#sheriff andy taylor

[all-eyes-lead-to-the-truth]

All Eyes Lead to the Truth | Home (4x02)

He hangs up the phone, a weary sigh rattling his bones. It’s practically ingrained, this comfort he’s nursed for decades, this habitual safety he’s become so accustomed to. As the contents of Paster’s phone call linger in his ears, he can feel it: that security slipping through his grasp like silt through soil.

“You’re not gonna believe this one, Sheriff.”

The deputy had been the only one on duty when the report of the dead infant came in, a chilling call from the panicked mother of one of the local boys. “Just out there playin’ ball,'' she'd said, “without a care in the world.” The way it’s supposed to be.

The way it should have stayed.

Sheriff Andy Taylor slides open his desk drawer and appraises its contents: a single, metal box he’s never had to open. Not like this. He hasn’t seen it in years, but he knows exactly what lies within: an old revolver, the one his father gave him back before he retired. A six-shooter, he used to call it; fit for an old Western.

For protection, his father had said, as he pressed the unfamiliar cold metal into Taylor’s warm hand. To keep your family safe.

To keep your home safe.

He shuts the drawer. He isn’t ready for this reality, not now. Not yet.

Later, after he’s watched the excavation, Agents Mulder and Scully arrive from Washington. Taylor explains he’s recruited them for their particular expertise on the matter, but the truth is, he just doesn’t want to face any of this: doesn’t want to scrutinize what it means for his town. Doesn’t want to look it straight in the eyes.

Doing so would mean the death of his home. 

After the agents’ examination, he places the tiny victim back into the refrigerator himself, this foul transgression, this abhorrent sin. Just sitting there next to the pickles and Spam. A memory stirs of his father: he used to eat Spam. He can still remember countless hot summer days when, as a child, he’d run down to the station to catch him on his lunch break. Dad and his Spam. Guess it runs in the family.

“Sheriff, I’m going to have to order DNA typing from the Bureau lab,” Agent Scully says as she removes her rubber gloves, surreptitiously looking around, presumably for some proper disposal bin, some protocol to follow. But there is no protocol for this. She settles on the office wastebasket.

“If you think it’s necessary,” he replies. Of course, it’s necessary. But he just wants all of this to be done and over with.

“I do,” she says firmly. “As much as you’d like to write this off as a simple burial, I’m afraid that isn’t the case.”

“That so?” he asks gently. 

“The evidence suggests the child was alive when it was buried. This will be ruled a homicide.”

Sheriff Taylor can feel his heart drop into his stomach, every word vertiginous. All of it only further demonstrates his worst fear: that everything around here will have to change.

Agent Mulder says nothing, merely stares at the closed door of the fridge as if it were Pandora’s Box; when opened, there would be no limit to the evil it let out into the world. 

“I know you’re not going to want to hear this, but I think the next step should be to question the Peacocks,” Agent Scully continues. He can see in her eyes that she is convinced they are involved; she’s seen it all before, he surmises. She’s seen things he doesn’t even want to imagine.

Taylor takes a deep breath and nods. What’s right is right. He’s been looking at this case with emotion, not pragmatism. Dad would have said the same, if he’d ever had to deal with something like this.

“I can take you out there,” Barney pipes up. He, perhaps unconsciously, places his hand on his weapon. The action reeks of raw truth: everyone is, on some level, wary of the Peacocks, but particularly the young kids like Barney. They'd grown up fearful of the unknown, kept in the dark about the true nature of that family. Like modern-day Boo Radleys.

“That won’t be necessary,” Agent Scully says.

Agent Mulder still says nothing, his face drawn into a pensive, mournful expression, locked onto the fridge. 

“And you’re sure this isn’t some outsider?” Taylor has to try one more time. “A vagrant, maybe someone passing through?”

“No, I’m not sure, but we can’t know until we get some more information, Sheriff.” Agent Scully forces a smile. She’s indulging his willful ignorance, treating him with kid gloves. Part of him hates it, but his own behavior certainly hasn’t done anything to dispel the notion that he’s simply not cut out for this.

“Well all right,” he concedes. “You know where to find me.” The agents depart, taking with them the last vestige of innocence.

Later that evening, before bed, Sheriff Taylor sits on his porch, in the quiet calm of his abode, watching the stars. The light flips on and Barbara pokes her head out.

