- Andy takes a trip to Raleigh to visit Barney and ends up making him a hero by solving a series of robberies.
- Andy is in Raleigh on business and stops in to see his old friend Barney Fife who is now a detective. It is also apparent that he doesn't quite have the respect of his colleagues. Barney has proposed to his Captain that Andy be considered for a new position that will soon be available but what he doesn't know is that it's his own position that may be available. The Raleigh police have had a spate of robberies recently and the robbers have been uncanny in selecting their targets. Andy soon realizes why and sets a trap for the thieves in such a way that Barney will get the credit for nabbing them.—garykmcd
- Andy drops in on Barney at his new job at the Raleigh Police Department due to a phone call received. Once arriving, he is told by the secretary that Barney is in the Detective Bureau. Andy is initially elated that Barney has apparently moved up! However, when he enters the police chief's office, he finds Barney painting the walls. Barney and Andy exchange pleasantries and Barney shows Andy around the office, erstwhile playing himself up as an important person to the chagrin of his co-workers. Barney takes Andy to his "desk," which is merely a stand-up writing podium unlike the desks of the other officers. Barney shares with Andy that there is to be a job opening at the Raleigh Police. Andy says he is not interested but promises to meet with the chief, Capt. Dewhurst (Richard Slattery). Barney also tells Andy about the most recent case that has the police baffled: a string of supermarket robberies that each appear to happen in alternate locations just as the department gets a lead on one. Barney surmises to Andy that there must be someone leaking information to the robbers. Afterward, Andy goes to lunch with Barney to his living quarters, a boarding house run by Ma Parker and her two sons and attractive daughter Agnes Jean. They give the appearance that Barney is "just like family." However, when Barney talks about the supermarket robberies to them during lunch, while giving away confidential police information such as stakeout locations, Andy concludes that Barney may be the actual "leak" that is setting off the robberies by the Parkers. That afternoon, Andy learns the harsh truth from Capt. Dewhurst: Barney has proven himself incapable of big-city police work and the job that will soon be open is actually his. Later that evening, Andy and Barney are sitting on the porch listening to a radio and Andy suggests that Barney come back to Mayberry to work. Barney replies that he has it good in Raleigh and cannot leave. While they are talking, the Parkers return home from "shopping," as Barney puts it. Andy wonders why they all go together and why they only have a couple of small bags. A radio report comes on that an eleventh supermarket robbery has taken place, and Andy surmises that the Parkers indeed are taking Barney's "tips" and robbing supermarkets in other locations than where the police have staked out. Barney and Andy go to the market and Barney immediately shows his incompetence by trying to accost and arrest the store manager in full view of Capt. Dewhurst and his detectives. The next day at lunch, the Parkers try to extract more information from Barney, but Andy decides to chime in by saying that the thieves won't hit the same place twice. That night, Andy and Barney go to the market that was robbed the night before and catch the Parkers red-handed. Thanks to Andy, Barney is rewarded with an actual desk of his own and his job apparently saved.—burvegas-1
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