The Worst Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Every episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.!
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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." is "The Wild Bull Returns", rated 5.9/10 from 58 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Wild Bull Returns" aired on 12/20/1968 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Feudin' Pyles".
5.9/10 58 votes#1 - 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
6.2/10 73 votes#2 - 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
6.3/10 60 votes#4 - Wild Bull of the Pampas
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1967
A Latin American military man plots the overthrow of Sgt. Carter.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 58 votes#5 - Goodbye, Dolly
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1968
Gomer saves an old horse from the glue factory and tries to hide her at the base.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 52 votes#6 - 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
6.5/10 58 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
6.6/10 60 votes#8 - Cold Nose, Warm Heart
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1966
Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10 55 votes#9 - Go Blow Your Horn
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1967
Carter tries to transfer Gomer to the Marine band.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10 55 votes#10 - Gomer and the Night Club Comic
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 3/22/1968
Gomer tries to help a night club comedian who is about to be fired.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
6.7/10 53 votes#11 - And Baby Makes Three
Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 4/5/1968
Gomer sneaks a baby onto the base when he babysits for a friend—just as the colonel is due on an inspection tour.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
6.7/10 63 votes#12 - 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
6.8/10 48 votes#14 - Gomer, the Privileged Character
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/29/1967
Gomer is excused from regular duties for singing rehearsals when he's chosen to perform at a base variety show.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 50 votes#15 - 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
6.9/10 59 votes#16 - The Crow Ganef
Season 3 Episode 28 - Aired 3/29/1967
Gomer's new friend, a crow, turns out to be a thief, plundering everyone -- and stashing the loot in Gomer's locker.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 54 votes#17 - Lou Ann Poovie Sings No More
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 4/12/1967
When Lou-Ann is about to be fired from her job as a nightclub singer, Gomer finds her a job as a salesgirl.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 74 votes#19 - Third Finger, Left Loaf
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965
Gomer is asked to be the best man at his friend's wedding, then loses the ring the night before the ceremony.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.0/10 58 votes#21 - How to Succeed in Farming Without Really Trying
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1966
Carter sabotages Gomer's garden by putting vodka in his prize watermelon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 79 votes#22 - Gomer and the Little Men From Outer Space
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1966
Carter sends Gomer to a psychiatrist when he claims he has seen men from outer space.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 59 votes#23 - One of Our Shells is Missing
Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 4/5/1967
Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 56 votes#24 - A Dog is a Dog
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/12/1968
Carter and Gomer are assigned to watch the Colonel's German Shepherd, but Gomer loses it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 60 votes#25 - The Carriage Waits
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1968
A department store accidentally sends Gomer a baby carriage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
