List of F Troop episodes

F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC. The first episode aired on September 14, 1965, and the final episode aired on April 6, 1967. There were 65 episodes in all, 34 in black and white (season 1) and 31 in color (season 2).

Series overview

Both seasons of this show have been released on DVD by Warner Home Video.

Season		Episodes	Premiered:	Ended:	DVD set release date
	1	34	1965.09.14	1966.05.10	2006.06.06
	2	31	1966.09.08	1967.04.06	2007.05.29

Episode list

Season 1: 1965–66

Nº	Ep	Title	Director	Writer	Original air date
1	1	"Scourge of the West"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	September 14, 1965
Captain Wilton Parmenter is assigned command of Fort Courage.
2	2	"Don't Look Know, One of Our Cannons Is Missing"	Charles R. Rondeau	Howard Merrill and Stan Dreben	September 21, 1965 (1965-09-21)
O'Rourke and Agarn loan the fort's cannon to the Hekawis for their moon festival; when the troop needs it back for an official visit, the tribe refuses.
3	3	"The Phantom Major"	Leslie Goodwin	Arthur Julian	September 28, 1965 (1965-09-28)
A British major arrives to teach F Troop his new method of fighting Indians.
4	4	"Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops"	Charles R. Rondeau	Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill	October 5, 1965 (1965-10-05)
Agarn is convinced that he is dying and writes a full confession about O'Rourke Enterprises to the inspector general.
5	5	"The Return of Bald Eagle"	Leslie Goodwins	Arthur Julian	October 12, 1965 (1965-10-12)
Wild Eagle's son returns to lead an Indian revolt against Fort Courage.
6	6	"Dirge for the Scourge"	Leslie Goodwins	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	October 19, 1965 (1965-10-19)
Parmenter accidentally humiliates a gunslinger, Sam Urp, who vows to get even.
7	7	"The Girl from Philadelphia"	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Julian	October 26, 1965 (1965-10-26)
Parmenter's old girlfriend from back East comes to Fort Courage, luring him into a marriage which will take him from the troop.
8	8	"Old Ironpants"	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Julian	November 2, 1965 (1965-11-02)
An officer training course changes Parmenter into an iron-fisted officer, which the rest of the troop hopes to change.
9	9	"Me Heap Big Injun"	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Julian	November 9, 1965 (1965-11-09)
Agarn's enlistment is almost up, but instead of reenlisting he decides to join the Hekowis.
10	10	"She's Only a Build in a Girdled Cage"	Leslie Goodwins	Larry Markes and Michael Morris	November 16, 1965 (1965-11-16)
Trooper Dobs' old mother is coming to visit, but the troop thinks that she is a chanteuse.
11	11	"A Gift from the Chief"	Charles R. Rondeau	Al Gordon and Hal Goldman	November 23, 1965 (1965-11-23)
After he saves Wild Eagle's life, Parmenter receives a infant as a reward.
12	12	"Honest Injun"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	November 30, 1965 (1965-11-30)
A con artist sells deeds to worthless mines around Fort Courage.
13	13	"O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly"	Leslie Goodwins	Arthur Julian	December 7, 1965 (1965-12-07)
A woman arrives in Fort Courage and opens a saloon, in competition with O'Rourke's saloon.
14	14	"The 86 Proof Spring"	Charles R. Rondeau	Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson	December 14, 1965 (1965-12-14)
O'Rourke and Agarn must hide the wiskey still when an inspector general tries to find how the Hekawis are getting alcohol.
15	15	"Here Comes the Tribe"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	December 21, 1965 (1965-12-21)
As a reward for rescuing his daughter from another Indian, Wild Eagle tries to marry Parmenter to his daughter.
16	16	"Iron Horse Go Home"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	December 28, 1965 (1965-12-28)
