Briscoe Darling and his boys ride into Mayberry and, after being tossed out of the diner, end up accepting Andy’s invitation to dinner at the Taylor home.

A visiting preacher delivers a moving sermon in Mayberry on the theme of slowing down and savoring life’s simple joys. His message inspires the townsfolk, who immediately set out to “enjoy” life by organizing an old-time band concert.

Andy and Barney are called to break up a scuffle outside the Army recruitment center, only to discover Ernest T. Bass at the center of the commotion. Ernest T. insists he’s there to enlist.

When Opie and his friend Arnold accidentally send a baseball through the window of the spooky Rimshaw House, the boys are too frightened to retrieve it.

Opie is overjoyed when Andy gives him a new slingshot. Like any boy with a new toy, he runs outside eager to test it. Andy warns him to be careful, but

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.