Crime and Consequences

Summary
When George accidentally breaks the class's prize woodworking project, Binky gets unfairly blamed. Will George come clean to Principal Haney? Or will he let Binky take the fall?

Plot
In the opening scene, Mr. Haney is presenting the George Lundgren award for the nicest kid. George wins and during his acceptance speech, police enter the classroom and arrest George on the charge of "being mean". To the shock of the classroom, George admits that he had been mean. This is then revealed to be a dream, and then we see the title card.

Afterwards, Arthur, George, Buster, Muffy and Binky are admiring the wooden ferris wheel they created. Binky is not as impressed as the rest of the group, calling it "just a bunch of toothpicks" and noting that because he gave away a toothpick originally in his sandwich, he lost a tomato. The group then leaves the room, but George returns shortly to retrieve Wally. While showing the ferris wheel to Wally, George accidentally rolls the ferris wheel off the table, breaking it. A piece of fabric from Wally's suit also is torn off and stuck onto part of the table.

The scene then shifts to George at his locker, where the rest of the group notifies him that Binky is being punished for breaking the ferris wheel. George runs to Mr. Haney's office where he attempts to confess. The conversation is abruptly ended when Mr. Haney realizes he is late for a bake sale meeting.

At lunch, George eats with Binky. Binky tells him he didn’t do it and George believes him. He tells George he found it already broken. George asks him why a lot of people think he’s responsible, to which Binky tells him he was cleaning his teeth with a toothpick over it when the shop teacher came. George offers to help Binky with his punishment, which is to clean the shop class for a week. While cleaning, Binky notices the piece of green fabric from Wally and using this clue accuses Buster of breaking the ferris wheel. Although he is innocent, Buster confesses. He is immediately cleared by George, who points out the shade of green of Buster's shirt is not the same as the fabric. Still, George clearing Buster so quickly raised some suspicion from Binky.

George and Binky leaves Buster's home and are ready to give up when Fern appears, dressed and speaking as Detective Sherlock Holmes. In Fern's home, she inspects the fabric closely and claims it is cheap and done by amateurs. This provokes George into defending himself and he unwittingly says the fabric is from a suit, raising more suspicion from Binky. Later that night, George talks to Wally and decides to confess to Binky in the morning, even though he is afraid Binky will hurt him.

On the next day, Binky and George are waiting at the Fair for Fern, who claims she has found the culprit. While waiting, Mr. Haney mistakenly believes they are waiting for an adult in order to ride the Ferris Wheel, and takes the boys onto the ride. While on the Ferris Wheel, George can no longer bear it and confesses to Mr. Haney and Binky, stating that "I broke the Ferris Wheel". Binky interjects, caliming that George broke "his streak of not riding in Ferris Wheels" instead. After the ride, Binky reveals that last night he concluded George broke the ferris wheel when he realized the green fabric belonged to Wally. However, Binky forgave George because George has always been nice to Binky. Fern finally arrives, and humorously claims Mr. Haney broke the ferris wheel. The episode finishes with George and Binky enjoying themselves at the fair.

Major

 * George Lundgren
 * Wally
 * Binky Barnes
 * Fern Walters
 * Francis Haney

Minor

 * Muffy Crosswire
 * Arthur Read
 * Buster Baxter
 * Policeman
 * Caroline
 * Mr. Bevel

Cameo

 * Francine Frensky
 * The Brain
 * Jenna Morgan
 * Alex
 * Maria Pappas
 * Sue Ellen Armstrong
 * John
 * Oliver Frensky
 * Steve
 * Lisa
 * Molly MacDonald
 * Rattles
 * Ladonna Compson
 * James MacDonald
 * 3rd Grade Male Rat
 * Sarah
 * Amanda Hulser
 * Alfonz
 * Slink
 * Emily
 * Carl's mother
 * Mr. Marco
 * Liam
 * Madison Compson
 * Prunella Deegan
 * D.W. Read
 * Otis
 * Unknown Female Adult Bear (Number 3)
 * Mr. Armstrong
 * Unknown Male Adult Bear (Number 4)

Trivia

 * Francis Haney says that you need an adult on the Ferris Wheel and Jenna and Prunella go on it without an adult; the same occurs to Francine and Muffy.
 * D.W. can be seen walking by Binky and George after they ride the Ferris Wheel.

Cultural references

 * The title for this episode could be a reference to the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.