“What are you doing?” she asks.

“Taking one good last look around before it all changes,” he says. He hopes she can’t hear the hitch in his throat.

“Come to bed honey,” she says. “It will still be here in the morning.” Her gentle voice feels safe. It feels like home. 

They go back inside, the faint songs of crickets subsiding but still audible through the open windows of the house. As his wife begins to ascend the stairs, he glances towards his study, towards the desk, towards the place where he knows that gun lives.

For protection. To keep your family safe.

His family is safe. They will be. They have to be. 

All of us, he thinks, as Barbara’s hand moves protectively across her stomach.

He doesn’t get the gun. 

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sheriff andy taylor ready to protect his deputy barney fife ♡

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[kwebtv]

TV Guide  -  March 21 - 27, 1964

Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) Film and television actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also played Ralph Furley on the highly rated sitcom Three’s Company from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including the leading roles in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964). In 1979, TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.  (Wikipedia)

Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) Actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995).  (Wikipedia)

James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017)  Actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.

Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and he later joined The Andy Griffith Show, where he played the good-natured, unsophisticated Gomer Pyle. The character proved so popular that Nabors was given his own successful spin-off show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.  (Wikipedia)

#TV Guide #TV #1964 #Don Knotts #Andy Griffith #Jim Nabors #The Andy Griffith Show

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#TheAndyGriffithShow #RonHoward as "Opie" Taylor, #DonKnotts as Deputy Barney Fife and #AndyGriffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. Image dated August 30, 1962.

(Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

#60series #60s #1960stv #1960stvshows #classictelevision #tags #60stv

#the andy griffith show

[give-me-a-movie-camera]

Andy Griffith (1 JUN 1926 – 3 JUL 2012)

MAYBERRY WAS A fantasy land—gay, bright, and beautiful (for black and white, that is). It was the happy-est place on earth, and that’s how Andy wanted it… a means of escape from the outside world fraught with famine, war, disease, and death. Mayberry was the story of an era trapped in time… a time that moved at her own slow, meticulous pace, Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise. As the locales would say, ‘What’s your hurry?’

Sixty-one years to its debut on 3 October 1960, it still resonates with us. We gravitate towards Mayberry, as politics has no place here. Where there is politics, there is division… a game no one wins. Mayberry frees herself from that which concerns us; Mayberry is devoid of all the sadness of the ‘real’ world. With the single, modest emit of a lone whistle three beats per bar, Andy could make us forget our troubles. It is an almost self-contained world where people of all religions, races, colours, and creeds can set aside their differences and co-exist in harmony; a land which conveys an ideal image of small-town America most prevalent during a turbulent time brewing of senseless violence, political turmoil, racially charged tensions, social unrest, cultural changes, and the looming threat of anti-war protests. The fantasy stems from Deep Escapism that television audiences of the 1960s so desperately craved, as it was almost completely untouched by external conflict, caught in simpler times, a return to an age of American innocence, nostalgia, and optimism, skirting the upheavals of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Though the fictional world of Mayberry exists only in our minds, it is but that—the dream of one man, to be carefully planned—a neat little world in which everything is pre-conditioned and pre-arranged; in the world of Andy Griffith, a man who dared to dream dreams as big as the sky, nothing can harm us. In the land of Mayberry, Andy will watch over us like the proverbial hawk, destined to loom tall above us and nurture us the way a protective tree shelters a garden with its branches.

Andy was a man with a will of iron. Of undying loyalty to his friends he held nearest and dearest to his heart, he believed in a dream… a dream he assumed from his own dreams… to give us something to believe in when we could no longer believe. For it is not the dream of one man. It is the dream of many. For the dream Andy allowed us to share, Mayberry became more than a place. It is not so much a place as it is a state of mind.

People of all generations continue to return to Mayberry, ten years after Griffith’s passing. We need it now more than ever. Dear Mr Griffith… you were Made in Americana, a legend among the Hollywood hills, even as you walked on bare feet through the Valley of Silicon (after all, Abe Lincoln went barefoot, and our Lord died shoeless). Your name was known to many… for every fifty-two million television sets in one in ten households across the country, you were deemed by a dedicated viewership the Surrogate Father to Mother America. There was hardly a hermit out on the lone prairie in his quiet corner of the world who did not recognise the name of Sheriff Andy Taylor, so long as the hermit owned a television set on his lone prairie. Loved by all nations, you were a familiar face on our living room screens as you came to wrap us in a warm blanket of wisdom and greet us like a long-lost friend. You were more than a pretty, Lincoln-esque face before the cameras. You were the soul of an Icon. You died young but you lived to be a very old age. Mayberry surpassed your legacy, and she will continue to live long after we’ve left this earth.

