Season 5

Episode Guide

Opie Loves Helen

S5 E1
Opie Taylor develops a crush on his teacher, who also happens to be his father's girlfriend.

Barney's Physical

S5 E2
A campaign to fatten and stretch Barney Fife gets underway when it becomes apparent he doesn't match up to Civil Service physical requirements.

Family Visit

S5 E3
Aunt Bee invites relatives to Mayberry for a visit but they quickly wear out their welcome.

The Education of Ernest T. Bass

S5 E4
Ernest T. Bass (Howard Morris) goes back to school when his girl demands it.

Aunt Bee Romance

S5 E5
Andy has his misgivings when Aunt Bee's old beau shows up in Mayberry and tries to win her over again.

Barney's Bloodhound

S5 E6
Barney Fife buys a bloodhound to aid in Mayberry law enforcement.

Man in the Middle

S5 E7
Barney and Thelma Lou have a lovers' quarrel. Andy tries to help but only succeeds in getting caught in the middle.

Barney's Uniform

S5 E8
Barney starts wearing his uniform all the time after being threatened with bodily harm if he's ever caught without it on.

Opie's Fortune

S5 E9
Opie almost becomes $50 richer after finding a change purse.

Goodbye Sheriff Taylor

S5 E10
Andy goes to Raleigh for a job interview and chaos prevails in Mayberry with Barney Fife as acting sheriff.

The Pageant

S5 E11
When Aunt Bee snags the starring role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant, Andy and Opie become neglected at home.

The Darling Baby

S5 E12
Opie's an unwilling participant when he's betrothed to marry a mountain family's daughter.

Andy and Helen Have Their Day

S5 E13
Andy and Helen are supposed to have a day off but are continually interrupted at their secluded picnic spot by Barney Fife asking questions about his duties.

Three Wishes For Opie

S5 E14
Barney Fife demonstrates gypsy fortune telling to Opie and then Opie's wishes seem to begin to come true.

Otis Sues The County

S5 E15
Otis slips and falls in jail and is convinced by a lawyer that he should sue the county.

Barney Fife, Realtor

S5 E16
Barney Fife decides to dabble in real estate as a side job. He tries to get the sheriff to put his house up for sale.

Goober Takes A Car Apart

S5 E17
Goober dismantles a car in the sheriff's office.

The Rehabilitation of Otis

S5 E18
Otis (Hal Smith) rides into Mayberry on a cow under the impression it is a horse.

The Lucky Letter

S5 E19
Barney Fife believes he's hexed when several accidents happen after he fails to continue a "lucky" chain letter.

Goober And The Art of Love

S5 E20
Andy and Barney think they'll have some privacy with their girlfriends after Goober finds a girl of his own. But they discover Goober favors triple dates.

Barney Runs for Sheriff

S5 E21
Barney runs for sheriff when Andy seems lined up for another job. Andy's job falls through and he becomes a write-in candidate for re-election.

If I Had 1/4 Million

S5 E22
Barney finds $250,000 in cash from a bank robbery and decides to capture the robber himself.

TV Or Not TV

S5 E23
Andy's reputation brings a proposal from a Hollywood writer that he star in a television series as a sheriff without a gun.

Guest in the House

S5 E24
Andy's girlfriend becomes jealous when a pretty friend of the family stays at the Taylor home.

The Case of the Punch in the Nose

S5 E25
Barney divides Mayberry into two hostile camps when he finds that an old assault case was never resolved.

Opie's Newspaper

S5 E26
Opie becomes a newspaper publisher and proceeds to put out a scandal sheet and distributes free samples.

Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau

S5 E27
Aunt Bee invents a beau. When she's pressed for a name she names the butter and egg man who is married.

The Arrest of the Fun Girls

S5 E28
Two fast girls from Mt. Pilot get a speeding ticket and enjoy the attention they get from the law officers.

The Lucky Newton Monroe

S5 E29
Comedian Don Rickles guest stars as Newton Monroe, an itinerant peddler who seems unable to do anything right.

Opie Flunks Arithmetic

S5 E30
Deputy Barney Fife helps Opie with his schoolwork, using a teaching method all his own.

Opie and the Carnival

S5 E31
Opie tries to win a birthday present for his father at a carnival, not realizing that the carnival shooting gallery is crooked.

Banjo Playing Deputy

S5 E32
Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke guest stars as a carnival's destitute banjo player. He also proves to be an inept lawman when he is hired in Barney's Fife's absence.