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The Best Episodes of McHale's Navy Season 4

Every episode of McHale's Navy Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of McHale's Navy Season 4!

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...
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"War, Italian Style" is the best rated episode of "McHale's Navy" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1965. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Bathtub Thief".

  • War, Italian Style
    7.2/1041 votes

    #1 - War, Italian Style

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1965

    McHale, the 73 Crew, Captain Binghamton, and Lieutenant Carpenter have all been transferred to a base in the little coastal town of Voltafiore, Italy, and soon find themselves dealing with the town's crooked, money-hungry Mayor.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bathtub Thief
    6.8/1037 votes

    #2 - The Bathtub Thief

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1965

    While in search of a hot shower, McHale, Parker, Gruber, and Tinker are trapped by a German patrol, behind enemy lines, and must masquerade as an Italian family, in order to save themselves, as well as The Captain and Lieutenant Carpenter.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Marriage, McHale Style
    7.3/1039 votes

    #3 - Marriage, McHale Style

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1965

    Binghamton angers the local Italians, after forbidding their fraternization with Naval personnel, but must quickly make amends with them, in order to please a certain VIP, due soon, for a visit. So, he reluctantly allows McHale and the townsfolk to throw a big wedding bash for a young Italian woman, and her fiancée - A soldier in the Italian Army.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Guiseppe McHale
    6.6/1035 votes

    #4 - Guiseppe McHale

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1965

    During his absence from the base, against orders, McHale is spared an AWOL charge, with help from his Italian cousin, who happens to bear a very strong family resemblance to his American counterpart.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • A Nip in Time
    6.9/1037 votes

    #5 - A Nip in Time

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1965

    Gruber and the guys find that there is money to be made, in the lucrative German war souvenir market, and, after they, McHale, and Colonel Harrigan are all captured by a German patrol, during a souvenir-hunting trip to an off-limits town, Parker and Fuji collaborate on a clever plan to rescue their comrades.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Piazza Binghamtoni
    6.6/1035 votes

    #6 - Piazza Binghamtoni

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1965

    After Binghamton throws Parker into the brig, under several unfair charges, McHale and Mayor Lugatto must cooperate in a plan to turn the glory-hungry Binghamton into 'The Great Liberator', as part of a plan to get the Ensign out of the slammer.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bald-Headed Contessa
    6.7/1032 votes

    #7 - The Bald-Headed Contessa

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1965

    After both Binghamton and Harrigan catch McHale and the guys having some unauthorized R&R in the home of an Italian Contessa, they have no choice but to go along with the plan of having Parker pose as the Contessa, in order to try to fool General Bronson, and keep everyone out of trouble.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Voltafiore Fish-Fry
    7.0/1035 votes

    #8 - Voltafiore Fish-Fry

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1965

    After General Bronson cracks down on wartime profiteering, Mayor Lugatto tricks McHale into going into the fishing business with him, a situation which, quite unintentionally, works out for the good for McHale and the crew, but very much not-so-good for Binghamton and Lugatto.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • A Wine Cellar Is Not a Home
    7.3/1037 votes

    #9 - A Wine Cellar Is Not a Home

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1965

    Fed up with their less-than-pleasant accommodations, McHale and the guys move to an abandoned wine cellar, and furnish it with some luxurious furniture, found during a mission. But, after first Binghamton, then Harrigan impound their furnishings for their own use, McHale and the guys must come up with a scheme to get it back, and keep it.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino?
    6.9/1033 votes

    #10 - Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino?

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1965

    Binghamton is determined to get hold of a stash of stolen rare wine, for a gift to the General; Mayor Lugatto wants the wine for it's cash value; And McHale and the Crew just want to see that it's returned to it's rightful owners, and to get back at the Germans who stole it, in the first place.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The McHale Opera Company
    7.1/1032 votes

    #11 - The McHale Opera Company

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1965

    Mayor Lugatto wants the town's opera house back in business, and McHale wants his Crew out of jail. So, they cooperate in a plan to accomplish both, by having Binghamton sing the lead in the opera company's season-opener, despite The Captain's painfully obvious lack of talent.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Good Luck Fountain
    6.9/1034 votes

    #12 - The Good Luck Fountain

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1965

    Binghamton throws Mayor Lugatto into jail, pending impeachment proceedings for running a racket, in the form of a 'Good Luck Fountain', in the town square. So, to get The Captain to let The Mayor out of jail, and reopen the fountain, McHale and the guys must come up with a plan to convince Binghamton that 'The curse of Voltafiore' has befallen him.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Blitzkrieg at McHale's Beach
    6.9/1034 votes

