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		№ of episodes	Premiered	Ended	Time slot
	1	26	September 23, 1968	May 12, 1969	Mondays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST) on CBS
	2	26	September 22, 1969	April 13, 1970
	3	26	September 14, 1970	March 29, 1971

Episodes

• Ep = Episode number within the season
• № = Overall episode number

Season One (1968/69)

№	Ep	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 guest stars.
2	2	"The Harvest Ball"	Christian Nyby	Bob Mosher	September 30, 1968
Sam tries to help Goober ask Millie to the harvest ball.
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.
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.
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.
13	13	"Sam and the Teenager"	Christian Nyby	Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant	December 30, 1968
Sam must deal with 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 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 the captain 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 fired for accidentally ramming 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 annual 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	Teleplay by: Paul West Story by: Bob Ross	February 24, 1969
Mike takes a job at a pet shop.
22	22	"An Efficient Service Station"	Hal Cooper	Teleplay by: John McGreevey Story by: Joel Swanson	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	Teleplay by: Paul West Story by: Joel Swanson	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 Two (1969/70)

No. in series	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 guest stars.
28	2	"Saving Morelli's"	Hal Cooper	Teleplay by: Paul West Story by: Bob Ross	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 hears gossip that convinces him to leave town.
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.
33	7	"The Farmer Exchange Project"	Christian Nyby	Teleplay by: Dennis Whitcomb and Paul West Story by: 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 Palms Springs if he passes his math test.
37	11	"Palm Springs, Here We Are"	Christian Nyby	Dick Bensfield & Perry Grant	December 15, 1969
Sam and Millie'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 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 too much.
42	16	"The New Well"	Christian Nyby	Teleplay by: Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield Story by: Joel Swanson	January 26, 1970
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.
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	Teleplay by: Bob Mosher Story by: Joel Swanson	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 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.

Season Three (1970/71)

No. in series	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.
54	2	"Sensitivity Training"	Christian Nyby	Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield	September 21, 1970
The citizens of Mayberry go into encounter-group therapy.
55	3	"Goober's New Gas Station"	Hal Cooper	Teleplay by: David Evans and Bob Ross Story by: David Evans	September 28, 1970
Goober makes improvements at the museum that may cost him his new gas station.
56	4	"The New Housekeeper"	Christian Nyby	Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield	October 5, 1970
Alice, a former WAC, takes the job as Sam's new housekeeper.
57	5	"All for Charity"	Christian Nyby	Bob Mosher	October 12, 1970
The citizens of Mayberry have a church pageant for charity.
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 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 Sam increasingly nervous.
63	11	"Community Spirit"	Christian Nyby	Bob Mosher	November 23, 1970
Sam has his bumbling friends paint the 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
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 ends up in jail 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 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.
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
The new city planner becomes Sam's romantic interest.
78	26	"Emmett's Invention"	Hal Cooper	John McGreevey	March 29, 1971
Emmett gets in trouble for bragging about his invention.