The BEST episodes directed by Gary Hurst
#1 - The Haunted Lighthouse
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 18
The Bears are visiting an old lighthouse that's rumored to be haunted by the ghost of it's keeper, Captain Salt. Brother and Sister team up to find out if the ghost is real or not.
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#2 - The Birthday Boy
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 19
With Mama and Papa too busy setting up Brother's birthday party, Sister reluctantly decides to do her school assignment on Brother.
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#3 - Car Trip
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 8
Brother and sister are disappointed when they go on a tour of Bear Country's national parks instead of going to Grizzly World. With Mama and Papa reminding the cubs to try to keep an open mind, Brother and Sister end up enjoying what they see and do on their car trip.
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#4 - By the Sea
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 23
The Bear family travels to a beach house for a vacation. The cubs are anxious to go swimming, but Mama and Papa want to get things unpacked and cleaned up before they can have any fun. Will Brother and Sister help their parents get things prepared for vacation time?
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#5 - House of Mirrors
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 11
Lizzie has a lot of Bearbies and wants to give her extra Golden Furred Bearbie to Sister. Lizzie's mom says "Some bears have big ears," and Lizzie replies "You mean Sister has big ears?" Sister thinks she really has big ears and becomes very self conscious about them. She and Mama go to the fair and go into the House of Mirrors. Sister realizes that bears come in all different shapes and sizes. When they get back home, Lizzie tells her that she didn't mean to say Sister has big ears. It's just that she didn't want to spoil the surprise.
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#6 - The Wishing Star
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 22
When Mama casually mentions the "Star light, star bright" principle, Sister takes it to heart and wishes for a certain birthday gift and a better grade on her next math test. She gets both her wishes. However, when she wishes for a pony and it doesn't materialize, Papa helps Sister understand that she really got her first two wishes all by herself. She got her special birthday gift because she'd been so helpful around the house, and she got her better math mark because she studied really hard for the quiz. Bolstered by this, Sister makes her pony wish come true by making a deal with Farmer Ben to help him pick his peas in exchange for being allowed to spend time with his retired farm horse, Princess.
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#7 - The Talent Show
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 17
There is an upcoming talent show, and it was up to Brother to be the talent scout, and find the performers.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 15
When Brother and Sister are bored on the first day of Summer Vacation, Farmer Ben invites them to work on the farm with him. The cubs are excited by the news, but are later disappointed to discover how much work it entails. However, they also learn that hard work pays off!
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#9 - The Stinky Milk Mystery
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 26
Brother and Sister visit Farmer Ben's farm to see some piglets. When they visit the cow pasture, they forget to latch to gate up and Farmer Ben's cows wander off. Now the cubs think they have inadvertently made the cows sick because the milk tastes stinky.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 21
Papa has troubles with an old tree stump whilst Brother and Sister have trouble making a scarecrow to frighten the birds away from the garden. Mama shows them that there's always a good side to every problem.
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#11 - Big Road Race
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 12
Too Tall, Brother, Freddy and Kenny all participate in a go-cart race. Brother is in charge of building the go-cart, Too Tall is in charge of providing parts for the go-cart, and Freddy is in charge of drawing the plans for the go-cart. As for Kenny, who helps the cubs along the way, he ends up getting the honor of driving the go-cart in the race.
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#12 - The Week at Grandma's
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Brother and Sister are certain they're in for the most boring time of their lives spending an entire week with their grandparents.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 19
At cub camp, Two Tall and his gang have trouble keeping up with the various activities, but they intentionally refuse to ask for help, especially Too Tall. When Brother offers to help Too Tall with his canoeing practice for a race, Too Tall accepts Brother's assistance.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 11
The cubs plan a backyard circus. When everybody says that Brother's cycling technique is amazing, Sister feels hurt because she is the one who's going to do that act and she thinks they like Brother's act more than hers. Brother feels as hurt as Sister when Lenny and his dog steal his act with Little Lady. When Sister finds out how Brother feels about losing his dog act, just like when she lost her cycle act, she gives Brother a hug to make up for it all. The cubs all work out their acts for the Bear Country circus.
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#15 - Visit the Dentist
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Sister gets her first loose tooth, Brother teases her that the dentist will extract it with a big yanking tool.
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#16 - Pick Up and Put Away
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 10
Rather than tidying his room, Brother spends his time constructing a birdhouse. His room is so messy, Brother and Sister stuff everything in the closet. But when Brother goes to get something from the closet, everything spills out and his birdhouse gets destroyed. That's when Brother and Sister learn an important lesson on getting organized.
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#17 - Trouble at School
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 1
Brother is kept home from school with the flu and neglects to do the schoolwork Sister delivered from his teacher.
