When Ben Weaver, the owner of Mayberry’s department store, notices that his inventory doesn’t quite add up, he’s convinced that theft is to blame. Andy agrees it’s likely shoplifting, but Barney has other ideas; he’s sure it’s an after-hours burglar.

With a big community concert approaching, the Mayberry Choir has been hard at work preparing. The problem? Barney Fife is their only tenor and unfortunately, he’s as tonedeaf as ever.

Neither Andy nor Barney is thrilled about pulling the evening shift until the State Police arrive with a prisoner for them to hold overnight. She’s not the typical Mayberry inmate: she’s a stunningly beautiful con artist arrested for theft and fraud.

Ernest T. Bass is back in Mayberry  and once again, he’s causing chaos. Desperate for attention and companionship, he starts hurling rocks through windows to announce his presence and demand someone notice him.

Mayberry has been receiving a growing number of complaints about speeding on the nearby highway, but Andy’s small-town department doesn’t have the manpower or equipment to patrol it effectively. Barney, as usual, has ideas and big ones.

When Aunt Bee learns that their longtime egg man, Mr. Frisby, is being forced off his land to make way for a new highway, she is outraged. To her, it’s a simple case of right versus wrong, a good, hardworking man being pushed aside by cold bureaucracy.

Opie meets a new friend, Trey, a fatherless boy visiting Mayberry with his mother. The two boys quickly hit it off like lifelong pals. Andy, seeing the boy’s situation, takes a friendly interest in Trey as well and invites him to join them on one of his and Opie’s fishing trips.

Andy and Helen decide to spend the day with Barney and Thelma Lou at a community picnic. While there, they decide to explore one of the local caves near Mayberry. But as they venture deep inside, the entrance collapses behind them, apparently trapping them inside.

Opie and his friends are captivated by the legend of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. With handmade bows and arrows, they set off into the woods to “do good”  or at least, their version of it.

Barney is on duty when he catches Gomer making a U-turn in the middle of the street. He quickly issues Gomer a ticket, lecturing him sternly about obeying the law.

When Thelma Lou’s cousin, Mary Grace Gossage, comes to town for a visit, Thelma Lou insists that she won’t attend the Chamber of Commerce dance unless Mary Grace has a date. She asks Barney to arrange something.

Barney has lived for years in a boarding house run by Mrs. Mendelbright, considering it his home. Trouble starts when she catches him cooking in his room, a strict rule violation. Upset, she demands he leave.

Opie has always been a solid but average student, not lazy, but not exactly a standout either. He’s convinced, however, that because his teacher, Miss Crump

Andy and Barney receive important news: they must help protect a shipment of gold being transported through Mayberry on its way to Fort Knox. The success of the operation depends on secrecy; the fewer people who know, the safer the gold will be.

When Wally grows tired of Gomer’s constant chatting with customers at the filling station, he fires him on the spot. Gomer, suddenly jobless and homeless, asks Andy if he can sleep at the jail for a few nights.

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