Date Aired: October 10, 1960

 Director: Don Weis

 Writers: Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart

 Cast:

Andy Griffith...	Andy Taylor
Don Knotts...	Barney Fife
Ronny Howard...	Opie Taylor
Frances Bavier...	Aunt Bee Taylor
Hal Smith...	Otis Campbell
Cheerio Meredith...	Emma Brand
Dick Elliott...	Mayor Pike
Ken Lynch...	Captain Barker
Norman Leavitt...	Cal
Frank Gerstle...	Dirksen
Lillian Culver...	Mrs. Fife
Burt Mustin...	townsperson

 Favorite Quote: "You know, this mornin' when we was fishin' I sure didn't enjoy havin' a hole in that boat.   But I tell you the truth, right now I wouldn't take a dollar and a quarter for it."--Andy Taylor

  Synopsis
In Mayberry on a manhunt, the state police perceive Andy and Barney to be incompetent and reject their offer to help.   However, when Andy captures the convict by providing him with a means of escape--a leaky rowboat--Andy proves his common sense superior to the big-city methods of the state police.

  Notes
This is the only episode in which Barney's mother appears.   Her only line is "But Barney, I'm your mother!"

Barney's one-bullet trademark is introduced in this episode.

For their work on this episode, writers Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart won the Writer's Guild of America award, for best writing in a comedy or variety series.