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The Best Episodes of Over the Garden Wall Season 1

Every episode of Over the Garden Wall Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Over the Garden Wall Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 10 - The Unknown
    9.4/10(4274 votes)

    S1:E10

    The Beast has come. The final chapter begins.

    Director:Nate Cash
    Writers:Tom Herpich, Jim Campbell, Natasha Allegri

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  2. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 9 - Into the Unknown
    9.1/10(3808 votes)

    S1:E9

    The origin of Wirt and Greg’s descent into the Unknown reveals itself.

    Director:Nate Cash
    Writers:Zac Gorman, Vi-Dieu Nguyen, Cole Sanchez

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  3. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 7 - The Ringing of the Bell
    8.8/10(3616 votes)

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:Patrick McHale, Tom Herpich, Bert Youn

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  4. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 6 - Lullaby in Frogland
    8.5/10(3528 votes)

    S1:E6

    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
    Writers:Bert Youn, Nick Edwards

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  5. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 2 - Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee
    8.4/10(3892 votes)

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Patrick McHale, Aaron Renier, Bert Youn

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  6. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 4 - Songs of the Dark Lantern
    8.2/10(3591 votes)

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Bert Youn, Steven A. MacLeod, Pendleton Ward

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  7. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 8 - Babes in the Wood
    8.0/10(3456 votes)

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Bert Youn, Jim Campbell, Mark Bodnar

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  8. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 1 - The Old Grist Mill
    7.9/10(4031 votes)

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Steve Wolfhard, Zac Gorman, Natasha Allegri

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  9. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 5 - Mad Love
    7.9/10(3501 votes)

    S1:E5

    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
    Writers:Zac Gorman, Natasha Allegri

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  10. Over the Garden Wall Season 1 Episode 3 - Schooltown Follies
    7.7/10(3751 votes)

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Jim Campbell, Laura Park

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Unknown" is the best rated episode of Over the Garden Wall season 1. It scored 9.4/10 from 4,274 votes. Directed by Nate Cash and written by Tom Herpich, Jim Campbell, Natasha Allegri, it aired on November 7, 2014. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Into the Unknown".