13. Opie Did Have a Mom
On the show, Griffith raises his son alone. Opie’s mother barely gets a mention, but for one episode. It’s during the episode, “Weddings for Aunt Bee.” Opie and Andy get into it about his mom. With a glimmer of emotion and nostalgia, Andy tells Opie how much he loved the boy’s mother. We later find out that she passed away when Opie was just a baby. Good thing too, had she lived to see what a terrible rock thrower he became, it would have killed her.