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#18 - Get the Gimmies
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 23
Brother and Sister think they're entitled to treats every time the family goes grocery shopping. Mama and Papa get tired of their "gimmie gimmie" attitude. When Gramps and Gran drop by for a visit, they tell a touching story that inspires Brother and Sister to change their selfish ways and start thinking about others in need.
#19 - Lost in a Cave
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 24
When Papa leads the Bear Scouts on a spelunking expedition, it turns out Cousin Fred is afraid of dark, spooky caves.
#20 - Go to Camp
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 26
The cubs have had a fantastic summer at day camp. When camp leader, Grizzly Ted, announces an end of summer sleep out at Skull Rock, everyone is excited...everyone except Sister.
#21 - On the Job
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 2
When Teacher Bob assigns his class a project on what they'd like to do when they grow up, everyone seems to know where their interests lie except Brother. After exploring Bear Country to see what types of jobs there are, Brother discovers he's interested in many things. Now his problem is deciding which one to include in his project. Finally, Brother decides to include all his job ideas in his report.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 3
Sister wants to join the girl's soccer team, but Coach Brown thinks she's still too young to take part because the cubs are bigger than her. Sister grudgingly accepts the position of team manager instead. It's a tough job, and Sister's perseverance doesn't go unnoticed by the coach, who ultimately invites her to play in a big soccer match when a team member goes home sick.
#23 - Mama's New Job
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 3
When Mama decides to open her own quilt shop, Papa and the cubs are convinced they won't be able to cope around the house without her.
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#24 - The Homework Hassle
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 16
Brother gets behind in his homework and Papa gets mad at him. Brother isn't allowed to watch TV, listen to music or anything until he gets caught up with his homework. Then Papa finds out that he needs to refile his taxes. With a lot of hard work, Brother and Papa both realize not to put things off. Instead of "procrastinating", they get right to finishing what's important.
#25 - The Prize Pumpkin
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 6
Papa bear is growing a giant pumpkin for the pumpkin contest on Thanksgiving day. He becomes obsessed with it being bigger than farmer Ben's and winning the contest. Farmer Ben himself has won the contest 10 years in a row. At the contest, Papa wins third place. Ben tells him 3rd place is good for a first time entry.
#26 - Too Much Junk Food
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 25
Mama notices that her husband and the cubs have been eating junk food when she tells the latter two they're growing side-by-side. With help from Dr. Gert Grizzly, the Bear family learns the importance of staying in shape and eating healthy foods.
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#27 - Ferdy Factual
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 7
Professor Actual Factual's nephew, Ferdy, is a new student at the cubs' school. Ferdy doesn't have any friends because he thinks everybody is against his smarts. With Brother's advice, Ferdy learns he should be a friend in order to make a friend.
#28 - The Baby Chipmunk
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 21
When she adopts a baby chipmunk, Sister learns the hard way about trying to keep a non-domesticated animal as a house pet. As a baby, all the chipmunk does is eat and sleep. However, the bigger it grows the more active it gets, and the more mess it makes the more trouble it causes. Of course, none of it's intentional. That's just the creature's nature. But when it accidentally bites Papa, Sister finally realizes that if she really loves little Brown Eyes, she'll do what's best for the chipmunk and return him to the outdoors where he belongs.
#29 - The Big Blooper
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 9
After watching a video at Lizzie Bruins house (Trouble at big bear high) Sister learns a new word ""Fur-ball"". After saying it to Lizzie and hers friends they leave. Also she says it to Brother after he tips her milk glass. After getting in trouble she See's Lizzie and mend their friendship with their friends.
#30 - Nothing to Do
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 10
The cubs are bored with nothing to do. But they find that when Mama and Papa have a lot of work to do, they feel they should help them get the work load done quicker so they can enjoy the rest of the day together.
#31 - Go to School
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 5
Too-Tall and the gang amuse themselves by warning Sister her how hard third grade will be.
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#32 - Too Much Pressure
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 12
Things get busy around the tree house. Sister, Brother, Mama, and Papa all have things to do! After an incident in which everyone brings the wrong stuff to the wrong places, Papa and the family put up a calendar on a wall to show who has certain appointments to get to. The first time they use the calendar, it gets filled up completely! After a restless night where everyone has dreams about the calendar, it's another pressure-filled day! When Mama can't get the car to start, everyone breaks down in complete tears! The Family re-does the calendar and everything becomes A-OKAY!
