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Mister Roberts

TV·1965–1966·1 season, 30 episodes·NBC·Comedy

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Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the 1955 film of the same name, the series stars Roger Smith in the title role and Richard X. Slattery as the ship's captain.

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Episodes by season

Season0130Episodes1965–66AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Bookser's HoneymoonSeptember 17, 1965The Captain revokes shore leave after someone crushes a cigar in his beloved plant.
  2. S01E02LibertySeptember 24, 1965The Captain sinks a washtub planted by Pulver thinking it was a Japanese submarine.
  3. S01E03Physician, Heal ThyselfOctober 11, 1965Roberts finds Doc at the end of the sick call line, depressed because he feels unneeded. Roberts gets Pulver to fake an appendix attack. D
  4. S01E04The ConspiracyOctober 8, 1965Roberts is stunned to find that a beautiful woman is part of the cargo he is suppose to load on board.
  5. S01E05Old RustysidesOctober 15, 1965Congressman Cooper visits the Reluctant intending to make it a bond selling shrine in the U.S., due to the heroic exploits Pulver wrote abou
  6. S01E06Lover, Come ForwardOctober 22, 1965The Captain is in an unusually good mood and is granting all sections liberty when they dock in Azalia. Pulver, Roberts and Doc discover Ca
  7. S01E07The Captain's PartyOctober 29, 1965Pulver pretends his girlfriend is royalty in order to explain why she is on board the ship.
  8. S01E08Happy Birthday, To Who?November 5, 1965Captain Morton forces the crew to watch the movie The Crawling Glob With the Bedroom Eyes every night even though a musical with girls in ba
  9. S01E09Love at 78 RPMNovember 12, 1965Frustrated at not being able to get a transfer Roberts has been snapping at the men. Doc diagnoses it as an acute attack of self pity. The
  10. S01E10Don't Look Now But Isn't That The War?November 19, 1965Roberts orders a reduction gear installed for the Reluctant which will give it the speed it needs to allow it to join a convoy headed to com
  11. S01E11Which Way Did The War Go?November 26, 1965A Japanese pilot helps the crew when they get stuck in the middle of the ocean.
  12. S01E12Getting There Is Half The FunDecember 3, 1965The Captain asks for Roberts' help in creating a story to cover-up the fact that the crew screwed up a mission.
  13. S01E13Dear MomDecember 10, 1965Pulver writes his mother a letter describing Robert's desire to see action and the conditions aboard the reluctant asking her to help get Ro
  14. S01E14The Reluctant MutinyDecember 17, 1965Roberts's transfer finally comes through, but the Captain plans to block it.
  15. S01E15Rock-A-Bye ReluctantDecember 24, 1965The ship accidentally leaves port with a pregnant woman in the sickbay.
  16. S01E16Carry Me Back to Cocoa IslandDecember 31, 1965Captain Morton puts Doc and Roberts in charge of his ailing palm tree, an outstanding cargo achievement award from the Admiral. They discov
  17. S01E17The ReplacementJanuary 7, 1966Roberts gets a transfer, but must stay when his replacement proves to be inept.
  18. S01E18Black and Blue MarketJanuary 14, 1966Captain Morton is visiting Admiral Wetherby. Mr. Roberts, Doc and most of the crew is on liberty, so that leaves Pulver in charge of the Re
  19. S01E19The World's Greatest LoverJanuary 21, 1966Pulver is tongue-tied around the woman he's infatuated with.
  20. S01E20Eight In Every PortJanuary 28, 1966The Reluctant has orders to make contact and maintain good relations with the natives of Namu atoll whose young men were taken away by the J
  21. S01E21The Super ChiefFebruary 4, 1966New CWO Al Briggs is granted permission from Captain Morton to take over Roberts's and Pulver's cabin. Briggs uses secret information he kn
  22. S01E22The Doctor's DilemmaFebruary 11, 1966Doc must gain the favor of Beulah Cronk, the lady who owns an island on which the Navy wants to place observation posts.
  23. S01E23The Reluctant Draggin'February 18, 1966The crews of the Reluctant and the AK-627 brawl during liberty and damage the Hula Haven to the amount of $680. Each crew has raised $200 s
  24. S01E24#*@% The Torpedoes!February 25, 1966The ship must transfer three USO girls and the Captain orders them to stay out of sight. Pulver gets permission for the girls to do their ac
  25. S01E25A Turn For The NurseMarch 4, 1966While in port because the Captain needs his appendix removed the Port Commander decides the Reluctant cannot be idle that long and says if a
  26. S01E26Son of Eight In Every PortMarch 11, 1966The crew returns to the island of Namu to take a survival test.
  27. S01E27Unwelcome AboardMarch 18, 1966Roberts sees a girl pass by Doc's porthole. Then Ensign Pulver sees her in his locker. Doc diagnoses an hallucination as the crew is overd
  28. S01E28Undercover CookMarch 25, 1966Seaman Herbert Miller's arrival is highly anticipated as he is the first Navy classified cook to serve aboard the Reluctant, except he can't
  29. S01E29In Love And WarApril 1, 1966Roberts and Pulver are in Sydney, Australia to vie for a role in the new Alice Blue movie. D'Angelo, Manion and Reber try to give Roberts a
  30. S01E30Captain, My--Captain?April 8, 1966A German spy who is a dead ringer for the Captain is planted on the ship.

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