Andy and Aunt Bee forbid Opie from visiting the courthouse after school, so with nothing else to do, Opie wanders away from home.
Season 2 (1961-1962)
- Season 2 consisted of 31 episodes.
No. in
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No. in
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Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
33 |
1 |
"Opie and the Bully" |
Bob Sweeney |
David Adler1 |
October 2, 1961 |
When Andy finds out a bully is repeatedly taking Opie's milk money, he encourages Opie to stand up for himself. |
34 |
2 |
"Barney's Replacement" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
October 9, 1961 |
Barney thinks that a state's attorney (Mark Miller), who's been sent to Mayberry for law enforcement training, has been sent to replace him. |
35 |
3 |
"Andy and the Woman Speeder" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
October 16, 1961 |
Andy gives a woman from Washington (Jean Hagen) a fine for speeding, but she refuses to pay and is locked up in the Mayberry jail, playing on Barney's sympathy, until her trial. |
36 |
4 |
"Mayberry Goes Bankrupt" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
October 23, 1961 |
Andy is forced to evict an old man (Andy Clyde) for failing to pay back taxes, but he finds a century-old savings bond among the man's possessions which has grown to an outrageously high value. |
37 |
5 |
"Barney on the Rebound" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
October 30, 1961 |
After an argument with Thelma Lou, Barney finds a new girlfriend, who turns out to be a visiting con artist (Beverly Tyler) and her husband-associate (Jackie Coogan) |
38 |
6 |
"Opie's Hobo Friend" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
November 13, 1961 |
Opie befriends a drifter (Buddy Ebsen) who proves to be a bad influence. |
39 |
7 |
"Crime-Free Mayberry" |
Bob Sweeney |
Paul Henning |
November 20, 1961 |
Two crooks posing as an FBI agent and a reporter create a ruse in Mayberry so they can rob the town bank. Andy is not fooled. |
40 |
8 |
"The Perfect Female" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
November 27, 1961 |
After Barney and Thelma Lou set Andy up on a blind date with Karen Moore (Gail Davis), Thelma Lou's visiting cousin, Andy tries to find out if she is "the one." Karen surprises Andy by besting him at skeet-shooting. |
41 |
9 |
"Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" |
Bob Sweeney |
Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman |
December 4, 1961 |
Aunt Bee falls for Mr. Wheeler (Edgar Buchanan), a handyman who has a way with women. He temporarily moves into their house, while Andy has to finish most of the chores that Wheeler starts. |
42 |
10 |
"The Clubmen" |
Bob Sweeney |
Fred S. Fox & Iz Elinson |
December 11, 1961 |
Andy and Barney are invited to a posh gentlemen's club in Raleigh. However, at the club's get-acquainted party, Barney makes a fool of himself by his misinformed attempts at conversation. |
43 |
11 |
"The Pickle Story" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
December 18, 1961 |
Andy and Barney replace Aunt Bee's bad-tasting homemade pickles with store-bought pickles, but find themselves in a real one when she decides to enter her pickles in a contest at the county fair. (This episode was voted by fans as their favorite of the entire series).<http://tagsrwc.com/cgi-bin/vote.pl?name=favorite&action=view> |
44 |
12 |
"Sheriff Barney" |
Bob Sweeney |
Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman |
December 25, 1961 |
When Barney is offered the sheriff's post in a neighboring town, he and Andy trade places for the day to see if Barney is up to the job. |
45 |
13 |
"The Farmer Takes a Wife" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
January 1, 1962 |
A farmer (Alan Hale, Jr.) comes to Mayberry looking for a wife in an unconventional manner, and chooses Barney's girlfriend Thelma Lou, much to Barney's distress. |
46 |
14 |
"The Keeper of the Flame" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
January 8, 1962 |
Opie is put in charge of a candle and matches in a secret club, and soon after is accused of burning down the barn where the club met. |
47 |
15 |
"Bailey's Bad Boy" |
Bob Sweeney |
Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman |
January 15, 1962 |
A spoiled rich teenager (Bill Bixby) is arrested for speeding and sideswiping a farmer's truck, and Andy helps him learn to take responsibility for his behavior. |
48 |
16 |
"The Manicurist" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
January 22, 1962 |
A manicurist (Barbara Eden) sets up shop in Floyd's barber shop, but ends up unintentionally causing trouble when the men of Mayberry start flocking to her for manicures, making their wives jealous. Last appearance of Mayor Pike. |
49 |
17 |
"The Jinx" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
January 29, 1962 |
Andy tries to help a Mayberry resident (John Qualen) end his apparent bad luck and convince him that he is not hexed, as many of the townspeople believe. |
50 |
18 |
"Jailbreak" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
February 5, 1962 |
Barney clumsily lets a prisoner (Allan Melvin) escape, so Andy and Barney have to recapture him. |
51 |
19 |
"A Medal for Opie" |
Bob Sweeney |
David Adler1 |
February 12, 1962 |
Opie must learn the value of good sportsmanship when he comes in last in a footrace he was sure he would win. |
52 |
20 |
"Barney and the Choir" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
February 19, 1962 |
Barney joins the Mayberry choir, but proves to be a terrible singer. Not wanting to hurt Barney's feelings, Andy must find a way to keep him in the choir but neutralize his singing. |
53 |
21 |
"Guest of Honor" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
February 26, 1962 |
A pickpocket (Jay Novello) is ironically made the random "guest of honor" in Mayberry. |
54 |
22 |
"The Merchant of Mayberry" |
Bob Sweeney |
Leo Solomon & Ben Gershman |
March 5, 1962 |
Andy helps a struggling traveling salesman (Sterling Holloway) stay in business against the wishes of crusty store owner Ben Weaver (Will Wright). |
55 |
23 |
"Aunt Bee the Warden" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
March 12, 1962 |
With the courthouse jail full of moonshiners, Otis has to serve his time in the Taylor house, under the supervision of Aunt Bee who keeps him busy with chores. |
56 |
24 |
"The County Nurse" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
March 19, 1962 |
Andy tries to talk defiantly unwilling Rafe Hollister (Jack Prince) into getting a tetanus shot from county nurse Mary Simpson (Julie Adams). |
57 |
25 |
"Andy and Barney in the Big City" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
March 26, 1962 |
Andy and Barney get involved in the pursuit of a jewel thief while on a business trip to Raleigh. Talkative Barney foolishly lets the thief know they will be staking out his next target. Arte Johnson has a small role as the hotel clerk. |
58 |
26 |
"Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
April 2, 1962 |
Andy and Aunt Bee both think the other is anxious for her to marry the town dry cleaner, Fred Goss (Fred Sherman). |
59 |
27 |
"Three's a Crowd" |
Bob Sweeney |
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson |
April 9, 1962 |
Barney keeps interfering with the romance between Andy and county nurse Mary (Sue Ane Langdon), preventing them from being alone. |
60 |
28 |
"The Bookie Barber" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock & R. Allen Saffian |
April 16, 1962 |
Floyd lets an out-of-town barber (Herb Vigran) rent out his shop, but the new tenant turns out to be running an illegal gambling operation. |
61 |
29 |
"Andy on Trial" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jack Elinson & Charles Stewart |
April 23, 1962 |
J. Howard Jackson (Roy Roberts), a big-city newspaper publisher uses his attractive reporter (Ruta Lee) to manipulate Barney to get Andy charged with malfeasance to get back at him over a traffic ticket. |
62 |
30 |
"Cousin Virgil" |
Bob Sweeney |
Phillip Shuken & John L. Greene |
April 30, 1962 |
Barney's bumbling cousin Virgil (Michael J. Pollard) visits Mayberry and ends up causing trouble for Andy. |
63 |
31 |
"Deputy Otis" |
Bob Sweeney |
Iz Elinson & Fred S. Fox |
May 7, 1962 |
Andy makes Otis a temporary deputy so he can impress his visiting brother Ralph (Stanley Adams) and his wife (Amzie Strickland), whom he told he really was a deputy.
