2024-09-12
McCoy attempts to prove that a teen's murder should be linked to the ideas voiced by a white supremacist (Michael Cumpsty). Lamotte: Larry Clarke. Latimer: Jonathan Hogan. Derek: Paul Dawson. Jessica: Anna Belknap. Peter: Joshua Harto. Judge Scarletti: Ted Kazanoff. (Repeat).
A police-department cover-up stymies the prosecution of a 30-year-old murder case involving a college protester and a security guard (Michael Higgins). Kushner: Roy Thinnes. Walder: Robert Hogan. Latham: Cynthia Hayden. McCoy: Sam Waterston. (Repeat).
Two bounty hunters (Nick Sandow, Christopher McHale) seem to be one step ahead of the detectives during a murder investigation. Shrier: Christine Farrell. Festov: Stephen DeRosa. Branson: Robert LuPone. Millie: Kerry O'Malley. Spellman: Michael Hobbs. (Repeat).
An Orange County mom takes her revenge too far. (Repeat).
One woman's prestigious pedigree and dedication to social justice almost garner her a top ranking political appointment, until her past reveals a corruption scandal that goes deeper than you'd ever expect. (Repeat).
A rich teen from Texas gets involved in a fatal drunk driving accident but only gets probation after his lawyers claim that he has affluenza. (Repeat).
Ragged farmer Rafe Hollister (Jack Prince) auditions for an upcoming concert--but he's met with snobbery when he's picked to sing the solo. Mrs. Hollister: Kay Stewart. Mrs. Jeffries: Isabel Randolph. John: Olan Soule. (Repeat).
Spoiled kid Arnold Winkler (Ronnie Dapo) made his first appearance in this episode as the new kid in town, who gives Opie tips on wheedling gifts from Andy. The show contains the hilarious scene in which Opie holds his breath and throws a temper tantrum to get attention. All to no avail, of course. Opie: Ronny Howard. Mr. Winkler: Harlan Warde. Mrs. Rodenbach: Mary Lansing. (Repeat).
Jimmy Morgan (Pat Colby) is suspected of robbing the gas station where he works, so Barney rigs a camera to catch the real crook. But, of course, the only picture Barney gets is one of himself demonstrating his clever idea. So it's up to Andy to solve the mystery. Gomer: Jim Nabors. Jed Hansen: Jack Shea. Prothro: Johnny Silver. (Repeat).
The future Mrs. Taylor, schoolteacher Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut), made her first appearance in this episode, in which Opie tells her that his pa says history doesn't matter. That, of course, doesn't sit well with "old Miss Crump." Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. Howie: Dennis Rush. Whitey: Joey Scott. (Repeat).
Bee and her friends fall under the spell of a traveling medicine man, Col. Harvey (John Dehner), and fall even harder for his elixir, which is mostly alcohol. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. Barney: Don Knotts. Mrs. Rodenbach: Mary Lansing. (Repeat).
Hillbilly family the Darlings made their first appearance in this episode, in which the betrothed Charlene develops a crush on Andy. Briscoe: Denver Pyle. Charlene: Margaret Ann Peterson. Darling Brothers: Dillard Brothers. Dud: Hoke Howell. Opie: Ronny Howard. (Repeat).
Malcolm Merriweather (Bernard Fox), a gentleman's gentleman who is cycling through America, causes an accident and works off his fine by serving as Andy's valet. Fletch: Bob McQuain. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. (Repeat).
A little old lady (Ellen Corby), who is actually the leader of a ring of car thieves, sells Barney his first car---and it's a lemon. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Gomer: Jim Nabors. Jake: Allan Melvin. Mrs. Temple: Hallene Hill. Minister: Tom Allen. (Repeat).
Barney and Opie become unlikely rivals when Opie develops a crush on Thelma Lou, after failing to win the affection of little Karen Burgess (Ronda Jeter). Barney demands Andy have a talk with the boy, which, naturally, straightens everything out. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. (Repeat).
Barney's determined to find a wife for Andy, so he parades every available female in Mayberry through Andy's living room. What Barn doesn't know is that Andy has his eye on Miss Crump (Aneta Corsaut). Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Amanda: Janet Waldo. Lavinia: Barbara Perry. Rosemary: Rachel Ames. (Repeat).
