10.0/101 votes#1 - Opie and the Carnival
Season 5 Episode 31 - Aired 4/26/1965
Opie goes to the carnival to try and win a present for Andy's birthday but ends up spending all his money on a crooked shooting gallery. When Andy hears about it, he visits the gallery himself to teach the operators a lesson in straight shooting.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Fred Freeman
8.0/101 votes#2 - Just One Happy Family
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1964
Maurice, Samantha's father learns she's married, and wants to meet his new son-in-law, but disapproves of mixed marriages, and an argument prompts him to disintegrate Darrin. Endora is furious, and Samantha tells Maurice she loves Darrin and not to take him away from her.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Fred Freeman
8.0/101 votes#3 - Abner Kadabra
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/15/1965
When Gladys finally catches Samantha in the act of using her powers, the quick-thinking witch convinces the snoop that she possesses the gift of ESP. Things take a turn for the worse when Gladys will not stop trying to use her new "talent" in every situation, which frustrates Abner. Samantha holds a seance to scare Gladys into giving up her thoughts of having powers.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Fred Freeman
8.0/101 votes#4 - Trick or Treat
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1965
In the second Halloween episode of the series, Endora turns Darrin into a werewolf when he refuses to let Samantha go to a witches Halloween ceremony. The worse part of it is, Darrin has to entertain a new client for McMann and Tate! Samantha tells Endora that she is acting like the witches stereotype, and Endora removes the spell.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Writer: Fred Freeman
8.0/101 votes#5 - Prodigy
Season 2 Episode 38 - Aired 6/9/1966
Samantha and Darrin meet Gladys' violinist brother Louis who had an embarrassing moment when he was a child as a result refuses to pick up another violin. Samantha wants him to play again, but he refuses when she signs him up to do a show for the hospital. He tries anything and everything to keep from playing a violin, even trying to leave town. Samantha shows him that everyone gets embarrassed at some part in their lives, but that doesn't mean that he should stop living and doing what he likes to do. Louis does a great job and ends up on TV.
Director: Howard Morris
Writer: Fred Freeman
8.0/101 votes#6 - Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1964
While Andy is away in Raleigh considering a job offer, Barney is left as acting sheriff and dreams of the day he'll have the job. When he ends up causing more trouble than he prevents, he wonders if he really wants the job as much as he thought.
Director: Gene Nelson
Writer: Fred Freeman
7.0/101 votes#7 - Goober and the Art of Love
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1965
Goober starts to annoy Andy and Barney by hanging around during their dates with Helen and Thelma Lou. They decide to set him up with a girl he likes, only to find they now have twice the trouble.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Fred Freeman
7.0/101 votes#8 - Guest in the House
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1965
The pretty daughter of a friend of Aunt Bee's comes to stay with the Taylors and develops a crush on Andy, who tries to be nice for Aunt Bee's sake without getting in trouble with Helen.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Fred Freeman
4.2/102 votes#9 - The Rehabilitation of Otis
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1965
Barney's attempts at getting Otis to stop drinking through psychotherapy only succeed in driving him away to Mount Pilot. When Andy sees how bad Barney feels, he takes him up to Mount Pilot to convince Otis to come back, only to find that Otis prefers their jail over Andy's.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Fred Freeman
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"Opie and the Carnival" is the best rated episode written by Fred Freeman. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Coby Ruskin. It aired on 4/26/1965 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Just One Happy Family".