
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.
Opie accidentally ruins Aunt Bee's prize rose entry on the eve of the annual Mayberry Flower Show.
Otis and Howard rescue Andy, who has been taken prisoner by a pair of desperate bank robbers.
Inarticulate Goober grows a beard and suddenly turns into a verbose philosopher.
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.