The Andy Griffith Show Searchable Episode Guide

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 30: Barney Gets His Man

Originally Aired on May 8, 1961.   Average User Rating: 9.3 out of 10  (15603 entries).

Barney accidentally nabs bad-guy bank robber Eddie Brooks while issuing him a ticket for littering. Brooks tries to escape after spotting state troopers, but the troopers get their man. Before Brooks is carted off, he makes a point of promising revenge on the bumbling deputy responsible for his capture. Brooks manages to escape and is last seen making a beeline to Mayberry. Andy orchestrates Brooks's recapture, tricking Barney into firing his gun (directly at Andy), which induces Brooks to surrender.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 32: Bringing up Opie

Originally Aired on May 22, 1961.   Average User Rating: 7 out of 10  (50 entries).

Opie is banned from the friendly confines of the Mayberry courthouse when Aunt Bee decides it is not an atmosphere conducive to the proper upbringing of a young boy. Andy goes along with Bee's wishes until Opie wanders off and turns up miles away in another town. After his return, Bee agrees that father and son are better off together than apart.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 33: Barney's Replacements

Originally Aired on Oct 9, 1961.   Average User Rating: 7.1 out of 10  (36 entries).

Barney's pride gets the best of him when Bob Rogers, a booksmart rookie from the state attorney's office, is sent to Mayberry to get law enforcement experience. Convinced Andy is out to replace him, Barney beats him to the punch and resigns to enter the business world as a door-to-door Miracle Sweep vacuum salesman. Andy tricks Barney into rejoining the force by showing him that Rogers does not have the mettle for the job.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 36: Barney on the Rebound

Originally Aired on Oct 30, 1961.   Average User Rating: 8.3 out of 10  (64 entries).

Barney's head is turned by lovely young newcomer Melissa Stevens, who proves to be the more attractive half of a team of con artists out to trap naive young bachelors into breach-of-promise settlements. Andy saves the day by calling the bluff of Melissa's suspiciously young "father", George Stevens. In the middle of what the pair had hoped would be their payoff, Andy begins the wedding vows, and the two back off.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 47: Bailey's Bad Boy

Originally Aired on Jan 15, 1962.   Average User Rating: 5.6 out of 10  (99 entries).

Rich kid Ronald Bailey is jailed when he blatantly defies the law. As Bailey waits for his influential father to bail him out, Andy teaches him the lesson of self-responsibility. Bailey decides to stand on his own two feet and take care of his traffic violations himself.