McHale's Navy (TV Series) A Wine Cellar Is Not a Home (1965) User Reviews

Most questionable ep of the entire series

[smithbea · 7/10 · 3 August 2021]

To the other reviewer of this ep. You have it wrong. McHale and co. Did not confiscate the furniture from Harrigan. They committed armed robbery to get it back!

I wish they had been scripted instead to have robbed Harriagn's place when he was not there.

A few considerations.

1. McHale helps the US war effort to a giant degree by sinking Axis destroyers and subs.

2. They could have soon caught pneumonia from the tent dwellings they had. The crew could have become incapable of doing their important ship bombings.

3. in a moment we did not see they could have figured that Harrigan was a superstrong Army man powerful enough to withstand armed robbery.

There's a lot of confiscating going on in this episode.

[kfo9494 · 8/10 · 20 November 2014]

This episode begins with McHale's men sitting in the rain in their leaky tents. Even though Binghamton excepts the crew to use the tents, McHale has got to find the men a new place. He finds an old abandon wine cellar that he will use as their second home away from the tents. But the cellar contains no furnishings and they have to get some.

It just so happens that a cargo ship has been sunk near the coast and the crew find all sorts of fittings for a nice room. They take the things back to their base but before they can be taken to the cellar, Binghamton confiscates them. Later, Harrigan goes to Binghamton's office and after seeing the furniture, he confiscated it for his office. McHale wants the items returned so the crew dresses up like Germans and confiscates the items from Harrigan.

It is not long before Binghamton and Harrigan are at McHale's tents looking for the stolen items. Harrigan wants heads to roll if the furniture is not returned, even if the head happens to be Binghamton's.

This was a pleasant enough offering as the script was something new and refreshing for the viewer. The story was interesting and the action kept the viewer exciting the entire run of the show. With a satisfying ending this episode was bound to please. Good show.