The Andy Griffith Show
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Cast:Andy Griffith , Ron Howard , Don Knotts , Frances Bavier , Colin Male , George Lindsey , Howard McNear , Tom Jacobs , Aneta Corsaut , Jack Dodson , Hal Smith , Hope Summers , Betty Lynn , Jim Nabors , Paul Hartman , Mary Lansing , Burt Mustin , Robert McQuain
S5.E1 ∙ Opie Loves Helen
Opie develops a crush on a secret girlfriend, and gets advice on what kind of present to get her. When he comes up with a pair of nylon stockings, Andy intercedes, suggesting something less personal, like flowers. Later, Andy discovers that the secret girl is Opie's teacher, Helen Crump. Andy informs Opie that he doesn't appreciate him cutting in on his girl, and Opie relents.
S5.E2 ∙ Barney's Physical
Barney has to gain weight and somehow grow taller in a week's time in order to meet new guidelines for sheriff's deputies or lose his job. Can he do it?
S5.E3 ∙ The Family Visit
The Taylors find that a visit from relatives comes with complications.
S5.E4 ∙ The Education of Ernest T. Bass
Ernest returns to school to win a girl's affection.
S5.E5 ∙ Aunt Bee's Romance
An old beau of Aunt Bee's returns to court her, but he has an annoying sense of humor.
S5.E6 ∙ Barney's Bloodhound
Barney tries to train a mutt, then wants to use him to help capture an escaped convict, despite Andy's objections.
S5.E7 ∙ Man in the Middle
Barney and Thelma Lou have an argument. They reconcile quickly, but it leads to other arguments between Andy and Barney, Thelma Lou and Helen, Andy and Helen, and another between Barney and Thelma Lou.
S5.E8 ∙ Barney's Uniform
When a tough guy threatens to beat up Barney if he catches him out of uniform, Barney begins to wear the uniform all the time.
S5.E10 ∙ Goodbye Sheriff Taylor
Andy considers taking a job in Raleigh, and lets Barney take over as sheriff for a day to prepare him for the office.
S5.E11 ∙ The Pageant
When Clara has to suddenly go out of town Aunt Bee gets the leading role in Mayberry's Centennial Pageant, but her acting skills aren't quite up to the task.
S5.E12 ∙ The Darling Baby
The musical Darling family descends upon Mayberry again. This time they are looking for a husband for Charlene's new baby daughter. Things get complicated when they choose Opie and refuse to take no for an answer.
S5.E13 ∙ Andy and Helen Have Their Day
Andy and Helen go on a picnic but are plagued by constant interruptions from Barney, Goober and others.
S5.E14 ∙ Three Wishes for Opie
Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.
S5.E15 ∙ Otis Sues the County
After Otis falls down in the sheriff's office, a sleazy lawyer convinces him he would be helping Andy and Barney if he were to sue the county.
S5.E16 ∙ Barney Fife, Realtor
Barney decides to try his hand at the real estate business. He has a plan that will net him commissions on three sales. Crucial to the deal is Andy selling his house and buying another.
S5.E17 ∙ Goober Takes a Car Apart
While Barney is on vacation in Raleigh, Andy needs to find someone to fill in as a temporary deputy. When Andy himself has to go to a sheriff safety conference for a few days, nobody is available, so he is stuck with Goober. Goober doesn't take the job seriously (still working at the filling station). It gets so bad that Goober begins to work on cars at the sheriff's office and even ends up completely dismantling a car right inside the courthouse.
S5.E18 ∙ The Rehabilitation of Otis
Barney tries to rehabilitate Otis after he rides a cow, thinking it is a horse. Barney arrests Otis when it happens again, even using handcuffs. Otis leaves town and vows to never return.
S5.E19 ∙ The Lucky Letter
Barney gets a chain letter that predicts bad luck it he doesn't make copies and send them to friends. To prove to Andy that he's not superstitious, he doesn't send any. A constant stream of back luck is the result. Things look bad when he has a marksmanship test coming up, which he has to pass in order to keep his job.
S5.E20 ∙ Goober and the Art of Love
When Andy and Barney get tired of Goober tagging along on their dates, they decide to try teaching him how to act around women and then get him to ask a girl on a date. It proves to be quite a project.
S5.E21 ∙ Barney Runs for Sheriff
Barney decides to run for sheriff when he thinks Andy is leaving Mayberry. When Andy ends up staying, Barney ends up running against him.
S5.E22 ∙ If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars
Barney finds $250,000 from a bank heist, then goes undercover to find the robber.
S5.E23 ∙ TV or Not TV
After Andy is profiled in a national sheriff's magazine as the 'Sheriff Without A Gun,' a television production team comes to town to research a possible TV show about Mayberry's sheriff department. Andy suspects something's up when they spend a lot of time checking out the bank.
S5.E24 ∙ Guest in the House
Helen gets jealous when a very attractive friend of the family visits the Taylor household for a few days.
S5.E25 ∙ The Case of the Punch in the Nose
Barney finds an old police file about an assault between Floyd and Charles Foley from 19 years before. He refuses to let it go and stirs up a hornet's nest by investigating the case.
S5.E26 ∙ Opie's Newspaper
When nobody buys Opie's newspaper, Andy and Barney encourage him to print more interesting stories. Opie solves his circulation problem by publishing all the scandalous gossip from around town.
S5.E27 ∙ Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau
After Clara gives Aunt Bee the idea that her presence is preventing Andy and Helen from getting married, Aunt Bee names a married man as her imaginary beau.
S5.E28 ∙ The Arrest of the Fun Girls
Two flashy girls from Mount Pilot get a speeding ticket and cause romantic complications for Andy and Barney.
S5.E30 ∙ Opie Flunks Arithmetic
When Helen tells Andy Opie isn't doing too well in math, he's pretty relaxed about it. She recommends that Opie should do a bit more homework and he agrees. Barney, however, thinks Andy's attitude is completely off base. Barney starts talking about how Opie may not get into college and the like and gets Aunt Bee all worried. Soon, Andy is just as stressed and he tells Opie to buckle down and cut out the play time. Helen soon reports to him that since they last spoke of Opie, he is actually doing much worse and not only in math. Andy can't understand since he's been quite strict with Opie who has done nothing but study. Helen suggests that that may just be the problem.
S5.E31 ∙ Opie and the Carnival
Opie tries to win Andy a birthday present at the carnival's shooting gallery but gets ripped off for all his money by a pair of hucksters using guns with crooked sights.
