There are actually a number of episodes Opie doesn't appear in. I think they didn't use him here because Otis is there. Aunt Bee doesn't want to look after Otis , resents it really probably fueling her approach and it wares Otis out and down! Barney's rehabilitation is funny too. Both good methods but Barney might want to avoid giving a prisoner a metal craft set in the future. The escaped moonshiners also ends up at Aunt Bee's for the duration! They are scared of The Rock! I really think this is the best episode for Aunt Bee . We see how she spends her days and how as Andy told her she missed her calling. Imagine Aunt Bee as the warden of the three women in Convicts At Large?!
Review of Aunt Bee the Warden
