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The Best Episodes of McHale's Navy Season 3

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An experienced South Pacific Sea Dog by the name of Quinton McHale, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander into the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II. McHale was made the Skipper of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 1 - The Ghosts of 73
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #1 - The Ghosts of 73

    S3:E1

    When Binghamton discovers how superstitious McHale and The Crew are, he devises a plan to scare them into transferring out. But, when McHale and The Boys find that they've been duped, they cook up their own plan to scare Binghamton into canceling their transfers.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 2 - Lester, the Skipper
    6.8/10(56 votes)

    #2 - Lester, the Skipper

    S3:E2

    With his letters home, Gruber has led his girlfriend to believe that he's a Lieutenant Commander, and, when the girl pays a surprise visit to Taratupa, McHale reluctantly agrees to help him save face, by allowing him to act out the part. The charade almost gets them into big trouble, but winds up working out for the good, when it helps foil Binghamton's plan to have McHale assigned to a British Liaison's position.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 3 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad War
    6.9/10(47 votes)

    #3 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad War

    S3:E3

    Left alone on the 73, in New Caledonia, while McHale attends a staff meeting, and the Crew are on an unauthorized liberty, Parker receives the order from Binghamton to pick up the base payroll. After he's robbed of the $62,000, McHale and the guys frantically try to locate the cash, before Binghamton can accuse them of the theft.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 4 - McHale, the Desk Commando
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    #4 - McHale, the Desk Commando

    S3:E4

    Binghamton fakes an illness, and checks into the base hospital, appointing McHale as temporary Base Commander, to face an unscheduled inspection by a tough Admiral. But Binghamton's plan backfires, when McHale and The Crew manage to make it through the inspection, and turn the tables on The Captain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 5 - McHale's Floating Harem
    6.7/10(45 votes)

    #5 - McHale's Floating Harem

    S3:E5

    Ordered to provide a safe haven for a Sultan and his 3 Daughters, Binghamton is forced to send McHale and The 73 Crew to rescue the royal family, and bring them to Taratupa. But, when Virgil sneaks one of the Princesses away for a romantic boat ride, Parker must become her stand-in, while the guys hustle to return the real Princess, before The Sultan and The Captain discover that she's missing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 6 - Laugh, Captain, Laugh
    6.7/10(46 votes)

    #6 - Laugh, Captain, Laugh

    S3:E6

    After Parker nearly drowns Binghamton, during an accident on the 73, The Captain calls for a Fitness Board Inquiry to determine Parker's fitness for duty. McHale and The Boys then execute a clever plan - Involving nitrous oxide, or 'Laughing Gas' - To help Binghamton to change his mind, which backfires, when an Admiral from the board arrives early, to investigate Parker's situation.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 7 - Will the Alligator Take the Stand?
    6.3/10(51 votes)

    #7 - Will the Alligator Take the Stand?

    S3:E7

    After Binghamton devises a scheme to frame McHale and The Crew for the theft of his wallet, Parker is arrested, and charged with the crime. But the Ensign is cleared, at the last minute, when McHale and The Boys produce Parker's star witness - An alligator that has taken a special liking to Parker.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 8 - The British Also Have Ensigns
    7.2/10(51 votes)

    #8 - The British Also Have Ensigns

    S3:E8

    Binghamton has an ulterior motive, when he temporarily assigns a clumsy, bumbling British Sub-Lieutenant to the 73 Crew. When the Britisher captures Fuji, and places him under arrest as a spy, McHale and Parker work up a rather risky plan to free their Japanese friend, which is complicated by a visit from the Sub-Lieutenant's Admiral-Cousin.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 9 - Senator Parker, Suh!
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    #9 - Senator Parker, Suh!

    S3:E9

    After Parker is passed over again, for a promotion, Gruber devises a way for him to vent his frustrations, which winds up landing the Ensign in the brig, pending Court Martial. Then, when they find out about an upcoming visit by the head of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee - Whose name just happens to be Parker - McHale and The Boys work up a scheme to get their XO off the hook.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 10 - Fountain of Youth
    7.1/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Fountain of Youth

    S3:E10

    While out on maneuvers with McHale and the 73 Crew, Binghamton discovers what he thinks is The Fountain Of Youth. But McHale and the boys know what really causes that youthful feeling, in one who drinks from it, and must scheme to keep it a secret.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 11 - The Great Eclipse
    6.8/10(47 votes)

    #11 - The Great Eclipse

    S3:E11

    The Navy needs an airstrip on an island inhabited by fierce head-hunters, and McHale and the 73 Crew get some help from Mother Nature, when they go to negotiate a treaty with them.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 12 - McHale and His Jet Set
    7.1/10(50 votes)

    #12 - McHale and His Jet Set

    S3:E12

    McHale and the boys help Binghamton get even, when he buys some ocean-front property in New Caledonia, from an unscrupulous Frenchman.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 13 - Christy Goes Traveling
    7.2/10(47 votes)

