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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 24 - Bargain Day
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    S4:E24

    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 bug enough to save her beef is her original butcher.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Up in Barney's Room
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    S4:E10

    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 house and run away to get married.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 26 - A Deal Is a Deal
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E26

    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 in the art of the deal.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S4:E8

    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 bought him a shiny new bicycle.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - K.I.T.T. the Cat
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E6

    Michael tries to catch a Robin Hood-style cat burglar before an obsessed cop does.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S2:E13

    Michael heads for Mexico to trap a talent agent who's using beautiful models to smuggle diamonds into the U.S.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 22 - Andy's Vacation
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S4:E22

    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 vacationing in.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Hearts of Stone
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E13

    Michael infiltrates a ring of gunrunners selling advanced-design rifles in Central America, "Corazon de Piedras".

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  9. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - A Black Day for Mayberry
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 23 - Andy Saves Gomer
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E23

    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 "rescue" him, but it's Gomer that ends up needing the rescuing.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Buy Out
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S3:E14

    To catch a saboteur, Michael volunteers to drive an armor- plated limousine during a company's missile-defense demonstration.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 25 - Divorce, Mountain Style
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S4:E25

    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 marriage, if only he can get Barney to ride the horse.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Blind Rage
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    S3:E2

    An accident at a chemical warfare research station causes blindness for both David and a friend.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - Kindred Spirits
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S2:E19

    David 'Barton' joins an expedition that has found evidence of a pre-historic Hulk and is recognized by a young doctor who was inspired by him. Together they try to find out if the earlier Hulk might have found a cure.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Like a Brother
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S2:E13

    David 'Butler' works at a car-wash in a black neighborhood run by a drug dealer with a black panther. He tries to help two orphans, the youngest of which is a diabetic.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Escape from Los Santos
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S2:E10

    David 'Brown' and a young widow he has never met before are framed for the murder of her husband by a corrupt sheriff and his men. Handcuffed together, the two of them make their escape.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Mr. White Death
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E9

    Earl Gianelli, an aged wrestler who hires Magnum to find his long lost son, puts the private investigator on a bloody trail of revenge.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 31 - The Puzzles Are Coming
    5.0/10(6 votes)

    S2:E31

    The Puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both Shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of Artemus Knab. He convinces the billionaire to invest in his puzzle balloon business, but when the Dynamic Duo find that Knab seems too intelligent to fall for a phony scheme, they look deeper for the criminal's true intentions. Their search leads them to Knab's airplane monopoly, but unknown to them, the Puzzler has plans to halt their investigation - permanently.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 32 - The Duo Is Slumming
    4.8/10(6 votes)

    S2:E32

    The Puzzler continues with his plan to hijack Artemus Knab's new airplane, the Retsoor, all the while leaving puzzles behind for Batman and Robin to ponder. He familiarizes himself with the jet's designs, then prepares to fly his prize to a foreign country where he will hold it for ransom. But the Dynamic Duo have an easier time with his clues than he expected, resulting in a climactic confrontation at the airplane hanger.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
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Jeffrey Hayden Ratings Summary

"Bargain Day" is the best rated episode directed by Jeffrey Hayden. It scored 9.2/10 from 4 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on March 23, 1964. It is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Up in Barney's Room".