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The Best Episodes of Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1

Every episode of Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1!

The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.

Genres:Action & AdventureDramaWar & Politics
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Baa Baa Black Sheep" season 1 is "Flying Misfits", rated 7.2/10 from 125 user votes. It was directed by Russ Mayberry and written by N/A. "Flying Misfits" aired on 9/21/1976 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Best Three Out of Five".

  • Flying Misfits
    7.2/10 125 votes

    #1 - Flying Misfits

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1976

    Maverick WW2 Marine aviator forms his own fighter squadron.

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: N/A

  • Best Three Out of Five
    7.9/10 111 votes

    #2 - Best Three Out of Five

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1976

    While in temporary command, Lard uses his powers to cut the supply lines to the Black Sheep, in order to have their unit shut down for no combat activity, but Boyington finds a way around that and all the Black Sheep are on leave. Things go awry when Boyington and crew return and finds the man Boyington stole the Corsairs from, now in charge of the 214.

    Director: Lawrence Doheny

    Writer: N/A

  • Small War
    7.5/10 94 votes

    #3 - Small War

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1976

    While on patrol Pappy is accidentally shot down by T.J. He hits the silk and winds up on a Japanese occupied island. The squadron's morale hits rock bottom while he is MIA and Jim is unsure of his abilities to command. Pappy soon discovers he is not the only one trying to survive on the hostile island.

    Director: Walter Doniger

    Writer: Philip DeGuere Jr.

  • High Jinx
    8.2/10 95 votes

    #4 - High Jinx

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1976

    The Japanese have a new special modified armored Zero with the best Japanese pilots in the air. If Pappy or any of his men come up against them they are to disengage and get home. This doesn't sit well with Pappy or the rest of the squadron. Pappy pulls strings and has newly 'returned to service' Ace pilot Doug Rafferty assigned to his squadron. His father is an Admiral...but Jim remembers him from previous missions and believes him to be a jinx. Pappy won't have this kind of superstitious talk going around and tells Jim to keep his mouth shut.

    Director: John Peyser

    Writer: Ken Pettus

  • Prisoners of War
    7.5/10 98 votes

    #5 - Prisoners of War

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1976

    During an early morning strafing attack by Japanese Zeros Pappy manages to shoot one down. After taking the pilot prisoner they begin to discover it's hard to hate him. He has lived in the U.S. and speaks perfect English and begins to warm up to the Squadron. But what Pappy really wants to know is what the sonar device was doing in his plane and what his mission has to do with the Japanese task force which is on the move.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Presumed Dead
    8.0/10 100 votes

    #6 - Presumed Dead

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1976

    Presumed dead, flying ace Charles Dobson is found afloat on a raft at sea, after being released by the Japanese. The Meatheads try to unlock the secret to why the Japanese have set up shop with anti-aircraft batteries overnight on an island seemingly with no importance. Dobson's strange behavior brings about suspicion in Boyington.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Meatball Circus
    7.9/10 104 votes

    #7 - The Meatball Circus

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1976

    The navy whisks Boyington and other squadron leaders away and tells them to pick five men for a top secret mission where five men from each will have fly until out of gas and ditch in the ocean, hoping to be picked up. Angered, Boyington comes up with an alternate plan and enlists the help of his flying meatball circus. But Boyington isn't sure what is more dangerous, flying a mission over multiple Japanese carriers, or his men butting heads with professionally dressed, by-the-book Navy men.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Up for Grabs
    7.6/10 88 votes

    #8 - Up for Grabs

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1976

    General MacArthur is visiting everyone in the Pacific and Boyington's men are his next stop. On the day he is suppose to arrive, some Japanese soldiers show up and take everyone captive, with the intent to grab MacArthur. But fortunately Wiley and Casey went fishing so they weren't captured. So they must try and find a way to stop them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Anyone for Suicide?
    7.8/10 89 votes

    #9 - Anyone for Suicide?

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1976

    Boyington, just recovered from malaria, gets no volunteers for a dangerous mission after Doc Lindsay tells the Black Sheep to ground Pappy or he'll send him stateside. Pappy decides to fly the mission anyway, with four strangers. After bad weather keeps the replacements from flying in, the mission is scrubbed. To get back into Pappy's good graces, the Black Sheep decide to fly with Pappy, but the mission doesn't go as planned.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New Georgia on My Mind
    7.6/10 90 votes

    #10 - New Georgia on My Mind

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1976

    A marine Colonel arrives on the island and informs Boyington that he and his squad are going to join him on a raid. Boyington is not pleased when he learns that the Colonel is taking command of his squad so he goes to General Moore who tells him to suck it up. And things between the marines and the black sheep get tense. And when the Colonel pushes them too far, Boyington snaps.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cat's Whiskers
    7.5/10 87 votes

    #11 - The Cat's Whiskers

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1976

    Boyington is looking at facing the court martial Lard has been after, but with the war at a stand still for no apparent reason, Boyington finds out why and plans a mission to bring good graces upon the Black Sheep.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love and War
    7.7/10 81 votes

    #12 - Love and War

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1976

    Nothing is fair in love or war when Bragg and Casey both fall for the same pretty nurse.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The War Biz Warrior
    8.0/10 86 votes

    #13 - The War Biz Warrior

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1977

    A movie hero discovers war is different than the way it is portrayed on film when he is sent on a combat mission in order to improve morale.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1
    8.0/10 78 votes

    #14 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1977

    When French gets flamed in a hailstorm of flak, Pappy guides the pilot to safety but is injured in the process.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2
    8.3/10 80 votes

    #15 - Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1977

    Pappy receives an entirely new kind of wound when a nurse that he's fallen for reveals that she's married.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Devil in the Slot
    7.4/10 68 votes

    #16 - Devil in the Slot

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1977

    Gutterman breaks under pressure of a hostile air attack, and a mechanic sees his opportunity to takeover the planes...and the men.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Five the Hard Way
    7.7/10 84 votes

    #17 - Five the Hard Way

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1977

    When French's father pressures his son to become an ace pilot by downing a fifth plane, Pappy takes a stand against the overeager newspaper publisher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Mission Over Sengai
    7.5/10 78 votes

    #18 - The Last Mission Over Sengai

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1977

    Friendly fire or fatal strafing? That's the question facing a military court when Pappy is accused by a new Black Sheep pilot.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trouble at Fort Apache
    7.7/10 79 votes

    #19 - Trouble at Fort Apache

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1977

    A new experimental bomber has two generals giving conflicting orders and, unfortunately, Pappy is stuck in the middle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Poor Little Lambs
    7.2/10 87 votes

    #20 - Poor Little Lambs

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1977

    Twenty-four hours before a planned Marine attack, Pappy and two of his pilots are shot down over a targeted island occupied by enemy soldiers, missionaries, and orphans.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • W*A*S*P*S
    8.3/10 90 votes

    #21 - W*A*S*P*S

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1977

    The battle of the sexes lands on the frontline when a Woman's Airforce Pilots squad arrives at the base.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last One for Hutch
    8.3/10 79 votes

    #22 - Last One for Hutch

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/1977

    During a Japanese attack, one of the men is killed. Because of the Japanese forces, the Black Sheep and hospital staff are relocated to another island and all of them are re-asigned, but Boyington has a plan to fix everything.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fastest Gun
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #23 - The Fastest Gun

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/1977

    When Pappy has engine trouble during the mission, a lone Japanese fighter challenges the ace pilot to a dangerous duel in the sky.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A