the producers created a long-term love interest in school teacher, helen crump. helen made her first appearance in the third season and remained andy's love interest throughout the rest of the series. the two were eventually married in the first "mayberry rfd" episode in 1968. the newlywed taylors remained in mayberry, and andy was featured on several episodes of the spinoff series. andy and helen returned to "mayberry rfd" for their son andrew samuel taylor, jr.'s christening in the 2nd-season premiere episode "andy's baby" (sept. 1969), in which it was explained that andy was now an agent for the "state bureau of investigation," he and helen live in charlotte, where opie is attending high school. their departure (and opie's) is further explained during rfd's 2nd season in the episode "the caper," when howard sprague reads a letter about the family's relocation, explaining that mayberry now relies on goober as a part-time deputy sheriff and has contracted with the state police for serious matters. in 1986 the taylors returned for the made-for-tv reunion movie "return to mayberry". the movie explained that andy has retired as postal inspector in cleveland and returned home to see opie into fatherhood and seek the office of sheriff again. andrew samuel taylor, jr., wasn't seen or mentioned.