Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (Season 1)

Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course (Episode 1)

Writer: Aaron Ruben

Air date: 1964-09-25

Overview: Gomes tries to pass the obstacle course to please Sgt. Carter.

Guest in the Barracks (Episode 2)

Writer: Bob Ross

Air date: 1964-10-02

Overview: To the consternation and dismay of Sgt. Carter, Gomer breaks regulations and sneaks a recruit's girlfriend in to visit him in the barracks.

Private Ralph Skunk (Episode 3)

Air date: 1964-10-09

Overview: Gomer adopts a pet skunk.

Captain Ironpants (Episode 4)

Writer: Garry Marshall

Air date: 1965-10-16

Overview: After a straight-laced lady Marine officer reports him for not saluting her, Gomer attempts to help transform her into an attractive woman.

Gomer Learns a Bully (Episode 5)

Writer: Harvey Bullock

Air date: 1964-10-23

Overview: A trouble-making recruit decides to use Gomer as his fall guy.

Pay Day (Episode 6)

Writer: Garry Marshall

Air date: 1964-10-30

Overview: Gomer is convinced he has been a ""goldbrick"" and stubbornly refuses to accept part of his paycheck -- even when the Pentagon orders him to do so.

Nobody Loves a Sergeant (Episode 7)

Writer: Everett Greenbaum

Air date: 1964-11-06

Overview: Carter is driven crazy by the fact that no matter what he does to Gomer, Gomer still likes him.

Gomer and the Dragon Lady (Episode 8)

Writer: Harvey Bullock

Air date: 1964-11-13

Overview: Carter sets Gomer up with a beautiful but unkissable Dragon Lady.

Survival of the Fattest (Episode 9)

Writer: Bob Ross

Air date: 1964-11-20

Overview: Gomer and Carter go on a five-day survival test.

A Date for the Colonel's Daughter (Episode 10)

Writer: Bob Ross

Air date: 1964-11-27

Overview: Gomer escorts the Colonel's daughter to the enlisted men's dance.

They Shall Not Pass (Episode 11)

Air date: 1964-12-04

Overview: On maneuvers, Gomer leads the squad into an ambush.

Sergeant Carter, Marine Baby Sitter (Episode 12)

Writer: Tom Adair

Air date: 1964-12-11

Overview: Carter gives Gomer a lift in his jeep and finds himself helping Gomer babysit.

The Case of the Marine Bandit (Episode 13)

Writer: Art Baer

Air date: 1964-12-18

Overview: A mother-daughter burglar team uses Gomer for their next heist.

Sergeant of the Week (Episode 14)

Air date: 1964-12-25

Overview: Carter thinks Gomer is dying and tries to be nice to him.

Grandpa Pyle's Good Luck Charm (Episode 15)

Writer: Tom Adair

Air date: 1965-01-01

Overview: Grandpa Pyle gives Gomer a good luck charm to help him gain self-confidence.

Dance, Marine, Dance (Episode 16)

Air date: 1965-01-08

Overview: Gomer and Carter are taken in by a phony dance studio when they both sign lifetime contracts for lessons.

Sergeant Carter's Farewell to His Troops (Episode 17)

Air date: 1965-01-15

Overview: The men try to change Carter's mind when he decides to leave the Marine Corps.

The Feudin' Pyles (Episode 18)

Air date: 1965-01-22

Overview: Gomer befriends Branch, a country boy from a neighboring hometown -- until he learns that their two families have been feuding for generations.

Love Letters to the Sarge (Episode 19)

Air date: 1965-01-29

Overview: Gomer writes secret love letters to Carter in order to cheer him up.

Sergeant Carter Get a Dear John Letter (Episode 20)

Writer: Aaron Ruben

Air date: 1965-02-25

Overview: Carter discovers that his girlfriend dumped him -- for Gomer.

Daughter of the Sarge (Episode 21)

Writer: Harvey Bullock

Air date: 1965-02-12

Overview: Carter's adopted Korean daughter arrives -- but she is no longer the little girl he remembers, and Carter thinks she is going to marry Gomer.

Officer Candidate Gomer Pyle (Episode 22)

Writer: Harvey Bullock

Air date: 1965-02-19

Overview: Gomer and Carter take the exam for the officer's training program.

Old Man Carter (Episode 23)

Air date: 1965-02-26

Overview: When the platoon celebrates Carter's birthday, he begins to worry he is getting old.

Gomer Makes the Honor Guard (Episode 24)

Air date: 1965-03-05

Overview: Carter may reluctantly be forced to use Gomer as an honor guard -- he's one of the few who owns a dress-blue uniform.

My Buddy - War Hero (Episode 25)

Writer: Art Baer

Air date: 1965-03-12

Overview: Gomer tries to prevent Carter and his old friend from becoming enemies.

Double Date With the Sarge (Episode 26)

Air date: 1965-03-19

Overview: Carter and Gomer wind up on a double date.

The Jet Set (Episode 27)

Air date: 1965-03-26

Overview: Gomer and Slater accidentally take a detour on their way downtown and wind up on a round trip jet flight to Rome.

Sergeant of the Guard (Episode 28)

Air date: 1965-04-02

Overview: Gomer tries to capture a gang of thieves who have been robbing the Marine warehouse.

Gomer Dates a Movie Star (Episode 29)

Writer: Budd Grossman

Air date: 1965-04-09

Overview: Gomer is asked to escort a movie star and the Colonel's daughter to a dance.

Gomer the M.P. (Episode 30)

Writer: Harvey Bullock

Air date: 1965-04-16

Overview: MP Gomer mistakenly arrests a government inspector.