Barney Fife begins the day feeling wounded. He’s convinced that everyone in Mayberry, Andy, Aunt Bee, Thelma Lou, and Gomer, has completely forgotten the fifth anniversary of his becoming a deputy sheriff. Feeling unappreciated and neglected, he sulks through his morning duties.

Young Opie Taylor has developed his first real crush, though he’s keeping the identity of his “secret girlfriend” under wraps. When Andy discovers Opie wants to buy his special someone a present, he gently asks what kind of gift he’s thinking about.

fter several years at Wally’s Filling Station, Gomer Pyle begins to feel that he’s not living up to his full potential. Wanting to test himself and “see what he’s made of,” Gomer decides to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

It’s time for the annual Sheriff’s Boys’ Camping Trip, and Andy decides to take Opie and his friends out into the great outdoors for some adventure and fresh air. Barney, ever eager to show off his “vast wilderness experience,”

Barney Fife has always believed he has everything under control, including his relationship with Thelma Lou. Confident (and a bit boastful), he brags to Andy and Gomer that he has Thelma Lou “in his hip pocket,”

It all begins innocently enough: Barney Fife spots Andy and Helen together in Walker’s Jewelry Store. To Barney, there can only be one explanation they must be picking out an engagement ring!

Life in the Taylor household has been especially busy lately, and Aunt Bee is wearing herself thin trying to keep everything spotless and everyone happy. Andy notices the toll it’s taking on her and begins to worry that the household chores might be more than she can handle.

It’s a quiet evening in Mayberry, and Andy and Barney are working late at the courthouse. Just as they’re wrapping up, two lively women from Mount Pilot, “The Fun Girls,” Daphne and Skippy, burst through the door.

Opie and several of his friends are swept up in a new business venture when they come across an offer from a patent medicine company. The company promises that the boy who sells the most jars of their “miracle salve” will win the grand prize, a real live pony. Excited by the opportunity, the boys begin their sales campaign around Mayberry.

Charlene Darling returns to Mayberry alone and immediately asks for Andy’s help. Ever the gentleman, Andy agrees to accompany her into the woods, where she buries a small item in the ground and solemnly announces that she’s divorced her husband, Dud Wash, and is now free to marry again.

Aunt Bee has set her mind on saving money and cutting costs wherever she can. Whether it’s buying Opie a pair of cheap shoes that are too big, purchasing sugar in bulk, or scouring Mayberry for the best deals, Bee is determined to stretch every dollar.

Andy stops by the filling station one evening to show Gomer a letter he’s just received from Barney, who’s vacationing in Raleigh. To his surprise, Andy finds Gomer fast asleep in a chair with a small fire smoldering dangerously in a nearby steel drum.

Lately, Andy Taylor has been showing signs of stress and irritability, something even he can’t deny. Barney, noticing his friend’s short temper, insists that Andy take a week’s vacation to recharge. Andy agrees, envisioning a peaceful week of rest, reading, and relaxation at home.

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.