leave It To Beaver
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Still The New Leave It To Beaver

    S4:E14

    After staying out late and lying to his dad, Kip dreams ahead to the year 2014 and learns what it's really like to be a father.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #5 - A Part of Life

    S3:E3

    When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Perfect Harmony

    S3:E5

    Kip's aspiring-star girlfriend creates a rift in the band and his relationship with Freddie as they sing Fire in the Gym, and Jerry Mathers revives his 1960s record Happiness Is by singing with Kip and Freddie.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #7 - The Terrible Lizards

    S3:E7

    Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone, while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for See You In Court
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #8 - See You In Court

    S3:E8

    While Wally is trying to defend Eddie in court he winds up going after him when Eddie's shenanigans cause Wally and Mary Ellen to miss their gift vacation from Beaver and Lumpy to Key West.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Teenage Rebellion
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Teenage Rebellion

    S3:E17

    Oliver makes his family's life miserable when he isn't allowed to get a slingshot and talks Kelly into defying her parents' orders to clean her room, leading to a lengthy and disruptive stand-off.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Pacific Overture
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Pacific Overture

    S3:E18

    June falls for a Japanese client of Beaver's and Lumpy's and winds up in a long, passionate kiss with him before learning something disturbing about him, all while Wally is suffering from back pains.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Beyond the Sandbox
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Beyond the Sandbox

    S4:E10

    Wally and Mary Ellen go to great lengths to get Kevin qualified for a private school but finally decide against it as they are about to pay a bribe.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Plenty of Fish in the Sea

    S3:E12

    When Kip connects Oliver with his date's younger sister, all goes so well that Oliver falls head-over-heels in love and smothers the girl, leading to her dumping him just before a dance.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Chew Slowly
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Chew Slowly

    S4:E8

    Kelly's bad decision to sneak out with a lecherous older boy turns into a scary encounter until Freddie comes to the rescue in first show shot in Florida with new opening titles photos and livelier theme song.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Darkness on the Edge of Mayfield
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Darkness on the Edge of Mayfield

    S4:E17

    Kip's and Freddie's music video of Fire in the Gym gets sabotaged when Lumpy insists they cast the daughter of a client, so they create a new song and video called Garage Band.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #15 - A Day At The Mall

    S4:E21

    On the same day Kelly and Oliver head to the mall while ditching school, Mary Ellen is there to help June find a dress for her big date, and they find Wally and Beaver in the lingerie store.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for First Base
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #16 - First Base

    S3:E2

    Kelly hosts her first boy-girl party where she and Oliver get their chance at a first kiss in a game of Spin the Bottle. Also the debut of Troy Davidson as the suddenly preschool-age Kevin, son of Wally and Mary Ellen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #17 - First Down

    S4:E9

    Oliver struggles with grueling football tryouts and living up to his father's expectations.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Between Friends

    S3:E6

    Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (Kaleena Kiff).

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for What Has Four Legs and Flies?
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #19 - What Has Four Legs and Flies?

    S4:E20

    Kelly takes a job grooming horses in order to prove she deserves to have her own, and to take down her arrogant classmate played by Oliver's Party Line mystery girl actress.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Junior Prom
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Junior Prom

    S3:E16

    Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to raise enough cash to pay for a hot date, leaving both of them together alone on prom night.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #21 - On A Roll

    S4:E12

    When Eddie believes he is on a winning streak, he goes missing while on a gambling spree and comes home with a racing dog he believes will deliver a big payoff at the track.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for And Freddie Makes Three
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #22 - And Freddie Makes Three

    S4:E15

    Freddie "Fred" Haskell falls in love and makes plans to marry an older woman with a young son, alienating his father until the woman dumps Freddie and father and son reunite to watch The Flintstones.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Brother vs. Brother
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #23 - Brother vs. Brother

    S4:E24

    A new girl at school attracts the attention of Oliver, Bomber, and Freddie, while the Beaver and June struggle with Wally's family moving in as Eddie fumigates their home.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Growing Pains
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Growing Pains

    S1:E1

    Beaver warns his young son to decline a job offer from Eddie Haskell's sneaky boy, Freddie.

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    6.3/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Drivers Ed

    S3:E10

    Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Life Without Father" is the best rated episode of "The New Leave It to Beaver". It scored 7.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/2/1987. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dads and Grads (1)".