McHale's Navy
The Fugitive Ensign
TV Flash files “The Fugitive Ensign” as hour 126 of 138 in the TV Flash guide — McHale's Navy (1962–1966) on ABC, season 4, episode 18, aired 1966-01-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E18: listed hour 126 of 138 in the McHale's Navy guide, hour 18 of 30 in season 4. It aired 1966-01-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fire in the Liquor Locker” (S04E17). Next is “The Wacky WAC” (S04E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Parker goes on the lam, when he thinks that he's murdered Captain Binghamton, and McHale and the crew must rescue him, and get him off the hook.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Fugitive Ensign sit in the McHale's Navy guide?
S04E18 is listed hour 126 of 138 — hour 18 of 30 in season 4, season 4 episode 18.
When did McHale's Navy S04E18 air?
The Fugitive Ensign aired 1966-01-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
McHale's crew versus Binghamton is the farce circuit: Borgnine's schemes, Flynn's apoplexy, Conway's ensign. PT-73 as sitcom playground.
In the series
Why this series still plays
McHale's Navy is WWII as PT-boat farce: Ernest Borgnine's sneaky skipper, Tim Conway's Ensign Parker, and Joe Flynn's apoplectic Captain Binghamton losing every argument with the crew of PT-73. Borgnine's post-Marty comedy turn is the engine. Service sitcom comfort with a movie star slumming gloriously — Pacific-theater hijinks that never let the war get in the way of the gag.
The flash is a movie star in the skipper's chair treating the Pacific as a punchline. McHale's Navy is WWII as PT-boat farce: Ernest Borgnine's sneaky skipper, Tim Conway's Ensign Parker, and Joe Flynn's apoplectic Captain Binghamton losing every argument with the crew of PT-73. ABC, 1962–1966 — four seasons, 138 episodes — from Edward Montagne. Borgnine's post-Marty comedy turn is the engine; Conway broke out as the ensign. **They are not amicable, the schemes and the spit-and-polish.** Pacific-theater hijinks…
Filed against
- Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale
Ernest Borgnine’s Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale made McHale’s Navy a PT-boat farce with a movie star’s grin — 1960s catalog WWII as sitcom, then Airwolf stretching the hangar-dad warmth around a black supercopter. TV Flash files him as the…
- Joe Flynn as Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton
Joe Flynn’s Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton lost every argument with PT-73 on McHale’s Navy — WWII as PT-boat farce, Ernest Borgnine’s sneaky skipper, Tim Conway’s Ensign Parker, and Flynn’s apoplexy as the weekly punchline. Service sitcom…
- Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker
Tim Conway’s corpse-making ad-libs detonated The Carol Burnett Show — eleven CBS seasons, movie parodies, the charwoman, Korman trying not to go — after McHale’s Navy’s Ensign Parker drove Joe Flynn apoplectic on PT-73. Sketch variety at…