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The Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver Season 1

Every episode of Leave It to Beaver Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Leave It to Beaver Season 1!

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An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 19 - The Bank Account
    8.7/10(293 votes)

    S1:E19

    Ward tries to teach Wally and Beaver the importance of saving by giving them a piggy bank. The boys quickly save up a handful of change and are all ready to spend it on some baseball equipment. However, unknown to their parents, they change their minds and decide to spend the money on a most unselfish gift.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Phil Leslie, Bob Mosher

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  2. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 24 - The State vs. Beaver
    8.3/10(224 votes)

    S1:E24

    Ward helps Beaver and Wally build a miniature race car powered by a lawn mower motor and Ward makes the boys promise not to use it without him being with them. Later, Larry talks Beaver into taking it for a spin resulting in being pulled over by a traffic officer.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  3. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 4 - The Haircut
    8.2/10(325 votes)

    S1:E4

    After losing his lunch money for three days in a row, Ward gives Beaver one last chance by letting him handle his haircut money. However, when he loses that too, Beaver decides to give himself a haircut just days before he's scheduled to be an angel in a play.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Bill Manhoff

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  4. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 7 - Water, Anyone?
    8.2/10(290 votes)

    S1:E7

    Wally and his friends are trying to earn enough money to buy baseball uniforms. They put a plan into action by doing their chores at a slow pace in order to maximize their hourly pay. Meanwhile, Beaver, also wanting to be on the team, begins selling water to his family and neighbors.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Clifford Goldsmith

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  5. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 11 - Beaver's Short Pants
    8.2/10(268 votes)

    S1:E11

    When June goes on a trip to visit her sister, Peggy, June's Aunt Martha steps in and stays with Ward and the boys. Ward and the boys do their best not to hurt Martha's feelings, but Beaver has the hardest time when she buys him a suit, knee socks, a cap, and short pants and makes him wear the outfit to school.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  6. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 13 - Voodoo Magic
    8.2/10(268 votes)

    S1:E13

    June and Ward make Wally and Beaver promise that they won't go to the movies and see a scary movie. However, Wally and Beaver are talked into seeing it, thanks to Wally's so-called best friend, Eddie Haskell. The movie has quite an influence on Beaver, who makes a voodoo doll, names it Eddie Haskell, and sticks it with pins.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Bill Manhoff

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  7. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 16 - Lumpy Rutherford
    8.2/10(267 votes)

    S1:E16

    The local bully, Lumpy Rutherford, has been picking on Beaver and Wally and, thanks to a story Ward tells them, they decide to play a joke on Lumpy. However, their ploy catches the wrong person—Lumpy's father and Ward's co-worker Fred Rutherford, is caught in the trap.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  8. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 26 - Train Trip
    8.2/10(222 votes)

    S1:E26

    After a week long visit with their Aunt Martha, Wally and Beaver prepare to head home to Mayfield on a train. After talking Martha into letting them buy their own tickets, they discover they're short the money after spending it on junk food and find themselves wondering how they are going to get home.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  9. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 1 - Beaver Gets 'Spelled
    8.0/10(404 votes)

    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.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  10. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 2 - Captain Jack
    8.0/10(347 votes)

    S1:E2

    Beaver and Wally send away for an alligator and they secretly keep it in the bathroom. When the alligator falls ill, the boys get some advice from Captain Jack, an owner of an alligator farm. However, keeping him a secret is going to be hard, the alligator is growing and they need a new place to keep him without June and Ward finding out.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  11. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 27 - My Brother's Girl
    8.0/10(241 votes)

    S1:E27

    An eighth grade dance has Wally being pressured into attending with a girl, instead of going stag with Eddie. However, Mary Ellen Rogers becomes determined to have Wally take her and goes through Beaver to get to him.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 32 - Beaver's Old Friend
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    S1:E32

    Wally and Beaver are helping Ward clean out the garage when they run across Beaver's old teddy bear, Billy. Beaver reluctantly throws him away after Ward and Wally tell him he's too old for dolls. However, Beaver changes his mind but he's too late, the garbage truck came, which leads Beaver to take drastic measures to get him back.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Roland MacLane, Dick Conway

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  13. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 3 - The Black Eye
    7.9/10(306 votes)

    S1:E3

    Beaver comes home with a black eye and Ward is upset when he learns that Beaver didn't fight back. This leads Ward to teach Beaver how to defend himself. Little does Ward know that the person who punched Beaver is a girl, Violet Rutherford, the daughter of one of Ward's co-workers.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 10 - Wally's Girl Trouble
    7.9/10(239 votes)