So now we say, ‘In Loving Memory,’ and leave you at peace in that Great Big Mayberry in the Sky.

Thanks, Ange. We ’ppreciate it.

-GIVE ME A MOVIE CAMERA, June 2022

#my edit #in memoriam #classic television #old hollywood #1960s #p: andy griffith #The Andy Griffith Show #photo from personal collection

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Andy Griffith as Joe in Waitress (2007) with Keri Russell. Andy was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, and had 71 acting credits from A Face in the Crowd (1957) to 2009. His entry among my best 1001 is A Face in the Crowd.

He is best known as Sheriff Andy Taylor on 249 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68). His other notable credits include No Time for Sergeants, and episodes of Mayberry RFD (6), Mod Squad, Hawaii Five O, Here's Lucy, The Bionic Woman, Centennial (10), Salvage 1 (19), Dawsons Creek, and 181 of Matlock.

#andy griffith #keri russell #waitress

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Propaganda below the cut!

Seiselk

This man found the 8 year old MC in the forest and he and his mercenary group were immediately like "smol child must protect" and even got another mercenary group to help them. They've also considered bringing the MC under their protection but also want to give her the freedom to make her own choice cause they understand she has her own goals and reasons for traveling. They've known her for a week and they're prepared to do whatever it takes to keep her safe and happy.

Andy Taylor

Andy Taylor was a single dad raising a cute, precocious little boy named Opie in a small North Carolina town. He was also the town sheriff, so 'fatherly wisdom' practically seeped from his pores. If you want a dad who will take you fishin', he's your fella.

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[mountain-of-madness]

Sheriff Andy Taylor: Oh darn, there’s a gang war in Mayberry, Otis is drunk driving, Ernest is throwing rocks at homes, there’s a fire near the lake, horses and ostriches are roaming the streets, and Opie is failing his math class, whatever are we gonna do?

Barney:

#the andy griffith show

[barnesandnoodle-blog]

I picture Duck Newton as like a combination of The Sheriff of Mayberry Andy Taylor, Ron Swanson & Justin McElroy.

#the adventure zone #taz amnesty #duck newton #mcelroys #andy griffith #ron swanson #justin mcelroy

[all-eyes-lead-to-the-truth]

All Eyes Lead to the Truth | Season Four Master Post

Season four is one of the most beloved seasons of The X-Files, and we had a lot of fun exploring the background characters that helped make it so special!

Check out this thread to see all the characters we got to meet this season!

Herrenvolk (4x01) | X

No one would remember him, and if they did, they would struggle to remember a name they were never told. The memory of his existence would remain occluded by the shadows he lived in.

Home (4x02) | Sheriff Andy Taylor

For protection, his father had said, as he pressed the unfamiliar cold metal into Taylor’s warm hand. To keep your family safe.

To keep your home safe.

He shuts the drawer. He isn’t ready for this reality, not now. Not yet.

Teliko (4x03) | Special Agent Sean Pendrell

With them, it was never something simple. It was a computer chip so fragile he could barely study it. It was a complex string of numbers and letters tracking a smallpox vaccination program for reasons he couldn’t even begin to fathom.

This was what he went to school for.

Unruhe (4x04) | Gerry Schnauz

Gerry knew she needed his help the moment they met. There was a howler inside of her head — a black mass invading her body and mind.

The Field Where I Died (4x05) | Melissa Rydell Ephesian

Melissa struggled with the idea of reincarnation, but dared not show it. And as it turned out, a broken link in the chain of her faith led to more broken links.

When she first saw Vernon hurt a child, the chain shattered.

Sanguinarium (4x06) | Dr. Theresa Shannon

The face on the computer had looked just like Jack, but that had to be impossible. The science of surgery hadn’t come that far. To spread the eyes further apart, change features completely… and besides, she knows him. Knows the person he is…

Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (4x07) | Albert M. Godwinkle

All Albert M. Godwinkle wants today is to read a halfway decent manuscript that puts a smile on his disgruntled face. Today is not that day.

