The BEST episodes of McHale's Navy season 4
Every episode of McHale's Navy season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of McHale's Navy season 4!
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 - 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.
#2 - Who Was That German I Saw You With?
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/15/1966
During an attempt to impress a famous War Correspondent, Binghamton is taken prisoner by a German patrol who have disguised themselves as American Sailors. After Parker is also captured, McHale and the guys come to the rescue and wind up having their picture on the cover of a popular magazine.
#3 - Wally for Congress
Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/12/1966
A big-shot Washington Political Boss, with a reputation for turning war heroes into politicians, is about to pay a visit, and Binghamton must quickly change from a 'desk jockey', into a fearless, battle-hardened Commander in order to try to become the Boss's next project after the war.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - An Ensign's Best Friend
Season 4 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/29/1966
Concerned about Parker's unusual behavior, McHale and the guys investigate his situation, and are a bit shocked when they find that he's involved with a cute young thing named Angelina who happens to be in a family way.
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#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
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#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
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#13 - 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. 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.
#14 - 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.
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#15 - 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.
#16 - 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 its cash value. McHale and the crew just want to see that it's returned to its rightful owners and to get back at the Germans who stole it in the first place.
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#17 - 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.
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#18 - 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.
#19 - Binghamton, at 20 Paces
Season 4 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/5/1966
A trigger-happy Italian Count challenges Parker to a duel, and while McHale and the guys try to help him out of the situation, Binghamton tries to use it as a way to get rid of both Parker and McHale.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
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#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.