Leave It to Beaver - Season 2

Leave It to Beaver - Season 2

Season 2

The second season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 2, 1958 and concluded on June 25, 1959. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the first season that the show was originally aired on ABC after the first season was televised in CBS.
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Episodes39
DatesOct 2, 1958 - Jun 25, 1959
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Episodes

Beaver's Poem
Season 2Episode 130 min

Beaver's Poem

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 complicated when Beaver wins an award for the poem and Ward is faced with explaining the truth to Beaver's principal.
Oct 2, 1958
Eddie's Girl
Season 2Episode 230 min

Eddie's Girl

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 becomes smitten with Wally.
Oct 9, 1958
Ward's Problem
Season 2Episode 330 min

Ward's Problem

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 weekend. Thinking Ward is going to go fishing with Wally, Beaver makes up a wild story when his classmates start to tease him.
Oct 16, 1958
Beaver and Chuey
Season 2Episode 430 min

Beaver and Chuey

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 sentence in Spanish which ultimately insults Chuey.
Oct 23, 1958
The Lost Watch
Season 2Episode 530 min

The Lost Watch

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 watch, but Beaver has no watch to give him.
Oct 30, 1958
Her Idol
Season 2Episode 630 min

Her Idol

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 into insulting Linda, to prove that she isn't his girl.
Nov 6, 1958
Beaver's Ring
Season 2Episode 730 min

Beaver's Ring

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 taking it to school, but he sneaks off to school with it anyways. This leads to a confrontation between his peers that ends with him getting the ring stuck on his finger.
Nov 13, 1958
The Shave
Season 2Episode 830 min

The Shave

After hearing his friends brag about how long they've been shaving, Wally decides that it's time for him to start shaving as well. However, when Ward finds out what Wally's up to, he tries to convince his son to wait until he really has to.

Nov 20, 1958
The Pipe
Season 2Episode 930 min

The Pipe

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 discovers someone has used the pipe, he jumps to the conclusion that Wally is the culprit.
Nov 27, 1958
Wally's New Suit
Season 2Episode 1030 min

Wally's New Suit

Wally wants to buy a new suit without the help from his father after Eddie suggests he's old enough to do the job on his own. After arriving home with a suit that doesn't suit his style, Wally doesn't agree with his parents that he should go back to the store for something more suitable. They soon devise a plan to get Wally to see things their way.

Dec 4, 1958
School Play
Season 2Episode 1130 min

School Play

A school play has Beaver and his classmates be assigned parts and Beaver is 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, Ward's words of encouragement lead to Beaver coming down with a case of stage fright.
Dec 11, 1958
The Visiting Aunts
Season 2Episode 1230 min

The Visiting Aunts

The boys plans to go to a carnival in a neighboring town get dashed when Aunt Martha calls for a surprise visit.

Dec 18, 1958
Happy Weekend
Season 2Episode 1330 min

Happy Weekend

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 will be more difficult than he anticipated.
Dec 25, 1958
Wally's Present
Season 2Episode 1430 min

Wally's Present

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 spending his money on a bow and arrow set for himself and buying a cheap gift for Wally.
Jan 1, 1959
The Grass is Always Greener
Season 2Episode 1530 min

The Grass is Always Greener

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 play in leave Chris and Pete in awe.
Jan 8, 1959
The Boat Builders
Season 2Episode 1630 min

The Boat Builders

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 in it and once on the water, the boat tips over, leaving a soaked Beaver behind. However, it's trying to keep their afternoon of boating a secret from Ward and June that's really going to wipe Wally and Beaver out.
Jan 15, 1959
Beaver Plays Hooky
Season 2Episode 1730 min

Beaver Plays Hooky

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 on the set of a live TV show.
Jan 22, 1959
The Garage Painters
Season 2Episode 1830 min

The Garage Painters

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, they soon find the job to be awfully boring and messy. Chaos erupts when neighbor Benjie Bellamy stops by wanting to help.
Jan 29, 1959
Wally's Pug Nose
Season 2Episode 1930 min

Wally's Pug Nose

When a new girl at school makes fun of Wally's appearance, he becomes self-conscious and turns to a mail-order advertisement to help change his shape of his nose.