The Hekawis sell their land to the railroad and choose to move their tribe into Fort Courage.
17	17	"Our Hero, What's His Name?"	Charles R. Rondeau	Howard Merrill and Stan Dreban	January 4, 1966 (1966-01-04)
Agarn claims to have killed Geronimo in order to impress his girlfriend but then Geronimo shows up for revenge.
18	18	"Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black"	Charles R. Rondeau	Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill	January 11, 1966 (1966-01-11)
A jinxed private is assigned to F Troop.
19	19	"El Diablo"	Seymour Robbie	Arthur Julian	January 18, 1966 (1966-01-18)
Agarn goes after his look alike cousin, a Mexican bandit (Larry Storch in a dual role).
20	20	"Go for Broke"	Seymour Robbie	Howard Merrill and Stan Dreben	January 25, 1966 (1966-01-25)
O'Rourke loses the troop pension in a poker game, and Parmenter agrees to try to win it back.
21	21	"The New I.G."	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Julian	February 8, 1966 (1966-02-08)
A new inspector general wants to try out his new rifle in a surprise attack on the Hekawis.
22	22	"Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy"	Charles R. Rondeau	Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill	February 15, 1966 (1966-02-15)
When the War Department assigns F Troop to test a secret weapon, spies arrive in Fort Courage trying to find out what it is.
23	23	"The Courtship of Wrangler Jane"	Gene Reynolds	Arthur Julian	February 22, 1966 (1966-02-22)
In order for his latest money-making scheme to work, O'Rourke must get Parmenter to marry Wrangler Jane.
24	24	"Play, Gypsy, Play"	Gene Renolds	Arthur Julian	March 1, 1966 (1966-03-01)
Three Hungarian gypsies arrive in Fort Courage.
25	25	"Reunion for O'Rourke"	Charles R. Rondeau	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	March 8, 1966 (1966-03-08)
To celebrate O'Rourke's twenty years in the cavalry, the troop arranges a surprise party with many of O'Rourke's old friends.
26	26	"Captain Parmenter, One Man Army"	Charles R. Rondeau	Howard Merrill and Stan Dreben	March 15, 1966 (1966-03-15)
Due to a technical mistake, the enlistments of the men in F Troop are invalid and Parmenter is the only soldier on duty at Fort Courage.
27	27	"Don't Ever Speak to Me Again"	Charles R. Rondeau	Arthur Julian	March 22, 1966 (1966-03-22)
The army decides to give F Troop a citation and a medal for their high morale, which inflates their egos and causes fighting among the men.
28	28	"Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop"	Gene Reynolds	Stan Burns and Mike Marmer	March 29, 1966 (1966-03-29)
When the troop cook is reassigned, Agarn is picked to take his place.
29	29	"Indian Fever"	Gene Reynolds	Arthur Julian	April 5, 1966 (1966-04-05)
Agarn insists that an Indian is spying on the fort, but no one else believes him.
30	30	"Johnny Eagle Eye"	Seymour Robbis	Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill	April 12, 1966
O'Rourke enlists an expert Hekawi marksman into the troop for a sharpshooting competition, only to find out that he is the son of Sitting Bull.
31	31	"A Fort's Best Friend Is Not a Mother"	Seymour Robbis	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	April 19, 1966
Parmenter's mother arrives at the fort, determined to have her son promoted out of the troop.
32	32	"Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center"	David Alexander	Arthur Julian	April 26, 1966
O'Rourke is selected for an officer training course, which would mean he can't run O'Rourke Enterprises.
33	33	"The Day the Indians Won"	David Alexander	Ed James and Seaman Jacobs	May 3, 1966
When the Hekawis need a victory or else be kicked out of the Council of Indian Nations, West, O'Rourke and Agarn agree to rig a fight between them and the fort.
34	34	"Will the Real Captain Try to Stand Up"	Charles R. Rondeau	Fred S. Fox and Iz Elinson	May 10, 1966
O'Rourke and Agarn agree to help the town drunk to impress his daughter, who thinks he is the captain of F Troop.

