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The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 22 - Last One for Hutch
    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #1 - Last One for Hutch

    S1:E22

    During a Japanese attack, one of the men is killed. Because of the Japanese forces, the Black Sheep and hospital staff are relocated to another island and all of them are re-asigned, but Boyington has a plan to fix everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 16 - Devil in the Slot
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    #2 - Devil in the Slot

    S1:E16

    Gutterman breaks under pressure of a hostile air attack, and a mechanic sees his opportunity to takeover the planes...and the men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 23 - The Fastest Gun
    8.4/10(84 votes)

    #3 - The Fastest Gun

    S1:E23

    When Pappy has engine trouble during the mission, a lone Japanese fighter challenges the ace pilot to a dangerous duel in the sky.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 5 - Operation Stand-Down
    8.4/10(81 votes)

    #4 - Operation Stand-Down

    S2:E5

    Squadron 214 has to re-qualify for combat duty. Conflict erupts when they discover they will be tested on what the book in Washington says and not direct combat experience against the Japanese.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 5 - Prisoners of War
    8.3/10(102 votes)

    #5 - Prisoners of War

    S1:E5

    During an early morning strafing attack by Japanese Zeros Pappy manages to shoot one down. After taking the pilot prisoner they begin to discover it's hard to hate him. He has lived in the U.S. and speaks perfect English and begins to warm up to the Squadron. But what Pappy really wants to know is what the sonar device was doing in his plane and what his mission has to do with the Japanese task force which is on the move.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 14 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1
    8.2/10(96 votes)

    #6 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1

    S1:E14

    When French gets flamed in a hailstorm of flak, Pappy guides the pilot to safety but is injured in the process.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 8 - Fighting Angels
    8.2/10(81 votes)

    #7 - Fighting Angels

    S2:E8

    The base for the squadron comes under attack from Japanese land forces. The situation becomes more desperate with need to evacuate the nursing staff. With all retreat cut of the men and women decide to make their stand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 7 - The Meatball Circus
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #8 - The Meatball Circus

    S1:E7

    The navy whisks Boyington and other squadron leaders away and tells them to pick five men for a top secret mission where five men from each will have fly until out of gas and ditch in the ocean, hoping to be picked up. Angered, Boyington comes up with an alternate plan and enlists the help of his flying meatball circus. But Boyington isn't sure what is more dangerous, flying a mission over multiple Japanese carriers, or his men butting heads with professionally dressed, by-the-book Navy men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 15 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2
    8.1/10(85 votes)

    #9 - The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2

    S1:E15

    Pappy receives an entirely new kind of wound when a nurse that he's fallen for reveals that she's married.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 1 - Divine Wind
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    #10 - Divine Wind

    S2:E1

    A padre fresh from Guadalcanal arrives to visit the Black Sheep squadron. Rather than man of courage and faith, they see a man in the middle of a crisis of faith. Meanwhile local Japanese bombers seem to be taking a lot interest in activity around the islands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 9 - The Iceman
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #11 - The Iceman

    S2:E9

    A friend of Boyington's, who's the number 1 ace, is shot down by a Japanese pilot, known as the Iceman, who only goes after the top pilots. Boyington is now the number one ace pilot and he is told that he has to go back to the States to go on a bond drive. And the one who's going to replace him is not exactly what the squad is use to.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 3 - Small War
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    #12 - Small War

    S1:E3

    While on patrol Pappy is accidentally shot down by T.J. He hits the silk and winds up on a Japanese occupied island. The squadron's morale hits rock bottom while he is MIA and Jim is unsure of his abilities to command. Pappy soon discovers he is not the only one trying to survive on the hostile island.

    Director:Walter Doniger
    Writer:Philip DeGuere Jr.