Tunguska (4x08) | Alex Krycek

If looks could kill, Alex would be a dead man. But he thrives off this, off making Mulder squirm. It’s just so fucking easy.

Terma (4x09) | Senator Albert Sorenson

He was a staunch proponent of holding insubordinate witnesses in contempt when the court was not being respected, and no one, not even a government employee, was immune to that.

Paper Hearts (4x10) | Addie Sparks

The little girl he loves is gone, and she is never coming back.

Just like me.

El Mundo Gira (4x11) | Migrant Worker

At the simple mention of El Chupacabra, the shack erupted in a cacophony of worry, as if merely saying the name might summon the beast.

Leonard Betts (4x12) | Michele Wilkes

Even through the panic she felt screaming through her that nothing about this was okay, she felt a moment of relief wash over her. Maybe it had all been a dream. Maybe her partner hadn’t died while she was at the wheel.

Never Again (4x13) | Ed Jerse

Deadbeat. Loser. Failure.

He’s heard it all, and he has had enough. No one humiliates Ed Jerse anymore. No, not now. Never again.

Memento Mori (4x14) | Kurt Crawford

What is destined for a creature borne of fluid and test tubes, guided by the hands of cruel men?

Kaddish (4x15) | Ariel Luria

Someone else’s hatred had taken her true love away. Just like that, in an instant, like it was nothing. But it was not hatred that led her to the gravesite that stormy night.

Unrequited (4x16) | Special Agent Kent Hill

Hill slides in his earpiece, watching as their eyes lock. His wife would call it eavesdropping, but as he steps closer, tilting his head just right to better hear their hushed voices, Hill simply calls it satisfying a long-standing curiosity.

Tempus Fugit (4x17) | Bartender

The man tried to fluff the pink ball back into shape after presumably squashing it in his pocket. “The woman I came in with— it’s her birthday, and she loves these things. I was wondering if there was any way you could ask someone in the back to put it on a plate and bring it out to her?”

Max (4x18) | Sharon Graffia

Sharon Graffia isn’t a liar. She’d only done what she needed to in order for people to believe her. All she’s ever wanted was someone to believe her.

Synchrony (4x19) | Jason Nichols

Naïveté and a complete lack of understanding of the consequences of their work had been their downfall. But how could they have known?

Small Potatoes (4x20) | Eddie Van Blundht

It didn’t take him long to realize he’d initially misread the situation when he saw them at the clinic. Based on the look Dana Scully shot him when he tried to hold her hand at the airport, he knew he was navigating territory Fox Mulder had yet to conquer.

Zero Sum (4x21) | Billy

He slowly twisted his neck to the right, and was horrified by the sight before him. In the next bed over was David from his class, his face covered in gross red bumps. He looked dead.

Billy didn’t know what else to do. He started crying.

Elegy (4x22) | Lauren Heller

She had an exam in the morning. Her mother’s birthday was the following weekend. She had plans.

Demons (4x23) | Amy Cassandra

As she speaks, the deep wound in her skull throbs, reminding her that that was true, until weeks ago when she’d traded the nightmare of one penetrating drill with the reality of another.

Gesthemane (4x24) | Father McCue

Her faith had come from God, yes… but it had also come from another, less expected source. Perhaps it still did.

Stay tuned for more perspectives coming in Season Four!

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We spend so much time deliberating and chatting about who to use in a given episode or where certain characters would be best utilized in the series, and we'd love to hear any opinions or predictions you might have! Do you have a favorite minor character? What episodes do you think would be best for our favorite recurring characters? Your feedback is one of the most enjoyable parts of this project (and sometimes hearing other perspectives can help inform the decisions we have to make). - @admiralty-xfd, @fridaysat9, @monikafilefan, and @gaycrouton

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[korgbelmont]

First Fanfic!

Male MC (Nick Taylor) x Stacy Green

Set almost immediately after the events of It Lives In The Woods Chapter 15, everyone is looked over at the hospital before being released and be with their families. Or at least almost everyone...

Warnings: Implications and mentions of death

Word Count: 2080

Notes: I don’t own these characters, they are the property of Pixelberry Studios.

This is following how my playthrough went where everyone survived and Noah became the new monster.

