7.1/1045 votes#1 - The Ghosts of 73
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1964
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: N/A
6.7/1053 votes#2 - Lester, the Skipper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1964
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: N/A
6.7/1043 votes#3 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad War
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1964
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1052 votes#4 - McHale, the Desk Commando
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1964
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1040 votes#5 - McHale's Floating Harem
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1964
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1042 votes#6 - Laugh, Captain, Laugh
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1964
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: N/A
6.2/1046 votes#7 - Will the Alligator Take the Stand?
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1964
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: N/A
6.9/1047 votes#8 - The British Also Have Ensigns
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1964
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: N/A
6.5/1044 votes#9 - Senator Parker, Suh!
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1964
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: N/A
6.8/1044 votes#10 - Fountain of Youth
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1964
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: N/A
6.6/1043 votes#11 - The Great Eclipse
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1964
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: N/A
6.9/1046 votes#12 - McHale and His Jet Set
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1964
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: N/A
6.8/1043 votes#13 - Christy Goes Traveling
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1964
Complications arise, when Christy – Desperate to see his Daughter, on her 2nd birthday – Stows away on a bomber, bound for San Diego.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1050 votes#14 - The Missing Link
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1964
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
6.6/1044 votes#15 - Fuji's Big Romance
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1964
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1045 votes#16 - The Stool Parrot
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1965
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
7.0/1043 votes#17 - The PT 73 Follies
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1965
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1042 votes#18 - The Truth Hurts
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1965
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: N/A
6.9/1045 votes#19 - The Late Captain Binghamton
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1965
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1043 votes#20 - McHale's Floating Laundromat
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1965
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: N/A
6.8/1041 votes#21 - All Chiefs and No Indians
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1965
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: N/A
7.1/1044 votes#22 - Pumpkin Takes Over
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1965
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: N/A
7.4/1045 votes#23 - The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1965
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1045 votes#24 - The Return of Maggie
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1965
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1040 votes#25 - Send This Ensign to Camp
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/1965
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of McHale's Navy Season 3
Every episode of McHale's Navy Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of McHale's Navy Season 3!
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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 7.1/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by Earl Bellamy and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1964. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Lester, the Skipper".