    S1:E10

    Wally and Beaver dread attending dance school, so when suddenly Wally takes a liking in it, June and Ward are dumbfounded. It seems Wally has developed a crush on a girl named Penny and Beaver soon feels neglected and left out when Wally begins spending all his time with her.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Ben Gershman, Mel Diamond

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  15. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 25 - The Broken Window
    7.9/10(213 votes)

    S1:E25

    While playing baseball in the street with Wally, Chester and Tooey, Eddie hits a baseball through the Cleaver's window resulting in Ward forbidding the boys to play baseball so close to the house. However, later, Beaver talks Wally into pitching one, but this results in a broken car window.

    Director:James Neilson
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  16. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 5 - New Neighbors
    7.8/10(291 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Cleavers have new neighbors, the Donaldsons, and June sends Beaver over to welcome them with a vase of flowers. However, when Mrs. Donaldson thanks Beaver by kissing him on the cheek, Beaver becomes convinced that Mr. Donaldson will kill him because he let a married woman kiss him, and it's all thanks to Eddie Haskell, who planted that idea in Beaver's mind.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  17. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 8 - Beaver's Crush
    7.8/10(272 votes)

    S1:E8

    Beaver has a crush on his teacher, Miss Canfield. When Judy, Whitey and Larry tease him for being a 'teacher's pet,' Beaver tries to prove them wrong and places a spring snake in her desk. However, Beaver has second thoughts and becomes determined to remove the snake before she finds it.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 12 - The Perfume Salesmen
    7.8/10(227 votes)

    S1:E12

    Wally and Beaver want to win a fancy film projector. In order to get it they have to sell 24 bottles of perfume. However, the appalling aroma of the perfume quickly leads to zero sales and has Ward trying to think up a sales gimmick.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Ben Gershman, Mel Diamond

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  19. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 15 - Party Invitation
    7.8/10(249 votes)

    S1:E15

    Beaver is invited to Linda Dennison's birthday party and quickly discovers that he is the only boy that she invited. Fearing for his reputation, Beaver tries his best to get out of attending, but June and Ward are insistent, not aware of the situation Beaver's in.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Ben Gershman, Mel Diamond

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  20. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 23 - Beaver and Poncho
    7.8/10(238 votes)

    S1:E23

    Beaver makes a trade with Larry Mondello: a glass doorknob for a Chihuahua. Larry found the dog in his garbage can, so when Beaver brings it home, Ward immediately breaks the news that he's going to place an ad in the lost and found and that Beaver probably won't be able to keep the dog. Despite this, Beaver quickly begins to grow close to the little pooch.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  21. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 34 - Beaver's Bad Day
    7.8/10(208 votes)

    S1:E34

    An incident at the park leads to Beaver ripping the pants on his gray flannel suit. When he's questioned by Ward and June he makes up a wild story that his parents quickly see through. Lectured in telling the truth, Beaver does just that when the pants of his other suit are ripped but Ward and June don't believe him.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, John Whedon

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  22. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 37 - Beaver Runs Away
    7.8/10(212 votes)

    S1:E37

    Larry gets Beaver into trouble when he goads Beaver into trying out Ward's drill and in the end there are two holes in the garage wall. Ward hits the roof and scolds Beaver who in turn decides to run away.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  23. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 38 - Beaver's Guest
    7.8/10(187 votes)

    S1:E38

    Beaver is all excited to have his friend, Larry Mondello, stay over for the weekend. However, things start off on the wrong foot when Beaver and Larry get into a fight ending with Beaver punching Larry in the stomach.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

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  24. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 14 - Part-Time Genius
    7.7/10(235 votes)

    S1:E14

    After taking an IQ test, Beaver scores the highest in his class and Mrs. Rayburn suggests that it would be best if Beaver went to a special school where his abilities can be challenged. However, little does anyone know that everything is not as it seems.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Leave It to Beaver Season 1 Episode 17 - The Paper Route
    7.7/10(217 votes)

    S1:E17

    Wally and Beaver want to get brand new bike and they ask Ward for some money. He suggests that they earn the money. This leads Wally and Beaver to get a job delivering papers. Later, while trying to help the boys out, Ward and June inadvertently almost get Wally and Beaver fired.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writers:Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, Fran van Hartesveldt

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Bank Account" is the best rated episode of "Leave It to Beaver" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 293 votes. Directed by Norman Tokar and written by Joe Connelly, Phil Leslie, Bob Mosher, it aired on 2/14/1958. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The State vs. Beaver".