List of Mayberry R.F.D. episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the television series Mayberry R.F.D.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||
| Pilot | 1 | April 1, 1968 | N/A | N/A | |||
| 1 | 26 | September 23, 1968 | May 12, 1969 | 4 | 25.4 | ||
| 2 | 26 | September 22, 1969 | April 13, 1970 | 4 | 24.4 | ||
| 3 | 26 | September 14, 1970 | March 29, 1971 | 15 | 22.3 | ||
Episodes
Pilot (1968)
"No. in series" and "No. in season" for the pilot dictate the airing and location of the episode within the parent series.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 249 | 30 | "Mayberry R.F.D." | Peter Baldwin | Bob Ross | April 1, 1968 | |
| Sam Jones asks a friend of his from Italy to help him with his land, and the friend brings his father and sister with him. | ||||||
Season 1 (1968–69)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Andy and Helen Get Married" | Christian Nyby | John McGreevey | September 23, 1968 | |
| With Andy and Helen finally getting married, Aunt Bee considers becoming Sam's housekeeper. Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Aneta Corsaut and Don Knotts guest star. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Harvest Ball" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | September 30, 1968 | |
| Sam helps Goober ask Millie Swanson (Arlene Golonka) to the Harvest Ball, even though he wanted to ask her. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Race Horse" | Christian Nyby | Henry Garson & Edmund Beloin | October 7, 1968 | |
| Aunt Bee's intuition is put to the test when she enters a horse named Ginger Snap in a race. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Help on the Farm" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | October 14, 1968 | |
| Aunt Bee feels uneasy about Sam hiring two ex-cons to help out on the farm, especially since there's money in the house. Andy Griffith guest stars. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Copy Machine" | Christian Nyby | Burt Styler | October 21, 1968 | |
| Mike gets a copy machine that leads to multiple problems. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Panel Show" | Hal Cooper | Joseph Bonaduce | October 28, 1968 | |
| Howard and Emmett appear on a talk show in New York. Pamela Mason guest star. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Youth Takes Over" | Hal Cooper | Jim Brooks | November 11, 1968 | |
| The adults of Mayberry think Civic Youth Day is a game, but the children are actually quite serious about it. Andy Griffith guest stars. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Church Play" | Christian Nyby | John McGreevey | November 18, 1968 | |
| Millie has difficulty directing the church play, but Sam offers his support when he learns she was once a chorus girl. Jodie Foster has a small role as the Fairy. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Mike's Losing Streak" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | December 2, 1968 | |
| Sam faces the consequences of disciplining Mike. Andy Griffith guest stars. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Sam Gets a Ticket" | Hal Cooper | Elroy Schwartz | December 9, 1968 | |
| Sam is given a traffic ticket in Mount Pilot and decides to contest it. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Emmet's 50th Birthday Party" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | December 16, 1968 | |
| Emmett feels gloomy on his 50th birthday. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Miss Farmerette" | Hal Cooper | Joseph Bonaduce | December 23, 1968 | |
| A has-been Hollywood agent convinces Millie to consider a career in movies. Teri Garr has a small role in the episode. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Sam and the Teenager" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | December 30, 1968 | |
| Sam must deal with Nancy (Darleen Carr), a lovestruck teenager. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "New Couple in Town" | Hal Cooper | Dan Beaumont | January 6, 1969 | |
| Goober is considered too low-brow to join the literary club. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Aunt Bee's Cruise: Part 1" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | January 13, 1969 | |
| Aunt Bee takes a shine to the captain (Will Geer) of a Caribbean cruise. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Aunt Bee's Cruise: Part 2" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 20, 1969 | |
| Aunt Bee has second thoughts about Captain Charles Wolford when he accompanies her to Mayberry. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Driver Education" | Christian Nyby | John McGreevey | January 27, 1969 | |
| Goober is hired as the driving teacher of Mayberry High, then he accidentally hits the principal's car. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Howard's Hobby" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | February 3, 1969 | |
| Howard attempts to share his sweetheart's love of skydiving. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Camper" | Hal Cooper | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | February 10, 1969 | |
| Although Mike and Harold insist they're no longer friends, they both join the camping trip. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Sam the Expert Farmer" | Christian Nyby | Elroy Schwartz | February 17, 1969 | |
| Sam is very upset that his bean crop is a failure and Millie's is a success. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Pet Shop" | Hal Cooper | S : Bob Ross; T : Paul West | February 24, 1969 | |
