1957

S5.E1 ∙ Wally Goes Steady

Fri, Sep 29, 1961

When Wally and his girlfriend, Evelyn, frequently double date with Evelyn's older sister, Judy, and her husband, Tom, Ward and June worry that spending so much time with the happy couple will make Wally forgo college for marriage ... especially after Ward's chance encounter with the girls' father reveals that Wally and Evelyn may be secretly going steady.

7.7 /10

S5.E2 ∙ No Time for Babysitters

Fri, Oct 06, 1961

Beaver tries to hide from his friends the fact that he still has to have a babysitter when Wally and his parents are gone.

7.9 /10

S5.E3 ∙ Wally's Car

Fri, Oct 13, 1961

Wally buys his first car, a non-running jalopy which becomes a blight on the neighborhood.

8 /10

S5.E4 ∙ Beaver's Birthday

Fri, Oct 20, 1961

At breakfast, Ward and June convince Beaver to bank his birthday money instead of buying the model race car he really wants; but when Uncle Billy's ten dollar cash gift arrives in the mail later in the day, sneaky friend Gilbert urges Beaver to keep the money a secret and use it to buy the car.

7.6 /10

S5.E5 ∙ Beaver's Cat Problem

Fri, Nov 03, 1961

When Beaver feeds a neighbor's wandering cat and the cat keeps coming back for more, the Cleavers think of a creative way to make the cat stay in his own yard.

7.4 /10

S5.E6 ∙ Wally's Weekend Job

Fri, Nov 10, 1961

After seeing all the girls swoon over Wally at his new job at a soda fountain, jealous Lumpy and Eddie plan revenge on Wally.

8.4 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Beaver Takes a Drive

Fri, Nov 17, 1961

When Ward and June are away, Beaver and Gilbert play in the car and it ends up rolling down the driveway into the middle of the street. Just as Wally is driving it back, a cop comes by and gives him a ticket for driving without a license, and he has to go to traffic court.

7.9 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Wally's Big Date

Fri, Nov 24, 1961

Eddie tricks Wally into taking a tall girl to a school dance.

8.3 /10

S5.E9 ∙ Beaver's Ice Skates

Fri, Dec 01, 1961

Beaver is too embarrassed to admit to his parents that a store salesman has taken advantage of him by convincing the gullible boy to buy ice skates three sizes too big.

7.5 /10

S5.E10 ∙ Weekend Invitation

Fri, Dec 08, 1961

Wally must decide whether or not to tell his parents when he learns that a week-end party with friends at a lakeside cabin will be unchaperoned.

7.7 /10

S5.E11 ∙ Beaver's English Test

Fri, Dec 15, 1961

Beaver and schoolmate Gilbert don't know if they should tell their English teacher that they scored highly on a pop quiz because the questions were the same as the ones they had memorized the night before from one of Wally's old tests.

7.7 /10

S5.E12 ∙ Wally's Chauffeur

Fri, Dec 22, 1961

Wally is embarrassed to be seen by his friends arriving at a fancy country club dance in a car driven by his date.

7.7 /10

S5.E13 ∙ Beaver's First Date

Fri, Dec 29, 1961

Beaver's dread turns to relief when he learns Wally is picked to chaperon his first dance...with a girl!...and knows he can depend on his savvy older brother for much needed advice.

7.3 /10

S5.E14 ∙ Ward's Golf Clubs

Fri, Jan 05, 1962

Beaver scurries to replace his dad's driver after a swing at a golf ball results in a headless club, unaware that Ward had broken it himself earlier that morning.

7.6 /10

S5.E15 ∙ Farewell to Penny

Fri, Jan 12, 1962

Beaver learns a girl he fights with is moving out of town.

7.7 /10

S5.E16 ∙ Beaver, the Bunny

Fri, Jan 19, 1962

Embarrassed Beaver not only has to play the part of a cute bunny rabbit in the school pageant but ends up having to walk to the performance in the cuddly costume.

6.9 /10

S5.E17 ∙ Beaver's Electric Trains

Fri, Jan 26, 1962

After agreeing to let June give away his old electric train set to neighbor Johnny Battson, Beaver decides to pretend the trains are broken and keep them for himself. But his sneaky plan doesn't account for big brother Wally falling under the spell of little Johnny's pretty, teenage sister.

7.2 /10

S5.E18 ∙ Beaver's Long Night

Fri, Feb 02, 1962

Spooked by a cops-and-robbers movie and absent parents, Beaver calls the police when Lumpy Rutherford comes to the Cleaver house in a "suspicious car" and a gangster costume to pick Wally up for a masquerade party.

7.8 /10

S5.E19 ∙ Beaver's Jacket

Fri, Feb 09, 1962

Ward finds out first hand why his youngest son's middle name is trouble just by giving his permission for the Beaver to buy an expensive leather jacket just like the one he admired on his friend Richard.

7.4 /10

S5.E20 ∙ Nobody Loves Me

Fri, Feb 16, 1962

Feeling picked-on and ignored, Beaver believes his buddy, Richard, who tells him he's reached the age when his parents have stopped loving him because he's awkward and ugly.

