They Shall Not Pass

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They Shall Not PassSeason 1, Episode 11
Original airdate	December 4, 1964
Cast	Jim Nabors as Private Gomer Pyle Frank Sutton as Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter Ronnie Schell as Private Duke Slater John Stephenson as Major Stone Mark Slade as Eddie Forrest Compton as Capt. Brinson Jerry Catron as Lieutenant Tommy Leonetti as Marine Charles Walsh as Borkowski Peter Hale as Sloan
Directed by	Howard Morris
Written by	Richard M. Powell

Plot

Sgt Carter's platoon takes part in war games, and Gomer's naive ways cause more problems than Sgt Carter can handle. Will Gomer's actions get Carter the boot?

Gallery

Sgt. Carter briefing his squad

The Umpire for the war games

Gomer thinks it's going to be fun

Duke, Gomer & Eddie preparing for combat

Gomer thinks the machine gunner is dead

Gomer carrying a wounded Marine

The objective, the bridge.

Gomer about to attack Sgt Carter, thinking he's the enemy.

Gomer gets the drop on them.

A job well done, Gomer.

The Umpire telling them that they're dead.

Now the Umpire is dead also.

Sgt. Carter gets the "Golden Boot", for achieving the goal.

Now poor ol Gomer is caught in his own snare.