| Mike takes a job at a pet shop. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "An Efficient Service Station" | Hal Cooper | S : Joel Swanson; T : John McGreevey | March 3, 1969 | |
| Goober must make the service station ship-shape or Mayberry will lose it. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Emmett's Retirement" | Hal Cooper | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | March 10, 1969 | |
| Emmett becomes a pest when he retires from the fix-it business. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Millie's Girlfriend" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | March 17, 1969 | |
| Sam finds himself in the middle when Millie's girlfriend visits. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "The Church Bell" | Christian Nyby | S : Joel Swanson; T : Paul West | March 24, 1969 | |
| The committee resorts to wheeling and dealing to get a new bell for the church. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Sister Cities" | Hal Cooper | Albert E. Lewin | May 12, 1969 | |
| The citizens of Mayberry prepare for the arrival of Mexican officials. | ||||||
Season 2 (1969–70)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Andy's Baby" | Hal Cooper | Roswell Rogers | September 22, 1969 | |
| Andy and Helen return to Mayberry to show everyone their new baby. Andy Griffith and Aneta Corsaut guest stars. | ||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Saving Morelli's" | Hal Cooper | S : Bob Ross; T : Paul West | September 29, 1969 | |
| Sam becomes an entertainer to save Morelli's restaurant. | ||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Howard the Poet" | Hal Cooper | Roswell Rogers | October 6, 1969 | |
| Howard tries to write a poem. | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Goober and the Telephone Girl" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | October 13, 1969 | |
| Goober dates a girl who know judo and uses it when a guy punches Goober. | ||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Millie the Model" | Hal Cooper | Burt Styler | October 20, 1969 | |
| Sam decides to follow Millie to New York. | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | "Mike's Birthday Party" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | October 27, 1969 | |
| Mike's no-girls-allowed birthday party is certain to backfire. Danny Bonaduce has a small part. | ||||||
| 33 | 7 | "The Farmer Exchange Project" | Christian Nyby | T : Paul West; S/T : Dennis Whitcomb | November 3, 1969 | |
| A Russian agricultural expert comes to Mayberry as part of a farmer exchange project. | ||||||
| 34 | 8 | "The Caper" | Christian Nyby | Roswell Rogers | November 10, 1969 | |
| Howard robs the bank just to prove Goober's worthlessness. | ||||||
| 35 | 9 | "The New Farmhand" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | November 17, 1969 | |
| Sam figures out how to deal with his hero-worshiping son Mike. | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | "Palm Springs, Here We Come" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | November 24, 1969 | |
| Mike is promised a trip to Palm Springs if he passes his math test. | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Palm Springs, Here We Are" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | December 15, 1969 | |
| Goober and Howard's bickering nearly ruins the trip to Palm Springs. | ||||||
| 38 | 12 | "Millie and the Palm Springs Golf Pro" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | December 22, 1969 | |
| As the Palm Springs trip continues, Millie plots to make Sam jealous. | ||||||
| 39 | 13 | "Palm Springs Cowboy" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | December 29, 1969 | |
| Howard attempts to help a former singing cowboy movie actor (Dick Foran) get back in the limelight. | ||||||
| 40 | 14 | "Goober's Niece" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 12, 1970 | |
| Goober's niece helps him understand teenagers. | ||||||
| 41 | 15 | "Emmett Takes a Fall" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | January 19, 1970 | |
| A teenager helps Emmett, sidelined by an injured arm, too much in his fix-it shop. | ||||||
| 42 | 16 | "The New Well" | Christian Nyby | S : Joel Swanson; T : Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 26, 1970 | |
| Despite an old dowser's claims, Sam uses science and instinct to find a well. | ||||||
| 43 | 17 | "Emmett and the Ring" | Hal Cooper | John McGreevey | February 2, 1970 | |
| Emmett pawns his wife's ring for an investment in stocks. | ||||||
| 44 | 18 | "Goober's Brother" | Hal Cooper | John McGreevey | February 9, 1970 | |
| Goober sets out to be as appreciated as his engineer brother Braden (Woodrow Parfrey ). | ||||||
| 45 | 19 | "The Mayberry Road" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | February 16, 1970 | |
| Aunt Bee and her garden club take action to save trees from being torn down to make room for a new road. | ||||||
| 46 | 20 | "Millie and the Great Outdoors" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | March 2, 1970 | |
| Millie reluctantly goes on a camping trip with Sam and Howard. | ||||||
| 47 | 21 | "The Sculptor" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | March 9, 1970 | |
| A sculptor makes a rather bizarre statue for Mayberry. | ||||||
| 48 | 22 | "The Health Fund" | Christian Nyby | S : Joel Swanson; T : Bob Mosher | March 16, 1970 | |
| Howard's lodge is unwilling to decrease the health fund after his operation. | ||||||
| 49 | 23 | "The Mayberry Float" | Hal Cooper | Paul West | March 23, 1970 | |
| Millie and Clara compete for the opportunity to represent Pioneer Women in a parade. | ||||||
| 50 | 24 | "Aloha Goober" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | March 30, 1970 | |
