Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2012)
News satire. A half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, offering not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2020-02-05After the Taylors' old housekeeper, gets married and moves away, Aunt Bee moves in to take care of Andy but Opie will not accept her and tampers with her brakes.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2020-02-12Andy and Barney decide to take action when the state police leave them out of a manhunt for an escaped lunatic.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2020-02-19Andy helps a local folk guitarist get a chance at stardom by arresting a band passing through town and shooting them when they try to escape.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2020-02-26An Australian billionaire paper recycler comes to Mayberry to meet with his accountants but Andy gets suspicious when he finds out the mysterious visitor has only ever paid $1.36 in tax.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2020-03-04Andy suspects that Ellie is thinking about marriage when she invites him to the annual church picnic wearing a wedding dress.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2020-03-11Andy teaches Opie about keeping promises, then must figure what to do with a friend of Opie's who has run away from home to join the public service.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2020-03-18Andy and Ellie stage a fake hostage situation to boost Barney's self-confidence but Barney gets into trouble when he detonates explosives on the roof and destroys a helicopter.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2020-03-25Andy is disappointed in Opie for giving so little to a charity drive - until he learns the reason (SPOILER ALERT: Opie is laundering his money through a Cayman Islands shell company).
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2020-04-01Andy seeks to end a long-running family feud before joining two lovers on a weekend in Wallaroo.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2020-04-08Ellie starts a battle of the sexes when she decides to run for town council but doesn't count on the rampant misogyny of conservative politics.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2020-04-15Despite being forced by "Scrooge" Ben Weaver to arrest bootlegger Sam Muggins on Christmas Eve, Andy still manages to have the most wonderful Christmas in Mayberry.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2020-04-22The citizens of Mayberry are suspicious of a young stranger (Peter Dutton) who seems to know everything about them. When his goons start smashing windows and arresting people, they rise up and vent their anger online.