Season 3 (1962-1963)
- Season 3 consisted of 32 episodes.
No. in
series |
No. in
season |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
64 |
1 |
"Mr. McBeevee" |
Bob Sweeney |
R. Allen Saffian & Harvey Bullock |
October 1, 1962 |
Opie's description of his new friend Mr. McBeevee (Karl Swenson) is hard to believe. |
65 |
2 |
"Andy's Rich Girlfriend" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
October 8, 1962 |
Andy tries to comprehend the upper-class wealth of his girlfriend Peggy McMillan (Joanna Moore). |
66 |
3 |
"Andy and the New Mayor" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock & R. Allen Saffian |
October 15, 1962 |
Mayor Roy Stoner (Parley Baer) does not like the way Andy does his job. |
67 |
4 |
"Andy and Opie – Bachelors" |
Bob Sweeney |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
October 22, 1962 |
Andy and Opie have Peggy take care of them while Aunt Bee is away. |
68 |
5 |
"The Cow Thief" |
Bob Sweeney |
R. Allen Saffian & Harvey Bullock |
October 29, 1962 |
Mayor Stoner goes over Andy's head and calls in an expert to solve a string of cow thefts. |
69 |
6 |
"Barney Mends a Broken Heart" |
Bob Sweeney |
Aaron Ruben |
November 5, 1962 |
After Andy and Peggy have a fight, Barney tries to fix Andy up with other girls, who are a poor match, including the eccentric Lydia Crosswaithe. First episode with "The Fun Girls". |
70 |
7 |
"Lawman Barney" |
Bob Sweeney |
Aaron Ruben |
November 12, 1962 |
Barney loses his self-esteem when two farmers ignore his order to move their produce truck out of town. |
71 |
8 |
"The Mayberry Band" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
November 19, 1962 |
Andy is determined to get the Mayberry band into the state band competition, no matter how bad they sound. The mayor is reluctant to finance their trip. |
72 |
9 |
"Floyd, the Gay Deceiver" |
Bob Sweeney |
Aaron Ruben |
November 26, 1962 |
Floyd has pretended to be a rich man in letters to his female pen pal, who then suddenly decides to visit. Andy hastily arranges a deception so that Floyd can continue the ruse. |
73 |
10 |
"Opie's Rival" |
Bob Sweeney |
Sid Morse |
December 3, 1962 |
Opie feels threatened by Andy's relationship with Peggy. Last appearance of Peggy. |
74 |
11 |
"Convicts at Large" |
Bob Sweeney |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
December 10, 1962 |
Barney and Floyd are taken hostage by three escaped female convicts in a country cabin. Last appearance of Floyd until episode 118 due to Howard McNear's stroke. |
75 |
12 |
"The Bed Jacket" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock & R. Allen Saffian |
December 17, 1962 |
Andy tries to get a one-of-a-kind bed jacket that Aunt Bee wants for her birthday. |
76 |
13 |
"The Bank Job" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
December 24, 1962 |
Barney sets out to prove that the Mayberry bank can be easily robbed because of lax security measures. Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) makes his debut. |
77 |
14 |
"One-Punch Opie" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
December 31, 1962 |
Opie learns to stand up to an older new boy in town who likes to cause trouble. |
78 |
15 |
"Barney and the Governor" |
Bob Sweeney |
Bill Freedman & Henry Sharp |
January 7, 1963 |
Barney writes a parking ticket on the governor's car and refuses to tear it up. |
79 |
16 |
"Man in a Hurry" |
Bob Sweeney |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
January 14, 1963 |
A traveling businessman's (Robert Emhardt) car breaks down in Mayberry on a Sunday and he is impatient to get it fixed in time for his meeting in Charlotte...but Wally the mechanic does not work on Sundays. Andy's family welcomes him to stay with them. (This story was voted by fans as their second-favorite of the entire series. <http://tagsrwc.com/cgi-bin/vote.pl?name=favorite&action=view> |
80 |
17 |
"High Noon in Mayberry" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