    #13 - Christy Goes Traveling

    S3:E13

    Complications arise, when Christy – Desperate to see his Daughter, on her 2nd birthday – Stows away on a bomber, bound for San Diego.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 14 - The Missing Link
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #14 - The Missing Link

    S3:E14

    Parker is in Binghamton's dog house, again, but gets off the hook, when Leadbottom's Niece – An Anthropology student, on a brief stay at Taratupa – Wants to keep Parker around as a study subject.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Myles Wilder

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  15. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 15 - Fuji's Big Romance
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    #15 - Fuji's Big Romance

    S3:E15

    McHale and the boys take Fuji along to a big luau on a nearby island, where he falls for a lovely native girl, who has a boyfriend with a bad attitude.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 16 - The Stool Parrot
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    #16 - The Stool Parrot

    S3:E16

    Binghamton's ‘No-Fraternization' policy forces McHale and the boys to find a secret location for a big party they've planned, with the Nurses. But Gruber's pet parrot spills the beans, to Binghamton.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Sam Locke

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  17. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 17 - The PT 73 Follies
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    #17 - The PT 73 Follies

    S3:E17

    Marooned on a supposedly deserted island, for their mandatory survival test, Parker and Binghamton are captured by a Japanese patrol. McHale and The Crew, on their way to New Caledonia, to try out for the Navy talent show, are captured, as well, when they drop in, to check on The Captain and Parker. They must all then utilize their various talents in a plan to get out of the situation.

    Director:Sidney Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 18 - The Truth Hurts
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    #18 - The Truth Hurts

    S3:E18

    In an effort to get the goods on the 73 Crew, Binghamton lures the boys into the hospital, under false pretenses, and has them injected them with sodium pentothal - Or 'truth serum' - Which causes them to tell him everything he wants to know. McHale and Parker must then work up a plan to get them off the hook, by literally giving Binghamton a dose of his own medicine.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 19 - The Late Captain Binghamton
    7.2/10(49 votes)

    #19 - The Late Captain Binghamton

    S3:E19

    After The Captain has his annual physical exam, the guys see an opportunity to get him out of the way for a while, and 'doctor' his X-rays to make it look like he's dying. But the plan backfires, when - In an effort to go out a hero - Binghamton volunteers to lead the 73 Crew on a dangerous mission to destroy an enemy fuel dump.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 20 - McHale's Floating Laundromat
    6.9/10(47 votes)

    #20 - McHale's Floating Laundromat

    S3:E20

    In an effort to gather evidence of any shady activities, Binghamton appoints Carpenter as the 73's new Executive Officer, and makes Parker the base's Laundry Officer. After Parker fouls up, McHale and the guys try to help him out, but Carpenter catches them in the act, forcing McHale to come up with a plan to get out of the situation, and get Parker his job back.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 21 - All Chiefs and No Indians
    7.0/10(45 votes)

    #21 - All Chiefs and No Indians

    S3:E21

    When Binghamton learns that all Chief Petty Officers are to be shipped out, he talks all the guys into taking the exam for CPO, then fixes the results to see that all of them pass. Now without a Crew, the 73 is to be scrapped, and McHale and Parker are to be reassigned. But a very determined Ensign Parker takes it upon himself to keep the 73 in business.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 22 - Pumpkin Takes Over
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Pumpkin Takes Over

    S3:E22

    After Admiral Rogers mistakes a pretty young Nurse for Binghamton's wife, McHale and Parker must hustle to keep the situation a secret from Binghamton's real wife, who has come to visit the base as part of the Women's Navy League tour.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 23 - The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #23 - The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker

    S3:E23

    After the guys swipe Binghamton's dictation machine, Parker is nailed for the crime, while in the process of returning it, and The Captain throws him into the brig, pending Court Martial. Parker must then work with McHale and the boys in a complicated plan to try to make Binghamton drop the charges, by making him think he's losing his mind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 24 - The Return of Maggie
    7.0/10(50 votes)

    #24 - The Return of Maggie

    S3:E24

    McHale's gambling, conniving, saloon-keeping old friend - Maggie Monohan - Is back in business, in New Caledonia, and Binghamton has been ordered to shut her down. Seeing an opportunity to 'kill two birds with one stone', Binghamton schemes to nail McHale and The Crew along with her, but McHale and Maggie join forces, in a plan to keep him from doing so.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. McHale's Navy Season 3 Episode 25 - Send This Ensign to Camp
    6.4/10(46 votes)

    #25 - Send This Ensign to Camp

    S3:E25

    Struck on the head, during a Japanese raid, Parker develops regressive amnesia, and thinks he's returned to his childhood days at summer camp. McHale and the guys must then try to keep the Ensign out of sight, long enough to think of a way to cure him, before the Fleet Medical Officer arrives, to examine him.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Ghosts of 73" is the best rated episode of "McHale's Navy" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1964. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Lester, the Skipper".