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The Best Episodes of Mister Roberts Season 1

Every episode of Mister Roberts Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mister Roberts Season 1!

Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bookser's Honeymoon" is the best rated episode of "Mister Roberts" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Fielder Cook and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1965. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Liberty".

  • Bookser's Honeymoon
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    #1 - Bookser's Honeymoon

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965

    The Captain revokes shore leave after someone crushes a cigar in his beloved plant.

    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: N/A

  • Liberty
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    #2 - Liberty

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965

    The Captain sinks a washtub planted by Pulver thinking it was a Japanese submarine.

    Director: James Komack

    Writer: N/A

  • Physician, Heal Thyself
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    #3 - Physician, Heal Thyself

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1965

    Roberts finds Doc at the end of the sick call line, depressed because he feels unneeded. Roberts gets Pulver to fake an appendix attack. Doc examines Pulver and decides to operate. The crew is making book on the outcome while Roberts tries to convince Doc that a sedated Pulver was faking.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: N/A

  • The Conspiracy
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    #4 - The Conspiracy

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1965

    Roberts is stunned to find that a beautiful woman is part of the cargo he is suppose to load on board.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Rustysides
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    #5 - Old Rustysides

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1965

    Congressman Cooper visits the Reluctant intending to make it a bond selling shrine in the U.S., due to the ""heroic"" exploits Pulver wrote about that were published in his hometown newspaper. The crew has coerced shipfitter Dumbrowski to supply beer through certain water lines, including the shower when Ensign Pulver is in it. Mr. Roberts convinces the congressman that a battle-damaged ship just returned from victory would be a better choice and then has to face the possible resentment of fellow officers and crew who were looking forward to going home.

    Director: Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer: N/A

  • Lover, Come Forward
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    #6 - Lover, Come Forward

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965

    The Captain is in an unusually good mood and is granting all sections liberty when they dock in Azalia. Pulver, Roberts and Doc discover Captain Morton is in love with a woman named Leona. Manion and Cookie trail the Captain intent on getting some blackmail pictures. When Morton calls on Leona she isn't home and then he sees her in a bar - with Roberts!

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • The Captain's Party
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    #7 - The Captain's Party

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1965

    Pulver pretends his girlfriend is royalty in order to explain why she is on board the ship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Happy Birthday, To Who?
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    #8 - Happy Birthday, To Who?

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965

    Captain Morton forces the crew to watch the same movie ""The Crawling Glob With the Bedroom Eyes"" every night even through musical with girls in bathing suits is available. Roberts intervenes unsuccessfully to have the musical shown until he learns it's the Captain's birthday. In an attempt to soften him up Roberts gets the crew to throw the Captain a party, complete with a fake gold watch from Pulver. Using the watch Roberts coerces the Captain into showing the musical and throwing the Glob movie out his porthole, where Pulver is waiting with a net. Which movie will they see?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love at 78 RPM
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    #9 - Love at 78 RPM

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1965

    Frustrated at not being able to get a transfer Roberts has been snapping at the men. Doc diagnoses it as an acute attack of self pity. The crew is preoccupied with finding a phonograph and needle to listen to recently received records from wives and girlfriends. The Captain refuses to let the records be played but Roberts distracts him with a jug of Pulver's intoxicating papaya juice.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Look Now But Isn't That The War?
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    #10 - Don't Look Now But Isn't That The War?

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1965

    Mr. Roberts orders a reduction gear installed for the Reluctant which will give it the speed it needs to allow it to join a convoy headed to combat. The new part causes some damage which at first is misinterpreted as being hit by the enemy. The gun crew directed by Ensign Pulver shoots down their radio tower while firing at a zero. This limits the Reluctant to receiving messages. Morton is ready to court martial Roberts until he hears a radio message that the Reluctant is presumed lost after taking a hit from a Japanese sub. The convoy was able to sink the sub and Morton and the Reluctant are considered heroes for leading it away from the convoy.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: N/A

  • Which Way Did The War Go?
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    #11 - Which Way Did The War Go?

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1965

    A Japanese pilot helps the crew when they get stuck in the middle of the ocean.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: N/A

  • Getting There Is Half The Fun
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    #12 - Getting There Is Half The Fun

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1965

    The Captain asks for Roberts' help in creating a cover story to cover-up the fact that the crew screwed up a mission.

