Summary[]
Barney regrets throwing away a chain letter.
Plot[]
When Barney receives a chain letter, from Floyd his immediate thought is to pass it on and not break the chain since it's supposed to bring bad luck if you do break the cycle. After Andy teases him however for being so superstitious, which he vehemently denies, he just throws it out. Soon, however, Barney is facing one unfortunate event after another: a truck runs over his foot, he backs the squad car into another vehicle, and he has a big fight with Thelma Lou. His biggest worry, however, is that he will soon have to re-qualify on the police shooting range with all that it implies for keeping his job, so he sets off to the local dump desperate to find the letter. As usual, Andy helps him out.
Notes/Trivia[]
- Andy refers to Three Wishes for Opie in this episode.
- The Mayberrian who runs over Barney's foot is named Norbert.
- Goober says he sent one of his chain letters to Gomer in the Marines which is one of the few times (if not the only time) he is mentioned after leaving for the marines.
- Because we know Gomer received a copy of the letter, it seems a missed opportunity that his own show did not use this plot with Gomer writing one to Sgt Carter, who would be in the Barney role.
- In the final segment, the audio of Barney yelling in the street is just a replay from the original scene earlier in the episode.
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