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The Worst Episodes of McHale's Navy

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The Worst Episodes of McHale's Navy

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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  1. Background image for The Novocain Mutiny
    6.2/10(44 votes)

    #1 - The Novocain Mutiny

    S2:E25

    Fuji has a bad toothache, and McHale and The Crew must figure out a way to get him in to the Dentist, during an inspection tour of the Fleet Medical Officer.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Will the Alligator Take the Stand?
    6.2/10(50 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Send This Ensign to Camp
    6.2/10(45 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. Background image for Make Room for Orvie
    6.2/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Make Room for Orvie

    S3:E36

    Binghamton pressures a young new member of the 73 Crew into spying on McHale and the guys, to try to gather evidence of any shady activities. But The Captain's plan is foiled by another new member of the crew, who proves to be not only very intelligent, but an excellent Sailor, as well.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Secret Chimp 007
    6.2/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Secret Chimp 007

    S4:E22

    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.

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  6. Background image for Urulu's Paradise West
    6.3/10(45 votes)

    #6 - Urulu's Paradise West

    S2:E22

    Binghamton is ordered to purchase one of Chief Urulu's islands, for the construction of a radar station. But, Urulu - Knowing that he's got The Navy 'over a barrel' - Inflates the price of his real estate to ridiculous levels. So, McHale and The Crew try to help The Captain out, with a scheme to de-value The Chief's land.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Return of Big Frenchy
    6.3/10(45 votes)

    #7 - Return of Big Frenchy

    S2:E28

    The French thief and con-artist first talks Binghamton out of a load of Navy supplies, then cons Parker into helping him get them to New Caledonia. McHale and the guys must then follow, rescue Parker, and recover the supplies.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The McHale Grand Prix
    6.3/10(38 votes)

    #8 - The McHale Grand Prix

    S4:E27

    McHale and the Crew have a jeep that needs an engine; A local race driver has an engine that needs a car; The Army wants to get hold of one of the Germans' new staff cars - And all 3 are accomplished during the town's annual Grand Prix auto race.

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  10. Background image for Babette Go Home
    6.4/10(50 votes)

    #9 - Babette Go Home

    S2:E24

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    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Stars Over Taratupa
    6.4/10(45 votes)

    #10 - Stars Over Taratupa

    S2:E26

    Five-time Oscar-winning Director John Burton comes to Taratupa, to shoot a documentary on PT boats, and their Crews, and McHale and the Crew successfully scheme to become the stars of the film. But, when they find out that Fuji has sneaked into the production, they must re-shoot the movie, themselves, with surprising results.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Laugh, Captain, Laugh
    6.4/10(46 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Chuckie Cottontail
    6.4/10(45 votes)

    #12 - Chuckie Cottontail

    S3:E27

    While searching McHale's island for some stolen eggs, Binghamton, Carpenter, and Admiral Hardesty are captured by Japanese soldiers, drunk on the egg nog made from the stolen eggs. But they're soon rescued by the Easter Bunny, on his way to an Easter egg hunt, supervised by McHale and the guys, for some native school children.

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  14. Background image for The Fugitive Ensign
    6.4/10(41 votes)

    #13 - The Fugitive Ensign

    S4:E18

    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.

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  15. Background image for Who'll Buy My Sarongs?
    6.5/10(47 votes)

    #14 - Who'll Buy My Sarongs?

    S2:E19

    A business venture - Involving the manufacture and sale of sarongs to the Base personnel - Has the guys divided into two separate quarreling groups. When the feud escalates, Binghamton tries to take advantage of it's effect on them, during a PT Crew efficiency test - Their failure of which, would mean their being shipped out for re-assignment.

    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for McHale's Floating Harem
    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for By the Numbers, Paint
    6.5/10(41 votes)

    #16 - By the Numbers, Paint

    S3:E26

    Major complications develop, when Gruber and the guys - Desperate to raise $300, for a tonsillectomy for Christy's little girl - Try to pass off a 'paint-by-numbers' portrait as a genuine 'Claude Gauguin' - Supposedly painted by the brother of the legendary French Artiste.

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  18. Background image for My Son, the Skipper
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #17 - My Son, the Skipper

    S4:E24

    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.

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  19. Background image for Comrades of PT 73
    6.6/10(49 votes)

    #18 - Comrades of PT 73

    S2:E27

    A Russian Naval Officer reports to McHale for PT Boat training, and, soon disgusted with the 73 Crew's lack of discipline, asks to be assigned to another Crew. But, when Binghamton finds out that the chosen Crew will shipped out to Russia, he talks the Russian into staying with McHale. McHale and the guys must then work up a plan to get out of the situation.

    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The McHale Mob
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #19 - The McHale Mob

    S2:E32

    Impressed by a gangster movie he's recently seen, Chief Urulu plays mob chieftain and refuses to sign the document allowing The Navy the use of McHale's island. So, McHale and the Crew, and even Binghamton, Carpenter, and Admiral Rogers, join forces, and play their own mobster game, to try to make Urulu change his mind.

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  21. Background image for A Da-Da for Christy
    6.6/10(44 votes)

    #20 - A Da-Da for Christy

    S2:E36

    Christy's little daughter is about to say her first words and his wife has arranged to have it broadcast to him via ham radio. Trouble begins when the crew tries to pick up the channel on an enemy radio, confiscated during a raid.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Senator Parker, Suh!
    6.6/10(48 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for The Great Eclipse
    6.6/10(47 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Fuji's Big Romance
    6.6/10(48 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. Background image for Piazza Binghamtoni
    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #24 - Piazza Binghamtoni

    S4:E6

    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.

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  26. Background image for The Bald-Headed Contessa
    6.6/10(40 votes)

    #25 - The Bald-Headed Contessa

    S4:E7

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Novocain Mutiny" is the worst rated episode of "McHale's Navy". It scored 6.2/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/3/1964. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Will the Alligator Take the Stand?".