2024-06-27
A writer's death appears to be a suicide, but Lupo and Bernard suspect a cult is involved, which causes trouble for Cutter at the trial when jurors fear for their safety. (Repeat).
Connie is ordered to defend a man accused of killing a worker participating in a legal-aid strike. Because of the number of attorneys on the picket line, Connie is pitted against Cutter at the trial. (Repeat).
The probe into an auto mechanic's murder leads detectives to the man's boss, whose online affair with a young girl was exposed by the victim. (Repeat).
Season 18 ends with the murder of a jeweler. The investigation leads detectives to a prostitution ring run by the victim's brother-in-law. The resulting trial proves to be a challenge for McCoy, whose career is threatened because of the probe. Tom Everett Scott guest stars. (Repeat).
The fatal beating of a stockbroker spurs an epic clash between his family and the group responsible for his death in the 19th-season premiere. (Repeat).
A murder victim is found at a park, and the resulting investigation has detectives enlisting the help of a mentally-challenged man to crack the case. (Repeat).
A young man's murder is linked to a woman who escaped from a polygamist cult. Jena Malone, Colm Meaney. (Repeat).
The probe of a fatal construction-crane collapse becomes an investigation into an attempted murder. (Repeat).
A tourist is murdered, and the case sends Bernard and Lupo to upstate New York for clues. Dianne Cary: Katee Sackhoff. (Repeat).
The investigation of a memoir author's murder leads Lupo and Bernard to a nightclub, a stalker and a possible cover-up. Kate Tenny: Vivica Fox. (Repeat).
A woman's body is discovered in a city garden, and the murder case exposes a possible conflict of interest for Cutter. Ned Beatty guest stars. (Repeat).
The murder probe of two divorce attorneys uncovers disturbing cases of abuse and neglect involving children adopted from Haiti. (Repeat).
Cutter and Connie contend with an unscrupulous attorney (Dallas Roberts) after a plaintiff in the lawyer's class-action suit against an airline company is murdered. Mercedes Ruehl guest stars. (Repeat).
Andy asks Goober to answer the phone while he's away, so the mechanic takes a car apart and reassembles it in the courthouse in order to handle both jobs. Larry Hovis, who eight months later starred in "Hogan's Heroes," guest stars as Gilly Walker, the car owner. Sheriff Jackson: Wally Englehardt. Watson: Buck Young. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Barney tries, to no avail, to rehabilitate Otis and ends up running him off to do his drinking in Mount Pilot. Then the deputy misses him and begs him to come back. Luke: Frank Cady. Otis: Hal Smith. Floyd: Howard McNear. Barney: Don Knotts. (Repeat).
After Barney discards a chain letter, he runs into a streak of bad luck that culminates in his having to qualify at a pistol competition to keep his job. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey. Floyd: Howard McNear. (Repeat).
Andy and Barney tire of Goober tagging along on their dates with the girls, so they fix him up with a date (Josie Lloyd) of his own and Barney gives him tips on romance by eavesdropping on Andy and Helen. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Barney runs for sheriff when it appears Andy will take a job out of town, but the position falls through---and Andy discovers he's missed the election filing deadline, leaving Barney the only candidate on the ballot. Floyd: Howard McNear. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Barney discovers $250,000 taken in a bank robbery and goes undercover to catch the thief (Al Checco), who has a plan of his own to get the money back. Brewster: Robert Brubaker. Fred: Byron Foulger. Hobo: Hank Patterson. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Thieves, out to rob the Mayberry bank, pose as Hollywood producers who want to make a TV show based on Andy, the sheriff without a gun. Gavin MacLeod, who would star on "Mary Tyler Moore" five years later, appears. Allen: George Ives. Pat: Barbara Stuart. Asa: Charles Thompson. Barney: Don Knotts. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Helen grows jealous when an attractive friend (Jan Shutan) of the Taylor family---who's just broken her engagement---pays a visit. Frank: George Spence. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Goober: George Lindsey. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. (Repeat).
Tempers flare when Barney reopens a long-forgotten case in which Charlie Foley (Frank Ferguson) charged Floyd with assault. When Barn restages the event, it erupts into a frenzy of nose punching. Gilly: Larry Hovis. Floyd: Howard McNear. Goober: George Lindsey. (Repeat).
Opie spices up his penny newspaper by adding gossip he's overheard from Andy, Barney and Aunt Bee. But when they see the news he finds fit to print, they scramble to collect all the papers before anyone else can read them. Howie: Dennis Rush. Rev. Martin: William Keene. Sam: Burt Mustin. Mrs. Foster: Irene Tedrow. Harold: Kelly Thordsen. Opie: Ronny Howard. (Repeat).
Aunt Bee fabricates a romance with the butter-and-egg man (Woodrow Chambliss) because she thinks Andy is worried about her. Then Barney learns that the man is married. Evan: Bobby Diamond. Lyle: Farley Thurston. Clara: Hope Summers. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. (Repeat).
Fun girls Daphne (Jean Carson) and Skippy (Joyce Jameson) speed through Mayberry so they'll get arrested by Andy and Barney, who just want to get the girls quietly out of town before Helen and Thelma Lou see them. This marked the third and last appearance of the so-called Fun Girls. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Otis: Hal Smith. (Repeat).
Don Rickles is cast as inept peddler Newton Monroe, whom Andy tries to encourage by giving him odd jobs to do. Of course, Newton fails at all of them. Barney: Don Knotts. Goober: George Lindsey. Floyd: Howard McNear. (Repeat).
Andy overreacts when Opie starts doing poorly in math and begins constantly pressuring the boy to study. But Helen comes to Ope's rescue. Opie: Ronny Howard. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. (Repeat).
Married biologists find their son and housekeeper murdered in their home, prompting an investigation that has the wife revisiting her sorority days. (Repeat).
The investigation of a trucking-company owner's murder uncovers possible ties to the Russian mob and evidence of a secret love affair. Robert Iler, Michael Aranov, Adam Grupper. (Repeat).
A hostage situation leaves a troubled NYPD officer dead. The resulting probe uncovers a man who may be the illegitimate son of a famous president. (Repeat).
A baby is killed during the bombing of an Army recruitment center, which steers detectives toward a group of war protesters. (Repeat).