Major Dad

Mac's father comes to visit, but things are uneasy and it seems his father is always disappointed and putting him down. Polly is asked to run for Mayor.

The Major's dad turns out to have not left town quite yet, giving them both a chance to hopefully work out their differences.

Polly's campaign for Mayor hits a snag when her opponent claims to have discovered that Polly posed for a gentlemen's magazine. Holowachuk gets his first ticket after going over the speed limit at General Craig's request.

Elizabeth tries to talk MacGillis into letting her cater the private party General Craig is throwing for visiting Gen. Louis H. Wilson, but Polly and the Major are worried they will have to bail her out as usual.

The effects of too much Halloween have gotten to Casey where she has nightmares that her sisters have zombified, then sees Lt. Howlachuck as Frankenstein's monster, Gunny as the Wicked Witch of the West and General Craig as the Phantom of the Opera. She is told it is not real by the Major, only to have him become a werewolf. Casey then wakes up with her family by her bed, realizing she only hallucinated from a bad fever.

MacGillis is starting to tire of going out every night on the campaign trail with Polly, but sticks with it as election night draws near. Gunny, Holowachuk, and General Craig deal with a huge overstock of rations while the Major is out.

Worried over a threat on his life, the Secret Service drafts Gunny to protect the Emir of Katodd on his unscheduled refueling stop at Camp Hollister. To top things off, Polly is outside with animal rights activists, protesting the Emir, as he is claimed to be a camel killer.

Elizabeth gets her first car and the Major is sad he wasn't there for the milestone. Things go well until a friend of hers is in a car accident; now Elizabeth is afraid to drive. General Craig is out of the wheelchair and now on crutches, and try as he might, he can't stop breaking windows.

Worried about the Major's health, Polly asks him to stay out of other people's business and relax more, which is complicated by General Craig announcing he's the landlord of rental housing property that Holowachuk lives in and manages.

Holowachuk switches desks with Gunny in order to make things easier. A couple of Polly's old protest friends come for a visit after several years and they appear to no longer the long haired hippies she knew.

Everybody in the office is surprised when General Craig suddenly leaves for a day to get some kind of surgery.

Polly is enlisted to be hostess of the '40s-themed USO ball, where new and old loves are sparked.

MacGillis and Craig take a business class at night school to keep their options open in case downsizing should claim their jobs. The Major takes the class seriously, but General Craig can't stop talking, distracting MacGillis, and has no ability to take the situation seriously.

The Major accidentally finds himself taking piano lessons after trying to convince Casey to go through with hers.

MacGillis, General Craig, Holowachuk, and Gunny are unsure of their future in the Marine Corps as downsizing could eliminate their jobs all together, and with that uncertainty, a hiring manager from a civilian company lures them into considering a career outside the Core.

With the man above him retiring, General Craig is next in line, but MacGillis is also a potential candidate. But when the list of potential candidates for promotion comes in, the Major's name isn't on there, prompting him to reconsider life in the Marine Corps, since it would be his second pass over for promotion.

A Russian major and his son visit from the new Russia, after the fall of the the U.S.S.R., and immediately they start butting heads over superiority which gets out of control when the MacGillis finds Elizabeth making out with the Russian major's son.

Holowachuk reluctantly agrees to be in a play with Polly that has a number of love scenes with her and it makes him uncomfortable and worried about the Major.

While at the office Gunny's apartment is robbed and she loses everything, including her eagle and gun collection. With the help of her friends at the office, she gets through it all.

The Major discovers the new young man on base Robin has a crush on, is being physically abused by his father.

NOTE: Gerald McRaney and Nicole Dubuc provide a public service announcement about child abuse at the end of the episode.

General Craig and Lt. Holowachuck are transferred to the White House. The new general is a stern disciplinarian whose aide behaves sycophantically. The new base commander has no tolerance for the Major's easygoing style of leadership, and creates extra work for Gunny with such minute details as ordering she dispose of colored thumbtacks. The Major and Gunny realize it was a good environment under General Craig and would give anything to work with him again.

NOTE: This was the last episode shot, but debuted out of order as the penultimate. As such, it is considered the series finale.

The Major gives Casey a Daisy Red Ryder air rifle for her tenth birthday, but Polly's liberal bias against guns sends her up the wall. As a present, Casey gets her own room when Robin moves into Elizabeth's bedroom. General Craig becomes paranoid Holowachuk is taking advantage of Mimzy's niece, Amanda, and becomes overly protective.