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The Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3

Every episode of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3!

Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:CBS
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
6.8
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.2
7.0
6.9

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Emmett's Domestic Problem" is the best rated episode of "Mayberry R.F.D." season 3. It scored 6.2/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Christian Nyby and written by Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, it aired on 9/14/1970. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Sensitivity Training".

  • Emmett's Domestic Problem
    6.2/1034 votes

    #1 - Emmett's Domestic Problem

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1970

    Emmett's wife joins a women's lib group.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Sensitivity Training
    7.0/1030 votes

    #2 - Sensitivity Training

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1970

    An encounter group comes to Mayberry

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Goober's New Gas Station
    6.9/1033 votes

    #3 - Goober's New Gas Station

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1970

    Goober finally opens his new gas station in Mayberry! Everything goes fine and dandy until Howard discovers some old reltics under the gas station- DINOSAUR BONES! He is eager to recover them, but recovering them would mean tearing parts of the road around the gas station, and Goober won't allow it! Howard wants to make a mueseum with these bones, but wants to get all of them, so he sneaks to the gas station in the middle of the night. And he's caught! Gooober almost presses charges! Howard then opens the first natural science muesum ever in Mayberry, but it's a bust, because most of the bones from the dinosaur are still buried. Seeing how upset Howard is, Goober has the other bones recovered and all is once again well in Mayberry.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Ross, David Evans

  • The New Housekeeper
    6.4/1034 votes

    #4 - The New Housekeeper

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1970

    Sam gets a new housekeeper, a former Army officer

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • All for Charity
    6.0/1039 votes

    #5 - All for Charity

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1970

    Sam and Emmett help put on a show for the church.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Hair
    7.2/1032 votes

    #6 - Hair

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1970

    Emmett tries to look young by buying a Toupee

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Millie the Best-Dressed Woman
    7.5/1035 votes

    #7 - Millie the Best-Dressed Woman

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1970

    Great news comes from the Mt.Pilot Press....Millie is declared the best dressed woman in ALL of the area! Everyone is very happy about this. Soon, the woman start copying Millie's styles and clothing she wears...including miniskits! The men strongly object, and Sam must tell Millie to stop. That night, the woman who she has been getting the fashions visits....and is in completly different clothes! Millie finds out that you should wear what you want to wear in this episode.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Howard's Nephew
    5.7/1033 votes

    #8 - Howard's Nephew

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1970

    Howard's hippie nephew visits him

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Goober the Housekeeper
    6.3/1030 votes

    #9 - Goober the Housekeeper

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1970

    Goober housesits at a rich man's house, and falls in love with a rich girl, only to find out the only reason the girl's mother likes him is because she thinks he's rich.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Millie's Dream
    7.0/1030 votes

    #10 - Millie's Dream

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1970

    Howard is made very jumpy at Sam and his camping trip, due to Millie having bad dreams about the trip.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Gene Thompson

  • Community Spirit
    7.2/1032 votes

    #11 - Community Spirit

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1970

    Goober, Howard, and Emmett paint Sam's house against his wishes.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • The Harp
    5.4/1032 votes

    #12 - The Harp

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1970

    Alice buys a harp, and gets lessons. Her teacher makes her very nervous and she almost gives up on the instrument.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • The Bicycle Club
    7.6/1043 votes

    #13 - The Bicycle Club

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1970

    The men make a bicycle club without telling Emmett. When Emmett finds out about it from Millie, he's determined to show them that he can still shine at his age.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Walter Black

  • Mike's Project
    7.6/1031 votes

    #14 - Mike's Project

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1970

    Sam's help on Mike's Project goes overboard when he gets into a dispuit with another boy's father.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Howard the Dream Spinner
    7.6/1040 votes

    #15 - Howard the Dream Spinner

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1970

    Howard becomes to hose of a local literary program and becomes attached to an anonymous girl named Melissa whom Goober and Emmett created

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • Millie's Egg Farm
    7.2/1031 votes

    #16 - Millie's Egg Farm

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1971

    Millie opens up and Egg Farm and finds it very hard work.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • The Kid from Hong Kong
    6.0/1033 votes

    #17 - The Kid from Hong Kong

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1971

    Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Sam Locke, Milton Pascal

  • The Moon Rocks
    7.2/1032 votes

    #18 - The Moon Rocks

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1971

    Sam gets his friend at NASA to bring the moon rock to Mayberry so Howard can have a private showing.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • The World Traveler
    6.8/1028 votes

    #19 - The World Traveler

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1971

    Emmett designs a cheap European tour for his wife.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Goober the Elder
    6.1/1028 votes

    #20 - Goober the Elder

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1971

    Goober is elected a church elder, only to be caught in a scandal in which he used the church money for gambling.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Alice and the Professor
    5.8/1030 votes

    #21 - Alice and the Professor

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1971

    Alice's harp teacher asks her to marry him.

    Director: Christian Nyby

    Writer: Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart

  • Howard the Swinger
    7.3/1041 votes

    #22 - Howard the Swinger

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1971

    Howard moves into a swinging singles apartment

    Director: Elliott Lewis

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Mike's Car
    7.3/1033 votes

    #23 - Mike's Car

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1971

    Sam lets Mike buy Goober's old car.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

  • Goober the Hero
    6.0/1028 votes

    #24 - Goober the Hero

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1971

    Goober gets lost in a cave.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Mosher

  • The City Planner
    7.3/1031 votes

    #25 - The City Planner

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1971

    When the representative of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her.

    Director: Hal Cooper

    Writer: Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart