- 9.0/101 votes
#1 - Andy Saves Barney's Morale
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1961
When Andy has to leave Mayberry for the day to testify in a court case held in a neighboring town, Deputy Barney Fife is left in charge of the sheriff's department -- and he proceeds to arrest everyone in Mayberry!
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 9.0/101 votes
#2 - Andy and Opie, Housekeepers
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1961
Aunt Bee must leave Mayberry to care for a sick cousin, but not before scolding Andy and Opie for their messy housekeeping habits. The two are determined to clean house before she returns -- a project that suddenly accelerates when she phones to say she'll be coming home earlier than expected!
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 9.0/102 votes
#3 - Ellie Saves a Female
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/17/1961
Ellie Walker takes pity on a shy tomboy named Frankie Flint and is determined to give a "Cinderella" makeover to the young girl -- much to her gruff father's displeasure.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 9.0/101 votes
#4 - Opie and the Bully
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1961
Sheriff Andy Taylor must decide whether to intervene or let the problem work itself out when a bully harasses his son Opie at school.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 8.7/103 votes
#5 - Christmas Story
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1960
Mayberry's local "Scrooge," storeowner Ben Weaver, manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas -- but the Mayberry folks manage to celebrate Christmas with Sam in a most unusual way.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 8.0/103 votes
#6 - Irresistible Andy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1960
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.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 8.0/102 votes
#7 - A Feud is a Feud
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1960
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!
Director: Don Weis
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 8.0/101 votes
#8 - Andy, the Marriage Counselor
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1961
Mayberry newcomers Fred and Jeannie Boone are constantly causing domestic disturbances with their fighting, so Andy decides to play marriage counselor to the bickering couple -- with disastrous results.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: Frank Tarloff
- 8.0/101 votes
#9 - A Medal for Opie
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1962
Opie has his heart set on winning a medal in the annual Sheriff's Boys Day race -- so he seeks training tips from an expert in the field: legendary 50-Yard Dash champion Barney Fife!
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Frank Tarloff