The BEST episodes of McHale's Navy season 3
Every episode of McHale's Navy season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of McHale's Navy season 3!
A lively, light-hearted romp through the Pacific Theater of operations 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 start of World War II, and made the Skipper of the Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73 stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa in the Southwest Pacific. Assigned to his command were 6 free-spirited, good-hearted swabbies who loved to have fun, but who, though they usually ignored Navy regulations, did their jobs and did them well when duty called. The 73 'Family' included, among others, a con man and amateur Magician, a womanizing hunk, a dedicated Family man, a guitar-playing, moonshine-making Tennessee good ol' boy, and even a deserter from the Japanese Navy, who was an excellent cook. Second in command was Ensign Charles Parker, a young spit-and-polish, by-the-book Officer from Chagrin Falls Ohio, who was somewhat of a klutz.
#1 - McHale's Floating Harem
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1964
Ordered to provide a safe haven for a Sultan and his three 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.
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#2 - 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.
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#3 - The Great Necklace Caper
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/30/1965
Binghamton panics when he learns that Naval Intelligence is on it's way to investigate the disappearance of a $1000 jade necklace, which he bought with funds 'borrowed' from the Officer's Club. Then, after the necklace turns up, Binghamton tries to frame McHale and his men with the crime in order to cover his tracks.
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#4 - 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 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.
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#5 - 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.
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#6 - 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.
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#7 - 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.
#8 - Hello, McHale? Colonna!
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/13/1965
After running into Jerry Colonna in New Caledonia, McHale and the guys talk the bug-eyed, mustachioed comic into making an unscheduled stop for a show on Taratupa. But when they learn that the base doesn't qualify for a Special Services show, they must make some special arrangements for an 'epidemic' at the base hospital.
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#9 - Rumble on Taratupa
Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/20/1965
Binghamton tries to frame the 73 crew for the manufacture and sale of illegal liquor and has them all thrown into the brig pending an investigation. But with a little outside help, McHale and the guys manage to escape from jail and execute a complicated scheme to make the Captain look like a lunatic in the eyes of the Fleet Legal Officer.
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#10 - 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.
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#11 - 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.
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#12 - 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.
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#13 - 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.
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#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
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#18 - Make Room for Orvie
Season 3 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/1/1965
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.
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#19 - 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.
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#20 - 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.
#21 - Birth of a Salesman
Season 3 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/11/1965
After learning that his stateside employer has closed down, Binghamton lands a job as an insurance salesman under the condition that he sell life insurance policies to the 73 Crew. But the Captain's high-pressure sales tactics prompt McHale and the guys to work up a plan to get back at him.
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#22 - 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.
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#23 - Lester, the Skipper
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1964
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.
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#24 - Chuckie Cottontail
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/23/1965
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.
#25 - A Star Falls on Taratupa
Season 3 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/18/1965
In response to a letter from Gruber and the guys, a glamorous movie star makes the trip to Taratupa with a plan to create some publicity for herself. But her scheme soon goes awry and someone else winds up grabbing all the headlines.