| Goober may be going to Hawaii. | ||||||
| 51 | 25 | "Millie the Secretary" | Christian Nyby | Roswell Rogers | April 6, 1970 | |
| Millie takes a job as a secretary, unaware that her bosses are bookies. | ||||||
| 52 | 26 | "The Mynah Bird" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | April 13, 1970 | |
| Mike loses Howard's prized mynah bird. Final appearance of Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee. | ||||||
Season 3 (1970–71)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Emmett's Domestic Problem" | Christian Nyby | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | September 14, 1970 | |
| Emmett and his wife are divided by the issue of women's lib when she decides to open a boutique. | ||||||
| 54 | 2 | "Sensitivity Training" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | September 21, 1970 | |
| Thanks to Howard, the citizens of Mayberry go into encounter-group therapy. | ||||||
| 55 | 3 | "Goober's New Gas Station" | Hal Cooper | T : Bob Ross; S/T : David Evans | September 28, 1970 | |
| Goober opens his new gas station in a location closer to town. Things become complicated when dinosaur bones are discovered on the site. | ||||||
| 56 | 4 | "The New Housekeeper" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | October 5, 1970 | |
| Sam's cousin Alice Cooper (Alice Ghostley), a former WAC, takes the job as his new housekeeper. Last episode to feature Clara Edwards (Hope Summers). | ||||||
| 57 | 5 | "All for Charity" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | October 12, 1970 | |
| The citizens of Mayberry have a church pageant for charity. Jodie Foster has a small role. | ||||||
| 58 | 6 | "Hair" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | October 19, 1970 | |
| Emmett buys a toupee to look younger. | ||||||
| 59 | 7 | "Millie the Best-Dressed Woman" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | October 26, 1970 | |
| Mayberry plays host to the mini-vs-midi dress debate. | ||||||
| 60 | 8 | "Howard's Nephew" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | November 2, 1970 | |
| Howard needs help dealing with his 16-year-old nephew. | ||||||
| 61 | 9 | "Goober the Housekeeper" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | November 9, 1970 | |
| Goober is hired as the housekeeper of a rich home, but he pretends to be the owner. | ||||||
| 62 | 10 | "Millie's Dream" | Christian Nyby | Gene Thompson | November 16, 1970 | |
| Millie has dreams predicting disaster that make Howard increasingly nervous. | ||||||
| 63 | 11 | "Community Spirit" | Christian Nyby | Bob Mosher | November 23, 1970 | |
| Sam reluctantly allows Goober, Howard and Emmett to paint his house. | ||||||
| 64 | 12 | "The Harp" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | November 30, 1970 | |
| Sam's cousin Alice reluctantly takes harp lessons. | ||||||
| 65 | 13 | "The Bicycle Club" | Hal Cooper | Walter Black | December 7, 1970 | |
| Emmett is determined to join the bicycle club despite being middle-aged. | ||||||
| 66 | 14 | "Mike's Project" | Hal Cooper | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | December 14, 1970 | |
| Mike's school project becomes a competition between Sam and another student's father. | ||||||
| 67 | 15 | "Howard the Dream Spinner" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | December 28, 1970 | |
| Goober and Emmett decide to do something about Howard's inflated ego. | ||||||
| 68 | 16 | "Millie's Egg Farm" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 11, 1971 | |
| Against Sam's better judgment, Millie buys an egg farm. | ||||||
| 69 | 17 | "The Kid from Hong Kong" | Christian Nyby | Milton Pascal & Sam Locke | January 18, 1971 | |
| Mike becomes a foster father to a little girl from Hong Kong. | ||||||
| 70 | 18 | "The Moon Rocks" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 25, 1971 | |
| The citizens of Mayberry get excited over a moon-rock exhibit. | ||||||
| 71 | 19 | "The World Traveler" | Hal Cooper | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | February 8, 1971 | |
| Emmett and Martha argue before leaving on a European tour. | ||||||
| 72 | 20 | "Goober the Elder" | Christian Nyby | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | February 15, 1971 | |
| Goober becomes a church elder. He receives a call from his cousin Albert with a hard luck story. Goober uses the church's offering collection to help him and is arrested for gambling. | ||||||
| 73 | 21 | "Alice and the Professor" | Christian Nyby | Charles Stewart and Bob Mosher | February 22, 1971 | |
| Alice's old harp teacher Professor Radetsky Leonid Kinskey returns to continue his persistent courting. | ||||||
| 74 | 22 | "Howard the Swinger" | Elliott Lewis | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | March 1, 1971 | |
| Howard is believed to have become a swinger after moving to a singles apartment in Mt. Pilot. | ||||||
| 75 | 23 | "Mike's Car" | Hal Cooper | Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant | March 8, 1971 | |
| Mike is too young to drive his new car, which turns out to be a heap. | ||||||
| 76 | 24 | "Goober the Hero" | Hal Cooper | Bob Mosher | March 15, 1971 | |
| Goober gets lost in a cave while leading a hike. | ||||||
| 77 | 25 | "The City Planner" | Hal Cooper | Charles Stewart and Bob Mosher | March 22, 1971 | |
| When the representative (Ruta Lee) of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her. | ||||||
| 78 | 26 | "Emmett's Invention" | Hal Cooper | John McGreevey | March 29, 1971 | |
| Emmett gets in trouble for bragging about his invention. | ||||||
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