The Andy Griffith Show — Season 4
The Andy Griffith Show

Season 4

32 episodes· 13 h 20 minSeptember 30, 1963

All episodes — Season 4

  1. S4 E1

    Opie the Birdman

    Sep 30, 196325 min

    Opie decides to raise a nest of baby birds after accidentally killing their mother with his new slingshot and ends up learning one of the hardest lessons of motherhood in the process.

  2. S4 E2

    The Haunted House

    Oct 7, 196325 min

    Barney is sent into a reputed "haunted" house to retrieve Opie's baseball and sees things that make even the skeptical Andy wonder if there really are ghosts, until Andy discovers who's really doing the haunting.

  3. S4 E3

    Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army

    Oct 14, 196325 min

    When Ernest T. Bass is denied from joining the army, he blames Andy and threatens to break every window in Mayberry. When Andy learns the real reason for Ernest's denial, he finds a solution that benefits everyone...except Barney.

  4. S4 E4

    The Sermon for Today

    Oct 21, 196325 min

    A visiting minister preaches the importance of relaxation and inspires Aunt Bee, Andy, and Barney to throw a Sunday afternoon band concert. When it ends up being more work than they imagined, it leaves them wondering if they'll ever have ti

  5. S4 E5

    Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee

    Oct 28, 196325 min

    While having dinner at the Taylor household, mountain man Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) mistakes Aunt Bee's usual hospitality for affection and whisks her away to his cabin to marry her, quite against her wishes. But when Aunt Bee takes it

  6. S4 E6

    Gomer the House Guest

    Nov 4, 196325 min

    Andy lets Gomer move in after he loses his job at the gas station and instantly regrets it after Gomer's night habits prove to be more than the Taylors can take. Now Andy must find a way to get Gomer's job back, or never sleep again.

  7. S4 E7

    A Black Day for Mayberry

    Nov 11, 196325 min

    All of Mayberry turns out to welcome a truck carrying gold to Fort Knox as it passes through town. When Barney sneaks a closer look at the loot, he sees that there may not be as much to celebrate as everyone thought.

  8. S4 E8

    Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain

    Nov 18, 196325 min

    Opie finally gets a good grade in math, and Andy is so proud he tells everyone in town. But when Opie's teacher tells him she made a mistake and his grade is actually an F, he goes home to tell Andy the bad news, only to find Andy has bough

  9. S4 E9

    A Date for Gomer

    Nov 25, 196325 min

    Thelma Lou's bachelorette cousin is coming to Mayberry for the town dance, and Barney decides to set her up with Gomer. On the big night, they all meet up at Thelma Lou's and everything seems to be going great, until Gomer suddenly disappea

  10. S4 E10

    Up in Barney's Room

    Dec 2, 196325 min

    Barney has an argument with his landlady Mrs. Mendelbright and gets evicted. After moving into the courthouse and having no luck finding a new place, he decides to mend fences with Mrs. Mendelbright, only to find she has decided to sell the

  11. S4 E11

    Citizen's Arrest

    Dec 16, 196325 min

    A minor argument between Barney and Gomer over a traffic ticket erupts into an all-out feud that leads to reckless driving, staged burglaries, and eventually Barney's resignation from the force. Can Andy get the two friends to make up befor

  12. S4 E12

    Opie and His Merry Men

    Dec 30, 196325 min

    Opie and his friends decide to play Robin Hood to a friendly hobo they meet in the local woods and take food from their own cupboards to give to him. Andy decides to meet the man and ends up teaching them all a lesson in who the rich and po

  13. S4 E13

    Barney and the Cave Rescue

    Jan 6, 196425 min

    The day of the town picnic, Barney watches as Andy and Helen go wandering into a cave just before the entrance collapses. He quickly rallies the town to their rescue, not realizing Andy and Helen have already found a way out.

  14. S4 E14

    Andy and Opie's Pal

    Jan 13, 196425 min

    After becoming jealous of the attention Andy give to the new boy in town, Opie comes to Andy wrapped in bandages and tells him he and the new boy got into a vicious fight. One peek under Opie's bandages, however, tells Andy the fight may no

  15. S4 E15

    Aunt Bee the Crusader

    Jan 20, 196425 min

    Aunt Bee's friend Mr. Frisby tells her his house is about to be demolished to make way for a new highway. She decides to help her friend and campaigns to halt the county's plans, despite the fact that Andy is the one who must serve the evic

  16. S4 E16

    Barney's Sidecar

    Jan 27, 196425 min

    Barney buys an antique motorcycle in order to set a speed trap for speeding truckers on Highway 6. After Barney makes a complete nuisance of himself to all of Mayberry, Andy realizes that the answer may be to make the motorcycle more valuab

