In the first season of The Andy Griffith Show we’re introduced to a charming widower, named Andy Taylor and his son Opie. In the first episode of the series, “The New Housekeeper,” Aunt Bee moves in to lend a hand and Andy appoints his over-zealousness cousin Barney Fife to Deputy of Mayberry. The episode, “Ellie Comes to Town,” marks Andy’s first love interest since becoming a widower when he meets new druggist Ellie Walker and Barney meets what will become his steady love interest Thelma Lou in “Cyrano Andy.”