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Leave It to Beaver: Season 2

39 episodes Premiered Oct 2, 1958
Previously on Leave It to Beaver

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Leave It to Beaver Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Beaver's Poem

Oct 2, 1958

Beaver comes to Ward for help on the night before a poetry assignment is due. This prompts Ward to totally take over the project and writes the whole poem himself. Things get com

S2·E2 Core

Eddie's Girl

Oct 9, 1958

A school dance has Eddie swooning over his so-called girl, Caroline. However, it's obvious Eddie has made up their relationship when Wally and him visit her and she instantly beco

S2·E3 Core

Ward's Problem

Oct 16, 1958

Ward must make a decision when a conflict develops concerning which son to spend the weekend with. He can either go on a fishing trip with Wally or take Beaver on a father-son wee

S2·E4 Core

Beaver and Chuey

Oct 23, 1958

Beaver makes a new friend in Chuey Varella but he only speaks Spanish. So Beaver asks Eddie, who has taken Spanish, for some help but Eddie plays a joke on Beaver by feeding him a

S2·E5 Core

The Lost Watch

Oct 30, 1958

While watching Wally and his friends play baseball, Beaver is put in charge of looking after everyone's coats and watches. However, after the game is over Lumpy comes to claim his

S2·E6 Core

Her Idol

Nov 6, 1958

Beaver becomes good friends with a classmate, Linda Dennison. However, their relationship is blown out of proportion by Beaver's classmates who begin to tease him and goad him int

S2·E7 Core

Beaver's Ring

Nov 13, 1958

Being Beaver's godmother, Aunt Martha sends him a gift of a ring that had once belonged to an uncle who was also named Theodore. June cautions Beaver that she doensn't want him ta

S2·E8 Core

The Shave

Nov 20, 1958

When Eddie and some of his other friends brag about shaving, Wally decides it's time he try. After nicking his face, Ward tries to discourage him but this just leads Wally to cont

S2·E9 Core

The Pipe

Nov 27, 1958

Ward receives an antique pipe as a gift from Fred Rutherford and a curious Larry and Beaver decide to try it out. First they use coffee but then they try tobacco. When Ward disco

S2·E10 Core

Wally's New Suit

Dec 4, 1958

Wally needs a new suit for an upcoming dance and he convinces his parents that he's old enough to pick out his own clothes. So he and Beaver go down to the shop and pick out the l

S2·E11 Core

School Play

Dec 11, 1958

A school play has Beaver assigned the role of a canary. However, he doesn't seem to be graceful enough to fly around like a bird. To make matters worse, on the night of the play,

S2·E12 Core

The Visiting Aunts

Dec 18, 1958

Beaver and Wally are all excited about going to the carnival, however, Aunt Martha throws a wrench in their plans when she makes an unexpected visit with a friend of hers, forcing

S2·E13 Core

Happy Weekend

Dec 25, 1958

Ward takes June and the boys away on a trip to a cabin in hopes of experiencing the "great outdoors." However, he quickly discovers getting away from today's modern conveniences w

S2·E14 Core

Wally's Present

Jan 1, 1959

Wally's birthday has him deciding to have a birthday party but Beaver jumps to the conclusion that he won't be invited. While shopping for Wally's present, Larry talks Beaver into

S2·E15 Core

The Grass Is Always Greener

Jan 8, 1959

Beaver and Wally make friends with the garbage man's kids, Chris and Pete. They quickly learn that they take for granted what they have. Simple things like just having a yard to

S2·E16 Core

The Boat Builders

Jan 15, 1959

Wally, Chester and Tooey are building their own boat and plan to sail on it, despite Ward and June's forbidding Wally. Once at the lake, Beaver is the only one small enough to get

S2·E17 Core

Beaver Plays Hooky

Jan 22, 1959

Larry and Beaver find themselves tardy for the third time this week and decide to skip altogether. However, they quickly find themselves being caught when they inadvertently walk

S2·E18 Core

The Garage Painters

Jan 29, 1959

A lazy weekend leads Ward to direct Wally and Beaver to read a book, Tom Sawyer. The book influences them so much that they take on the job of painting the garage doors. However,

S2·E19 Core

Wally's Pug Nose

Feb 5, 1959

When the new girl, Gloria, tells Wally that he has a pug nose, he becomes incredibly self-conscious and purchases a contraption that is suppose to give him a strong Roman nose. Wh