January 21, 1963 |
Barney assumes the worst when Andy gets a letter from an ex-convict he shot in the leg and captured a few years earlier (Leo Gordon) saying he's coming to Mayberry to settle matters between them. |
81 |
18 |
"The Loaded Goat" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
January 28, 1963 |
Andy and Barney have to find a goat loose in town that just ate dynamite before he blows up. |
82 |
19 |
"Class Reunion" |
Charles Irving |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
February 4, 1963 |
Andy meets an old sweetheart at a high school reunion, and their romance briefly rekindles. (The yearbook has actual high school pictures of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.) |
83 |
20 |
"Rafe Hollister Sings" |
Charles Irving |
Harvey Bullock |
February 11, 1963 |
Rafe Hollister (Jack Prince) reveals his hidden talent as a singer for a benefit show, but Mayor Stoner does not like his shabby appearance. Rafe proves him wrong when his performance at the show receives a positive reception. Last appearance of Mayor Stoner. |
84 |
21 |
"Opie and the Spoiled Kid" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
February 18, 1963 |
A spoiled kid gives Opie bad advice about how Opie should manipulate Andy to get what he wants. |
85 |
22 |
"The Great Filling Station Robbery" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
February 25, 1963 |
Andy and Barney investigate a string of robberies at Wally's Filling Station to find out whether or not a young employee is responsible. |
86 |
23 |
"Andy Discovers America" |
Bob Sweeney |
John Whedon |
March 4, 1963 |
Andy's advice to Opie and his schoolmates about history homework gets him in trouble with the new schoolteacher, Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut), so he tells Opie and his friends a story about Paul Revere's ride to resolve the situation. |
87 |
24 |
"Aunt Bee's Medicine Man" |
Bob Sweeney |
John Whedon |
March 11, 1963 |
Aunt Bee listens to a medicine man's (John Dehner) sales pitch and ends up inviting him to supper. |
88 |
25 |
"The Darlings Are Coming" |
Bob Sweeney |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
March 18, 1963 |
Andy has his hands full when a musical mountain family called the Darlings comes to Mayberry. |
89 |
26 |
"Andy's English Valet" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
March 25, 1963 |
English tourist Malcolm Merriweather (Bernard Fox), a "gentleman's gentleman", goes to work as Andy's valet to pay his traffic fine. |
90 |
27 |
"Barney's First Car" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
April 1, 1963 |
Barney spends his three hundred dollars worth of life savings on a car from the elderly Mrs. Lesh (Ellen Corby) that turns out to be a lemon. |
91 |
28 |
"The Rivals" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
April 8, 1963 |
Opie has a crush on his schoolmate Karen, so Barney tries to teach Opie about women....but Opie ends up "dating" Thelma Lou. |
92 |
29 |
"A Wife for Andy" |
Bob Sweeney |
Aaron Ruben |
April 15, 1963 |
Barney tries to set up Andy with a potential wife, but Andy has his mind on Helen Crump. |
93 |
30 |
"Dogs, Dogs, Dogs" |
Bob Sweeney |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
April 22, 1963 |
A pack of stray dogs comes into the courthouse, causing problems just as a state official is visiting. |
94 |
31 |
"Mountain Wedding" |
Bob Sweeney |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
April 29, 1963 |
The Darlings ask Andy to help them deal with wild mountain man Ernest T. Bass (Howard Morris), who wants to stop Charlene and Dud Wash from getting married. First episode with Ernest T. Bass. Only episode with both Ernest T. and the Darlings. |
95 |
32 |
"The Big House" |
Bob Sweeney |
Harvey Bullock |
May 6, 1963 |
Barney and Gomer are in charge of guarding two of four criminals while Andy is out pursuing the other two. George Kennedy plays a state police detective.
