Coming off a mission, Gruber has picked up some "souvenirs" that he and the boys sell to others. But they learn that what they picked up were stolen art treasures from a museum in Manila. So they buy back-at a loss-all of the items but one-a tea service.
Now the other reviewer for this episode erred when he wrote in 2014 that it was a clock. No biggie, just setting the record straight.
The tea service was sold to Lt. Carpenter, who offers it to the captain to give to Admiral Hardesy, whose daughter is getting married and Binghamton wanted to send a gift, even though the admiral specifically did not invite him to the wedding. Carpenter was offering to sell it to Binghamton, but Wally just took it and wouldn't even let Elroy eat one of the small chocolates sitting on his desk.
We found out later the reason we didn't have one of the regular admirals-Rogers or Reynolds-is because we needed an admiral who did not know Mr. Parker by sight.
The admiral did ask Binghamton to send his base's chaplain to perform the ceremony. Wanting a chance to go to New Caledonia to retrieve the tea service, McHale gets the admiral to ask for him to be assigned to transport him to the wedding.
Once at the wedding site, the boys are unsuccessful at getting into the wedding and reception rooms, so they figure the only way to get the gift back is through the chaplain-but he has left his hotel room and cannot be found.
As the wedding time nears, Gruber (who was left to wait with Mr. Parker while the others roamed the island searching for the chaplain) gets Chuck to agree to put on the chaplain's dress whites and go to retrieve the tea service, returning long before the wedding time. Chuck does his part, but cannot get alone with the tea service. Then the admiral tells him he has to return to his base, so he wants the wedding to begin right away.
I laughed as Chuck got out the chaplain's book from his pocket and began to read the funeral service, before stopping and flipping to the correct service.
Meanwhile, Binghamton has traveled to the site because he learned that the tea service he sent for a wedding gift was stolen by the Japanese from Manila. But the SPs deny him entry.
As usual, I won't reveal the specific plot twists at the end, but there were two surprises that helped things to work out McHale's way.
Chuck bumbled a bit, but was not stupid in this one, helping make it a rather funny episode. Not an award winner, but a solid 8 out of 10 from me.
Now the other reviewer for this episode erred when he wrote in 2014 that it was a clock. No biggie, just setting the record straight.
The tea service was sold to Lt. Carpenter, who offers it to the captain to give to Admiral Hardesy, whose daughter is getting married and Binghamton wanted to send a gift, even though the admiral specifically did not invite him to the wedding. Carpenter was offering to sell it to Binghamton, but Wally just took it and wouldn't even let Elroy eat one of the small chocolates sitting on his desk.
We found out later the reason we didn't have one of the regular admirals-Rogers or Reynolds-is because we needed an admiral who did not know Mr. Parker by sight.
The admiral did ask Binghamton to send his base's chaplain to perform the ceremony. Wanting a chance to go to New Caledonia to retrieve the tea service, McHale gets the admiral to ask for him to be assigned to transport him to the wedding.
Once at the wedding site, the boys are unsuccessful at getting into the wedding and reception rooms, so they figure the only way to get the gift back is through the chaplain-but he has left his hotel room and cannot be found.
As the wedding time nears, Gruber (who was left to wait with Mr. Parker while the others roamed the island searching for the chaplain) gets Chuck to agree to put on the chaplain's dress whites and go to retrieve the tea service, returning long before the wedding time. Chuck does his part, but cannot get alone with the tea service. Then the admiral tells him he has to return to his base, so he wants the wedding to begin right away.
I laughed as Chuck got out the chaplain's book from his pocket and began to read the funeral service, before stopping and flipping to the correct service.
Meanwhile, Binghamton has traveled to the site because he learned that the tea service he sent for a wedding gift was stolen by the Japanese from Manila. But the SPs deny him entry.
As usual, I won't reveal the specific plot twists at the end, but there were two surprises that helped things to work out McHale's way.
Chuck bumbled a bit, but was not stupid in this one, helping make it a rather funny episode. Not an award winner, but a solid 8 out of 10 from me.
