Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 249
- Latest aired
- S08E30
- Total runtime
- 4d 7h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 October 1960 – May 1961 32 episodes
- Season 2 October 1961 – May 1962 31 episodes
- Season 3 October 1962 – May 1963 32 episodes
- Season 4 September 1963 – May 1964 32 episodes
- Season 5 September 1964 – May 1965 32 episodes
- Season 6 September 1965 – April 1966 30 episodes
- Season 7 September 1966 – April 1967 30 episodes
- Season 8 September 1967 – April 1968 30 episodes
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S05E01 Opie Loves Helen
September 21 · 25min find the promo
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Opie develops a crush on his teacher, Ms. Crump, and Andy sees that the only way to get Opie to forget about it is to admit to him that he and Helen are an "item."
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S05E02 Barney's Physical
September 28 · 25min find the promo
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New height and weight requirements go into effect for all law enforcement officers, which threatens to put Barney out of a job unless Andy can figure out a way to throw around some much-needed weight.
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S05E03 Family Visit
October 5 · 25min find the promo
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Aunt Bee's sister Nora and her family come to visit and drive everybody crazy. When Nora's husband starts going around town acting like a police officer, Andy decides to give him a taste of the life of a real lawman.
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S05E04 The Education of Ernest T. Bass
October 12 · 25min find the promo
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Ernest T. Bass returns to Mayberry to get an education so his girlfriend will marry him. But when he meets his new teacher Helen, he falls in love with her. Now Andy has to help Helen give Ernest all the facts he needs, including the one about the true object of his affection.
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S05E05 Aunt Bee's Romance
October 19 · 25min find the promo
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Aunt Bee's old flame Roger comes to town for a visit and starts driving Andy and Opie crazy. Andy tries to give him the benefit of the doubt for Aunt Bee's sake, until Roger threatens to stay forever.
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S05E06 Barney's Bloodhound
October 26 · 25min find the promo
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Barney buys an old bloodhound to help him and Andy track down a prison escapee, but he only succeeds in getting them both taken hostage. That's when Andy remembers the dog's one pet peeve.
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S05E07 Man in the Middle
November 2 · 25min find the promo
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A lover's spat between Barney and Thelma Lou blows out of proportion and ends up involving Andy and Helen. Soon all four are not speaking and it's up to Barney to fix things, but he'll have to make up with Thelma Lou first.
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S05E08 Barney's Uniform
November 9 · 25min find the promo
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Barney angers a local businessman who threatens to break every bone in his body if he sees him out of uniform, so Barney starts wearing his uniform everywhere. Andy has an idea to help him by changing a little more than his clothes.
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S05E09 Opie's Fortune
November 16 · 25min find the promo
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Opie finds a change purse with $50 and Andy tells him he can keep it if no one claims it in seven days. On the seventh day the owner comes looking for the money, and Andy discovers Opie has already spent it.
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S05E10 Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor
November 23 · 25min find the promo
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While Andy is away in Raleigh considering a job offer, Barney is left as acting sheriff and dreams of the day he'll have the job. When he ends up causing more trouble than he prevents, he wonders if he really wants the job as much as he thought.
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S05E11 The Pageant
November 30 · 25min find the promo
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Aunt Bee is elated when she is cast in the lead role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant. When it becomes apparent she is not the actress she thinks she is, Andy devises a way for her to get a first-hand look at some real talent.
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S05E12 The Darling Baby
December 7 · 25min find the promo
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The Darling family returns to Mayberry seeking a future husband for their 3-month-old daughter. To Andy's horror, they choose Opie, and he finds he will have to scare up a little witchcraft to get out of this one.
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S05E13 Andy and Helen Have Their Day
December 14 · 25min find the promo
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Andy and Helen end up before a justice of the peace when Andy forgets his fishing license during their picnic. When word reaches Barney, he believes they are getting married and rounds up the whole gang to be there for the nuptials.
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S05E14 Three Wishes for Opie
December 21 · 25min find the promo
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Opie makes three wishes on a "magic lamp" Barney bought. When one of his wishes doesn't come true, Barney dismisses the whole thing. Opie learns there are many different ways for a wish to be granted.
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S05E15 Otis Sues the County
December 28 · 25min find the promo
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Otis is talked into suing the county by a shady lawyer, thinking Andy will support his efforts to attract more money for the courthouse. To his surprise, Andy decides to fight the case.
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S05E16 Barney Fife, Realtor
January 4 · 25min find the promo
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Andy catches Opie trying to sell his broken bike to a friend and teaches him a lesson in honest dealing. But when Barney talks Andy into selling his house, the lesson comes to haunt him as Opie points out all the faults of the Taylor house to Barney's potential buyers.