Season 4 (1963-1964)
- Season 4 consisted of 32 episodes.
No. in
series |
No. in
season |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
96 |
1 |
"Opie the Birdman" |
Dick Crenna |
Harvey Bullock |
September 30, 1963 |
Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot and decides to care for the three baby birds left behind.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #24 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[2] In 2009, it moved to #18.[3] |
97 |
2 |
"The Haunted House" |
Earl Bellamy |
Harvey Bullock |
October 7, 1963 |
Andy, Barney and Gomer go into an old abandoned mansion to retrieve a baseball. |
98 |
3 |
"Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army" |
Dick Crenna |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
October 14, 1963 |
Ernest T. Bass tries to enlist in the Army so he can get a uniform to impress his girlfriend, but when he's rejected, he takes it out on Mayberry. |
99 |
4 |
"The Sermon for Today" |
Dick Crenna |
John Whedon |
October 21, 1963 |
A visiting preacher (David Lewis) encourages the congregation to relax and enjoy life – which is not as easy as they thought, as they frantically rehearse the town's out-of-tune band and try to repair the broken bandstand and worn uniforms. |
100 |
5 |
"Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee" |
Earl Bellamy |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
October 28, 1963 |
Briscoe Darling resorts to kidnapping Aunt Bee to court her, leaving Andy to try and resolve the situation. |
101 |
6 |
"Gomer the House Guest" |
Earl Bellamy |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
November 4, 1963 |
Gomer is fired from Wally's Filling Station and moves in with the Taylors. |
102 |
7 |
"A Black Day for Mayberry" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
John Whedon |
November 11, 1963 |
A gold shipment is coming through Mayberry and Barney accidentally leaks the news, causing a crowd to turn out to welcome the armored car. |
103 |
8 |
"Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
John Whedon |
November 18, 1963 |
Andy rewards Opie with a new bicycle for his perfect grades, which then turn out to be a grading mistake. |
104 |
9 |
"A Date for Gomer" |
Dick Crenna |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
December 9, 1963 |
Barney sets Gomer up with Thelma Lou's homely, shy cousin as a date for a dance. This episode, originally scheduled for November 25, was pre-empted due to CBS News' extended coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and funeral. |
105 |
10 |
"Up in Barney's Room" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
December 2, 1963 |
Barney is evicted from his rooming house for cooking in his room. He finally wins Mrs. Mendelbright (Enid Markey) the landlady's respect again by protecting her from a con man (J. Pat O'Malley) . |
106 |
11 |
"Citizen's Arrest" |
Dick Crenna |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
December 16, 1963 |
Barney gives Gomer a ticket for making a U-turn, then the tables are turned when Gomer "arrests" Barney for the same violation. |
107 |
12 |
"Opie and His Merry Men" |
Dick Crenna |
John Whedon |
December 30, 1963 |
Opie and his friends play Robin Hood and his Merry Men when they steal food from their parents to give to a hobo (Douglas Fowley). |
108 |
13 |
"Barney and the Cave Rescue" |
Dick Crenna |
Harvey Bullock |
January 6, 1964 |
Andy and Helen find their way out of a cave after a landslide traps them, but they return to the cave when they hear Barney is leading a rescue team, so that he will get credit for saving them. |
109 |
14 |
"Andy and Opie's Pal" |
Dick Crenna |
Harvey Bullock |
January 13, 1964 |
Opie gets jealous when Andy pays extra attention to Opie's new friend Trey Bowden (David Alan Bailey) . |
110 |
15 |
"Aunt Bee the Crusader" |
Coby Ruskin |
John Whedon |
January 20, 1964 |
Aunt Bee leads a ladies' protest against Andy and Barney when a chicken farmer is about to be evicted to make way for a new highway. They are shocked, however, when Mr. Frisby (Charles Lane) the evictee they are sympathetic for, is found to be a moonshiner. |
