7.9/1071 votes#1 - Car For Sale
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1968
Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock, Rick Mittleman
7.7/1064 votes#2 - Corporal Duke
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/1968
Duke is promoted to corporal, but finds his old reputation getting in his way.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.9/1060 votes#3 - The Booty Prize
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1968
Gomer and Carter are the victims of the lead boot, the battalion's booby prize.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.4/1058 votes#4 - The Return of Monroe
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1968
Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.3/1059 votes#5 - Just Move Your Lips, Sergeant
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1968
The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.0/1062 votes#6 - All You Need is One Good Break
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1968
Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
6.4/1059 votes#7 - A Marriage of Convenience
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1968
A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.7/1065 votes#8 - A Star is Not Born
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1968
Carter appears in a Hollywood movie, but finds acting harder than he thought.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.8/1068 votes#9 - Come Blow Your Top
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1968
Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.4/1068 votes#10 - A Little Chicken Soup Wouldn't Hurt
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1968
Lonely widow Molly Gordon feels old and useless until Gomer and his appreciative buddies eat her wonderful home cooking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1060 votes#11 - Gomer, the Perfect MP
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1968
Gomer is assigned to guard duty at a back gate of the base and refuses to let Carter pass through.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
5.8/1058 votes#12 - The Wild Bull Returns
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1968
South American General Cortez looks up his old friends, and falls in love with Carter's girlfriend Bunny.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1064 votes#13 - Hit and Write
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/1968
When Carter scratches a parked car and offers to pay for it, the owner shows up with a bill for a completely demolished fender.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1077 votes#14 - Two on the Bench
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1969
Carter won't believe that Gomer really knows football star Moose Lewis.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
6.2/1054 votes#15 - A Tattoo For Gomer
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1969
Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.
Director: John Erman
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
8.0/1077 votes#16 - Win-A-Date
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1969
Gomer and Carter are contestants on the ""Win-A-Date"" televised program.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Harvey Bullock
6.6/1063 votes#17 - Marriage, Sgt. Carter Style
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1969
Carter decides that Gomer might not re-enlist if he were married, so he tries to push the private into a quick wedding.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
7.1/1067 votes#18 - To Save a Life
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1969
Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.1/1064 votes#19 - Dynamite Diner
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1969
Gomer and Lou Ann pitch in to help open a new diner, not realizing the owners are in fact planning to rob the bank next door.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.1/1060 votes#20 - Freddy's Friendly Computer
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1969
Gomer and Carter again fall prey to con man ""Friendly Freddy,"" now running a computer dating service.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.7/1059 votes#21 - Gomer Maneuvers
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1969
Gomer inadvertently reveals the position of his platoon to the ""enemy"" during camp maneuvers.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
7.0/1050 votes#22 - Gomer Tends A Sick Kat
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1969
Gomer overhears a conversation about Bunny's sick cat and jumps to the conclusion that it's Sgt. Carter who is critically ill.
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
8.3/1079 votes#23 - I'm Always Chasing Gomers
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1969
Carter decides he must get away from Gomer to avoid a nervous breakdown, but continues to be haunted by him.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
7.7/1062 votes#24 - The Short Voyage Home
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1969
Carter takes charge of Gomer's life savings for safekeeping and has his pocket picked by a little old lady.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
6.7/1051 votes#25 - Proxy Poppa
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1969
A Marine buddy breaks his leg and Gomer and Carter have to take his expectant wife to the hospital.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Harvey Bullock
The Best Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 5
Every episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Car For Sale" is the best rated episode of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 71 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Harvey Bullock, Rick Mittleman, it aired on 9/27/1968. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Corporal Duke".