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S05E17 Goober Takes a Car Apart
January 11 · 25min find the promo
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Andy is horrified to find Goober has brought a car into the courthouse after being left in charge while Andy was away at a sheriff's conference. That's when he learns that a couple of law-enforcement friends from the conference are coming for a visit.
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S05E18 The Rehabilitation of Otis
January 18 · 25min find the promo
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Barney's attempts at getting Otis to stop drinking through psychotherapy only succeed in driving him away to Mount Pilot. When Andy sees how bad Barney feels, he takes him up to Mount Pilot to convince Otis to come back, only to find that Otis prefers their jail over Andy's.
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S05E19 The Lucky Letter
January 25 · 25min find the promo
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Barney feels he's become "hexed" after Andy persuades him to throw away a chain letter. Now with the annual law-enforcement officers' pistol-shooting qualifications coming up, Andy has to soothe Barney's nerves or he may lose his job.
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S05E20 Goober and the Art of Love
February 1 · 25min find the promo
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Goober starts to annoy Andy and Barney by hanging around during their dates with Helen and Thelma Lou. They decide to set him up with a girl he likes, only to find they now have twice the trouble.
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S05E21 Barney Runs for Sheriff
February 8 · 25min find the promo
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Andy is offered a job in Minnesota so Barney decides to run for sheriff in the upcoming election. But when Andy's job offer falls through, he returns to Mayberry to find Barney with a case of campaign fever, aiming to unseat Andy.
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S05E22 If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars
February 15 · 25min find the promo
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Barney sets up a sting operation to catch a crook who may be returning to Mayberry for some stolen loot and ends up arresting an undercover FBI agent instead. But a suspicious Andy realizes Barney's operation may not have been as far off as he thought.
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S05E23 TV or Not TV
March 1 · 25min find the promo
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An article written up about Andy attracts the attention of a Hollywood film crew who come to make a television show about him. Andy is flattered, until he notices the crew's strange fascination with the Mayberry town bank.
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S05E24 Guest in the House
March 8 · 25min find the promo
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The pretty daughter of a friend of Aunt Bee's comes to stay with the Taylors and develops a crush on Andy, who tries to be nice for Aunt Bee's sake without getting in trouble with Helen.
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S05E25 The Case of the Punch in the Nose
March 15 · 25min find the promo
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Barney uncovers an old assault case between Floyd the barber and his friend Charlie that never went to trial and ends up re-igniting an old feud that spreads to the whole town. Now Andy has to find a way to resolve the dispute and keep everyone out of court.
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S05E26 Opie's Newspaper
March 22 · 25min find the promo
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Opie and his friend decide to spice up the newspaper they've started with a gossip column, which works great until Andy and Aunt Bee realize it's mostly about them.
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S05E27 Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau
March 29 · 25min find the promo
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Andy and Barney go to investigate the man who Aunt Bee has told them she is dating and find out that not only is he married with children, but he has never dated Aunt Bee.
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S05E28 The Arrest of the Fun Girls
April 5 · 25min find the promo
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After arresting a couple of "fun girls" from Mount Pilot, Andy and Barney need to postpone their big date with Helen and Thelma Lou. Not wanting their dates to worry, Andy describes their prisoners as hard-bitten criminals. The ploy works, until Helen and Thelma Lou decide to make a surprise visit to the courthouse.
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S05E29 The Luck of Newton Monroe
April 12 · 25min find the promo
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Andy arrests a traveling salesman for selling faulty merchandise and puts him on work detail, where he manages to botch every job he's given. Now Andy has to restore the man's self-confidence and he may have to sacrifice his front porch to do it.
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S05E30 Opie Flunks Arithmetic
April 19 · 25min find the promo
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When Opie gets a D in math class, Andy tells him he can no longer play football after school and pressures him to study harder. When Opie's grade fails to improve, Andy feels helpless until Helen shows him how he may actually be contributing to the problem.
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S05E31 Opie and the Carnival
April 26 · 25min find the promo
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Opie goes to the carnival to try and win a present for Andy's birthday but ends up spending all his money on a crooked shooting gallery. When Andy hears about it, he visits the gallery himself to teach the operators a lesson in straight shooting.
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S05E32 Banjo-Playing Deputy
May 3 · 25min find the promo
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Andy feels responsible when a banjo player loses a job at the carnival, and tries to help him get back on his feet. The man only succeeds in making a mess of things and quickly loses his self-confidence, until he hears about a couple of purse robbers who are on the loose at the carnival.