The WORST episodes of McHale's Navy
Every episode of McHale's Navy ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of McHale's Navy!
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 - 36-24-73
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1966
A regulation-quoting lady Ensign tries to help McHale and the crew make some much-needed money by providing the participants for a beauty contest, and winds up helping them bag a German submarine in the bargain.
#2 - All Ahead, Empty
Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/27/1965
When an MIT-trained electronics wizard comes to the base to convert the 73 into a fully automated, remote-controlled vessel, McHale and the crew fear that they may soon become obsolete. But they're reprieved at the last minute with help from a very unlikely source.
#3 - All Chiefs and No Indians
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1965
When Binghamton learns that all Chief Petty Officers are to be shipped out, he talks all the guys into taking the exam for CPO, then fixes the results to see that all of them pass. Now without a Crew, the 73 is to be scrapped, and McHale and Parker are to be reassigned. But a very determined Ensign Parker takes it upon himself to keep the 73 in business.
#4 - McHale's Country Club Caper
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/8/1966
When Binghamton loses $1000 of Navy money to an Italian con man for the construction of a new golf course, he enlists the aid of McHale and the 73 crew in not only getting the money back, but making a fool out of Colonel Harrigan as well.
#5 - Instant Democracy
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/2/1963
Gruber does some shady trading with Chief Urulu involving Navy property, and McHale is arrested, and threatened with court martial. But Binghamton drops the charges, when he finds he needs help from Urulu and his tribe.
#6 - One of Our Engines is Missing
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1963
The 73's engines are dying, and Binghamton uses the situation as an excuse to have McHale and his Crew reassigned. So McHale and the boys must scheme, to try to make the 73 healthy again.
#7 - The Ensign Gets a Zero
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1963
Complications arise, when Gruber falsifies Parker's gunnery score to keep Parker from being shipped out.
#8 - Washing Machine Charlie
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1963
A pesky Japanese Pilot - whom the base personnel have dubbed "Washing Machine Charlie" - is wreaking havoc, with his daily strafing runs on Taratupa, and McHale and the 73 Crew have an incentive to bring him down.
#9 - The Return of Giuseppe
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1965
After McHale defies Binghamton's orders and travels to a nearby town to attend his little cousin's birthday party, Binghamton tries to nail him on a desertion charge. But McHale manages to stay out of trouble when he and his look-alike Italian cousin, Giuseppe, assume each other's identities long enough to fool Binghamton and General Grayson.
#10 - Giuseppe McHale
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1965
During his absence from the base against orders, McHale is spared an AWOL charge, with help from his Italian cousin who happens to bear a very strong family resemblance to his American counterpart.
#11 - Christy Goes Traveling
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1964
Complications arise when Christy, desperate to see his daughter on her 2nd birthday, stows away on a bomber bound for San Diego.
#12 - Marryin' Chuck
Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/5/1964
Gruber and the guys pick up a few souvenirs during a mission, not knowing that they're valuable items stolen by the Japanese during the battle of Manila. When one of the items, a priceless antique tea set, winds up as a wedding present for an Admiral's daughter, McHale and the crew must make a hasty trip to New Caledonia where Parker must play the part of the officiating Chaplain as part of a scheme to get it back.
#13 - Carpenter in Command
Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/28/1964
In temporary command of the base while Binghamton recovers from a broken leg, and drunk with power, Carpenter gets the goods on the crew and has them up for Court Martial on several serious charges. McHale and Parker must then scheme to get Binghamton back in command, and the boys off the hook.
#14 - Creature from McHale's Lagoon
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1963
Gruber and the guys try to make some money with some phony pearl oysters, but their scheme backfires, when a greedy Binghamton takes over their operation. Then, when Chief Urulu muscles in on Binghamton's business, McHale and The Crew put a stop to the whole operation, by taking advantage of an old native superstition, and some Japanese technology.
#15 - Will the Real Admiral Please Stand Up?
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/6/1965
Parker takes full advantage of his situation when he's temporarily promoted to Admiral, so that he can fill in for Admiral Rogers in negotiations for the drilling rights in an oil-rich island nation.
#16 - By the Numbers, Paint
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/16/1965
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.
#17 - The Ghosts of 73
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1964
When Binghamton discovers how superstitious McHale and the crew are, he devises a plan to scare them into transferring out. But when McHale and the boys find that they've been duped, they cook up their own plan to scare Binghamton into cancelling their transfers.
#18 - The McHale Grand Prix
Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/22/1966
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.
#19 - Fuji's Big Romance
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1964
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.
#20 - The Missing Link
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1964
Parker is in Binghamton’s dog house again, but gets off the hook when Leadbottom’s niece, an anthropology student on a brief stay at Taratupa, wants to keep Parker around as a study subject.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#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 - McHale's Floating Laundromat
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1965
In an effort to gather evidence of any shady activities, Binghamton appoints Carpenter as the 73's new Executive Officer, and makes Parker the base's Laundry Officer. After Parker fouls up, McHale and the guys try to help him out, but Carpenter catches them in the act, forcing McHale to come up with a plan to get out of the situation, and get Parker his job back.