30
Score: 4.26 / 369 votes
1
2005 Rank: 29Grade:
B+
Peg Bowen convinces Felix a magic stone will help him overcome his fear of Hetty king and spelling.
Comments: Believe in your yourself! That's not bad advice, considering it comes from a social outcast living in an impoverished shack.
31
Score: 4.24 / 285 votes
18
2005 Rank: 13Grade:
B+
Felicity and Stuart McRae help turn the run-down Lloyd estate into an orphanage and their collaboration results in a romantic relationship.
Comments: Gus is dead, Felicity is moping, and a boring Stuart McRae is the new leading man. No wonder this episode dropped 19 spots!
32
Score: 4.24 / 339 votes
--Grade:
B+
Captain Crane offers Gus work and introduces him to his father, who recently broke out of prison.
Comments: Sea Ghost captures the excitement and mystery of island lore. The story provides insight into Gus's background and introduces Avonlea's most dangerous villain.
33
Score: 4.23 / 268 votes
9
2005 Rank: 42Grade:
B+
Izzy's Aunt Lillian attempts to hide the news of her failed business from Clive.
34
Score: 4.2 / 242 votes
5
2005 Rank: 39Grade:
B+
Alec considers making drifter Caleb Stokes a permanent hired hand, but problems arise when a traveling salesman reveals the stranger's true identity.
35
Score: 4.18 / 210 votes
14
2005 Rank: 21Grade:
B+
Alec takes Janet's wedding ring to a jeweler to have it sized and Janet consequently believes that her ring has been lost.
36
Score: 4.18 / 273 votes
4
2005 Rank: 40Grade:
B+
Olivia discovers that Izzy is outgrowing her tom boy appearance and convinces Clive to buy his daughter a dress.
37
Score: 4.17 / 368 votes
3
2005 Rank: 34Grade:
B+
Janet King's spinster sister, Abigail is pursued by a former suitor who has returned from the Yukon a wealthy man.
Comments: I always liked the episodes where Sara and Felicity were scheming. It's curious how little we see Abigail and Malcolm throughout the rest of the series.
38
Score: 4.16 / 304 votes
1
2005 Rank: 37Grade:
B+
Felix discovers royal plates among Simon Tremayne's possessions and speculation is raised about the hotel owner's mysterious background.
39
Score: 4.15 / 330 votes
8
2005 Rank: 47Grade:
B+
Gus and Felicity reunite after a misunderstanding and encounter a mysterious woman that holds a secret to Gus's past.
Comments: Gus's return is short lived, as Mahonen disappears again soon afterwards, along with whatever the deal was with his mother and Crane.
40
Score: 4.12 / 301 votes
16
2005 Rank: 24Grade:
B+
Felicity takes Janet's comb without permission to wear for a social colloquiam, but loses the family antique after an altercation with Felix.
Comments: Hart Hanson redeems himself in an episode with quite a few funny moments. Surprisingly, "Vows" has taken a considerable drop in the rankings.
41
Score: 4.12 / 362 votes
2
2005 Rank: 43Grade:
B+
Sara's father is acquitted of embezzlement charges and plans to take Sara home to Montreal. Hetty renews a fierce conflict with Blair Stanley in order to keep Sara in Avonlea.
Comments: Season One comes to a close and follows the last chapter of the Story Girl as Blair plans to take Sara home. Except the Story Girl doesn't go and Sara's defiant fall leaves the series open to a second season.
42
Score: 4.12 / 263 votes
4
2005 Rank: 46Grade:
B+
Alec begins to pressure Felix to one day run King Farm. Felix rejects plans to be a farmer and lashes out against his father.
43
Score: 4.11 / 218 votes
13
2005 Rank: 30Grade:
B+
When tragedy strikes a childhood friend, Felicity reconsiders her career in the medical field.
44
Score: 4.09 / 246 votes
21
2005 Rank: 23Grade:
B+
Friendship is threatened when Felix replaces Izzy with Nat Lester to purchase a fox farm.
Comments: How did this episode fall an astonishing 21 positions? We must have some serious Felix and Izzy haters here.
45
Score: 4.08 / 290 votes
9
2005 Rank: 36Grade:
B+
When Chronicle funds are stolen, Olivia is blamed and Jasper tries to find a way to prove her innocence.
Comments: The series began in 1903--The same year the Wright Brothers took their first historic flight. In "Dreams," Jasper captures the spirit of the most daring inventors of the era.
46
Score: 4.04 / 356 votes
2
2005 Rank: 48Grade:
B+
Sara finds a mysterious diary inside the blue chest of Arabella King that holds a haunting secret to the past.
Comments: This episode makes me wonder what's in the real blue chest that belonged to Elizabeth Montgomery after she was jilted at the alter. Apparently, the chest is still locked away at Park Corner. Time will reveal all... maybe?
47
Score: 4.02 / 245 votes
12
2005 Rank: 59Grade:
B+
Hetty and Louisa suspect that Sara and Arthur are courting.
Comments: Could it be... Could Sara and Arthur be secretly planning a romantic rendezvous? No, unfortunately. Nothing interesting happens to Sara after season three.
48
Score: 3.97 / 363 votes
7
2005 Rank: 41Grade:
B
A politician attempts to buy Alec's vote while Felicity accepts a bet to make Clemmie Ray popular at the harvest ball.
49
Score: 3.92 / 318 votes
1
2005 Rank: 50Grade:
B
A crisis emerges when Felix accidently shoots Digger. As Digger's life hangs in the balance, Arthur Pettibone attempts a risky surgery.
