After watching Andy tend to Opie’s scraped knee, Barney Fife decides it’s high time the sheriff finds himself a wife. Andy begs Barney not to interfere with his personal life, but as always, Barney can’t resist meddling.

When the State Police arrest two members of a four-man bank-robbing gang, they decide to house them temporarily in the Mayberry jail. Andy is called away to join the manhunt for the two remaining criminals, leaving Barney in charge.

When Briscoe Darling shows up in Mayberry, it’s never without trouble. This time, he seeks Andy’s help because mountain man Ernest T. Bass has taken a shine to Charlene Darling, despite the fact that she’s already married to Dud Wash.

When Opie finds a stray dog, he takes it to the courthouse, where he and Andy decide to feed it. The dog seems to take a special liking to Barney’s lunch. Andy gives Opie permission to keep the pup, but before long, it escapes and returns to the courthouse with several more dogs.

Young Opie Taylor experiences his first crush when he takes a liking to his classmate Karen. Eager to impress her, he insists on carrying her books, walking her home, and even dreaming of taking her to the movies. Unfortunately,

At long last, Barney Fife decides he’s ready to buy a car. Spotting an ad in the paper, he believes he’s found the perfect vehicle. When the seller, a sweet, elderly lady, comes to Andy’s house, Barney is instantly charmed.

While cycling through Mayberry, Malcolm Merriweather, a visitor from England, accidentally causes around $40 worth of damage to another vehicle. Unable to pay restitution, Andy prepares to put him in jail until he remembers that Aunt Bee is away. Andy sees an opportunity and offers Malcolm the chance to help around his house.

Mayberry is thrown into a bit of chaos when the Darling family comes to town. Led by father Briscoe Darling, with daughter Charlene and his four stoic sons, the Darlings are in town to meet Charlene’s fiancé, Dud Wash, who’s due back from the Army.

The sudden death of Augusta Finch, a woman Aunt Bee’s age, shakes Bee to her core. Feeling her own mortality, she begins wandering through town in a state of melancholy. It’s in this vulnerable moment that she encounters the charismatic Colonel Harvey, a smooth-talking salesman peddling a so-called miracle elixir.

Opie is frustrated with his history homework, finding it boring and irrelevant. When Andy tries to speak to him, Opie mistakenly interprets his father’s message as permission to skip the assignment. Emboldened, Opie rallies his friends to lead a “revolt” against their new teacher, whom they dismissively call “Old Lady Crump.”

When a series of auto-related thefts rocks Mayberry, suspicion quickly falls on Jimmy, a local youth with a troubled past. Jimmy’s reputation makes him an easy target for blame, and some, even Andy, begins to believe he’s guilty.

Mayberry finds itself facing a new challenge in the form of Arnold Winkler, a boy who has just moved to town with his family. Arnold rides his brand-new $70 bike recklessly on the sidewalks, knocking people over and refusing to follow the rules.

Barney is eager to prepare for the upcoming Ladies League singing contest, with the winner earning the honor of representing Mayberry at their musicale. There’s just one problem: Barney can’t sing.

While moving some of Barney’s belongings into Andy’s garage, the two stumble across their old high school yearbook. Leafing through its pages stirs up memories, and soon Andy suggests they organize a class reunion.

A local construction crew is blasting rock for a new underpass near Mayberry, though rumors spread that the mayor is pushing the project to benefit his brother’s gas station. Meanwhile, a farmer brings his goat uptown for his weekly shopping trip. Nervous from the blasting, the goat breaks free of its tether and wanders off.

Andy receives a letter from Luke Comstock, an ex-convict he shot in the leg years earlier during a gas station robbery attempt. Luke explains that the injury left him with permanent damage, and now he’s coming to Mayberry to “set things straight.”

When his car breaks down just outside of Mayberry on a Sunday, businessman Malcolm Tucker finds himself stranded two miles from town. With an important business appointment in Charlotte scheduled for the next morning, he’s desperate to get moving again.

When the Governor’s chauffeur parks the official car in a No Parking Zone in front of the post office, Barney, doing his duty as always, writes a ticket. At first, he doesn’t even realize it’s the Governor’s car. But once he does, Barney stands firm and refuses to back down.

A new boy, Steve Quincy, moves into Mayberry and immediately starts making trouble. He picks on Opie, mocking him with names like “Dopie,” and challenges him to do something about it. Opie backs down, not wanting a fight, but Steve continues his tough-guy act.

Barney has growing concerns about the lack of security at the Mayberry Security Bank. He points out that the elderly night guard, Asa, spends most of his shift asleep in a chair, and his gun is nearly as outdated as he is.