    #13 - Blitzkrieg at McHale's Beach

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1965

    After Colonel Harrigan cons Binghamton into moving the 73 Crew into town, so that he can take over McHale's beach, McHale and Binghamton carry out similar, but conflicting plans to get back at the Colonel.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Reunion for PT 73
    6.8/1034 votes

    #14 - Reunion for PT 73

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1965

    Binghamton has the evidence he needs to court martial McHale and the 73 Crew, and has summoned the Judge Advocate General, to present it. McHale and the Crew must then execute a very complicated plan to get Binghamton to reveal the whereabouts of the evidence, so that they can get rid of it, before the JAG arrives.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Guiseppe
    7.3/1032 votes

    #15 - The Return of Guiseppe

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1965

    After McHale defies Binghamton's orders, and travels to a nearby town, to attend his little cousin's birthday party, Binghamton tries to nail him on a desertion charge. But McHale manages to stay out of trouble, when he and his look-alike Italian Cousin, Giuseppe, assume each other's identities long enough to fool Binghamton and General Grayson.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boy Scouts of 73
    6.8/1033 votes

    #16 - The Boy Scouts of 73

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/28/1965

    Parker tries, unsuccessfully, to set 3 young Italian thieves on the straight and narrow, with some good old-fashioned Boy Scout training. But, after McHale and the Crew are arrested and jailed for the gang's crimes, the boys set out to help their Scoutmaster and his Crew, and wind up nailing Binghamton, in the bargain.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Fire in the Liquor Locker
    6.8/1032 votes

    #17 - Fire in the Liquor Locker

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/1966

    Gruber and the guys find a way to both make and deliver their homemade liquor when they build a mobile distillery in an old fire engine. But their scheme goes sour, when Binghamton confiscates the old engine for the new Voltafiore Volunteer Fire Department, formed as a part of his new civic improvement program.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fugitive Ensign
    6.4/1035 votes

    #18 - The Fugitive Ensign

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1966

    Parker takes it on the lam, after an accident with a machine gun has him thinking that he's killed The Captain. After the furious Binghamton orders an all-out search for Parker, and offers a sizeable reward for his capture, McHale and The Boys must first find him, then cook up a complicated plan, to get him out of trouble.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wacky WAC
    7.1/1035 votes

    #19 - The Wacky WAC

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/18/1966

    After Binghamton arrests an AWOL WAC Corporal and jails her on suspicion of espionage, Parker must play the part of a WAC MP, as part of McHale's plan to free her, and reunite her with her boyfriend, before her unit ships out to North Africa.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • La Dolce 73
    6.6/1039 votes

    #20 - La Dolce 73

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1966

    Binghamton devises a scheme to make McHale and the 73 Crew look bad in the eyes of a visiting Congresswoman. But, after McHale and the guys scheme their way out of the jam, Binghamton must then cooperate with them, in order to get himself out of a tough situation with the Congresswoman, and get back at Harrigan, at the same time.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • McHale's Country Club Caper
    7.1/1038 votes

    #21 - McHale's Country Club Caper

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1966

    When Binghamton loses $1000 of Navy money to an Italian con man, for the construction of a new golf course, he enlists the aid of McHale and the 73 Crew in not only getting the money back, but making a fool out of Colonel Harrigan, as well.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Secret Chimp 007
    6.2/1035 votes

    #22 - Secret Chimp 007

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1966

    After learning that German spies are operating in the area, Binghamton arrests McHale and Parker for espionage, thinking that they are working with a mischievous monkey, who has stolen an important document.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • 36-24-73
    7.6/1040 votes

    #23 - 36-24-73

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1966

    A regulation-quoting lady Ensign tries to help McHale and the Crew make some much-needed money, by providing the participants for a beauty contest, and winds up helping them bag a German submarine, in the bargain.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • My Son, the Skipper
    6.4/1034 votes

    #24 - My Son, the Skipper

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/1/1966

    Thinking that McHale has been shipped out, and fed up with the power-drunk Parker, Gruber, Virgil, Tinker, Christy, and Willy, all put in for transfers. But, when they find out that McHale's absence is only temporary, Parker and the Crew must come up with a plan to get The Captain to tear up the transfer papers.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Red Riding Doctor
    7.3/1042 votes

    #25 - Little Red Riding Doctor

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/8/1966

    In the midst of the town's 500th anniversary celebration, Binghamton tries to arrange to have a visiting Psychiatrist declare the 73 Crew unfit for duty, forcing the newly-crowned 'King Of The Festival' to come up with a plan to keep his Crew together, and turn the tables on The Captain.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A