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The New Leave It to Beaver Season 3 Episodes

Season 3 Episode Guide

21 Episodes 1987 - 1988

Episode 1

It's a Small World

Sun, Oct 4, 1987

The 1957 pilot for the original series that had different actors for Ward and Wally, different roles for actors who played Mr. Rutherford and Miss Canfield, and an Eddie Haskell-type character played by Harry Shaearer.

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Episode 2

First Base

Mon, Oct 19, 1987

Kelly hosts her first boy-girl party where she and Oliver get their chance at a first kiss in a game of Spin the Bottle. Also the debut of Troy Davidson as the suddenly preschool-age Kevin, son of Wally and Mary Ellen.

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Episode 3

A Part of Life

Mon, Oct 26, 1987

When June's Aunt Martha dies, Kelly struggles to find the strength to attend the funeral, plus a flashback to 7 years earlier with younger-aged Kelly and Oliver played by real-life siblings of Kaleena Kiff and John Snee.

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Episode 4

Life Without Father

Mon, Nov 2, 1987

Freddie forces a reunion with his estranged father and grandfather during his birthday party with uncomfortable results "Eddie's father played by original series actor George O. Petrie".

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Episode 5

Perfect Harmony

Mon, Nov 9, 1987

Kip's aspiring-star girlfriend creates a rift in the band and his relationship with Freddie as they sing Fire in the Gym, and Jerry Mathers revives his 1960s record Happiness Is by singing with Kip and Freddie.

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Episode 6

Between Friends

Mon, Nov 16, 1987

Beaver's son Oliver (John Snee) gets upset when his best friend Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi as Vonni) becomes the boyfriend of his cousin Kelly (Kaleena Kiff).

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Episode 7

The Terrible Lizards

Mon, Nov 30, 1987

Kelly gets her first phone and Oliver finds a dinosaur bone "Jack Dodson, Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show", while Wally is bothered by the blossoming romance of Kelly with Duffy.

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Episode 8

See You in Court

Mon, Dec 7, 1987

While Wally is trying to defend Eddie in court he winds up going after him when Eddie's shenanigans cause Wally and Mary Ellen to miss their gift vacation from Beaver and Lumpy to Key West.

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Episode 9

Oops

Mon, Dec 21, 1987

When Kelly accidentally deletes Mary Ellen's first story for her new job at the Mayfield newspaper, she makes it worse by submitting her own story that gets her mother fired.

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Episode 10

Drivers Ed

Mon, Jan 18, 1988

Wally's concern about lending his classic 1960 Thunderbird to newly-licensed driver Kip to impress a date turns out to be warranted.

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Episode 11

Ensign Cleaver

Mon, Feb 1, 1988

June reminisces (black-and-white re-creations) about the night she met Ward at a USO dance, his awkward first steps, his charm that won her over, and Aunt Martha trying to prevent her from seeing him again.

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Episode 12

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Mon, Feb 8, 1988

When Kip connects Oliver with his date's younger sister, all goes so well that Oliver falls head-over-heels in love and smothers the girl, leading to her dumping him just before a dance

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Episode 13

Don't Go Changing

Mon, Feb 15, 1988

When Mayfield outlaws people living and sleeping on public property, Freddie and June open their homes to homeless Hank, Freddie's billboard contest friend.

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Episode 14

And Everybody's Happy

Mon, Feb 22, 1988

Wally goes ballistic when he finds Duffy (Giovanni Ribisi) in Kelly's bedroom late at night, but then struggles to choose between him and Kelly's intentionally worse second choice, Bomber Haskell (Christian Osmond).

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Episode 15

Wrap Party

Mon, Feb 29, 1988

Cast and crew celebrate halfway point of season with a party, songs, and comments, as well as a tribute by Tony Dow to series creator Joe Connelly at his home with his extended family.

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Episode 16

Junior Prom

Mon, Apr 18, 1988

Kip callously dumps his date for the junior prom when his first choice accepts his offer at the last-minute, while Freddie struggles to raise enough cash to pay for a hot date, leaving both of them together alone on prom night.

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Episode 17

Teenage Rebellion

Mon, Apr 25, 1988

Oliver makes his family's life miserable when he isn't allowed to get a slingshot and talks Kelly into defying her parents' orders to clean her room, leading to a lengthy and disruptive stand-off.

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Episode 18

Pacific Overture

Mon, May 2, 1988

June falls for a Japanese client of Beaver's and Lumpy's and winds up in a long, passionate kiss with him before learning something disturbing about him, all while Wally is suffering from back pains.

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Episode 19

Madcap Dreams

Mon, May 9, 1988

A depressed Eddie Haskell suddenly decides he should become a country-western singer at a local talent show that doesn't go well, while Wally tries to help his young son Kevin ride his bicycle without training wheels.

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Episode 20

Day Dreamin'

Mon, May 16, 1988

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson plays a singing teacher in one of four elaborate musical numbers dramatizing Kip's infatuation with a "New Girl in School," and another in which each member of the cast sings solo

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Episode 21

The End of the World

Tue, May 24, 1988

The final appearance of Giovanni Ribisi (billed here as Vonnie) as Ollie's best friend and Kelly's boyfriend, Duffy finds Kelly becoming jealous of a flirting girl which leads to their break up.

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