Aftermath part of title was made on cooltext.com

Sat in the waiting room, Nick's knee bounces uncontrollably as he waits for news on anyone. Dan sits down with him, the two of them being the only ones to have come out of it all in one piece. Or at least physically they did.

Dan - I can give you the number of the therapist I was speaking to if you want...

Nick - I'll think about it.

The silence falls once more, neither sure what to say.

Dan - So what did I miss? While I was out.

Nick - Andy's the king of basketball.

Dan laughs lightly, while around them students and staff who attended Homecoming are all reuniting with their families. A voice calls out that grabs the boy's attention.

Mrs Pierce - Dan!

Dan goes over to his mother, the two wrapping each other in a tight hug.

Mrs Pierce - I got a call that you disappeared from the hospital. What happened?

Dan - I'm alright, Mom. Thanks to Nick and the others.

Dan looks round to where he and Nick were sitting, only to find that he's no longer there.

Having left under the pretence of getting some air, Nick sits down on the stairs of the hospital, running his hands down his face. Feeling the knot of his tie, he undoes it along with the top button. Sighing, he hangs his head. Although he's back with his friends, he feels alone.

Sheriff - So this is where you disappeared to.

Looking back, Nick sees Ava's father walking down to join him.

Nick - How's Ava doing?

Sheriff - They're gonna keep her overnight. By the looks of it, Andy came out of it the worst. He's still in the OR.

Nick - At least he's alive alive. Unlike... (No, don't think like that. He's not dead.)

Nick looks away, unable to finish his sentence as his mind says otherwise. Sheriff Cunnigham places a hand on Nick's back.

Sheriff - It's alright.

Sheriff Cunnigham sighs as he momentarily turns Sheriff mode.

Sheriff - Look, we are going to need a statement from you and the others about everything that happened. But it can wait until tomorrow if you'd rather.

Nick nods as he remains silent.

Sheriff - Okay. Just give me a call when you're ready. I'll come and speak to you myself.

Nick - I will.

Sheriff Cunnigham gets onto his feet, turning to head back inside.

Nick - Sherrif?

Sheriff - Yeah?

Nick - Thank you.

He gives Nick a smile before heading back in. Nick gets up and soon follows. In the waiting room, he takes a seat next to Britney.

Nick - Any news on Jocelyn?

Britney - She's in surgery.

Nick - At least she's managed to make it out of there alive.

Britney nods in agreement. It's definitely strange for both of them to be talking like this, given that they're usually at each other's throats.

Britney - Yeah, at least there's that.

Nick - You want a drink or anything?

Britney - No thanks.

Nick gets up, and Britney stops him from taking a step.

Britney - Stacy and her mom were looking for you by the way.

Nick - Thanks.

He begins searching for either or both of the Greens, soon finding Stacy at the vending machine.

Nick - You want anything?

She looks over and smiles as he walks over to her, reaching into his pocket and handing her some bills.

Stacy - Thanks.

She puts a couple of the bills into the machine and grabs a drink.

Nick - How bad was the damage?

He motions to her now bandaged shoulder.

Stacy - Thankfully nothing permanent. First degree.

Nick - That's alright then. In the grand scheme things.

Stacy - Yeah.

She holds the drink on her shoulder for a bit before opening it and taking a sip.

Nick - Britney said you and your mom were looking for me.

As if on cue, Mayor Green joins them.

Mayor - Ah, there you are, Nick.

Nick - Uh, hi. A-about what I said at the school--

Mayor - No need for any of that. Stacy mentioned that your parents aren't actually in the area at the moment, so we wondered if you would like to spend the night at ours.

Nick looks to Stacy and sees the soft smile on her lips, making it harder for him.

Nick - I appreciate the offer, really, I do. But I have a dog and a kitten that I need to look after. Sorry.

Mayor - Very well. I'm going to check on Connor.

Stacy - Okay.

Leaving the two of them, Nick wraps Stacy up in a hug, kissing her cheek.

Nick - I'm sorry.

Stacy - It's alright. We do have an alternative.

Nick - We do?

Stacy - I come stay with you. I'll need to grab a few bits from mine, but it would be a suitable alternative. So what's the verdict?

Nick can't help but smile as he places a light kiss on her forehead.

Nick - I guess it would be nice not to be alone tonight.

Stacy - I'll go and tell my mom.