111 |
16 |
"Barney's Sidecar" |
Coby Ruskin |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
January 27, 1964 |
Barney gets a motorcycle for the Sheriff's Department and finds many uses for it. |
112 |
17 |
"My Fair Ernest T. Bass" |
Earl Bellamy |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
February 3, 1964 |
Andy tries to turn Ernest T. Bass into a sophisticated gentleman, taking him to a society party. |
113 |
18 |
"Prisoner of Love" |
Earl Bellamy |
Harvey Bullock |
February 10, 1964 |
An attractive female jewel thief (Susan Oliver) attempts to seduce Andy and Barney so she can escape from the Mayberry jail. |
114 |
19 |
"Hot Rod Otis" |
Earl Bellamy |
Harvey Bullock |
February 17, 1964 |
Otis, the town drunk, has Andy and Barney worried when he buys a car. Andy and Barney try to scare Otis into giving up his car by pretending they are mourning his death in an accident. |
115 |
20 |
"The Song Festers" |
Earl Bellamy |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
February 24, 1964 |
Barney's pride is hurt when he is replaced in the town choir by Gomer, who is discovered to have a beautiful singing voice. |
116 |
21 |
"The Shoplifters" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
March 2, 1964 |
Barney goes undercover, pretending to be a mannequin to find a shoplifter at Weaver's Department Store. |
117 |
22 |
"Andy's Vacation" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
March 9, 1964 |
Andy takes a vacation at home, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge of the courthouse. They then continually pester Andy for help with problems that arise. |
118 |
23 |
"Andy Saves Gomer" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Harvey Bullock |
March 16, 1964 |
Gomer is overly grateful to Andy for putting out a fire at Wally's, and pesters Andy by wanting to help him in gratitude. Howard McNear returns as Floyd after suffering a stroke. |
119 |
24 |
"Bargain Day" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
John Whedon |
March 23, 1964 |
Aunt Bee buys a 150-pound side of beef at a discount market, but the Taylors' old freezer doesn't work. |
120 |
25 |
"Divorce, Mountain Style" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
March 30, 1964 |
Charlene Darling Wash intends to divorce Dud (Bob Denver) so she can marry Andy. |
121 |
26 |
"A Deal Is a Deal" |
Jeffrey Hayden |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
April 6, 1964 |
Opie and his friends get involved in a deal to sell worthless salve. Barney and Gomer pose as a veterinarian and Opie's father to try to get the distributors to buy the salve back from the boys. |
122 |
27 |
"Fun Girls" |
Coby Ruskin |
Aaron Ruben |
April 13, 1964 |
Two fun-loving but overbearing women from Mount Pilot cause problems by being amorous to Andy and Barney, which makes Helen and Thelma Lou jealous. First appearance of Goober (George Lindsey). Only episode with both Goober and Gomer. |
123 |
28 |
"The Return of Malcolm Merriweather" |
Coby Ruskin |
Harvey Bullock |
April 20, 1964 |
Malcolm Merriweather returns to Mayberry, doing housework and cooking for Andy and making Aunt Bee feel unneeded. |
124 |
29 |
"The Rumor" |
Coby Ruskin |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
April 27, 1964 |
Barney starts a rumor that Andy and Helen are engaged after he sees them kissing in a jewelry store. |
125 |
30 |
"Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
May 4, 1964 |
Feeling that Barney takes her for granted, Thelma Lou starts dating Gomer to purposely make Barney jealous. |
126 |
31 |
"Back to Nature" |
Coby Ruskin |
Harvey Bullock |
May 11, 1964 |
Andy, Barney and Gomer take Opie and his friends on a camping trip, where Barney and Gomer manage to get themselves lost in the woods. |
127 |
32 |
"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." |
Aaron Ruben |
Aaron Ruben |
May 18, 1964 |
In this backdoor pilot for the spin-off series Gomer Pyle-USMC, Gomer enlists in the Marine Corps and Andy comes along to make sure things go well with Sergeant Carter (Frank Sutton).