  17. S4 E17

    My Fair Ernest T. Bass

    Feb 3, 196425 min

    Andy is called to arrest Ernest T. Bass once again for disturbing one of Mrs. Wiley's socials. Sympathizing with his search for true love, Andy and Barney teach him how to act like a gentleman and bring him to Mrs. Wiley's next social. But

  18. S4 E18

    Prisoner of Love

    Feb 10, 196425 min

    While guarding a gorgeous jewel thief one night, Andy nearly falls for her seductive charms. He decides to go home and leaves Barney to guard her for the night. But when it suddenly occurs to Andy what the thief's real plans are, he realize

  19. S4 E19

    Hot Rod Otis

    Feb 17, 196425 min

    Andy and Barney are horrified to learn that Otis, the town drunk, has just bought a new car. After he passes out one night after a party, Andy and Barney put him in his usual jail cell and pretend that he is dead to teach him a lesson. Litt

  20. S4 E20

    The Song Festers

    Feb 24, 196425 min

    When Gomer replaces Barney in the Mayberry choir, Barney is heartbroken. Gomer hears about this and feigns illness so that Barney can sing on the night of the recital. But when Barney's pride gets in the way, the big performance threatens t

  21. S4 E21

    The Shoplifters

    Mar 2, 196425 min

    Andy and Barney must find a shoplifter that's been hitting Ben Weaver's store, so Barney volunteers to dress up as a mannequin. He ends up accusing a little old lady and is ridiculed for another one of his famous blunders by everyone except

  22. S4 E22

    Andy's Vacation

    Mar 9, 196425 min

    Andy decides to take a vacation in the mountains and leaves Barney to guard a prisoner the state police have brought in. Inevitably, the prisoner escapes Barney's grasp and flees into the mountains -- the very same mountains Andy is vacatio

  23. S4 E23

    Andy Saves Gomer

    Mar 16, 196425 min

    After Andy extinguishes a small fire that started at the filling station while Gomer was napping, Gomer believes Andy saved his life and makes a pest of himself trying to repay the debt. Andy decides to stage an accident and let Gomer "resc

  24. S4 E24

    Bargain Day

    Mar 23, 196425 min

    Aunt Bee decides to buy 150 pounds of beef at a discount from a new butcher in town. She stores in in her "discount" freezer, which immediately breaks down. With her beef about to go bad, she learns that the only one in town with a freezer

  25. S4 E25

    Divorce, Mountain Style

    Mar 30, 196425 min

    Charlene Darling returns to Mayberry and announces that she has divorced her husband and now, according to folklore, must marry Andy. Desperate for a way out, Andy reads up on mountain folklore and finds a peculiar ritual that will void the

  26. S4 E26

    A Deal Is a Deal

    Apr 6, 196425 min

    When Opie and his friends are scammed into selling a useless skin ointment, Barney and Gomer try to help convince the company their product is more valuable than they think. When the scheme backfires, however, the whole gang learns a lesson

  27. S4 E27

    Fun Girls

    Apr 13, 196425 min

    Helen and Thelma Lou are horrified to see Andy and Barney escorting a couple of "fun girls" from Mount Pilot the night before the big dance. The boys know they were innocently making sure the "girls' got home alright, but it will take some

  28. S4 E28

    The Return of Malcolm Merriweather

    Apr 20, 196425 min

    Everybody's favorite Englishman Malcolm Merriweather stops by Mayberry once again. This time he's having trouble finding money to finish his bicycle tour of America. Andy decides to hire him to help Aunt Bee around the house, but Malcolm on

  29. S4 E29

    The Rumor

    Apr 27, 196425 min

    After Barney sees Andy and Helen kissing in a jewelery store, he becomes convinced they are secretly engaged and decides to throw a surprise engagement party, much to the chagrin of the un-engaged Andy and Helen.

  30. S4 E30

    Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt

    May 4, 196425 min

    After an off-hand comment puts Barney in the doghouse with Thelma Lou, he sees her spending her free time with Gomer instead. Not wanting to hurt his friend, Gomer tries to get her to stop seeing him by falsely professing his love, but ends

  31. S4 E31

    Back to Nature

    May 11, 196425 min

    While on a camping trip with Opie and his friends, Barney brags to Gomer about his outdoor skills and promptly gets them lost in the woods. When Andy finally does find them, he and Gomer hatch a plan to save Barney the embarrassment and pro

  32. S4 E32

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    May 18, 196425 min

    Gomer decides to join the Marines, and Andy helps out by secretly convincing the drill instructor that Gomer is the son of a decorated general. The drill instructor takes Gomer under his wing and gets him to pass his inspection with flying