In this first episode, Sheriff Andy Taylor and son, Opie, are in the market for a new housekeeper. Their current housekeeper, Rose, is getting married and moving away. As a replacement for Rose, Andy's Aunt Bee comes to live with the family.
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Andy and his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife, must help visiting state troopers catch an escaped convict named Dirksen. The only problem is, Captain Barker of the state police doesn't want the small-town sheriff's help.
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Mayberry's local guitar minstrel has upset Mr. Monroe of OrvilleMonroe's Funeral Parlor and Mortuary one too many times. Continually playing rock n' roll music out in front of the funeral parlor has gotten Jim arrested by a reluctant Sheriff Andy.
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Pharmacist Ellie Walker comes to Mayberry to help her ailing uncle run his drugstore, but she has to adjust to the town's unusual ways and people, including Emma the hypochondriac.
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Andy suspects that Ellie is thinking about marriage when he invites her to the annual church picnic.
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Andy teaches Opie about keeping promises, then must figure what to do with a friend of Opie's who has run away from home and sworn Opie to secrecy.
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Andy and Ellie stage a fake robbery at the pharmacy to boost Barney's self-confidence. Andy also encourages Barney to date shy Rosemary, whom he had only been walking to church on Sundays.
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Andy is disappointed in Opie for giving so little to a charity drive, until he learns the reason. Meanwhile, a former Mayberry resident who was presumed dead unexpectedly returns to town.
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Andy seeks to end a long-running family feud before joining two lovers (one from each family) in marriage.
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Ellie starts a battle of the sexes when she decides to run for town council.
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Despite being forced by a Scrooge-like store owner to arrest bootlegger Sam Muggins on Christmas Eve, Andy still manages to have the most wonderful Christmas in Mayberry. This is the only Christmas episode in the eight-year series.
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The citizens of Mayberry are suspicious of a young stranger who seems to know everything about them. First appearance of Floyd the barber, played for the only time by Walter Baldwin.