Opie brings a stray dog and 10 of his four-legged friends into the courthouse just as the state inspector is scheduled to arrive. Somerset: Robert Cornthwaite. Barney: Don Knotts. Opie: Ronny Howard. Otis: Hal Smith. (Repeat).
Ernest T. Bass (Howard Morris) made his first appearance in this classic episode, in which he's determined to marry Charlene Darling, even though she's wed to Dud Wash. This is also the show that finds Barney dressed as a bride. Dub Taylor appears as a preacher. Charlene: Margaret Ann Peterson. Dud: Hoke Howell. Briscoe: Denver Pyle. (Repeat).
Barney gets so carried away with instructing two prisoners jailed at the courthouse about life at "the rock" that he winds up letting them escape. George Kennedy appears as a state detective. Tiny: Billy Halop. Doc: Jack Lambert. Harry: Arthur Kendall. Pete: Lewis Charles. Opie: Ronny Howard. (Repeat).
The series is at its down-home best in this classic episode in which Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his slingshot and then dutifully raises her nestlings until they are big enough to fly. Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. (Repeat).
The investigation into the murder of a community leader, who was beaten to death with a baseball bat, focuses on a struggling college student (Avery Waddell). Winters: Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Mills: Sean Cullen. Perry: Curtis McClaren. Clayton: Ron Foster. (Repeat).
George Hearn stands out as an Independent Counsel in an involving Law & Order that concludes on Homicide: Life on the Street. Actors from Homicide appearing in this episode include Richard Belzer, Michael Michelle and Zeljko Ivanek. (Repeat).
The investigation of a teenager's death leads to a case involving a religious ritual. Rosa: Frances Conroy. Margo: Sylva Kelegian. Bill: Melvin Rodriguez. Wade: Wendell Pierce. Jacobs: Jim Bracchitta. Judge Denham: Reathel Bean. (Repeat).
Carmichael (Angie Harmon) goes up against two doctors who are charged with criminally negligent homicide after a patient dies during a routine surgery. Dr. Rudnick: Sam Freed. Dr. Michaels: Stephen Bogardus. Salzman: Maria Tucci. Delaney: Michael Gaston. (Repeat).
The murder of a cop leads to a case involving physical abuse in a relationship between the deceased and his former partner, a divorced mother of two (Jenny Bacon). Jerrold: Philip Bosco. Felton: Holt McCallany. Sandra Felton: Marissa Matrone. (Repeat).
The investigation into the shooting of a newspaper columnist leads to a murder case from two decades earlier. Hampton: Matthew Bennett. Nicole: Marsha Dietlein. Arlene: Elaine Bromka. Franchetta: Frank Vincent. Myra: Caitlin Clarke. Tucci: Bob Dishy. (Repeat).
After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway train and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect (Jay O. Sanders) who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his two daughters. Sylvia Fallon: Anne Bobby. Alexis: Tracy Spindler. Susan: Lacey Kohl. Norman Rothenberg: Jeffrey DeMunn. Eleanor Taska: Maggie Low. Judge Holt: Joyce Gordon. Dr. Skoda: J.K. Simmons
Julia Roberts plays a fund-raiser who's involved in a millionaire's murder. The case centers on an entrepreneur (Daniel Hugh Kelly), who's about to build a sports arena, and Roberts' character, who claims that the only person she can trust is Curtis (Benjamin Bratt). (Repeat).
The investigation of a murder leads to two strip-club owners (Joe Piscopo, Mark Linn-Baker) and a mob boss's son (Jeremy Davidson) to whom they pay more than $100,000 a year. Sklar: Richard Libertini. Gervits: John Driver. Lisa Gibson: Julia Mueller. Sager: Stephen Stout. (Repeat).
AJ gains a new client: Pablo Escobar, and Escobar introduces AJ to the world of cocaine; when the FBI cracks down on the mob, AJ steps in to help broker a deal, winning favor with the mob while expanding his cocaine smuggling empire. (New).
A coed's killing leads to a case involving the deceased's relationship with a professor (Miguel Sandoval) and two male students who vouch for each other's whereabouts on the night of the murder. Andrew: Kurt Deutsch. Dennis: Christopher Gartin. Crowley: John Cunningham. (Repeat).