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  13. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 8 - Up for Grabs
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #13 - Up for Grabs

    S1:E8

    General MacArthur is visiting everyone in the Pacific and Boyington's men are his next stop. On the day he is suppose to arrive, some Japanese soldiers show up and take everyone captive, with the intent to grab MacArthur. But fortunately Wiley and Casey went fishing so they weren't captured. So they must try and find a way to stop them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 2 - The 200 Pound Gorilla
    8.0/10(83 votes)

    #14 - The 200 Pound Gorilla

    S2:E2

    Sgt Micklin receives a promotion but he seems very resistant to the idea. Pappy needs him to accept the new position so the chronic issues with ammunition for the Black Sheep squadron can be resolved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 6 - Ten'll Get You Five
    8.0/10(80 votes)

    #15 - Ten'll Get You Five

    S2:E6

    The island is visited by a number of politicians on a fact finding mission. The pilot flying them is a serious black market operator. And soon horse trading among the men gets out of hand.

    Director:Robert Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 12 - Sheep in the Limelight
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    #16 - Sheep in the Limelight

    S2:E12

    The squadron save a transport plane under attack from the Japanese only to find later the wife of the president of the United States was on board. The subsequent publicity becomes overwhelming.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 18 - The Last Mission Over Sengai
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #17 - The Last Mission Over Sengai

    S1:E18

    Friendly fire or fatal strafing? That's the question facing a military court when Pappy is accused by a new Black Sheep pilot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 11 - The Show Must Go On... Sometimes
    7.9/10(69 votes)

    #18 - The Show Must Go On... Sometimes

    S2:E11

    The Japanese are bombing LaCava and they damage the runway. Boyington then asks Lard if he can get some SesBees to repair the runway. Lard tells him if he can find one, he'll authorize it. He does. When he goes to see the man in charge, he says he has too much to do. But when Boyington tells him that a USO show will be visiting the island, he agrees. It seems that while he was at Lard's office, he heard of a USO show coming so he has Casey find out if they can come to the island. But when he calls he is told they are not coming.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 9 - Anyone for Suicide?
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    #19 - Anyone for Suicide?

    S1:E9

    Boyington, just recovered from malaria, gets no volunteers for a dangerous mission after Doc Lindsay tells the Black Sheep to ground Pappy or he'll send him stateside. Pappy decides to fly the mission anyway, with four strangers. After bad weather keeps the replacements from flying in, the mission is scrubbed. To get back into Pappy's good graces, the Black Sheep decide to fly with Pappy, but the mission doesn't go as planned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 10 - New Georgia on My Mind
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    #20 - New Georgia on My Mind

    S1:E10

    A marine Colonel arrives on the island and informs Boyington that he and his squad are going to join him on a raid. Boyington is not pleased when he learns that the Colonel is taking command of his squad so he goes to General Moore who tells him to suck it up. And things between the marines and the black sheep get tense. And when the Colonel pushes them too far, Boyington snaps.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 11 - The Cat's Whiskers
    7.8/10(96 votes)

    #21 - The Cat's Whiskers

    S1:E11

    Boyington is looking at facing the court martial Lard has been after, but with the war at a stand still for no apparent reason, Boyington finds out why and plans a mission to bring good graces upon the Black Sheep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 20 - Poor Little Lambs
    7.8/10(84 votes)

    #22 - Poor Little Lambs

    S1:E20

    Twenty-four hours before a planned Marine attack, Pappy and two of his pilots are shot down over a targeted island occupied by enemy soldiers, missionaries, and orphans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 3 - The Hawk Flies on Sunday
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    #23 - The Hawk Flies on Sunday

    S2:E3

    The Black Sheep squadron are in direct competition with an army squadron. The winner of the contest will get the opportunity to fly an extremely dangerous and important mission.

    Director:Robert Conrad
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 2 Episode 7 - Forbidden Fruit
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    #24 - Forbidden Fruit

    S2:E7

    A new recruit joins the squadron and the commander has extreme doubts about his age. After a series of encounters it is obvious the young man is an extremely talented flyer and is welcomed into the squadron with open arms.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Baa Baa Black Sheep Season 1 Episode 1 - Flying Misfits
    7.7/10(499 votes)

    #25 - Flying Misfits

    S1:E1

    Maverick WW2 Marine aviator forms his own fighter squadron.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Last One for Hutch" is the best rated episode of "Baa Baa Black Sheep". It scored 8.5/10 based on 99 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/8/1977. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Devil in the Slot".