The Andy Griffith Show
Season 8
30 episodes
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S08E01 Opie's First Love
Mary Alice Carter accepts Opie's invitation to a party but rejects him at the eleventh hour for another.
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S08E02 Howard, the Bowler
Howard, a last minute substitution for a bowling team sponsored by Emmett's fix-it shop, astonishes everyone by bowling a perfect game.
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S08E03 A Trip to Mexico
Aunt Bee goes to Mexico with her two best friends but the trip tests their friendship.
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S08E04 Andy's Trip to Raleigh
Andy doesn't tell Helen that the lawyer he worked with in Raleigh is a beautiful woman.
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S08E05 Opie Steps Up in Class
Andy sends Opie to an affluent boys' camp.
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S08E06 Howard's Main Event
Howard begins dating Millie but her ex-boyfriend still carries a torch and threatens him.
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S08E07 Aunt Bee, the Juror
Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.
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S08E08 The Tape Recorder
Opie disobeys Andy and secretly tape-records a bank robber's confession.
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S08E09 Opie's Group
Opie joins a rock 'n' roll group and starts getting failing grades in school.
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S08E10 Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
A charming lecturer is enamored with Aunt Bee who reminds him of his late wife.
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S08E11 Andy's Investment
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.
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S08E12 Howard and Millie
Howard proposes to Millie after three months of dating but soon realizes they may be rushing it.
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S08E13 Aunt Bee's Cousin
Andy learns his cousin Bradford is a broke phony, but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.
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S08E14 Suppose Andy Gets Sick
Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.
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S08E15 Howard's New Life
Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.
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S08E16 Goober, the Executive
Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.
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S08E17 The Mayberry Chef
Aunt Bee hosts a TV cooking show and Andy and Opie must fend for themselves.
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S08E18 Emmett's Brother-in-Law
Emmett is needled into becoming an insurance salesman by his wife and her brother, a successful broker.
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S08E19 Opie's Drugstore Job
Opie breaks a bottle of expensive perfume on his new job as a drug clerk.
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S08E20 The Church Benefactors
A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church almost provokes a schism over how to spend it.
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S08E21 Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting
Barney Fife is on the spot when he gets Andy to let him use the Taylor home for an American-Russian summit meeting.
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S08E22 Goober Goes to an Auto Show
Goober tries to impress an old mechanics' school friend by treating him to a lavish dinner and claiming to own a chain of gas stations.
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S08E23 Aunt Bee's Big Moment
Aunt Bee does well with her flying lessons until the instructor tells her she's ready to go solo -- then she becomes terrified.
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S08E24 Helen's Past
Andy learns that his girlfriend, Helen, was once arrested for carrying a gun, gambling and keeping company with a hoodlum.
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S08E25 Emmett's Anniversary
Emmett plans to surprise his wife with a mink coat for their 25th wedding anniversary, but she thinks he's not faithful because of his furtive ways.
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S08E26 The Wedding
Howard's mother remarries and moves away, so Howard remodels their home into a bachelor pad and tries to throw a swinging party.
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S08E27 Sam for Town Council
Sam Jones is urged by Andy and his other Mayberry neighbors to run for Town Council.
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S08E28 Opie and Mike
Sam Jones' son Mike idolizes Opie and doesn't understand why he prefers to spend time with a girl instead of him.
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S08E29 A Girl for Goober
Andy and Sam want to find a girlfriend for Goober and convince him to try a computer dating service.
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S08E30 Mayberry R.F.D.
Sam Jones invites a buddy from Italy to help him work his farm but does not expect his family to come too.
Finale note — From the desk: The guide closes on “Mayberry R.F.D.” (1968-04-01) — a series bookend worth the package context. Griffith's off-screen sharpness vs. on-screen warmth is a favorite biographer sport.
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