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The Andy Griffith Show Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Opie and the Bully
Mon, Oct 2, 196126 mins
Andy is curious as to why Opie asked Aunt Bee for a nickel for milk and then came and asked him for another. Inquiring later as to why he needed two, Opie ducks and dodges the issue and Andy gives up when the boy pretends to be asleep. The next day, the mystery deepens when he discusses the problem with Barney who reveals that Opie stopped by and asked him for a nickel. Barney decides to find out for himself by following Opie home from school and discovers that one of the older kids has threatened to give Opie a knuckle sandwich every day if he doesn't produce a nickel. Barney is outraged and suggests to Andy that he give Opie some lessons in how to fight. Andy figures that this is not an issue of fighting but an issue of overcoming fear and decides that he needs an indirect way of getting Opie to stand up for himself. The next day he takes Opie fishing and uses the opportunity to tell him the story of how he found this spot when he was a little boy after overcoming a bully named Hoady Snitch who warned him not to ever come back. The lesson sinks in with Opie and the next day he asks Andy to take a change of clothes to the courthouse. He gets into a fight with the bully and gets a black eye and feels better for having stood up for himself, though Opie is so delighted by his new shiner that he doesn't want to treat it.
Episode 2
Barney's Replacement
Mon, Oct 9, 196126 mins
The State's Attorney's Office sends Bob Rogers to Mayberry to work with Andy as a deputy and learn about law enforcement. This doesn't sit well with Barney, who feels that Andy has lately been displeased with his performance and picking on him. It isn't long before Barney begins to feel useless and unwanted around the office and offers up his resignation.
Episode 3
Andy and the Woman Speeder
Mon, Oct 16, 196126 mins
An out-of-town speeder thinks Andy runs a speed trap in Mayberry. Awaiting her day in court gives her plenty of time to work on swaying the witnesses - Barney, Floyd and Opie.
Episode 4
Mayberry Goes Bankrupt
Mon, Oct 23, 196126 mins
Frank Myers is a kindly old man who lives in a rundown house which the town council feels is an eyesore. Since he is also delinquent on back taxes, they decide to evict him. Andy is solely opposed but forced to serve papers. Thanks to Opie, the Taylors decide to take him in until he can find a permanent place to live, but while looking through his valuables, Andy spots a 100-year-old bond which is redeemable for the face value plus 8 1/2% interest compounded annually. The council panics when they find out the town of Mayberry owes Frank Myers $349,119.27 dollars.
Episode 5
Barney on the Rebound
Mon, Oct 30, 196126 mins
When Barney is taken with a new girl in town, he and Thelma Lou have a lover's quarrel and declare their freedom from each other. Barney decides he is going to play the field and begins seeing the new girl. Things move a little too fast for him and, before you know it, he's engaged. He'll need Andy's help to get out of it and back into the good graces of Thelma Lou.
Episode 6
Opie's Hobo Friend
Mon, Nov 13, 196126 mins
While out fishing one morning, Andy and Opie happen upon a stranger out by the lake. As Andy and Opie head off to the lake, the stranger helps himself to the bag of sandwiches they left in the squad car and walks off without a care in the world. A little while later, Andy returns to the courthouse and finds that Barney has arrested the stranger for vagrancy and loitering. Although he hasn't necessarily done anything wrong, Barney suspects that he's up to no good and is a drifter or hobo preying on Mayberry in search of a few free meals. Andy reveals that he's already met the stranger, whose name is David Browne. Andy decides that since Mr. Browne has no money and no visible means of support, he will give him a job trimming the hedges around his house. Mr. Browne seems to happily agree, much to Barney's dismay. The next morning Mr. Browne is sitting with Opie on the front porch, seemingly getting ready to trim the hedges as he promised. After a bit of creative contemplation, Mr. Browne decides that is would be best if he went fishing, his logic being that fish were meant to be caught and eaten and his was his responsibility as a human being to both catch and eat fish. He drops his shears and is off to the lake. Opie considers Mr. Browne's logic, ditches his school books beneath a bush, and follows him to the lake. When Barney catches Opie sneaking into the Courthouse to get a fishing pole, he confronts Andy with the fact that David Browne is a bad influence on Opie. Andy is reluctant to jump to that conclusion. The next day Andy finds out that Opie has been hanging out with Mr. Browne again and even had lunch