This episode hits so much of what Barney is. Barney is self important. Something that always plays with good natured hilarity in Mayberry. Taken out of Mayberry though Barney is a square peg kind of struggling to fit. Barney, however, still largely live in a bubble so he's hanging in there in Raleigh despite some obvious red flags Andy spots right away. This is the bittersweet part that hovers and can hardly be denied. Barney was right where he needed to be when along side Andy, otherwise his colored vision seems sad. Well, since Andy is along side Barney here things just might take a spin. This is a great story idea, if one that was previously seen. The combination of Andy and Barney triumphs...and, in true TAGS fashion Barney gets the credit. Along the way there's some great opportunity for the chemistry between Andy and Barney. Barney actually living in a boarding house with the "supermarket gang" is pure gold due to the great characters of a Ma Barker like family being Barney's surrogate family and land lords. In the final scene the coffee and danish order is great stuff.
Review of A Visit to Barney Fife
