
Andy Taylor is the widower sheriff of the small, sleepy North Carolina town of Mayberry. Andy and son Opie live with Aunt Bee, who takes care of the family. Andy's deputy is his bumbling but neurotically hilarious cousin, Barney Fife. Among Andy's Mayberry friends is the town's resident barber, Floyd.
The Darling family returns to Mayberry and asks Andy for help in dealing with Ernest T. Bass, a mountain man who keeps pursuing Briscoe's married daughter Charlene.
Barney and Gomer are responsible for watching over two thieves who are temporarily jailed in Mayberry. Between the two of them, the criminals manage to escape three times.
Andy uses common sense and Barney uses modern technology to solve several burglaries at a filling station.
After Opie is struck with puppy love, Barney tries to show him how to handle women.