with him, a chicken that the drifter helped himself to. Andy realizes that Opie has come to idolize the vagabond drifter and his carefree, live by your wit's life. Not only does David Browne spend his days fishing and relaxing, he seems to eat rather well for a man with no means of support. Andy knows that David really didn't steal the purse. Rather than allow Barney to arrest him, Andy sets out to have a talk with Mr. Browne and ask him to stay away from Opie. During a conversation with Andy, he pointedly asks Andy why he doesn't let Opie decide for himself what life he'd choose. Andy explains that with children, a parent can't simply let them choose, as they would pick the first thing that comes along wrapped in shiny ribbons. He continues in saying that the hobo life seems to be all fun and games to a child even though they both know it's not. Andy tells David Browne that he's no longer fit company for Opie. When the drifter suggests his problem is solved, Andy replies, "No Mr. Browne. That boy thinks just about everything you do is perfect. So my problem is just beginning." A short while later Barney hauls David Browne into the courthouse again, this time for purse snatching. Barney has caught the drifter red-handed with Aunt Bee's pocketbook. When Opie realizes what Mr. Browne has stolen from his own Aunt, he is heartbroken. He returns the homemade fish lure that Mr. Browne gave him and walks dejectedly out of the courthouse. When Opie leaves Andy confronts Mr. Browne with the fact that the purse he supposedly stole was, in fact, one that Aunt Bee threw away. As Andy opens the cell to release the prisoner a train whistle sounds. Andy suggests that Mr. Browne be on the train and out of Mayberry forever. When Andy tries to thank the drifter for setting things right, Mr. Browne just smiles and says "Like you said, sheriff, I got a train to catch," and walks off.
Episode 7
Crime-Free Mayberry
Mon, Nov 20, 196126 mins
Andy is singing a Folk-Song to a jailed Otis when Barney comes into the courthouse. It is obvious he is in a bad mood, and after he rushes Otis off, Andy asks what is wrong. Barney says he has seen the new state police building in Mt. Pilot, and he's upset that he lives in such a "hick town." He tells Andy they have no modern equipment or even a helicopter. The door opens and Mayor Pike walks in with an FBI agent. At first, Barney thinks it's bad news, but the FBI agent is there to tell them congratulations on having the lowest crime rate in the entire United States. Andy says thank you but wants to give all the credit to the residents of Mayberry. The Mayor and Barney rush Andy away, as they want to boast a bit more than Andy was. Andy is getting a hair cut by Floyd and is telling him all about a fishing trip. He goes on to explain he had a hard time catching carp. Just then Miss Williamson, a writer for the state capital paper, comes into the Barbershop. She wants a story, thinking Andy is talking about someone with last name "Carp" and not a fish. She is shocked to hear Andy whacked him with an ax and took a picture while it was strung up. Andy finds out that there is supposed to be a celebration to give Andy and Barney medals. Andy doesn't want all the pomp and circumstance, however. Opie even says a holiday has been declared at the school. Meanwhile, Barney is picking out the medal he wants. Joe Layton, from Inter-Continental News, comes into the Courthouse. After Barney leaves, it's shown that Joe and the FBI agent know each other and are in cahoots together. Floyd brings in a group of people from the New Orleans bus. Floyd mentions he is part of the Greater Mayberry Historical Society and Tourist Bureau, Ltd. with Aunt Bee and others. Andy comes by to see Aunt Bee showing pictures of him as a baby and boy. While Barney is showing the cells, a drunk Otis comes in. Meanwhile, the crooks have checked out the bank vault. Andy approaches them and takes a picture with the FBI agent Mr. Jenkins. During the celebration and medal pinning ceremony, Joe is busy breaking into the bank vault while Mr. Jenkins speaks. When Joe breaks in, he is surprised to see Andy sitting in the vault waiting for him. He tells Joe congratulations, and that he was able to break into a vault they couldn't for over 15 years because of the lost combination. Andy tries to cheer up Barney. He explains that he knew they were crooked when the FBI agent allowed a picture to be taken of himself with Andy, something agents never do.
Episode 8
The Perfect Female
Mon, Nov 27, 196126 mins
Barney and Thelma Lou want to set Andy up on a blind date with her cousin Karen. Andy is somewhat skeptical of Barney's matchmaking skills but, after some clumsy maneuvering on Barney's part, agrees to meet Karen. Much to every one's delight, they really hit it off with each other; however, Barney's interference could cause more trouble than good.
