The Best Episodes Written By Lawrence J. cohen

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Abner Kadabra

   S1:E294/15/1965

   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.

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   #2 - Just One Happy Family

   S1:E1011/19/1964

   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.

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   #3 - Trick or Treat

   S2:E710/28/1965

   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.

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   #4 - Prodigy

   S2:E386/9/1966

   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.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor

   S5:E1011/23/1964

   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.

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   #6 - Opie and the Carnival

   S5:E314/26/1965

   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.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Goober and the Art of Love

   S5:E202/1/1965

   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.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #8 - Guest in the House

   S5:E243/8/1965

   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.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Otis the Artist

   S6:E161/3/1966

   Warren decides that Otis needs some contructive rehabilitation acitivity-so he has him take up art. Otis works hard on a large mosaic of a cow that he is proud of-and he gives it as a gift to the Taylors. Much to Andy's embarrassment, Otis wants them to hang it up on their living room mantel!

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Aunt Bee on TV

    S6:E1011/15/1965

    While the Taylors were in Hollywood, Aunt Bee won $4800 worth of prizes on a game show. She is the envy of Mayberry, until she her friends think that she's gloating about her winnings. The IRS comes to call, telling Andy that he'll have to pay over $1100 in taxes for the winnings. Aunt Bee sells most all of the prizes to pay the taxes. Worth noting in this episode is that Howard McNear (Floyd the barber), who had suffered a stroke, has a particularly shaky scene, when he's checking out Bee's new dishwasher.

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    6.9/10(5 votes)

    #11 - The Rehabilitation of Otis

    S5:E181/18/1965

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Hollywood Party

    S6:E911/8/1965

    Andy has some explaining to do to Helen when photographs of him getting cozy with a famous and attractive Hollywood starlet make it back to Mayberry.

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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - A Warning from Warren

    S6:E610/18/1965

    Warren is convinced he has e.s.p. and feels that Andy and Helen are in grave danger if they go to the lake. He tries to warn them but they do not take him seriously. He takes it upon himself (with Goober's help) to "protect" them.

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