Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1964)

Cast

Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor
Andy Griffith

as Andy Taylor

Ron Howard as Opie Taylor
Ron Howard

as Opie Taylor

Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor
Frances Bavier

as Aunt Bee Taylor

Don Knotts as Barney Fife
Don Knotts

as Barney Fife

Episodes

Opie Loves Helen poster

Opie Loves Helen 4.0

September 21, 1964

Opie develops a crush on his teacher, Ms. Crump, and Andy sees that the only way to get Opie to forget about it is to a…

Barney's Physical poster

Barney's Physical 6.5

September 28, 1964

New height and weight requirements go into effect for all law enforcement officers, which threatens to put Barney out o…

Family Visit poster

Family Visit 8.0

October 5, 1964

Aunt Bee's sister Nora and her family come to visit and drive everybody crazy. When Nora's husband starts going around …

The Education of Ernest T. Bass poster

The Education of Ernest T. Bass 9.0

October 12, 1964

Ernest T. Bass returns to Mayberry to get an education so his girlfriend will marry him. But when he meets his new teac…

Aunt Bee's Romance poster

Aunt Bee's Romance 7.0

October 19, 1964

Aunt Bee's old flame Roger comes to town for a visit and starts driving Andy and Opie crazy. Andy tries to give him the…

Barney's Bloodhound poster

Barney's Bloodhound 9.0

October 26, 1964

Barney buys an old bloodhound to help him and Andy track down a prison escapee, but he only succeeds in getting them bo…

Man in the Middle poster

Man in the Middle 7.0

November 2, 1964

A lover's spat between Barney and Thelma Lou blows out of proportion and ends up involving Andy and Helen. Soon all fou…

Barney's Uniform poster

Barney's Uniform 9.0

November 9, 1964

Barney angers a local businessman who threatens to break every bone in his body if he sees him out of uniform, so Barne…

Opie's Fortune poster

Opie's Fortune 9.0

November 16, 1964

Opie finds a change purse with $50 and Andy tells him he can keep it if no one claims it in seven days. On the seventh …

Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor poster

Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor 8.0

November 23, 1964

While Andy is away in Raleigh considering a job offer, Barney is left as acting sheriff and dreams of the day he'll hav…

The Pageant poster

The Pageant 7.0

November 30, 1964

Aunt Bee is elated when she is cast in the lead role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant. When it becomes apparent she i…

The Darling Baby poster

The Darling Baby 4.2

December 7, 1964

The Darling family returns to Mayberry seeking a future husband for their 3-month-old daughter. To Andy's horror, they …

Andy and Helen Have Their Day poster

Andy and Helen Have Their Day 8.0

December 14, 1964

Andy and Helen end up before a justice of the peace when Andy forgets his fishing license during their picnic. When wor…

Three Wishes for Opie poster

Three Wishes for Opie 9.0

December 21, 1964

Opie makes three wishes on a "magic lamp" Barney bought. When one of his wishes doesn't come true, Barney dismisses the…

Otis Sues the County poster

Otis Sues the County 9.0

December 28, 1964

Otis is talked into suing the county by a shady lawyer, thinking Andy will support his efforts to attract more money fo…

Barney Fife, Realtor poster

Barney Fife, Realtor 8.0

January 4, 1965

Andy catches Opie trying to sell his broken bike to a friend and teaches him a lesson in honest dealing. But when Barne…

Goober Takes a Car Apart poster

Goober Takes a Car Apart 8.0

January 11, 1965

Andy is horrified to find Goober has brought a car into the courthouse after being left in charge while Andy was away a…

The Rehabilitation of Otis poster

The Rehabilitation of Otis 4.2

January 18, 1965

Barney's attempts at getting Otis to stop drinking through psychotherapy only succeed in driving him away to Mount Pilo…

The Lucky Letter poster

The Lucky Letter 8.0

January 25, 1965

Barney feels he's become "hexed" after Andy persuades him to throw away a chain letter. Now with the annual law-enforce…

Goober and the Art of Love poster

Goober and the Art of Love 7.0

February 1, 1965

Goober starts to annoy Andy and Barney by hanging around during their dates with Helen and Thelma Lou. They decide to s…

Barney Runs for Sheriff poster

Barney Runs for Sheriff 8.0

February 8, 1965

Andy is offered a job in Minnesota so Barney decides to run for sheriff in the upcoming election. But when Andy's job o…

If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars poster

If I Had a Quarter Million Dollars 8.0

February 15, 1965

Barney sets up a sting operation to catch a crook who may be returning to Mayberry for some stolen loot and ends up arr…

TV or Not TV poster

TV or Not TV 7.0

March 1, 1965

An article written up about Andy attracts the attention of a Hollywood film crew who come to make a television show abo…

Guest in the House poster

Guest in the House 7.0

March 8, 1965

The pretty daughter of a friend of Aunt Bee's comes to stay with the Taylors and develops a crush on Andy, who tries to…

The Case of the Punch in the Nose poster

The Case of the Punch in the Nose 9.0

March 15, 1965

Barney uncovers an old assault case between Floyd the barber and his friend Charlie that never went to trial and ends u…

Opie's Newspaper poster

Opie's Newspaper 8.0

March 22, 1965

Opie and his friend decide to spice up the newspaper they've started with a gossip column, which works great until Andy…

Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau poster

Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau 7.0

March 29, 1965

Andy and Barney go to investigate the man who Aunt Bee has told them she is dating and find out that not only is he mar…

The Arrest of the Fun Girls poster

The Arrest of the Fun Girls 7.0

April 5, 1965

After arresting a couple of "fun girls" from Mount Pilot, Andy and Barney need to postpone their big date with Helen an…

The Luck of Newton Monroe poster

The Luck of Newton Monroe 8.5

April 12, 1965

Andy arrests a traveling salesman for selling faulty merchandise and puts him on work detail, where he manages to botch…

Opie Flunks Arithmetic poster

Opie Flunks Arithmetic 8.0

April 19, 1965

When Opie gets a D in math class, Andy tells him he can no longer play football after school and pressures him to study…

Opie and the Carnival poster

Opie and the Carnival 10.0

April 26, 1965

Opie goes to the carnival to try and win a present for Andy's birthday but ends up spending all his money on a crooked …

Banjo-Playing Deputy poster

Banjo-Playing Deputy 8.0

May 3, 1965

Andy feels responsible when a banjo player loses a job at the carnival, and tries to help him get back on his feet. The…