She leaves him with a smile, disappearing into the crowd of people. Lucas soon joins him.

Lucas - Looked like that was a whole thing.

Nick - We're going to stay at my place tonight.

Lucas - At least you're not alone.

Nick - Yeah. You alright? What did the doctors say?

Lucas - Spots of first-degree burns. Nothing that won't disappear. What about you?

Nick - Few bruises. It's the others I'm worried about. I know they're keeping Ava overnight and Andy's in surgery for his leg.

Lucas - Lily has a few stitches, and No--

Lucas forces himself to stop the sentence before his anger gets the better of him. He sighs, quickly taking his glasses off to rub his eyes.

Lucas - I just wish we knew sooner. Maybe we could have done something.

Nick - Yeah. I'm with you on that one.

Mrs. Thomas - Lucas!

Lucas - That is my queue to leave. I'll see you later, Nick.

Nick - Yeah, see you, Lucas.

Nick watches everyone with their families, and in that moment feels more alone than other. He grabs his phone and finds a message from his mother.

Mom (T) - Sheriff Cunnigham messaged me. Are you okay?

Nick (T) - I'm okay. Nothing serious. Probably going to go home in a bit.

Mom (T) - Will you be alright on your own?

Nick (T) - Stacy's going to be staying with me. Hope that's ok.

Mom (T) - Of course it is! It'll be nice to see all of you again after all these years.

Nick (T) - It has been nice to be with them all again.

Mom (T) - Glad to hear it. I'll let you get home, see you a couple days. We managed to get a flight!

Nick (T) - See you then.

Pocketing his phone, he goes to look for Stacy, finding her at one of the seats of the waiting area with her mother and brother.

Nick - You're out then.

Connor - Yeah, I'm just waiting on the discharge papers. I think with everything going on, they're trying to keep as much room free as possible.

Nick - Yeah, that's fair enough.

Stacy - Speaking of space, I think we'll wait outside.

She stands and takes Nick's hand in hers before heading for the doors but end up running into Lily, much to Nick's relief.

Lily - Hey, Stacy! Nick.

Stacy - How are you?

Lily - Waiting on discharge. You?

Stacy - The same for Connor.

Nick - Glad you're okay.

Lily - Well. As can be.

A silence falls on them, no one sure what to say, and everything begins to dawn on Nick. The losses, the cost of it all.

Nick - Excuse me a moment.

Nick steps out, needing the air once more. He watches a coroner van go past. And empty or not, he has a feeling he knows whose body it's for. Closing his eyes, he leans against the wall, trying to keep himself from throwing up. Every person who has died flashes in his mind. Cody. Cora. And Noah. That's just who he knows about.

Stacy - Nick?

Opening his eyes, he finds Stacy, Lily, and Lucas stood by him.

Nick - Sorry about that.

Lily - Don't be!

Stacy - We're here for you. We're here for each other.

Nick nods, tucking his hair behind his ear.

Lucas - Stacy's right. We'll help each other get through it all.

Nick - Yeah.

He gives them a genuine smile, feeling better. He then notices Tom step out into the waiting room area, and Nick decides to go check on him.

Nick - I'll be back in a bit.

Stacy - Okay.

He heads back in, making sure to keep Tom in sight as he makes his way through a few people.

Nick - Tom!

Tom - Hey, Nick.

Nick - How're you feeling?

Tom - Well, physically I'm all good. But the rest of it.

Nick - Yeah, I know what you mean.

Tom - It's not every day you find out that the supernatural exists.

Nick - No. But there are plenty of people you can talk to. In fact, if you want, we can meet up at some point and I will tell you everything I know.

Tom - I will take you up on that.

The two give a fist bump in agreement.

Tom - I checked on Ben and Mr Cooper as well, they seem to be doing good.

Nick - Glad to hear it. Heard anything about Andy? Sheriff said earlier that he was still in surgery.

Tom - Not yet. I'll let you know as soon as I hear something though. I'm gonna stick around and wait for him.

Nick - Alright. I'm about to head out with Stacy and her family once we have Connor's discharge papers.

Tom - I'll see you around then.

Nick - Yeah. Take it easy.

Tom - I intend to.

The two share a laugh, something that feels surprisingly good given everything that has happened in the past few hours.