Episode 9
Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter
Mon, Dec 4, 196126 mins
Andy comes home for lunch one day and finds a strange man spraying goo on his roses. Aunt Bee tells him that the man noticed that they had aphids on their rose bushes and Andy immediately becomes suspicious. Knowing Aunt Bee's propensity for falling for every pitchman that comes along, Andy suggests that they're being ripped off, but it's clear that Aunt Bee enjoys the company of an eligible bachelor, even for a few hours, and Andy drops his protest. Later that evening, Andy realizes he was wrong about being ripped off when the handyman, Mr. Wheeler, only charges $1.60 for his day's work, saying he could have charged $1.75. After he's paid, Mr. Wheeler asks Andy if he can park overnight in the driveway as his truck also serves as his temporary home. He cooks his meals over a little stove and sleeps in a sleeping bag in the back of the truck. Of course, Aunt Bee and Andy insist that he have dinner with them and use their spare bedroom. Furthermore, Mr. Wheeler suggests that he can stay on an extra day and do some other odd jobs, like fixing some loose shingles on the roof. A few days later, Mr. Wheeler is still holed up in the Taylor's spare bedroom, enjoying three homemade meals a day, and oddly enough, not doing any real work. Between his lumbago and sudden needs to take Aunt Bee places, it seems that Andy is really doing all the work. When the mailman notes how peculiar it is for a handyman to have such soft hands (while his own hands have become sore and calloused), Andy finally becomes suspicious. He phones the sheriff of Mt. Pilot and discovers that Henry "Goldbrick" Wheeler has a notorious reputation for weaseling his way into the affections of older, single women like Aunt Bee, freeloading, then just up and disappearing when he's good and fed. That evening Andy decides to take care of the situation: while cleaning his double-barrel shotgun, Andy explains to Mr. Wheeler that he expects a marriage proposal very soon, that very night in fact. Furthermore, he doesn't know what he would do to the man that would hurt his Aunt Bee (he says this with his shotgun aimed at Mr. Wheeler). Andy's scheme works as an exasperated Mr. Wheeler sneaks off to his truck and speeds out, never to be seen again. Andy breaks the news to Aunt Bee, who is tearful and heartbroken, but realizes that men like Mr. Wheeler can't be tied down. Andy consoles her and they go inside to eat supper.
Episode 10
The Clubmen
Mon, Dec 11, 196126 mins
Roger Courtney invites Andy to come up to the state capital and meet the membership committee of The Esquire Club and be considered for membership. Andy accepts the offer but tells him he'll be bringing Barney along also. Barney is very excited at the prospect of joining this exclusive club but worries that Andy may need a bit of polishing. Andy wants to be himself when meeting the club but Barney insists on "putting on airs" to impress them - which of course backfires.
Episode 11
The Pickle Story
Mon, Dec 18, 196126 mins
Aunt Bee is a wonderful cook but she just can't seem to make a tasty pickle. She's at it again, though, putting up another batch for the boys, who have never had the heart to tell her they taste terrible. Rather than choke down any more of her "kerosene cucumbers," Andy, Barney, and Opie substitute good store-bought pickles for her bad homemade ones. Having lost to Clara Johnson in the best pickles contest at the fair eleven years in a row, Bee thinks her latest batch is a winner and decides to enter. Knowing it would be unfair to the other contestants, especially Clara, for store-bought pickles to be entered, the boys must eat every one of the substitutes so Aunt Bee will have to make another batch of her own for the contest.
Episode 12
Sheriff Barney
Mon, Dec 25, 196126 mins
Needing a new sheriff until the next election, the mayor and councilmen of nearby Greendale see an article in the Mayberry Gazette about the low crime rate there. Deciding that they could never get Andy, they opt to offer the job to Barney. Andy doesn't think it's a good idea and tells Barney so. He thinks Barney needs more experience and needs to be more creative in finding solutions to problems. Barney doesn't agree, so he and Andy switch jobs for a day to see how he will do as sheriff. After discovering his limitations as sheriff, Barney feels dejected, so Andy arranges for him to make a key arrest - just enough to save face but also convince him to stay on as a deputy.
Episode 13
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Mon, Jan 1, 196226 mins
Andy and Barney are happy to see Big Jeff Pruitt in town. Jeff, a local farmer, has come to Mayberry to find himself a wife. He had a girlfriend, Bertha, but decides he wants a city gal instead. Jeff hasn't been around women a great deal, and his initial attempt to find one - literally picking them up on a street corner - doesn't work out quite well. Barney suggests they drop in on Thelma Lou's hen party where he can meet a lot of the town's single women all at once. Barney is nearly apoplectic, however, when the girl Jeff decides upon is Thelma Lou. With Andy's help, they set about to convince Jeff that she's not the girl for him.
