The WORST episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Every episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.!

Gomer Pyle was a sweet but not too smart Marine from Mayberry, North Carolina who was stationed at Camp Henderson near Los Angeles, California. Gomer's innocence, naivete and low-key demeanor often got him into trouble, most frequently at the hands of his loud-mouthed superior, Sgt. Carter. Duke, Frankie, Lester and Larry were some of Gomer's pals and fellow enlisted men at Camp Henderson.

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A Marriage of Convenience
star
6.67
9 votes

#1 - A Marriage of Convenience

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1968

A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: R.S. Allen
Guest in the Barracks
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6.79
130 votes

#2 - Guest in the Barracks

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1964

To the consternation and dismay of Sgt. Carter, Gomer breaks regulations and sneaks a recruit's girlfriend in to visit him in the barracks.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Bob Ross
One of Our Shells is Missing
star
6.85
13 votes

#3 - One of Our Shells is Missing

Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/5/1967

Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
The Case of the Marine Bandit
star
6.89
57 votes

#4 - The Case of the Marine Bandit

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1964

A mother-daughter burglar team uses Gomer for their next heist.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Gomer and the Night Club Comic
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6.92
13 votes

#5 - Gomer and the Night Club Comic

Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/22/1968

Gomer tries to help a night club comedian who is about to be fired.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Ray Brenner
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
star
6.93
15 votes

#6 - Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/4/1969

Carter allows a pet rabbit to escape before he learns that it belongs to a general's son.

Directors: John Rich
A Tattoo for Gomer
star
6.93
15 votes

#7 - A Tattoo for Gomer

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1969

Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.

Directors: John Erman
Gomer the M.P.
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6.98
48 votes

#8 - Gomer the M.P.

Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/16/1965

MP Gomer mistakenly arrests a government inspector.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Gomer Learns a Bully
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6.99
105 votes

#9 - Gomer Learns a Bully

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1964

A trouble-making recruit decides to use Gomer as his fall guy.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Show Time With Sgt. Carol
star
7.00
11 votes

#10 - Show Time With Sgt. Carol

Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/18/1969

Sgt. Carol wants Gomer to sing in the Marine camp show she is organizing, but Sgt. Carter won't agree to her plans.

Directors: John Rich
Writer: Aaron Ruben
Flower Power
star
7.00
11 votes

#11 - Flower Power

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/28/1969

Three hippies help Gomer paint a truck for maneuvers, but the results are not standard military camouflage.

Directors: John Rich
The Return of Monroe
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7.00
10 votes

#12 - The Return of Monroe

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1968

Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.

Directors: John Rich
Gomer Captures a Submarine
star
7.00
20 votes

#13 - Gomer Captures a Submarine

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965

Gomer ruins a simple reconnaissance mission.

Directors: Christian Nyby
Writer: Jack Elinson
Sergeant of the Guard
star
7.06
50 votes

#14 - Sergeant of the Guard

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/2/1965

Gomer tries to capture a gang of thieves who have been robbing the Marine warehouse.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Dick Powell
Arrividerci, Gomer
star
7.06
16 votes

#15 - Arrividerci, Gomer

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1966

Gomer sings an Italian love song to his friend's sister -- and her mother thinks he is proposing to her.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
Writer: R.S. Allen
Supply Sergeants Never Die
star
7.06
16 votes

#16 - Supply Sergeants Never Die

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965

Carter, who says that Supply Sgt. Singer has the easiest job, wagers that any knucklehead could handle the job -- even Gomer.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Ray Allen
Double Date With the Sarge
star
7.07
46 votes

#17 - Double Date With the Sarge

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/19/1965

Carter and Gomer wind up on a double date.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Dick Powell
All You Need is One Good Break
star
7.07
15 votes

#18 - All You Need is One Good Break

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1968

Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.

Directors: John Rich
Gomer Dates a Movie Star
star
7.08
49 votes

#19 - Gomer Dates a Movie Star

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/9/1965

Gomer is asked to escort a movie star and the Colonel's daughter to a dance.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Bud Grossman
My Fair Sister
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7.08
12 votes

#20 - My Fair Sister

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/25/1969

Gomer must escort Sgt. Carter's sister to a dance.

Directors: John Rich
To Save a Life
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7.08
12 votes

#21 - To Save a Life

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1969

Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.

Directors: John Rich
Old Man Carter
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7.08
48 votes

#22 - Old Man Carter

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1965

When the platoon celebrates Carter's birthday, he begins to worry he is getting old.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Gomer and the Phone Company
star
7.11
18 votes

#23 - Gomer and the Phone Company

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1966

Gomer tries to repay the $40 he received at a pay phone to the phone company, but gets arrested instead.

Directors: Coby Ruskin
Cold Nose, Warm Heart
star
7.12
17 votes

#24 - Cold Nose, Warm Heart

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1966

Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.

Private Ralph Skunk
star
7.13
119 votes

#25 - Private Ralph Skunk

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1964

Gomer adopts a pet skunk.