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The Best Episodes of Blue's Clues

Every episode of Blue's Clues ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Blue's Clues!

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Blue's Clues is a colorful and learning series that is targeted at the younger crowd, but can be enjoyed by all. The host, Steve Burns, invites viewers daily into the Blue's Clues house to help

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 24 - Steve Goes to College
    8.8/10(86 votes)

    #1 - Steve Goes to College

    S4:E24

    Steve and his brother Joe are really happy to see us because they have some big news to share: Steve is going to college, today! Steve is happy to answer lots of questions about college.

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  2. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 3 - Mailbox's Birthday
    8.7/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Mailbox's Birthday

    S1:E3

    For Mailbox's birthday, there's a special celebration and we're invited to help out. We help decorate the cake for the party by observing patterns. We also skiddoo along with Steve and Blue into a present store. There, we find the perfect present for Mailbox and then help Blue and Steve to find it when it gets lost among a bunch of other presents.

    Director:Michael Holman
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  3. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 17 - What Does Blue Want to Make?
    8.7/10(38 votes)

    #3 - What Does Blue Want to Make?

    S1:E17

    Steve and Blue have been creating newspaper hats. This episode is all about making things. Using patterns, we help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper to make a picture frame. We try to identify things that a couple of our felt friends are making by looking at their shapes. We also skiddoo into a bakery where we help to make a banana cake.

    Director:Matt Sheridan
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  4. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 9 - Blue's Birthday
    8.6/10(40 votes)

    #4 - Blue's Birthday

    S2:E9

    Today is Blue's birthday, but we've shown up a little early, so we help to set things up. As we get things set up, we notice things that are out of place or missing and help to make things right. We also play party games and help Steve look for presents in a special skiddoo segment. Many guests come and we watch Blue unwrap presents and also receive some celebrity greetings. To learn more about the video bonus segment for this episode, check the Recap section.

    Director:Traci Paige Johnson
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  5. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 20 - What Story Does Blue Want to Play?
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #5 - What Story Does Blue Want to Play?

    S1:E20

    Steve and Blue have been putting on plays based on stories from books. As we get ready to put on another play, we take a look at all sorts of different stories. When Blue knocks some books out of bookshelf, we take the time to put them back on the shelf and also help some lost characters get back to the proper storybooks that they belong in. Later, we skidoo into a storybook, where we help out Bunny to make a play with us and Steve as the star characters.

    Director:Todd Kessler
    Writer:Todd Kessler

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  6. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 23 - Joe Gets a Clue
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Joe Gets a Clue

    S4:E23

    Steve's brother Joe is over today and we play Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue wants to give Joe as a present. Since it's Joe's first time ever playing Blue's Clues, Steve needs our help teaching him the rules.

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  7. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 15 - Magenta Comes Over
    8.3/10(36 votes)

    #7 - Magenta Comes Over

    S1:E15

    Blue's friend, Magenta is coming over to the Blue's Clues house. As we wait for her and get ready, we help out some of our other friends. We help Shovel and Pail with a game of hide-and-seek in the backyard by following footprints. We help Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper create a snack for Magenta and Blue, using the concept of opposites. A Blue Skidoo segment takes us into a felt frame, where we try to help two Felt Friends dress up in costumes.

    Director:Todd Kessler
    Writers:Michael Smith, Alice Wilder

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  8. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 1 - Steve Gets the Sniffles
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Steve Gets the Sniffles

    S2:E1

    Steve isn't feeling well. He has the sniffles and so we try to help him out while learning about healthy things in the process. While in the kitchen, we categorize healthy snacks with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, then Steve gets a quick check-up with Shovel and Pail. We also skiddoo into a book, where we meet a girl named Jill who wants us to try to figure out what happens in her story when she goes out to play in the rain.

    Director:Matt Sheridan
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  9. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 4 - Math!
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #9 - Math!