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: N/A

  • Dear Mom
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    #13 - Dear Mom

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1965

    Pulver writes his mother a letter describing Robert's desire to see action and the conditions aboard the reluctant asking her to help get Roberts transferred. Her Senate connections come through - with a transfer for Pulver. Rogers concocts a scheme and with the help of D'Angelo and Cookie to make Captain Morton think Pulver is indispensable. Morton rescinds Pulver's transfer and signs Robert's transfer request. Pulver's inability to handle cargo loading results in Robert's transfer being canceled and the Captain being knocked overboard.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Lee Loeb

  • The Reluctant Mutiny
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    #14 - The Reluctant Mutiny

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1965

    Roberts's transfer finally comes through, but the Captain plans to block it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rock-A-Bye Reluctant
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    #15 - Rock-A-Bye Reluctant

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1965

    The ship accidentally leaves port with a pregnant woman in the sickbay.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Carry Me Back to Cocoa Island
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    #16 - Carry Me Back to Cocoa Island

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1965

    Captain Morton puts Doc and Roberts in charge of his ailing palm tree, an outstanding cargo achievement award from the Admiral. They discover Pulver has been feeding it hot creamed chipped beef. Seaman Insigna has received a Dear John letter from Alice, a red cross worker on Cocoa Island. In order to meet Alice's sexy co-worker Rosemary Pulver tells the Captain there is a plant doctor on Cocoa Island. Roberts goes along to talk to Alice concerning Insigna.

    Director: Lawrence Dobkin

    Writer: Richard Baer

  • The Replacement
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    #17 - The Replacement

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1966

    Roberts gets a transfer, but must stay when his replacement proves to be inept.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Black and Blue Market
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    #18 - Black and Blue Market

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1966

    Captain Morton is visiting Admiral Wetherby. Mr. Roberts, Doc and most of the crew is on liberty, so that leaves Pulver in charge of the Reluctant. He gives medical supplies to a pretty lieutenant without permission. Roberts refuses to help him get them back until he finds out Pulver signed his name. They track the pretty lieutenant down but are not sure if she's trying to trap Tiki Sam or is working with him.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: N/A

  • The World's Greatest Lover
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    #19 - The World's Greatest Lover

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1966

    Pulver is tongue-tied around the woman he's infatuated with.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Eight In Every Port
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    #20 - Eight In Every Port

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1966

    The Reluctant has orders to make contact and maintain good relations with the natives of Namu atoll whose young men were taken away by the Japanese. Captain Morton angrily orders them off the ship but then sends Roberts, Doc and Pulver to make amends. Doc and Roberts treat the Chief's stomach ailment with the last bottle of Captain Morton's medicine, which the Chief keeps. Pulver brought trinkets to trade with the natives and ends up engaged to eight girls.

    Director: Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Super Chief
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    #21 - The Super Chief

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1966

    New CWO Al Briggs is granted permission from Captain Morton to take over Roberts's and Pulver's cabin. Briggs uses secret information he knows about the Captain's past to implement poker, horse racing bets, shuffleboard and other activities on the Reluctant. When the Captain is taken ill Roberts and Pulver turn the tables, handing command of the ship over to Briggs while they enjoy the activities.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • The Doctor's Dilemma
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    #22 - The Doctor's Dilemma

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1966

    Doc must gain the favor of Beulah Cronk, the lady who owns an island on which the Navy wants to place observation posts.

    Director: Allen Baron

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reluctant Draggin'
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    #23 - The Reluctant Draggin'

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1966

    The crews of the Reluctant and the AK-627 brawl during liberty and damage the Hula Haven to the amount of $680. Each crew has raised $200 so a boxing match is held to determine who pays the balance. Roberts saw new seaman Rodney Stone knock out three men during the brawl and picks him to be the Reluctant's representative in the match. Stone refuses to participate until Roberts gets the Captain to sign a paper recommending Stone for Officers Candidate School, which Stone dearly wants.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A

  • #*@% The Torpedoes!
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    #24 - #*@% The Torpedoes!

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1966

    The ship must transfer three USO girls and the Captain orders them to stay out of sight. The Captain ends up in sick bay which leaves Mr. Roberts in charge. Ensign Pulver gets permission for the girls to do their act for the crew. Roberts spots the periscope of a two-man Japanese submarine that is watching the girls do their show and tells Pulver to ""keep those girls dancing"" until the patrol bomber he requested arrives.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: Herman Groves

  • A Turn For The Nurse
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    #25 - A Turn For The Nurse

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1966

    While in port because the Captain needs his appendix removed the Port Commander decides the Reluctant cannot be idle that long and says if a mission comes up they will have to accept it and the Captain may be reassigned. Roberts comes up with a plan for Morton to keep his command while trying to patch things up with Nurse Ann Crothers who he unintentionally stood up the last time they had a date planned.

    Director: Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer: N/A