S2·E20 Core

Beaver's Pigeons

Feb 12, 1959

Beaver, Larry, and Whitey begin a pigeon club and they each purchase pigeons of their own. Beaver names his two Miss Canfield and Miss Landers, after his two teachers. However, w

S2·E21 Core

The Tooth

Feb 19, 1959

Beaver learns he has to go to the dentist and that's when his friends tell him some horror stories about the drill the dentist is going to use. This prompts Beaver to become downri

S2·E22 Core

Beaver Gets Adopted

Feb 26, 1959

Wally wins a trophy at school and Beaver accidentally breaks it. This leads Ward to accuse Beaver of being jealous of Wally and that he broke it on purpose. Upset, Beaver decides

S2·E23 Core

The Haunted House

Mar 5, 1959

Beaver and Larry become convinced that the Cooper house is haunted by a witch and Beaver and Larry are scared to death. So when June gets Beaver a job walking Mrs. Cooper's dog, Be

S2·E24 Core

The Bus Ride

Mar 12, 1959

June and Ward allow Wally to escort Beaver on a bus to a friends house in Crystal Falls. However, on one of the stops, Beaver inadvertently gets on the wrong bus that takes him ba

S2·E25 Core

Beaver and Gilbert

Mar 19, 1959

The Cleavers have new neighbors in the Gates family and Beaver befriends their son, Gilbert Gates (his last name was suddenly changed to Bates in a later episode). However, Ward,

S2·E26 Core

The Price of Fame

Mar 26, 1959

While staying after school cleaning the chalkboards, Larry convinces Beaver that Mrs. Rayburn keeps a spanking machine in the closest in her office. Later, a curious Beaver sneaks

S2·E27 Core

A Horse Named Nick

Apr 2, 1959

Beaver and Wally get jobs at the circus cleaning the animals and a promise to each be payed $10.00 at the end of the week. However, when the end of the week comes and there is no p

S2·E28 Core

Beaver's Hero

Apr 9, 1959

Beaver discovers that Ward was in WWII and brags to his classmates that Ward was a war hero. As usual, his classmates don't believe him and Beaver promises to bring in some memento

S2·E29 Core

Beaver Says Goodbye

Apr 16, 1959

Ward makes an offer on a house located in a neighboring town and Beaver believes moving is going to be a sure thing. This leads him to tell all his classmates that he's moving, le

S2·E30 Core

Beaver's Newspaper

Apr 23, 1959

While cleaning in the garage, Beaver and Wally come across an old typewriter. Beaver decides to fix it up and begin his own newspaper with Larry. However, Wally stands in his way

S2·E31 Core

Beaver's Sweater

Apr 30, 1959

Beaver sees an Eskimo sweater in a store window and becomes determined to get one. He finally convinces Ward and June to get him one, but the first day he wears it to school, he se

S2·E32 Core

Friendship

May 7, 1959

Beaver spends the weekend at Larry's, but the first night there they get into a terrible argument and Beaver goes home angry. After Ward tells Beaver a story about Damon and Pythia

S2·E33 Core

Dance Contest

May 14, 1959

Wally gets an invitation to attend a cotillion with Mary Ellen Rogers. At first he wants to turn down the invitation, but then decides to go anyway, despite the fact that Mary Ell

S2·E34 Core

Wally's Haircomb

May 21, 1959

Wally begins combing his hair a new way, inspired by a fad started by Eddie that has swept his school. However, June and Ward are aghast at his hairdo and June becomes determined t

S2·E35 Core

The Cookie Fund

May 28, 1959

Beaver and Larry have been put in charge of the class cookie fund and are taking turns guarding the money. A new kid takes advantage of them and cons Beaver and Larry out of three

S2·E36 Core

Forgotten Party

Jun 4, 1959

An old friend of Beaver's, David Manning, invites him to a birthday party and Beaver promises to attend, but as the week passes, Beaver forgets all about it. When the day arrives,

S2·E37 Core

Beaver the Athlete

Jun 11, 1959

After getting a poor grade in gym class on his report card, Beaver becomes determined to prove to everyone that he is a good athlete, so he signs up to play baseball where it's the

S2·E38 Mytharc

Found Money

Jun 18, 1959

Larry invites Beaver to the carnival and tells him that his mother will treat him. However, when Mrs. Mondello refuses to give Larry money, Larry decides to find some. He throws so

S2·E39 Mytharc

Most Interesting Character

Jun 25, 1959

Miss Landers assigns Beaver's class to write a short essay about the most interesting character they know. While Judy writes about her dad, Beaver debates over whom he should write