Episode 1
Aired Sep 30, 1963
Opie the Birdman
Opie takes on the job of raising three baby birds after he accidentally kills the mother bird and learns important life lessons along the way.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 7, 1963
The Haunted House
Andy, Barney, and Gomer look for a lost baseball while exploring a supposedly haunted house and experience some strange events inside.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 14, 1963
Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army
Mountain man Ernest T. Bass goes on a window-breaking ruckus around town after the army refuses to accept him in their ranks. When Andy and Barney arrest him, he explains to them that he wants a uniform to attract women.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 21, 1963
The Sermon for Today
A preacher urges the residents of Mayberry to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 28, 1963
Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee
Briscoe Darling decides to court and marry Aunt Bee after he is treated to her hospitality and home cooking. When he resorts to kidnapping, Andy rescues Aunt Bee and convinces her to make Briscoe work hard to clean up their home.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 4, 1963
Gomer the House Guest
Gomer moves in with Andy after he loses his job at the filling station. Before long, the Taylor house turns into another filling station as Gomer's customers line up to get their cars looked at in Andy's driveway.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 11, 1963
A Black Day for Mayberry
Barney lets it slip that a top-secret shipment of gold will make its way through Mayberry on the way to Fort Knox. Everyone in town soon knows about the gold and welcomes it with a carnival-like reception.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 18, 1963
Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain
Opie gets straight A's on his report card, much to Andy's delight. But when Opie finds out that his teacher made an error, he cannot figure out how to tell the truth without disappointing his father.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 25, 1963
A Date for Gomer
Thelma Lou refuses to go with Barney to the town's upcoming dance unless he gets her visiting cousin Mary Grace a date. Just when he and Barney are about to give up, Gomer appears.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 2, 1963
Up in Barney's Room
Barney moves into the courthouse jail after his landlady evicts him. When he learns that she is planning to sell her home and marry someone she just met, Barney suspects that she is the victim of a con man.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 16, 1963
Citizen's Arrest
Gomer makes a citizen's arrest of Barney for an illegal U-turn, the same violation Barney has ticketed him for, causing him to overreact and resign as deputy.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 30, 1963
Opie and His Merry Men
Opie and his friends take their roles as Robin Hood's men seriously when they befriend a hobo.
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 6, 1964
Barney and the Cave Rescue
Barney organizes a rescue party when Andy and Helen become trapped in a cave after it collapses. Unbeknownst to Barney, the two have already escaped, but decide to go back into the cave to save him from becoming a laughingstock.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 13, 1964
Andy and Opie's Pal
Opie becomes jealous when he thinks Andy likes Trey, his new best friend, more than him. Andy then decides to teach Opie a lesson in friendship.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 20, 1964
Aunt Bee the Crusader
Aunt Bee organizes a protest to keep Mr Frisby, the local egg farmer, from getting evicted because of a highway project. However, unbeknownst to her, Mr Frisby is hiding a big secret.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 27, 1964
Barney's Sidecar
Barney adds a vintage motorcycle to the rolling stock of the Mayberry Sheriff's Department.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 3, 1964
My Fair Ernest T. Bass
A mountain-bred would-be Romeo is brought into Andy's home to be taught some manners.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 10, 1964
Prisoner of Love
Andy and Barney fall for the charms of a female prisoner who threatens to crumble the security of the Mayberry jail.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 17, 1964
Hot Rod Otis
Otis Campbell acquires a car and threatens the lives and limbs of Mayberry's pedestrian population.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 24, 1964
The Song Festers
Choir director John Masters decides to give Gomer the solo in the upcoming concert instead of Barney. Gomer fakes laryngitis when he learns how important the part is to Barney.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 2, 1964
The Shoplifters
Barney disguises himself as a dummy in an attempt to solve a series of thefts in a Mayberry department store.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 9, 1964
Andy's Vacation
Andy goes on vacation, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge of Mayberry. However, Andy cannot enjoy his rest as Barney and various townspeople interrupt his peace.
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 16, 1964
Andy Saves Gomer
Gomer believes that Andy has saved his life after Andy wakes him to put out a small fire at the filling station. Indebted, Gomer dedicates himself to repaying Andy in return.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 23, 1964
Bargain Day
Aunt Bee buys a side of beef from a discount butcher shop to save money. When she gets home, she discovers that her bargain freezer does not work.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 30, 1964
Divorce, Mountain Style
Charlene Darling-Wash wants to perform a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy. When Barney discovers a way to counteract the ritual with another ritual, Andy decides to fight fire with fire.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 6, 1964
A Deal Is a Deal
Opie and his friends become involved in a scheme selling worthless salve. Barney and Gomer disguise themselves and head to Mount Pilot to fool two salve cons into buying all their salve back.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 13, 1964
Fun Girls
Two fun-loving girls from Mount Pilot interrupt Andy and Barney, who are working late doing inventory. They end up in hot water when Helen and Thelma Lou see them with the other girls.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 20, 1964
Return of Malcolm Merriweather
Aunt Bee feels unneeded when Malcom Merriweather returns to Mayberry and gets enlisted to help at the Taylor House to give Aunt Bee a break from work.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 27, 1964
The Rumor
Barney sees Andy and Helen sneaking a kiss in the jewelry store and tells everyone they are engaged. Aunt Bee redecorates Andy's room to make it more appropriate for a bride and throws a surprise party for them.
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Episode 30
Aired May 4, 1964
Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt
Thelma Lou uses Gomer and flirts with him to make Barney jealous after he says that he has her in his hip pocket. Things escalate when she slips and kisses Gomer on the cheek.
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Episode 31
Aired May 11, 1964
Back to Nature
Andy, Barney, and Gomer take Opie and a couple of his friends on a camping trip. When Opie leaves early in the morning to pick berries, Barney and Gomer go looking for him but end up getting lost in the woods.
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Episode 32
Aired May 19, 1964
Gomer Pyle USMC
Gomer enlists and joins the Marines to test himself as a man, with Andy driving him to the base for his first day at boot camp. When Andy learns that the sergeant plans to get Gomer home, he tries to prevent Gomer from getting kicked out.
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