McHale's Navy: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of McHale's Navy Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
War, Italian Style
Sep 14, 1965 · 30 min
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 deal
The Bathtub Thief
Sep 21, 1965 · 30 min
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 t
Marriage, McHale Style
Sep 28, 1965 · 30 min
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
Guiseppe McHale
Oct 5, 1965 · 30 min
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 Am
A Nip in Time
Oct 12, 1965 · 30 min
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 pat
Piazza Binghamtoni
Oct 19, 1965 · 30 min
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 Li
The Bald-Headed Contessa
Oct 26, 1965 · 30 min
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 h
Voltafiore Fish-Fry
Nov 2, 1965 · 30 min
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, work
A Wine Cellar Is Not a Home
Nov 9, 1965 · 30 min
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
Vino, Vino, Who's Got the Vino?
Nov 16, 1965 · 30 min
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 it's cash value; And McHale and the Crew just want
The McHale Opera Company
Nov 23, 1965 · 30 min
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 l
The Good Luck Fountain
Nov 30, 1965 · 30 min
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. So, to get The Captain t
Blitzkrieg at McHale's Beach
Dec 7, 1965 · 30 min
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
Reunion for PT 73
Dec 14, 1965 · 30 min
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 ve
The Return of Guiseppe
Dec 21, 1965 · 30 min
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
The Boy Scouts of 73
Dec 28, 1965 · 30 min
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 arreste
Fire in the Liquor Locker
Jan 4, 1966 · 30 min
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
The Fugitive Ensign
Jan 11, 1966 · 30 min
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, an
The Wacky WAC
Jan 18, 1966 · 30 min
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
La Dolce 73
Jan 25, 1966 · 30 min
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, Bingham
McHale's Country Club Caper
Feb 8, 1966 · 30 min
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 mon
Secret Chimp 007
Feb 15, 1966 · 30 min
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 st
36-24-73
Feb 22, 1966 · 30 min
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
My Son, the Skipper
Mar 1, 1966 · 30 min
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 tha
Little Red Riding Doctor
Mar 8, 1966 · 30 min
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
Who Was That German I Saw You With?
Mar 15, 1966 · 30 min
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 ca
The McHale Grand Prix
Mar 22, 1966 · 30 min
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
An Ensign's Best Friend
Mar 29, 1966 · 30 min
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 Ang
Binghamton, at 20 Paces
Apr 5, 1966 · 30 min
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 bo
Wally for Congress
Apr 12, 1966 · 30 min
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',