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The Best Episodes Directed By Don Weis

Every TV Episode Directed by Don Weis Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Stranger In Town

    S1:E12

    Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and disrupts the lives of the townspeople because he appears to know everyone's name, intimate details about their lives, and other startling facts about them.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Elementary Steele

    S2:E22

    Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. (60 min)

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    Director:Don Weis
  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Audition/The Groupies/Doc's Nephew

    S6:E6

    Doc's nephew is making a move on his girlfriend. A psychiatrist, who is on vacation is followed by four of his patients. An actor pursues the writer of a soap opera, who rejected for a role on her show.

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  4. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - For Want of a Boot

    S2:E17

    Hawkeye's quest for new boots turns into a never-ending game of horse trading.

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  5. 8.6/10(5 votes)

    #5 - The Trial of Henry Blake

    S2:E8

    Henry's fitness for command is called into question when he's put on trial for charges stemming from the tomfoolery at the 4077th.

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  6. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Andy the Matchmaker

    S1:E7

    When Barney's bumbling law enforcement techniques are questioned, Andy and Ellie decide to stage a fake robbery -- a scheme that turns Barney into a real hero!

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  7. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Big Switch

    S1:E15

    Gangster Sam Dunleavy sets up an elaborate alibi so that he can kill his ex-girlfriend Goldie, who left him for another man.

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    Writer:N/A
  8. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Manhunt

    S1:E2

    Andy and his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife, offer to help track down an escaped convict, but the captain of the state police scoffs at the small-town sheriff's help.

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  9. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - The Guitar Player

    S1:E3

    A gifted guitar player (James Best) who has self-doubts about his musical talent gets a chance at stardom -- with a little push from Andy.

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  10. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Irresistible Andy

    S1:E5

    It's the annual church picnic, and when Andy invites Ellie to the event, he begins to suspect that she has marriage on her mind -- so he hastily arranges for three of Mayberry's most eligible bachelors to lavish attention on her.

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  11. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - A Feud is a Feud

    S1:E9

    Andy hopes to finally bring peace to two of the county's longtime feuding families, the Carters and the Wakefields -- by arranging a duel between the two patriarchs of the quarreling clans!

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  12. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Watch Commander

    S3:E11

    A hard-nosed lieutenant tries to shape up CHP Central. Lieutenant ""Apple"" Bates has a hard time before he learns that he has the best troup all over L.A.

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Steele in Circulation

    S1:E22

    Steele stops a distraught young man from killing himself then must find a missing girl and a ""borrowed"" $50,000 to keep him from trying again.

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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Love Among the Steele

    S2:E7

    Laura and Remington find themselves involved in a murder and the mysterious disappearance of some million-dollar jewels.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Sensitive Steele

    S4:E16

    Laura and Steele go undercover at a self-improvement spa to find out why there have been a series of mysterious accidents.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Dear Dad... Three

    S2:E9

    Another letter from Hawkeye to his father tells about a bigoted soldier who wants the "right color" blood, a live grenade in the OR and Henry's home movies.

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  17. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Crisis

    S2:E21

    A wave of conservation hits the 4077th after a vital supply line is cut, creating a variety of shortages.

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  18. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Iron Guts Kelly

    S3:E4

    General 'Iron Guts' Kelly arrives for an inspection, and ends up dying in Margaret's tent. Hawkeye and Trapper help the General's aide smuggle him out of camp. The next day he is reported killed at the front, as that is where he would have wanted to die.

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  19. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Big Mac

    S3:E21

    The camp prepares for a visit from General MacArthur. Klinger dresses as the Statue of Liberty as the General's jeep drives through the camp. MacArthur is so impressed, he salutes!

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  20. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Last Laugh

    S6:E3

    Madness strikes as B.J. and his old friend Bardonaro play a series of practical jokes on each other, just as Bardonaro is about to leave Korea. Hawkeye gets the last laugh. He sends Bardonaro off without his traveling papers, and in a jeep with too little gas.

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  21. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Ellie Comes to Town

    S1:E4

    When Mayberry's local pharmacist falls ill, his niece Ellie Walker steps in as a temporary replacement -- and creates turmoil with the town's resident hypochondriac.

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  22. 7.7/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Sticky Wicket

    S1:E21

    Hawkeye and Frank argue over Frank's surgical ability. Hawkeye performs a difficult operation and the patient does not recover, as he should. Hawkeye begins to doubt his ability and moves out of The Swamp. He decides to open up his patients again, and discovers a nick in the colon that even Frank admits anyone could have missed.

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  23. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Major Fred C. Dobbs

    S1:E22

    As usual Frank's normal drone of verbal abuse upsets Ginger, so Hawkeye puts his arm in a cast while he is asleep. Frank puts in for a transfer, and after a broadcast goes out of Frank telling Margaret he's leaving, she decides to leave as well. As a result, Col. Blake puts both Hawk and Trap on double post-op duty until he finds replacements for Majs. Burns and Houlihan. Unwilling to lose their two favorite patsies, and to be worn to a frazzle from doing 2 shifts in O/R, Hawkeye and Trapper hatch a scheme to prevent Frank and Hot Lips from leaving. That night, Hawkeye and Trapper pretend they have found gold, letting Frank overhear them. Frank then withdraws his request when he thinks he's found gold himself, although the joke is on him when he finds, amongst other things, a gilded jeep!

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  24. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Henry in Love

    S2:E16

    Henry returns from Tokyo in love with a woman half his age, but he seems to have forgotten one thing--he's married.

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  25. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Springtime

    S3:E6

    When spring arrives, Klinger gets word from home that his sweetheart back in Toledo wants to marry him. Henry arranges for Father Mulcahy to do this over short wave radio. Radar falls in love with a nurse, while a grateful patient won't leave Hawkeye alone, and even threatens Major Burns.

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Don Weis Ratings Summary

"Stranger In Town" is the best rated episode directed by Don Weis. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Arthur Stander. It aired on 12/26/1960 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Elementary Steele".