The episode is notable in that it depicts Wally getting in trouble at school - a rare occurrence - and Beaver helping get his brother out of the trouble at great risk to himself.
On the eve of a big track meet, Eddie and Lumpy throw towels at Wally in the locker room; when Wally returns the favor, he gets caught by the coach and suspended from the team. Beaver then takes the admirable action of going to call on Lumpy and making him 'fess up that he was the one who started the towel fight (some talk about tortured consciences does the trick). We sense that Beaver understands the trouble Wally is in, having found himself in similar scrapes, and wants to help his brother out. We also have a scene between Lumpy and his father that fleshes out their dysfunctional relationship. Things are not all peaches and cream by the end of the episode (Wally still can't go to the track meet), but the coach has learned the truth, Eddie and Lumpy are duly punished, and Wally has learned a lesson about succumbing to anger. All in all, a strong Wally-centered episode.
On the eve of a big track meet, Eddie and Lumpy throw towels at Wally in the locker room; when Wally returns the favor, he gets caught by the coach and suspended from the team. Beaver then takes the admirable action of going to call on Lumpy and making him 'fess up that he was the one who started the towel fight (some talk about tortured consciences does the trick). We sense that Beaver understands the trouble Wally is in, having found himself in similar scrapes, and wants to help his brother out. We also have a scene between Lumpy and his father that fleshes out their dysfunctional relationship. Things are not all peaches and cream by the end of the episode (Wally still can't go to the track meet), but the coach has learned the truth, Eddie and Lumpy are duly punished, and Wally has learned a lesson about succumbing to anger. All in all, a strong Wally-centered episode.