The state police arrogantly ask Andy and Barney to step aside while they search for an escaped convict in Mayberry, believing that the Mayberry sheriff's department is not capable of doing "real" police work.

Jim Lindsey is a young guitarist that lives in Mayberry. When the famous musician Bobby Fleet and his band arrive in Mayberry, Andy and Barney scheme to arrest Bobby and his band so that Jim can get an audition.

Much to Sgt. Carter's chagrin, Gomer tries to help a night club comedian who is about to be fired.

Ellie Walker, the local pharmacist's niece, comes to Mayberry to replace him on a temporary basis. Her "new" approach to dispensing medicine shakes things up in Mayberry.

Andy comes to believe that Ellie is a "deadly female hunter" out to marry him so he tries to put her onto other quarry.

Spending the weekend with a friend, Gomer inadvertently becomes involved in a Hungarian family feud.

Opie becomes friends with an eight-year-old runaway.