7.2 /10

S5.E21 ∙ Beaver's Fear

Fri, Feb 23, 1962

Beaver is reluctant to go to the amusement park with Wally and the older boys after Richard and Whitey tell him how scary the roller coaster ride is.

8.1 /10

S5.E22 ∙ Three Boys and a Burro

Fri, Mar 02, 1962

Beaver convinces his parents to let him go in with friends Richard and Gilbert to buy a cute, little burro; but Beaver's promise that "Pepe" will never have to stay in the Cleaver's yard may be impossible to keep.

6.6 /10

S5.E23 ∙ Eddie Quits School

Fri, Mar 09, 1962

All the guys are jealous when Eddie Haskell's dad allows him to drop out of high school, especially when he brags about the money he's making in his new job; but best friend Wally isn't sure that Eddie is as happy as he seems to be with his newfound independence.

7.9 /10

S5.E24 ∙ Wally Stays at Lumpy's

Fri, Mar 16, 1962

Wally and the Beaver arrange each other's overnight plans without telling Ward and June.

7.5 /10

S5.E25 ∙ Beaver's Laundry

Fri, Mar 23, 1962

Wally comes to the rescue after Beaver lets his pal Richard do the Rickover family laundry in the Cleaver washing machine, "bailing" the inexperienced younger boys out when laundry day turns into soapy mayhem.

7.6 /10

S5.E26 ∙ Lumpy's Car Trouble

Fri, Mar 30, 1962

Wally breaks the rules for borrowing the family car.

8 /10

S5.E27 ∙ Beaver the Babysitter

Fri, Apr 06, 1962

Beaver is happy to free Wally up for a date by offering to babysit for the Murdock's five-year-old boy, Chuckie, until he finds out that he'll be sitting with Chuckie's ten-year-old sister, Patty, instead.

7.4 /10

S5.E28 ∙ The Younger Brother

Fri, Apr 13, 1962

When Ward urges Beaver to follow in Wally's footsteps and become the next Cleaver basketball star, Beaver tries out for the City Park basketball team. But Beaver finds he lacks his older brother's talent for the sport and, afraid to disappoint his dad, doesn't tell anyone when he is cut on the first day of practice.

7.4 /10

S5.E29 ∙ Beaver's Typewriter

Fri, Apr 20, 1962

Beaver finds that learning to type on his new typewriter is harder than it looks and is once again reminded that accepting help from Eddie Haskell is never...ever...a good idea.

7.6 /10

S5.E30 ∙ The Merchant Marine

Fri, Apr 27, 1962

Angry with his dad for taking his car keys away, Lumpy Rutherford decides to secretly join the Merchant Marine Corp and has the enlistment information sent to the Cleaver's address instead of his own. Trying to be a good friend, Wally hides the Corp literature in his room; but, when June finds it while cleaning, she's sure that a break-up with his girlfriend and a recent reprimand from Ward have made Wally unhappy enough to leave home.

8 /10

S5.E31 ∙ Brother vs. Brother

Fri, May 04, 1962

Beaver feels betrayed when the first girl he ever likes falls for big brother Wally as soon as she sees him..

7.6 /10

S5.E32 ∙ The Yard Birds

Fri, May 11, 1962

Wally and Beaver reluctantly give up their Saturday morning to clean the yard, miss the garbage man's pick-up deadline and go from the frying pan into the fire when they trust Eddie Haskell and Lumpy Rutherford to take the trash to the dump in Lumpy's car.

7.8 /10

S5.E33 ∙ Tennis, Anyone

Fri, May 18, 1962

Wally doesn't know that pretty Carole has asked him to be her tennis partner just to make her boyfriend, Don, jealous.

8 /10

S5.E34 ∙ One of the Boys

Fri, May 25, 1962

Wally and Eddie are excited to be judged 'cool' enough to be invited to join The Barons, a popular school club, especially when the perks seem to include pretty girls and fast sports cars.

7.5 /10

S5.E35 ∙ Sweatshirt Monsters

Fri, Jun 01, 1962

Beaver and his friends buy fad "monster" sweatshirts and agree to wear them to school on the same day but Beaver is the only one who manages to sneak out of his house in the gruesome attire and suffers the consequences of violating the school's dress code...and his parents trust.

7.6 /10

S5.E36 ∙ A Night in the Woods

Fri, Jun 08, 1962

When their week-end dating plans are ruined by Wally's promise to take Beaver and his buddies camping, Lumpy and Eddie connive to free up their pal by trying to scare the young campers into coming home early.

8.3 /10

S5.E37 ∙ Long Distance Call

Fri, Jun 15, 1962

While Ward and June are out for the day, Beaver is convinced by his visiting friends, Gilbert and Alan, to split the cost of a long distance phone call to Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, Don Drysdale. But the prank costs much more than they expect when the boys are left on hold while the famous baseball player finishes his shower.

7.7 /10

S5.E38 ∙ Stocks and Bonds

Fri, Jun 22, 1962

Ward decides to teach Wally a real-life lesson in economics by helping him and Beaver invest one hundred dollars in the stock market. But when the nice, solid utility stock recommended by their dad doesn't show much activity, the boys decide to take Eddie Haskell's advice and buy risky, but rising, space tech stock.

7.7 /10