    S2:E4

    This episode looks at math, mostly counting, but also basic addition and subtraction. We count the steps that it takes to get to various locations. We also help some of our friends with figuring out who has more or less of something. Then, after figuring that out, we help them to total it. We also skiddoo into a present (gift) store, where Steve takes care of buying a new crayon that he needs and even picks up a special extra something.

    Director:Daniel Silverman
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  10. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 6 - Blue's Big Pajama Party
    8.3/10(28 votes)

    #10 - Blue's Big Pajama Party

    S3:E6

    Blue is having a big pajama party, late at night at the Blue's Clues house. We're invited, but what fun is pajama party if you do nothing but sleep? Blue certainly thinks this and so we have all sorts of fun. We help Shovel and Pail to identify animals that stay awake at night. We even pay a visit to outer space to try and answer the deep question of just why it is that we have night.

    Director:Lucy Walker
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  11. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 3 - The Anything Box
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #11 - The Anything Box

    S4:E3

    When a mysterious box shows up in the backyard of the Blue's Clues house, Steve is disappointed to find that it's empty, but Blue shows him that by using imagination, the box can be anything one pretends it to be. We use this idea to have a lot of fun, pretending that the box is anything from a car to a rocketship. Shovel and Pail manage to get three different uses out of it. We even use it to make it to the top of a high tower in the Blue Skidoo segment.

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Jessica Lissy

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  12. Blue's Clues Season 5 Episode 4 - The Big Book About Us
    8.3/10(33 votes)

    #12 - The Big Book About Us

    S5:E4

    Joe needs to figure out what to put on the front of a book of favorite things. Joe, Blue and the viewers also find stickers for everyone's pages.

    Director:Bruce Caines
    Writer:Koyalee Chanda

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  13. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 6 - Blue's Senses
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Blue's Senses

    S2:E6

    In this episode, we explore our senses, from hearing to touch and more. A hunt for a missing wind-up toy under Steve's bed gets us learning about all sorts of sensations, from something prickly, to something very soft. We test a number of senses when trying to find things while playing ""Lights On, Lights Off."" We also skidoo into a computer game where ""sound notes"" provide us with sounds and we figure out what makes those sounds.

    Director:Alan Zdinak
    Writers:Michael Smith, Alice Wilder

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  14. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 7 - What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #14 - What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?

    S2:E7

    It's clean-up time and as we help Steve and Blue to find things to clean up, Steve gets the idea that we could turn the trash into something else. He draws a recycling logo on the screen and in this episode, we learn all about recycling. We help Steve when he encounters a group of recycling bins to figure out what things go in which bin. We help Tickety to make something neat out of her old stuff. Later, we skidoo into Recycle Town where we help the mayor to find ways to recycle all sorts of things, since nothing in Recycle Town is ever thrown away, it's all recycled.

    Director:Alan Zdinak
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  15. Blue's Clues Season 2 Episode 8 - What Was Blue's Dream About?
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #15 - What Was Blue's Dream About?

    S2:E8

    In this episode, we explore the dreams of the various characters. We also learn that if you try hard enough, sometimes you can change your dream. That way, if you're scared by something, you can make it go away. Additionally, we find out that if you try hard enough, sometimes dreams can come true.

    Director:Paul Zehrer
    Writers:Michael Smith, Alice Wilder

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  16. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 1 - Blue's Big Treasure Hunt
    8.2/10(32 votes)

    #16 - Blue's Big Treasure Hunt

    S3:E1

    When Mailbox provides Steve with a package, it turns out to be a treasure chest, introducing ""Blue's Big Treasure Hunt."" Throughout the episode, we search for both clues and treasure hunt hints (scrolls of paper) to lead us to our goal. We solve riddles for clues and even find secret compartments. We even get to skiddoo into the Land of Great Discovery, where we help out characters from favorite nursery rhymes to remember just what happens in their rhymes.

    Director:Traci Paige Johnson
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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  17. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 8 - Hide and Seek
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Hide and Seek

    S3:E8

    A hide-and-seek game gets us going as we look for things all throughout the episode. For example, we get calls from Felt Friends to help them find things that they're giving each other and so we use their descriptions to figure it out. Later, we skiddoo into Blue's current favorite story, a book where everything is in Blue. We listen to blues style music and try to figure out what Blue's favorite party of the story is.

