 While Barney is on vacation in Raleigh, Andy needs to find someone to fill as a temporary deputy. When Andy himself has to go to a sheriff safety conference for a few days. Nobody is available, so he is stuck with Goober. Goober doesn t take the job seriously (still working at the filling station). It gets so bad that Goober begins to work on cars at the sheriff s office and even ends up completely dismantling a car right inside the courthouse.