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The Best Episodes of Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 1 - Flying Misfits
    7.7/10(499 votes)

    #1 - Flying Misfits

    S1:E1

    Maverick WW2 Marine aviator forms his own fighter squadron.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 2 - Best Three Out of Five
    7.3/10(137 votes)

    #2 - Best Three Out of Five

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 3 - Small War
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    #3 - Small War

    S1:E3

    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.

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  4. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 4 - High Jinx
    7.6/10(102 votes)

    #4 - High Jinx

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 5 - Prisoners of War
    8.3/10(102 votes)

    #5 - Prisoners of War

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 6 - Presumed Dead
    7.6/10(106 votes)

    #6 - Presumed Dead

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 7 - The Meatball Circus
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #7 - The Meatball Circus

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 8 - Up for Grabs
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #8 - Up for Grabs

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 9 - Anyone for Suicide?
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    #9 - Anyone for Suicide?

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 10 - New Georgia on My Mind
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    #10 - New Georgia on My Mind

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 11 - The Cat's Whiskers
    7.8/10(96 votes)

    #11 - The Cat's Whiskers

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 12 - Love and War
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #12 - Love and War

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 13 - The War Biz Warrior
    7.7/10(92 votes)

    #13 - The War Biz Warrior

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 14 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1
    8.2/10(96 votes)

    #14 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 15 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    #15 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 16 - Devil in the Slot
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    #16 - Devil in the Slot

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 17 - Five the Hard Way
    7.5/10(76 votes)

    #17 - Five the Hard Way

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 18 - The Last Mission Over Sengai
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #18 - The Last Mission Over Sengai

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 19 - Trouble at Fort Apache
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    #19 - Trouble at Fort Apache

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 20 - Poor Little Lambs
    7.8/10(84 votes)

    #20 - Poor Little Lambs

    S1:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 21 - W*A*S*P*S
    7.3/10(95 votes)

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

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 22 - Last One for Hutch
    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #22 - Last One for Hutch

    S1:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 23 - The Fastest Gun
    8.4/10(84 votes)

    #23 - The Fastest Gun

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Flying Misfits" is the best rated episode of "Baa Baa Black Sheep" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 499 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1976. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Best Three Out of Five".