The Andy Griffith Show Searchable Episode Guide

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 8: A Feud is a Feud

Originally Aired on Dec 5, 1960.   Average User Rating: 4.9 out of 10  (238 entries).

Andy is caught in the middle of two feuding mountain families when one's son and the other's daughter show up at the Taylor house to be married. Andy brings the feud to an end by bluffing the heads of the families into settling the matter once and for all with a duel.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 9: Andy the Matchmaker

Originally Aired on Nov 14, 1960.   Average User Rating: 4.8 out of 10  (105 entries).

In the shows first try at finding a girl for Barney, the deputy is brought together with Miss Rosemary after Andy tricks him by deciding to declare for her himself.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 16: Andy Saves Barney's Morale

Originally Aired on Feb 20, 1961.   Average User Rating: 5.9 out of 10  (204 entries).

When Andy is called out of town, Barney gets his first chance as Actin' Sheriff of Mayberry and jails twenty citizens, including the bank president, Mayor Pike, and Aunt Bee. Andy returns and promptly dismisses all the prisoners. Barney is so discouraged that he threatens to quit, so Andy spreads the word that he might have to let Barney go. The citizens return, jail themselves, and demand they be tried as charged.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 17: Alcohol and Old Lace

Originally Aired on Jan 30, 1961.   Average User Rating: 6.3 out of 10  (86 entries).

Based on an idea from a Broadway play, Andy and Barney run down moonshiners with the help of the Morrison sisters, Jannifer and Clara Belle. With more help from Opie, they discover that the Morrison sisters are themselves running a still--and running their competition out of business. When Opie brings flowers back to the courthouse preserved in a mason jar full of moon, Barney and Andy realize what is happening and go to destroy the still.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 18: Andy the Marriage Counselor

Originally Aired on Feb 6, 1961.   Average User Rating: 4.1 out of 10  (114 entries).

The battling Boones, husband and wife, are engaged in an ongoing battle royal. Andy decides to put an end to their bickering by putting them on a probationary program of daily niceties. His brilliant idea backfires when the Boones turn nasty toward the rest of the town. Finally, Andy gives in when he realizes the couple's way of expressing their love for each other is based on their freedom to fight.