Via a lift to the Green home, the two arrive at his place, Stacy parks up before Nick jumps out. He heads over to the shed where he finds Shadow sleeping on the table. He scoops the kitten up, instantly waking her, but just as quick, she starts purring.

Nick - Come on. Let's get you inside.

He heads for the house with Stacy and setting Shadow down.

Nick - Welcome to my humble abode.

They get themselves sorted and are soon under a blanket on the couch as Nick keeps an arm around Stacy's shoulders.

Nick - How do you think things'll go for you now. With your parents and all that.

Stacy - I don't know. Hopefully better with my mom. What about you? What's next?

Nick - I don't know. But I know it won't be alone.

They touch their foreheads together before closing the gap between them in a soft kiss, staying like that for a moment before they part. Nick rests his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her. Shadow climbs up onto the back of the couch, drawing the now couple's attention. The moment they start giving her fusses, she begins purring, her ears and tail pointing up, eyes closed. As the time passes from late night into early morning, Nick and Stacy decide to try and get some sleep, adjusting themselves into a more comfortable position and hold each other as they close their eyes.

Nick soon wakes however, looking at his phone to find that it's only been a couple of hours. While Stacy still sleeps, he gets onto his feet, going to make a drink. However, he stops at the sight of the woods, and his breath catches in his throat. All the events of the last few hours have left their mark on him. On everyone. Moving forward isn't going to be an easy thing. But at least this time, Nick, Dan, Andy, Lily, Lucas, Stacy, and Ava, all have each other.

A few days later, Nick lays down some flowers at Jane's grave, smiling softly at it.

Nick - I hope you've found happiness wherever you are, Jane...

#playchoices #it lives in the woods #stacy green #mc x stacy #stacy x mc #korgfics #so nervous to post this

[luunie]

you know it’s really frustrating to go out and vote year after year and everyone on the ballot sucks and the same dogshit people win every election. it’s also like, what is the point in these stupid elections when every office only has one person running for it? like yeah you can write in somebody but the state doesn’t count those unless they’re for a “recognized write-in candidate” and there weren’t any as far as I could tell for most of the positions. It just feels like a waste of time.

anyway I voted Andy Taylor for sheriff

#personal

[kwebtv]

 TV Guide - May 12 - 18, 1962

Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) Film and television actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also played Ralph Furley on the highly rated sitcom Three's Company from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including the leading roles in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964). In 1979, TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.

Knotts got his first major break on television in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow where he appeared from 1953 to 1955. He came to fame in 1956 on Steve Allen's variety show, as part of Allen's repertory company, most notably in Allen's mock "Man in the Street" interviews, always as an extremely nervous man. He remained with the Allen program through the 1959–1960 season. From October 20, 1955, through September 14, 1957.

In 1960, Andy Griffith was offered the opportunity to headline his own sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968). Knotts took the role of Barney Fife, the deputy—and originally cousin—of Sheriff Andy Taylor (portrayed by Griffith). Knotts's portrayal of the deputy on the popular show earned him five Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy.

In 1979 he got the part of landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company for seasons 4 through 8, after the departure of Norman Fell, who had played the previous landlord.  (Wikipedia)

#TV Guide #TV #1962 #The Andy Griffith Show #Three's Company #The Steve Allen Show

[blueelectricroom]

What we have in Barney Fife is a prototype. He is a fictional character against which characters with similar traits are measured—a gold standard.

As dreadfully wholesome and corny as many episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" could be, there were about three dozen that transcended sitcom flaws and clichés, thanks to the inspired purity of demeanor, character, and behavior that Don Knotts imbued in the character of Fife. It was a considerable act of total creation and control, since by all accounts Knotts was (not counting his height and weight) completely unlike Barney Fife.

“Barne,” as Sheriff Andy Taylor usually called him, was a zealot fighting for sundry causes—invariably unjustified ones if they existed at all. He was strung as tight as a banjo string, and consequently Barney was easily offended, excited, or goaded into responses—reactions, really—that were, in type or proportion (or both) always wholly inappropriate. The diminutive know-it-all frequently held forth on topics about which he had zero insight or experience; indeed, the inventory of subjects he did not quite grasp was encyclopedic. When challenged on a "fact," Barney escalated his didactic interludes to blustering rage, which quickly subsided into one of his more effortless postures—the all-day sulk. Pushed far enough, Deputy Fife would simply resign from the department, after which Andy calmly slipped the letter of resignation into a file drawer already stuffed with the simmering deputy's previous retirement missives.

