The Best Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 1
Every episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 1!
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." season 1 is "Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course", rated 7.9/10 from 133 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course" aired on 9/25/1964 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Guest in the Barracks".
7.9/10 133 votes#1 - Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1964
Gomes tries to pass the obstacle course to please Sgt. Carter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 90 votes#2 - Guest in the Barracks
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1964
To the consternation and dismay of Sgt. Carter, Gomer breaks regulations and sneaks a recruit's girlfriend in to visit him in the barracks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 88 votes#3 - Private Ralph Skunk
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1964
Gomer adopts a pet skunk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 123 votes#4 - Captain Ironpants
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1965
After a straight-laced lady Marine officer reports him for not saluting her, Gomer attempts to help transform her into an attractive woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: Garry Marshall
7.6/10 88 votes#5 - Gomer Learns a Bully
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1964
A trouble-making recruit decides to use Gomer as his fall guy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
8.1/10 86 votes#6 - Pay Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1964
Gomer is convinced he has been a ""goldbrick"" and stubbornly refuses to accept part of his paycheck -- even when the Pentagon orders him to do so.
Director: N/A
Writer: Garry Marshall
8.1/10 79 votes#7 - Nobody Loves a Sergeant
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1964
Carter is driven crazy by the fact that no matter what he does to Gomer, Gomer still likes him.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum
7.7/10 88 votes#8 - Gomer and the Dragon Lady
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1964
Carter sets Gomer up with a beautiful but unkissable Dragon Lady.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
8.4/10 119 votes#9 - Survival of the Fattest
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1964
Gomer and Carter go on a five-day survival test.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 73 votes#10 - A Date for the Colonel's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1964
Gomer escorts the Colonel's daughter to the enlisted men's dance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 92 votes#11 - They Shall Not Pass
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1964
On maneuvers, Gomer leads the squad into an ambush.
Director: Howard Morris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 72 votes#12 - Sergeant Carter, Marine Baby Sitter
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1964
Carter gives Gomer a lift in his jeep and finds himself helping Gomer babysit.
Director: Howard Morris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 82 votes#13 - The Case of the Marine Bandit
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1964
A mother-daughter burglar team uses Gomer for their next heist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 81 votes#14 - Sergeant of the Week
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1964
Carter thinks Gomer is dying and tries to be nice to him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 67 votes#15 - Grandpa Pyle's Good Luck Charm
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1965
Grandpa Pyle gives Gomer a good luck charm to help him gain self-confidence.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Adair
7.7/10 72 votes#16 - Dance, Marine, Dance
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1965
Gomer and Carter are taken in by a phony dance studio when they both sign lifetime contracts for lessons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 68 votes#17 - Sergeant Carter's Farewell to His Troops
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1965
The men try to change Carter's mind when he decides to leave the Marine Corps.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/10 73 votes#18 - The Feudin' Pyles
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1965
Gomer befriends Branch, a country boy from a neighboring hometown -- until he learns that their two families have been feuding for generations.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 67 votes#19 - Love Letters to the Sarge
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1965
Gomer writes secret love letters to Carter in order to cheer him up.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 68 votes#20 - Sergeant Carter Get a Dear John Letter
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1965
Carter discovers that his girlfriend dumped him -- for Gomer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Adair
7.3/10 65 votes#21 - Daughter of the Sarge
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1965
Carter's adopted Korean daughter arrives -- but she is no longer the little girl he remembers, and Carter thinks she is going to marry Gomer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.6/10 62 votes#22 - Officer Candidate Gomer Pyle
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1965
Gomer and Carter take the exam for the officer's training program.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.3/10 61 votes#23 - Old Man Carter
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1965
When the platoon celebrates Carter's birthday, he begins to worry he is getting old.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 57 votes#24 - Gomer Makes the Honor Guard
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1965
Carter may reluctantly be forced to use Gomer as an honor guard -- he's one of the few who owns a dress-blue uniform.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 66 votes#25 - My Buddy - War Hero
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1965
Gomer tries to prevent Carter and his old friend from becoming enemies.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A