Episode 14
The Keeper of the Flame
Mon, Jan 8, 196226 mins
After joining the Wildcats, a secret club, Opie is made the keeper of the flame, the boy who will be responsible for hanging on to the candle and matches that they use during their meetings. They've taken to meeting in Jubal Foster's barn and he runs them off regularly, even complaining to Andy about the trespassers. Jubal has his own reasons for keeping them out of the barn - he runs a still in the back room. When Jubal accidentally sets his barn on fire, he blames the Wildcats; so, when Aunt Bee finds the candle in Opie's room, Andy blames the boy for setting the fire. Andy is prepared to make restitution, since he thinks it's his son who's responsible, but it's another of Barney's blunders that sorts it all out in Opie's favor.
Episode 15
Bailey's Bad Boy
Mon, Jan 15, 196230 mins
Andy arrests 19-year-old Ronald Bailey after he sideswipes farmer Fletch Dilbeck's truck. The young man drives a flashy convertible and obviously comes from a well-off family. He also treats Andy and Barney as hicks, telling them that once his father gets to hear of what they've done, they'll get fired. Andy takes it all with a grain of salt and goes about his business. Ron finds the local routine, such as closing the jail on Sunday and taking the prisoners home for dinner, all a little strange but it's when he sees Andy's relationship with Opie and Andy's approach to parenting that he begins to re-evaluate his priorities. When his father's lawyer Arthur Harrington appears, it becomes apparent that the fix is in and the young man is again off the hook. He makes an important decision however.
Episode 16
The Manicurist
Mon, Jan 22, 196226 mins
The men who hang around Floyd's Barber Shop take a definite interest when a pretty young woman steps off the bus from Nashville. She is Ellen Brown who decided to go on a trip while trying to make up her mind on what to do about her boyfriend back home. A manicurist by profession, she asks Floyd if she could set up in his shop. The men think this is quite funny as they've never heard of a man who would get a manicure, but Floyd allows her. Andy, to make amends for saying something untowards, becomes her first customer. That breaks the ice, leaving Ellen a flood a customers, but when business comes to a screeching halt, Floyd leaves Andy to explain to Ellen that some of the wives may not like such an attractive woman spending time with their husbands. She misinterprets his wording to think he is proposing.
Episode 17
The Jinx
Mon, Jan 29, 196226 mins
Barney, Floyd, and other townspeople are convinced that local resident Henry Bennett is responsible for many mishaps that have occurred in Mayberry. Andy attempts to convince Henry that he is not a jinx by having him join himself and Barney in their boat for the opening day fishing sweepstakes. When this idea backfires, Andy must come up with the perfect plan to convince Henry once and for all that he is not a jinx before he thinks of moving out of Mayberry.
Episode 18
Jailbreak
Mon, Feb 5, 196226 mins
The state police come to town to catch some payroll robbers. They want Andy and Barney to stay out of the way and let them handle it. The big boys end up needing Andy and Barney more than they thought.
Episode 19
A Medal for Opie
Mon, Feb 12, 196226 mins
Opie decides that he's going to enter the 50-yard dash at the Annual Sheriff's Boys Day races and convinces himself that he's going to win. For Opie, nothing would be greater that winning that medal. He dreams about winning and even prays for a win. Barney doesn't help things by telling him about the time he won a medal in a footrace as a boy and offers to train him for the race, guaranteeing him a win. When Opie comes in last, he is despondent and goes home in a grump. Andy tries to explain to him the meaning of being a good loser but Opie won't hear of it; that medal was his and the winner took it away from him. Once again, Barney suggests a solution.
Episode 20
Barney and the Choir
Mon, Feb 19, 196226 mins
Barney fancies himself a singer and when he offers his services as a tenor to the Mayberry choir master, the man gladly accepts. Everyone else is aghast however because they know something he doesn't: Barney is the closest thing to tone deaf that there is. His shrieking strikes a discordant note with all members of the choir and disrupts their rehearsals. With an important concert coming up, Andy comes up with an idea: tell Barney he's going to be a soloist, but have him speak, rather than sing, his part. Barney likes the soloist part but insists on singing. Andy has to go to plan B which involves convincing Barney that he has to adapt his voice to a a newfangled "soloist's" microphone.
Episode 21
Guest of Honor
Mon, Feb 26, 196230 mins
As a way of promoting Mayberry's Founders' Day celebrations, the city council accepts Andy's suggestion that on the big day, they stop the first person coming through town and make him their guest of honor. The man they select is Sheldon Davis who has just been kicked out of a neighboring county. He is a thief and a pickpocket and having been given the key to the city, he has carte blanche to do what he likes. Once he gets his hands on Barney's keys - he has one for every business in town - he has access to those as well.
