Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976)

The dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214 “The Black Sheep Squadron”. Pappy Boyington is the squadron-leader of a group of ‘misfit’ fighter pilots stationed on an island in the Pacific, during World War II. Pappy often needs to intercede in altercations at the base, but everyone seems to pull together when they are assigned missions in the air.

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”]Episode 1: Best Three Out of Five

Lard returns Boyington’s planes to the major Pappy originally conned out of command.

Episode 2: Small War

Shot down over a Japanese-held island, Boyington is rescued by an Australian who wants no part of escape.

Episode 3: High Jinx

The squadron’s replacement pilot has a reputation for being a jinx.

Episode 4: Prisoners of War

The Black Sheep capture a Zero pilot who was raised in the States.

Episode 5: Presumed Dead

A Navy ace is captured by the Japanese, brainwashed to carry out a mission and set adrift to be picked up by the Americans.

Episode 6: Meatball Circus

Boyington suggests using captured planes on a mission against an enemy carrier.

Episode 7: Up for Grabs

The rescue of Black Sheep captured by Japanese commandos depends on two fliers who were off fishing when the raid occurred.

Episode 8: Anyone for Suicide?

A malaria-ridden Boyington cons his men into a suicide mission beginning with a dead-stick landing on an enemy island

Episode 9: New Georgia on My Mind

Marines stage an advance strike on the Black Sheep’s base.

Episode 10: The Cat’s Whiskers

Romantic rivalry over a nurse creates bad blood between Casey and Bragg.

Episode 11: Love and War

A nurse comes between Casey and Bragg.

Episode 12: War-Biz Warrior

As a propaganda gimmick, Hollywood star Rod Towers is given command of the 214th, and a film crew to record his first days in combat.

Episode 13: The Deadliest Enemy of All (two parts)

Boyington injures his hands pulling a downed pilot from a burning plane. First of two parts. Caroline: Linda Scruggs Bogart.

Episode 14: The Deadliest Enemy of All (two parts)

While his burned hands heal, Boyington falls in love with a nurse whose husband is missing in action

Episode 15: Devil in the Slot

A Japanese ace and a tough mechanic make life miserable for the Black Sheep, both in the air and on the base.

Episode 16: Five the Hard Way

French is put under pressure by his newspaper-publishing father to make the fifth kill that will designate him a flying ace.

Episode 17: The Last Mission Over Sengai

Boyington faces a court-martial when a new pilot charges that he ordered an attack on friendly troops.

Episode 18: Trouble at Fort Apache

Gen. Moore orders Boyington to fly escort for a squadron of experimental bombers—but the squadron’s commander orders him not to.

Episode 19: Poor Little Lambs

Boyington and two of his men are shot down over a Japanese-held island near an orphanage in the path of a Marine assault.

Episode 20: W.A.S.P.s

WASPs -Women’s Airforce Service Pilots- arrive to ferry bombers but cannot fraternize with the men.

Episode 21: Last One for Hutch

The Black Sheep are broken up and made noncombatants after a devastating attack on their base

Episode 22: The Fastest Gun

Boyington’s bad luck comes in triplicate: an angry maintenance chief, a nosy efficiency expert, and a challenge from a Japanese air ace.[/junkie-toggle][junkie-toggle title=”Season 2″ state=”closed”]

Episode 1: Divine Wind

Pappy must figure out what target the Japanese are preparing to launch an attack on. After a snafu gets him listed as deceased, Anderson becomes convinced he is about to die.

Episode 2: The 200 Pound Gorilla

The promotion list arrives giving General Moore another star and making Micklin a warrant officer, which causes him to become more hostile towards the college boy pilots.

Episode 3: The Hawk Flies on Sunday

The Squadron’s chances of being assigned the mission to kill Admiral Yamamoto are lessened by T.J.’s romance with a Eurasian girl suspected of giving information to the Japanese.

Episode 4: Wolves in the Sheep Pen

A Navy squadron, composed of cocky pilots fresh out of flight school, is assigned to help the Black Sheep sink a Japanese radar ship in the Solomon slot.

Episode 5: Operation Stand-Down

The Black Sheep are pulled out of action and given a series of tests to reevaluate their physical fitness, combat tactics and flight proficiency.

Episode 6: Ten’ll Get You Five

Pappy meets his match in the con man business in a sergeant who is escorting civilian VIPs around the Pacific theatre.

Episode 7: Forbidden Fruit

Lt. Pruitt- an extremely young pilot- and Nurse Greene- General Moore’s daughter- get assigned to the island as the Black Sheep are preparing for a dangerous night strike against Japanese bombers.

Episode 8: Fighting Angels

Unable to evacuate the island the Black Sheep and the nurses take up arms to defend the island from a Japanese commando raid.

Episode 9: The Iceman

Pappy gets transferred back to the States denying him a rematch with a top Japanese air ace and placing the Black Sheep under the command of a no nonsense by the books commander.

Episode 10: Hot Shot

The Black Sheep play uneasy host to a hotshot army pilot whose amiability masks his ambition to become the war’s best fighter pilot.

Episode 11: The Show Must Go On… Sometimes

Pappy cons a unit of lecherous Seabees into repairing the bomb blasted runway with a trumped up promise of a bawdy USO show after the work is done.

Episode 12: Sheep in the Limelight

The Black Sheep let their egos swell from the limelight that occurs after they save the first lady’s life.

Episode 13: A Little Bit of England

A British coast watcher rescues Boyle after he survives being shot down.[/junkie-toggle]

Title	Baa Baa Black Sheep also known as Pazifikgeschwader 214
Country	US
Director
Cast	Robert Conrad, Simon Oakland, Dana Elcar
Language	English
English Subtitles	Yes

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