As a first-order turkey neck, Barney was the quintessential 98-pound weakling, with a mouth almost weekly writing checks that his frame could not hope to cash. He fancied himself a ladies' man, a man's man, and a lawman of considerable skill; he might have been an ace crime fighter had he not been (in his mind) thwarted by the less-than-modern techniques that the Mayberry Sheriff's Department employed to battle the criminal underworld that Barney was certain lurked in the Carolina mountains.

According to Barney, Mayberry residents merely overlooked his potential, unfairly focusing instead on the deputy’s ineptitude with a gun, a patrol car, an unruly crowd, or those keys to the holding cells. His unhappiness with everyone’s misapprehension bordered on cosmic desperation. In short, this swaggering buffoon was what results when unearned confidence puts on a uniform, or when total delusion pins on a badge. Who could stand to be around him?

Apparently, everyone, because Barney Fife was, is, and always will be adored by anyone who has ever seen the show. His behavior may have consistently called for ridicule, but the key to his likability was that he never earned our scorn. Just as Don Knotts' admirable control of this comic figure transcended television's inherent lack of sophistication, some of Barney's inherent traits of character transcended his ridiculous demeanor.

He was, above all, loyal, and his unflinching defense of Sheriff Taylor's son, Opie, invariably made Barney look taller and larger than he actually was (recall the episode involving school bullies who were extorting Opie's milk money). Barney often interceded when he thought Andy was being too hard on the boy, and woe unto those who insulted or otherwise slighted Aunt Bea.   Anyone wishing to assert a critical remark about the town of Mayberry will have to run that assessment by Barney. Good luck to them.

It's true that Barney was a world-class braggart, but when the townsfolk lauded him for some good deed or act of courage, the otherwise cocky deputy collapsed into embarrassed modesty. He deeply craved the approbation of his peers, but upon receiving it he was suddenly too shy to exploit his new standing. Barney might stare down an insult, but he couldn’t make eye contact with a sincere compliment. Yes, he foolishly scanned the horizon for crimes and misdemeanors that simply didn’t exist. But he was keenly alert to any authentic injustice, and should some unfairness or unkindness emerge against friend or neighbor, the needle on Barney’s moral compass swung harder than anyone’s toward righting that wrong.

At the end of any episode, what we understand about Deputy Fife is that he simply tried too hard. When his friends faced a crisis, Barney may have been the first to draw up an insane plan or the first on the scene to make a colossal blunder—but he was the first on the scene, nonetheless. There are worse types in the world, fictional and otherwise.

#mayberry

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The Iconic Legendary Actor, Filmmaker, Director, Husband, Father, Of 1 Of Most Iconic Hit Family Sitcom Of The 70's In TV 📺 History

Ron Howard was born on March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma, the elder son of Jean Speegle, an actress, and Rance Howard, a director, writer, and actor. He is of German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch ancestry. His father was born with the surname "Beckenholdt" and took the stage name "Howard" in 1948 for his acting career. Rance Howard was serving three years in the United States Air Force at the time of Ron's birth.

He is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six decade career, Howard has received two Academy Awards, four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in film and television.

Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. He was credited as Ronny Howard in his film and television appearances from 1959 to 1973. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the influential coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), and became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1980). He starred alongside Lee Marvin in 1974 in “The Spikes Gang” and played the second lead in John Wayne's final film, The Shootist (1976).

PLEASE WISH THIS AMERICAN LEGEND OF ACTING, DIRECTING, PRODUCING, & SCREENWRITING , A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

YOU ALL FROM BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS SHOULD KNOW HIM & HIS WORK AS A CHILD ACTOR

YOU SEEN HIM MAKE US HAPPY 😊 WHEN DAYS WHERE WE GET SAD 😥

& HE HAS PROBABLY DIRECTED A ICONIC MOVIE OR SEVERAL THAT YOU ALL KNOW & LOVE VERY MUCH 😉

THE 1 & ONLY

MR. RONALD WILLIAM HOWARD AKA RON HOWARD

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MR. HOWARD & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

#RonHoward #TheAndyGriffithShow #HappyDays #AmericanGraffiti

#Ron Howard #the andy griffith show #Happy Days #American Graffiti #Spotify