Episode 22
The Merchant of Mayberry
Mon, Mar 5, 196226 mins
Andy helps a struggling salesman stay in town.
Episode 23
Aunt Bee the Warden
Mon, Mar 12, 196225 mins
With the jail full after the arrest of the four Gordon brothers for moonshining, Andy wonders what to do with Otis when he shows up after his weekly drunk. The Gordons are angry with Otis for having changed liquor suppliers, so leaving him with them is out of the question. Left with little choice, Andy takes Otis home with him to serve his sentence. Aunt Bee is a little disconcerted at first, but when Andy tells her that she's in charge of the prisoner, she takes to making him do chores around the house, like washing floors and windows, cutting the grass and chopping wood. Otis takes to calling her the Warden and has worked so hard that he swears off liquor.
Episode 24
The County Nurse
Mon, Mar 19, 196226 mins
Andy agrees to help the pretty new county nurse, Mary Simpson, talk farmer Rafe Hollister into taking his tetanus shot. Rafe is a hard working man who, he says, has never been sick and has never had to see a doctor. Mary had promised her bosses that she would have a 100% success rate in inoculations, so getting Rafe on board is important to her. It's important for Andy as well as he quite likes Mary and would like to see more of her. They do finally get Rafe on board, but in reviewing her list, she realizes that there is one other individual who hasn't had his shot yet: Barney!
Episode 25
Andy and Barney in the Big City
Mon, Mar 26, 196226 mins
Andy and Barney travel to the State capital to seek funding for new equipment for the Mayberry Sheriff's office. Barney thinks he's in his element and is convinced that crime is all around him. At their hotel, Barney spots a suspicious character eying a well-to-do and bejeweled matronly woman in the lobby. Andy tells him to mind his own business but Barney being Barney decides that making a bust in the big city might just give them the clout they need to get the money they need. He follows the mysterious man and befriends another man, C.J. Hasler, who tells him he's a newspaperman who can help out. Turns out Barney has got it wrong again and the mystery man is actually the house detective and CJ is the jewel thief.
Episode 26
Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee
Mon, Apr 2, 196226 mins
With Barney away, Andy has been working double shifts so he decides to forgo the dance that night. Aunt Bee's friend Clara suggests to Bee that her presence may be preventing Andy from finding himself a wife. With that in mind she decides to invite the local dry cleaner, Fred Goss, for dinner. Goss has been flirting with her of late, so he gladly accepts her invitation. Andy now thinks that perhaps he has been preventing his Aunt Bee from developing a relationship because of her dedication to him and Opie, so he encourages the match. Aunt Bee is actually quite unhappy but will make any sacrifice for the boys. Andy finally realizes they are working at cross-purposes.
Episode 27
Three's a Crowd
Mon, Apr 9, 196226 mins
Barney interferes with Andy's new romance.
Episode 28
The Bookie Barber
Mon, Apr 16, 196225 mins
Floyd the barber is overworked, so when Bill Medwin walks into the shop looking for a job, he sees an opportunity. Andy encourages him to hire Medwin and accomplish his dream of having a two-chair shop. He does and is amazed with an even greater increase in business, now from 'out-of-towners.' Andy becomes suspicious when he sees the same men going in to the shop everyday, but it's information from the town's telephone exchange operator, Sarah, that makes him realize exactly what is going on: Bill Medwin is a bookie and the men who visit him are delivering the days collections from various betting offices. Barney decides to go undercover dressed as an old lady to get the goods on the criminals.
Episode 29
Andy on Trial
Mon, Apr 23, 196226 mins
Andy travels to a nearby city to issue a summons for a Mayberry traffic violation to a big newspaper publisher who failed to pay his fine. The publisher seeks revenge by having his attorney file charges of official misconduct against Andy.
Episode 30
Cousin Virgil
Mon, Apr 30, 196226 mins
Barney's cousin Virgil has newly arrived from New Jersey. Not being the brightest bulb in the basket, Virgil can't seem to do anything right, messing up even the smallest and easiest of chores. For instance, while having dinner at The Taylor Home, he dumps the meat in Andy's lap. Virgil polishes the cell keys so we'll, he wore down the teeth on the keys and they would turn the tumblers in the cell door to let Otis out. Andy discovers that Virgil has a latent talent which compensates for his chronic clumsiness. So he asks Virgil to open the cell door and let Otis out.
Episode 31
Deputy Otis
Mon, May 7, 196225 mins
Otis is made a temporary deputy so he can impress his visiting older brother.