Season 2: 1966–67

Nº	Ep	Title	Director	Writer	Original air date
35	1	"The Singing Mountie"	David Alexander	Arthur Julian	September 8, 1966
A Canadian Mountie (guest star Paul Lynde) arrives at Fort Courage on the trail of Agarn's fur-trapping Canadian cousin (Larry Storch in a dual role).
36	2	"How to Be F Troop Without Really Trying"	David Alexander	Arthur Julian	September 15, 1966
F Troop must train G Troop, its replacements at Fort Courage.
37	3	"Bye, Bye, Balloon"	Seymour Robbie	Austin and Ima Kalish	September 22, 1966
A Prussian balloonist (guest star Harvey Korman) arrives to train F Troop in balloon.
38	4	"Reach for the Sky Pardner"	Seymour Robbie	Arthur Julian	September 29, 1966
After the troop payroll train is robbed, O'Rourke and Agarn ride along as mail clerks to protect the money.
39	5	"The Great Troop Robbery"	Seymour Robbie	Stan Burns and Mike Marmer	October 6, 1966
Agarn's case of amnesia makes him the fall guy for a crooked medicine man (guest star Milton Berle).
40	6	"The West Goes Ghost"	Seymour Robbie	Arthur Julian	October 13, 1966
O'Rourke, Agarn, Dobs, and Vanderbilt resign from the army to homestead a ghost town rumored to have an actual ghost.
41	7	"Yellow Bird"	David Alexander	Stan Dreben and Howard Merrill	October 20, 1966
O'Rourke plans to marry an Indian girl with a rich father.
42	8	"The Ballot of Corporal Agarn"	Seymour Robbie	Austin and Ima Kalish	October 27, 1966
When the candidates running to be Agarn's hometown mayor end up in a tie, both arrive in Fort Courage courting Agarn's vote.
43	9	"Did Your Father Come from Ireland?"	David Alexander	Arthur Julian	November 3, 1966
When O'Rourke's father comes for a visit, he quickly makes a nuisance of himself.
44	10	"For Whom the Bugle Tolls"	David Alexander	Hal Goldman and Al Gordon	November 10, 1966
Trooper Dobbs' terrible bugle playing lands the fort in trouble when fort inspector "Bugle Bill" Bartlett arrives, who bases his decisions about a fort on the ability of the fort's bugle player.
45	11	"Miss Parmenter"	Seymour Robbie	Richard Baer	November 17, 1966
Parmenter's sister arrives at Fort Courage and sets her eyes on Private Dobbs.
46	12	"La Dolce Courage"	David Alexander	Austin and Ima Kalish	November 24, 1966
The troop helps an Italian and his beautiful daughter who arrived in town.
47	13	"Wilton the Kid"	Phil Rawlins	Richard Baer	December 1, 1966
Confusion results when the town bank is robbed by Kid Vicious, who is an exact look-alike for Parmenter.
48	14	"The Return of Wrongo Starr"	Gary Nelson	Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill, and Jim Barnett	December 8, 1966
Wrongo Starr returns to Fort Courage escorting a load of dynamite.
49	15	"Survival of the Fittest"	Gary Nelson	Arthur Julian	December 15, 1966
Parmenter and Agarn are selected for a wilderness survival course.
50	16	"Bring on the Dancing Girls"	David Alexander	Arthur Julian	December 22, 1966
A blackmailer takes control of O'Rourke's saloon, and O'Rourke vows to get even.
51	17	"The Loco Brothers"	Hollingsworth Morse	Richard Baer	December 29, 1966
Two renegade Indians kidnap Parmenter, and the troops sets out to rescue him.
52	18	"From Karate with Love"	Hollingsworth Morse	Arthur Julian	January 5, 1967
A Japanese girl seeks refuge in Fort Courage from "honorable bad man".
53	19	"The Sergeant and the Kid"	Seymour Robbie	Arthur Julian	January 12, 1967
When a ten-year-old boy tries to enlist in F Troop, O'Rourke tries to discourage him.
54	20	"What Are You Doing After the Massacre?"	Phil Rawlins	Austin and Ima Kalish	January 19, 1967
147-year-old Hekawi chief Flaming Arrow (guest star Phil Harris) leads the tribe in an attack on Fort Courage.
55	21	"A Horse of Another Color"	Phil Rawlins	Arthur Julian	January 26, 1967
Both Parmenter and Agarn try to capture a wild horse.
56	22	"V Is for Vampire"	Hollingsworth Morse	Austin and Ima Kalish	February 2, 1967
Parmenter, O'Rourke, and Agarn suspect that the new arrival (guest star Vincent Price) in Fort Courage is a vampire.
57	23	"That's Show Biz"	Hollingsworth Morse	Arthur Julian	February 9, 1967
Agarn resigns from the army to manage a British music group.
58	24	"The Day They Shot Agarn"	Hollingsworth Morse	Austin and Ima Kalish	February 16, 1967
The events leading up to Agarn's execution are recounted.
59	25	"Only One Russian Is Coming! Only One Russian Is Coming!"	Hollingsworth Morse	Arthur Julian	February 23, 1967
Agarn's look-alike Cossack cousin Dmitri Agarnoff (Larry Storch in a dual role) arrives in Fort Courage and becomes a rival for Wrangler Jane's affections.
60	26	"Guns, Guns Who's Got the Guns?"	Phil Rawlins	Arthur Julian	March 2, 1967
An inspector general insists that one of the troopers in F Troop is smuggling guns to the Apaches.
61	27	"Marriage, Fort Courage Style"	Phil Rawlins	Arthur Julian	March 9, 1967
Wrangler Jane hires a matchmaker (guest star Mary Wickes as Samantha "Marrying Sam" Oglesby) to get her married to Parmenter.
62	28	"Carpetbagging, Anyone?"	Phil Rawlins	Arthur Julian	March 16, 1967
A greedy land speculator takes over Fort Courage, and the troop plans how to get the town back.
63	29	"The Majority of Wilton"	Phil Rawlin	Arthur Julian	March 23, 1967
After Parmenter comes down with a cold, everyone gives him alcohol-based remedies.
64	30	"Our Brave in F Troop"	Seymour Robbie	Austin and Ima Kalish	March 30, 1967
When O'Rourke and Agarn sneak him into F Troop to have his tooth pulled, Wild Eagle quickly gets promoted through the ranks
65	31	"Is This Fort Really Necessary?"	Hal March	Austin and Ima Kalish	April 6, 1967
The troop worries when an officer in charge of closing unnecessary forts arrives in Fort Courage.

External links

• F Troop at epguides.com
• F Troop at TV.com
• F Troop at IMDb