Feb 5, 1959
Beaver's Pigeons
Season 2Episode 2030 min

Beaver's Pigeons

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, when Beaver comes down with chicken pox, Wally is forced into caring for them, but soon finds Beaver isn't the only one ill - Miss Canfield and Miss Landers are also ailing.
Feb 12, 1959
The Tooth
Season 2Episode 2130 min

The Tooth

After going to the dentist with a toothache, Beaver get scared to have his cavity filled after Lumpy scares him with tall tales how the dentist will fill it.

Feb 19, 1959
Beaver Gets Adopted
Season 2Episode 2230 min

Beaver Gets Adopted

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 to get new parents and heads to an adoption agency.
Feb 26, 1959
The Haunted House
Season 2Episode 2330 min

The Haunted House

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, Beaver's fear gets the best of him.
Mar 5, 1959
The Bus Ride
Season 2Episode 2430 min

The Bus Ride

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 back to Mayfield.
Mar 12, 1959
Beaver and Gilbert
Season 2Episode 2530 min

Beaver and Gilbert

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, June and Wally quickly realize the obvious when Beaver comes home with all kinds of wild stories that Gilbert has told and that Beaver is convinced are true.
Mar 19, 1959
Price of Fame
Season 2Episode 2630 min

Price of Fame

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 a peek but soon finds himself locked in the principal's office. Beaver's fame doesn't go over well with his family but Beaver has another problem on his hands: he's just gotten his head stuck in an iron fence at the park.
Mar 26, 1959
A Horse Named Nick
Season 2Episode 2730 min

A Horse Named Nick

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 payment in sight, Beaver and Wally instead become the proud owners of a horse named Nicholas, and they hide him in the garage.
Apr 2, 1959
Beaver's Hero
Season 2Episode 2830 min

Beaver's Hero

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 mementos to prove it. At home, Beaver discovers that Ward was an engineer in the war and didn't actually fight in combat, leaving Beaver to take drastic measures so as not to look like a fool in front of his classmates.
Apr 9, 1959
Beaver Says Good-bye
Season 2Episode 2930 min

Beaver Says Good-bye

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, leading his classmates to throw him a goodbye party and give him going away presents. When the deal falls through, Beaver must tell his class that he won't be moving after all.
Apr 16, 1959
Beaver's Newspaper
Season 2Episode 3030 min

Beaver's Newspaper

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 by claiming the typewriter is his property.
Apr 23, 1959
Beaver's Sweater
Season 2Episode 3130 min

Beaver's Sweater

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 sees Judy Hensler wearing the same sweater.
Apr 30, 1959
Friendship
Season 2Episode 3230 min

Friendship

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 Pythias, Beaver and Larry swear to die for each other. Larry then promptly demands that Beaver give him his homework to prove himself.
May 7, 1959
Dance Contest
Season 2Episode 3330 min

Dance Contest

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 Ellen has signed them up to do the cha-cha in a dance contest.
May 14, 1959
Wally's Haircomb
Season 2Episode 3430 min

Wally's Haircomb

When Wally decides to style his hair in the latest fad, Ward and June try to find a way to convince him to change it back.

May 21, 1959
The Cookie Fund
Season 2Episode 3530 min

The Cookie Fund

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 dollars from the fund.
May 28, 1959
Forgotten Party
Season 2Episode 3630 min

Forgotten Party

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, June, Ward and Wally scramble to find the Beaver who is spending the day wandering around town with Larry.
Jun 4, 1959
Beaver the Athlete
Season 2Episode 3730 min

Beaver the Athlete

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 boys versus the girls.
Jun 11, 1959
Found Money
Season 2Episode 3830 min

Found Money

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 some of his mother's money out the window and when Beaver comes over, Larry pretends as if he's found some money.
Jun 18, 1959
Most Interesting Character
Season 2Episode 3930 min

Most Interesting Character

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 about. Beaver finally decides to write about Ward, but Beaver isn't sure if Ward is interesting enough.
Jun 25, 1959

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