    Director:Lucy Walker
    Writers:Michael Smith, Alice Wilder

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  18. Blue's Clues Season 3 Episode 32 - Cafe Blue
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Cafe Blue

    S3:E32

    Steve and Blue have set up a restaurant called ""Cafe Blue."" They've got fancy tables and menus, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper as chefs and they can't wait to begin serving food. We help them out with this as they find that it isn't as easy they thought when they're missing some of the things they need for the meal. By working together and using math, logic and observational skills, we help them to prepare meals for Shovel, Pail, Tickety and Periwinkle.

    Director:Alan Zdinak
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  19. Blue's Clues Season 4 Episode 10 - Bugs!
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Bugs!

    S4:E10

    Steve and Blue are going on a bug-watching expedition and we're invited to come along. We help them to spot many neat bugs and once we've found them, we learn more about them and also theorize about why they do the things that they do. We also skidoo into a big bug book. There, we meet up with Antoinette, a worker ant on the first day at the job.

    Director:Jonathan Judge
    Writer:David Simpatico

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  20. Blue's Clues Season 5 Episode 21 - The Alphabet Train
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #20 - The Alphabet Train

    S5:E21

    Joe needs to figure out what Blue wants to put in the final box of a cardboard train called, the "Alphabet Train". Joe, Blue and the viewers also find other friends and objects to put in the other alphabet boxes in the backyard and on a clothesline as well as a magnet board.

    Director:Jonathan Judge
    Writer:Jeff Borkin

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  21. Blue's Clues Season 5 Episode 36 - Blue's First Holiday
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #21 - Blue's First Holiday

    S5:E36

    Joe, Blue and their friends watch a holiday movie about Blue's first holiday. During an intermission, Joe, Blue and the viewers get a surprise phone call from Steve at college and read a holiday card from families who celebrate four different holidays. The holiday movie continues with Blue as a baby playing the first ever game of Blue's Clues in order to find baby Joe's missing duck blanket.

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Adam Peltzman

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  22. Blue's Clues Season 6 Episode 6 - Playdates
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Playdates

    S6:E6

    This episode features ""playdates,"" special time playing with some of the characters in the Blue's Clues house. We blow on the ""Wheel of Playdates,"" having fun Joe, Blue, Mailbox and Periwinkle (but not necessarily in that order!) In a special skidoo segment, Joe performs a musical number about our friendship with him. Later, viewers play pretend with Blue and her playroom friends in ""Blue's Room.""

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Jeff Borkin

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  23. Blue's Clues Season 6 Episode 9 - Bluestock
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Bluestock

    S6:E9

    It's a big musical event when Joe and Blue have the Bluestock concert in the Blue's Clues backyard. Famous artists are on hand, as are many old, familiar songs. We explore a variety of musical styles, from reggae to jazz. We also pay a visit to Blue's Room for a little Mozart, in the form of ""Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star."" There, we learn quite literally just what the little star is.

    Director:Koyalee Chanda
    Writer:Sascha Paladino

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  24. Blue's Clues Season 6 Episode 10 - Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue

    S6:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Blue's Clues Season 1 Episode 1 - Snack Time
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #25 - Snack Time

    S1:E1

    It's our first day visiting the Blue's Clues house and right away we're welcomed in to join in a snack. Although ""snacking"" is the theme of the episode, there's much more to learn about than that. We help out Blue with a painting, show her the colors she needs. We identify foods by shape and later we find about ""Blue Skiddoo"" and visit a farm, where we help some baby chicks in hats to find their friends.

    Director:Todd Kessler
    Writer:Angela Santomero

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Best Episodes Summary

"Steve Goes to College" is the best rated episode of "Blue's Clues". It scored 8.8/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Koyalee Chanda and written by Adam Peltzman, it aired on 4/29/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mailbox's Birthday".