Episode
McHale's Navy: The Great Necklace Caper
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- McHale's Navy
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1965-03-30
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Great Necklace Caper is Episode 28 in Season 3 of McHale's Navy. It aired on 1965-03-30. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 27: Chuckie Cottontail
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.
Episode 29: Will the Real Admiral Please Stand Up?
Binghamton and McHale have been sent to negotiate the oil rights to the oil-rich island nation of Durani. But The Shah of Durani refuses to sign the agreement without an Admiral present. Admiral Rogers is not available, So, much to Binghamton's dismay, Parker – As a reward for rescuing The Shah's Daughter from an attempted mugging – Is temporarily promoted to Admiral, until the treaty has been signed.
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Episode 30: Hello, McHale? Colonna!
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Episode 25: Send This Ensign to Camp
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.
Episode 31: Rumble on Taratupa
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.
Episode 24: The Return of Maggie
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.
Episode 32: All Ahead, Empty
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.
Episode 23: The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker
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.
Episode 33: The Vampire of Taratupa
Angry after another mishap with Parker, Binghamton assigns the Ensign to coast-watching duty in a hazardous location. But he quickly changes his mind, when he finds that Parker may be the only source of his extremely rare blood type in the South Pacific.
Episode 22: Pumpkin Takes Over
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.
Episode 34: Birth of a Salesman
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.