#33 - The Excuse Note
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 1
Sister and her friends do not like gym because of all those exercises Teacher Jane makes them do. She remembers when Lizzie got out of gym by having an excuse note written for her when she sprained her wrist. When Sister is exiting the school bus at home, she trips on a rock and sprains her ankle. Mama writes her an excuse note, so Sister does not have to do gym. A few days later Sister is playing hopscotch and jump rope with her friends when teacher Jane sees her and gives the excuse note back to her. Sister is upset because her ankle got better. Brother tells Sister that gym can make her a better soccer player, so Sister decides to give gym another chance.
#34 - Count Their Blessings
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 14
Brother and Sister are reminded they should be thankful for all they have.
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#35 - The Jump Rope Contest
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 4
Sister is chosen to represent the school's jump-roping contest.
#36 - Trouble with Pets
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Brother and Sister adopt one of Farmer Ben's new puppies and soon discover that having a pet is a big responsibility.
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The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 5
Sister has a problem, she keeps biting her nails. The family thinks of many ways to make her stop. The real reason is fractions are making her nervous.
#38 - The Perfect Fishing Spot
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 14
It's Grams and Gramps anniversary. Papa and Sister try to find the perfect fishing spot to catch the perfect fish. Meanwhile, Brother and Mama are picking berries for the perfect dessert. After both pairs have many problems, including Little Lady eating the berries and Papa getting caught in a fishing net, they decide that they don't need the "perfect" anything to celebrate Gram's and Gramps's anniversary.
#39 - Lend a Helping Hand
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 8
One day, Brother and Sister have eaten their time to play with their friends to help Widder Jones with chores. That evening, Widder Jones calls them to help her clean her attic.
#40 - Mighty Milton
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Brother takes it upon himself to help his new friend at school renew his self-esteem.
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#41 - Too Much TV
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 9
The cubs seemed more interested in watching cartoons all day than getting outside. After squabbling over the remote, they along with Papa aren’t allowed to watch TV for a week due to Mama’s orders.
#42 - Go to the Movies
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 3 - Episode 7
Mama plans a trip to the movies so the family can spend some quality time together. But on their way to the theater, they get interupted by many things like running out of gas and getting rained out. When they finally arrive at the movie theater, all shows have been sold out. Despite the Bear family missing out on a movie, they have all been spending time together as a family on the ride to the theater. There is one kind of movie the family can watch and it can never get sold out: home movies!
#43 - Trick or Treat
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 10
On Halloween night, the cubs try to avoid Widder Jones's house, because Brother has heard rumors about her being a witch. As the cubs go trick-or-treating, they're afraid to get near her house for fear she'll turn them into statues. When the cubs realize Witter Jones is a nice lady, she and the cubs decide to play a trick on Too Tall and his gang (who give the cubs more rumors) by playing a trick on them.
#44 - Trouble with Money
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 11
Mama and Papa are worried that Brother and Sister seem to think money grows on trees. To make money of their own, the cubs decide to start their very own businesses, from a lemonade stand to a pet-walking service.
#45 - Visit Fun Park
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 2 - Episode 13
Mama gets free tickets to go to Fun Park. Freddy and Brother say they are not afraid of riding the rollercoaster. Lizzie and Sister admit that they really are afraid. Brother doesn't want to ride the rollercoaster and admits he was afraid, so he and Freddy don't ride it. Papa was in line with them and accidently boards it.
#46 - The Sitter
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 8
Brother and Sister do some damage in Mrs. Grizzle's flower garden while retrieving their baseball. Instead of stepping forward to apologize, the cubs get nervous and run home. As fate would have it, Mama arranges for Mrs. Grizzle to babysit the cubs that very night. Brother and Sister anticipate a very stern talking to, but are surprised by Mrs. Grizzle's kindhearted manner.
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#47 - Double Dare
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 12
Brother displays real moxie when he attempts to retrieve Sister's skipping rope from Too-Tall and his mischievous gang.
#48 - Out for the Team
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 13
Brother and Sister are good baseball players and both sign up for Bear Country Cardinals tryouts. The problem is -there's only one position left on the team!
#49 - Slumber Party
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 15
Ensured by Sister that she knows the meaning of responsibility, Mama and Papa allow her to go to a sleep over at Lizzy's house.
#50 - The Green-Eyed Monster
The Berenstain Bears (2003) - Season 1 - Episode 20
When Brother gets a brand new three speed bicycle, Sister's envious feelings are personified in her dreams by a little green version of herself. This Green-Eyed Monster convinces Sister to sneak Brother's new bike out for a ride. But when she does, Sister realizes too late that it's too big for her and she can't control it. Fortunately, Brother and Papa rescue Sister before Brother's bike can crash. Together they help chase the Green-Eyed Monster away by jazzing up Brother's old bike and giving it to Sister.