The seventh season of The Andy Griffith Show begins with “Big Fish in a Small Town,” in which we are introduced to the town clerk Howard, a novice fisherman, who tags along on the first day of the season and antagonizes the town's anglers by catching Old Sam, the legendary fish in the lake. Later in the season, Andy's and Helen’s relationship is strained in the episode “Andy’s Old Girlfriend,” when Andy's old high school sweetheart moves back to town. The lovebirds experience a few more relationship jolts in “Helen The Authoress,” after Helen writes a children's book that will be published and Andy faces the uncomfortable prospect of being the fiancé of a famous writer.