Season 5 (1964-1965)
- This is the last season to be broadcast in black-and-white before the show went to color.
- This season consisted of 32 episodes.
No. in
series |
No. in
season |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
128 |
1 |
"Opie Loves Helen" |
Aaron Ruben |
Bob Ross |
September 21, 1964 |
Opie develops a crush on Helen and wants to buy a gift for her. |
129 |
2 |
"Barney's Physical" |
Howard Morris |
Bob Ross |
September 28, 1964 |
Andy and Aunt Bee help Barney meet the new Civil Service physical requirements for law enforcement officers. |
130 |
3 |
"Family Visit" |
Howard Morris |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
October 5, 1964 |
Aunt Bee's sister and her family come to visit from out of state. James Westerfield and Maudie Prickett guest star. |
131 |
4 |
"The Education of Ernest T. Bass" |
Alan Rafkin |
Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell |
October 12, 1964 |
Ernest T. Bass tries to earn his diploma after his girl calls him illiterate. His antics badly disrupt Helen's classroom. |
132 |
5 |
"Aunt Bee's Romance" |
Howard Morris |
Harvey Bullock |
October 19, 1964 |
Aunt Bee resumes her romance with an old flame, Roger Hanover (Wallace Ford) – a practical joker with a suspicious background. |
133 |
6 |
"Barney's Bloodhound" |
Howard Morris |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
October 26, 1964 |
Barney tries using a dog to catch an escaped convict. |
134 |
7 |
"Man in the Middle" |
Alan Rafkin |
Gus Adrian & David Evans |
November 2, 1964 |
Andy tries to settle a lovers' quarrel between Barney and Thelma Lou, only to get himself caught in the middle. |
135 |
8 |
"Barney's Uniform" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
November 9, 1964 |
Barney starts wearing his uniform all the time when a grocery owner threatens to beat him up the next time he sees him in plain clothes. |
136 |
9 |
"Opie's Fortune" |
Coby Ruskin |
Ben Joelson & Art Baer |
November 16, 1964 |
Opie finds a wallet containing $50 and must wait one week to see if anyone claims it - if not, the money is his. |
137 |
10 |
"Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor" |
Gene Nelson |
Fred Freeman & Lawrence J. Cohen |
November 23, 1964 |
Andy makes Barney acting Sheriff when he goes to Raleigh for a job interview. |
138 |
11 |
"The Pageant" |
Gene Nelson |
Harvey Bullock |
November 30, 1964 |
Aunt Bee gets the lead in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant, but she proves to be a terrible actress. |
139 |
12 |
"The Darling Baby" |
Howard Morris |
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum |
December 7, 1964 |
The Darlings choose Opie as the future husband of Charlene's baby girl and insist that Andy sign a marriage contract. |
140 |
13 |
"Andy and Helen Have Their Day" |
Howard Morris |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
December 14, 1964 |
Andy and Helen try to have a nice private picnic, but Barney keeps interrupting them. |
141 |
14 |
"Three Wishes for Opie" |
Howard Morris |
Richard M. Powell |
December 21, 1964 |
Barney buys fortune-telling paraphernalia that seem to really grant wishes, and Opie wants to see if his wishes will be granted. |
142 |
15 |
"Otis Sues the County" |
Howard Morris |
Bob Ross |
December 28, 1964 |
Otis is talked by his lawyer (Jay Novello) into suing the county after he suffers a fall in the Mayberry jail. |
143 |
16 |
"Barney Fife, Realtor" |
Peter Baldwin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
January 4, 1965 |
Barney decides to sell real estate as his second job and tries to get Andy to sell his house. |
144 |
17 |
"Goober Takes a Car Apart" |
