McHale's Navy My Son, the Skipper (1962–1966) Online

In this Ernest Borgnine lite episode, we have Binghamton advising that McHale is being transferred. In reality, the Skipper has gone to training but the men believe that he is really gone. This plays right into the hands of Binghamton as his plan is coming together.

He promotes Ensign Parker to skipper of the PT 73 and only if he is rough and tough enough to handle the job. So Parker goes into this wild-man type mold and starts working the crew like dogs. When Parker volunteers the crew for a dangerous mission, the crew thinks they have had enough of Parker and put in for transfers. Binghamton's plan has worked. But when they hear that McHale is returning, they want their papers back which Binghamton is not going to return.

This was no where near a good script. Between the child-like antics of Parker and a foolish enemy attack scene, nothing in this episode is believable. It may have sounded like a nice idea but it just never played well on the screen. You also have to deal with Ernest Borgnine saying a few lines before the opening credit and then his noticeable absents the rest of the broadcast. Guess he had to skip the week of filming- too bad the writers did not do the same.