What Happened in the Final Episode of ‘Leave It to Beaver’?

Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers in Leave it to Beaver
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Has there ever been a family sitcom quite as wholesome as Leave it to Beaver? A young boy, his older brother, their loving parents, their friends, and – well, that’s it. It’s hard to think of another show that was so simple, so sweet, and so much innocent fun, as we watched Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver (played by the chubby-cheeked Jerry Mathers) navigate the highlights and challenges of growing up for six all-American seasons.

Those who tuned in for the whole run watched Beaver move through elementary school to teenhood, while his brother Wally (Tony Dow) went from pre-teen to high school graduate. But do you remember what happened when the show ended?