Peter Baldwin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
January 11, 1965 |
After Andy puts him in charge of the courthouse, Goober dismantles a car and rebuilds it inside the courthouse. |
145 |
18 |
"The Rehabilitation of Otis" |
Peter Baldwin |
Lawrence J. Cohen & Fred Freeman |
January 18, 1965 |
Barney tries to cure Otis of his drinking habit. |
146 |
19 |
"The Lucky Letter" |
Theodore J. Flicker |
Richard M. Powell |
January 25, 1965 |
Barney thinks he's received bad luck after tearing up a chain letter. |
147 |
20 |
"Goober and the Art of Love" |
Alan Rafkin |
Fred Freeman & Lawrence J. Cohen |
February 1, 1965 |
Andy and Barney get Goober to ask out Lydia Crosswaithe (Josie Lloyd) so he doesn't have to tag along on their dates. |
148 |
21 |
"Barney Runs for Sheriff" |
Alan Rafkin |
Richard M. Powell |
February 8, 1965 |
Barney ends up running against Andy for Sheriff when a new job offer for Andy falls through. |
149 |
22 |
"If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars" |
Alan Rafkin |
Bob Ross |
February 15, 1965 |
Barney finds $250,000 from a recent bank robbery and sets out to catch the culprit. |
150 |
23 |
"TV or Not TV" |
Coby Ruskin |
Art Baer & Ben Joelson |
March 1, 1965 |
Three crooks posing as TV producers attempt to take advantage of Mayberry's "Sheriff Without a Gun" by robbing the bank. Gavin MacLeod played one of the crooks. In a season 6 episode ("Taylors in Hollywood"), MacLeod played an actor playing Andy in a movie based on "Sheriff Without a Gun". |
151 |
24 |
"Guest in the House" |
Coby Ruskin |
Lawrence J. Cohen & Fred Freeman |
March 8, 1965 |
Helen gets jealous of a pretty girl (Jan Shutan) staying with the Taylors for awhile. |
152 |
25 |
"The Case of the Punch in the Nose" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
March 15, 1965 |
Barney discovers a file of an old forgotten assault case between Floyd and grocer Charles Foley (Frank Ferguson) that was never resolved. Barney reopens the case and his actions cause old feelings to flare up. |
153 |
26 |
"Opie's Newspaper" |
Coby Ruskin |
Harvey Bullock |
March 22, 1965 |
Opie publishes local gossip in his newspaper, embarrassing Andy, Barney and Aunt Bee who had made unflattering comments about fellow townspeople. |
154 |
27 |
"Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau" |
Theodore J. Flicker |
Ben Joelson & Art Baer |
March 29, 1965 |
Aunt Bee invents a story that the butter and egg man (Woodrow Chambliss) is her new boyfriend....but he happens to be married. |
155 |
28 |
"The Arrest of the Fun Girls" |
Theodore J. Flicker |
Richard M. Powell |
April 5, 1965 |
The Fun Girls get themselves arrested on purpose, once again disrupting the romantic lives of Andy and Barney when Helen and Thelma Lou discover them at the courthouse at night with the girls. |
156 |
29 |
"The Luck of Newton Monroe" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick |
April 12, 1965 |
A peddler (Don Rickles) keeps having bad luck and Andy and Barney try to help. |
157 |
30 |
"Opie Flunks Arithmetic" |
Coby Ruskin |
Richard Morgan |
April 19, 1965 |
Opie needs to improve in his arithmetic, and Andy gets pressure from Barney to help him. Last appearance of Barney Fife as a regular character. |
158 |
31 |
"Opie and the Carnival" |
Coby Ruskin |
Fred Freeman & Lawrence J. Cohen |
April 26, 1965 |
Opie tries to win a birthday present for Andy at a carnival, unaware that the shooting gallery is a scam. |
159 |
32 |
"Banjo-Playing Deputy" |
Coby Ruskin |
Bob Ross |
May 3, 1965 |
Andy hires a shy, timid carnival banjo player (Jerry Van Dyke) as a temporary deputy. |
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