Gilligans Island

Gilligan and the Skipper construct a raft and set out to sea to find help. Back on the island, the remaining castaways are worried about possible headhunters.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): John Rich
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

The castaways fight over their living arrangements as a violent storm approaches the island.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Richard Donner
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Bill Davenport, Charles Tannen

After somebody breaks into the supply hut, everyone suspects that a killer may be on the island--except for the Skipper, who thinks that it may be part of a voodoo curse.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): John Rich
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Austin Kalish, Elroy Schwartz

The Skipper figures out how to turn the radio into a transmitter in his sleep during a dream, so the other castaways try to get him back to sleep to fix it before a pilot scheduled to fly over the island arrives.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Ida Lupino
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Dick Conway, Roland MacLane

The castaways discover that famed but long-lost pilot Wrongway Feldman and his plane are on the island. They try to convince him to fly to civilization and rescue them, but he is reluctant to leave the island.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Ida Lupino
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen

The Skipper and Mr. Howell compete for leadership on the island by being named "President." When the castaways cast their votes, the result is surprising.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Richard Donner
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Roland Wolpert

The hungry castaways find a wild duck on the island, but they don't know whether to use it as food or attach a message to him and hope for rescue.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Tom Montgomery
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

Gilligan's attempt to turn sap into maple syrup yields a substance that is stronger than glue. The castaways patch up the Minnow and prepare to go back out to sea.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): John Rich
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler

While Mary Ann, Ginger and the Skipper find the S.S. Minnow's inflatable liferaft in the lagoon, Gilligan and Mr. Howell discover gold in an underground mine on the island.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Stanley Z. Cherry
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Roland Wolpert

The Skipper is convinced he is doomed after he accidentally disturbs the resting place of a vengeful Tiki god, and the only thing that can break the curse is a visit from The Great Watubi.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen

Mr. Howell agrees to produce a play on the island to cheer up Ginger, but only makes things worse when he fires Ginger from the lead role and replaces her with Mrs. Howell. It's up to Gilligan to step in to make things right.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Herbert Finn, Alan Dinehart

Gilligan's Christmas wish appears to be coming true when a radio broadcast tells them their rescue is imminent. While they wait, they recall the first days on the island when Gilligan lost the radio and transmitter.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Rod Amateau, John Rich
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Austin Kalish, Elroy Schwartz

Everybody wants a piece of Gilligan and his newfound riches after he wins a three million dollar bet with Mr. Howell.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Tom Montgomery
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Bill Davenport, Charles Tannen

The castaways desperately try to find a new water source as they have completely exhausted their current water supply.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Stanley Z. Cherry
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman

A Japanese sailor arrives on the island thinking it's still WWII and holds the castaways captive on their own island.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Alan Crosland Jr.
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, David P. Harmon

Both Gilligan and Mr. Howell lay claim to a treasure chest that Gilligan dug up while working for Mr. Howell. The professor offers to settle ownership once and for all with a trial.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Lawrence Dobkin
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz, Oliver Crawford

A bank robber comes to the island to hide from the authorities and holds the castaways prisoner while he waits for his boat after his cover is blown.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Abner Biberman
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Dick Conway, Roland MacLane

The Pentagon is set to launch a new deadly missile that will destroy everything within 100 miles of its path, and the island is ground zero.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz

Gilligan finds a young jungle boy on the island, as well as a helium supply that the professor plans to use to get rescued with a makeshift hot-air balloon.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Lawrence Dobkin
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Howard Merrill

The women on the island feel disrespected, so they decide to go off on their own without the help of the men who come up with plans to bring them back. But which side will cave in first and admit that they need or miss the other?

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Richard Donner
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser

When a surfer arrives on the island, the castaways encourage him to head back to Hawaii and rescue them. However, he is more interested in making moves on Ginger and Mary Ann than in getting back in a hurry.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Anton Leader
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Charles Tannen, Lou Huston

A gorilla steals Mrs. Howell's diamond brooch, and while Mr. Howell offers a reward to the other castaways for finding it, the gorilla kidnaps Mrs. Howell too.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz

Gilligan is jealous of the Skipper when he saves Mary Ann from drowning. But he may get his chance to be a hero yet when a headhunter takes the other castaways prisoner.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Anton Leader
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Herbert Finn, Alan Dinehart

Wrongway Feldman returns to the island not to rescue the castaways, but to make the island his permanent home. As a result, the castaways try to trick him into returning to Hawaii and rescuing them.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Gene Nelson
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman

Mrs. Howell decides to play matchmaker for Gilligan and Mary Ann, but her efforts inadvertently create a rift between Mr. Howell and herself.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Anton Leader
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Joanna Lee

The castaways form a band for entertainment and diversion. But Gilligan's drumbeats are mistaken by tribes on other islands as a declaration of war.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Howard Harris

The castaways are scared that a group of gangsters are on the island, but it turns out just to be a parrot who also squawks wildly when he hears the words "boat" and "jewel."

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Tom Montgomery
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Charles Tannen, George O'Hanlon

Gilligan is forced to become the Howell's house-boy when the Skipper loses a bet to Mr. Howell in a turtle (actually a tortoise) race.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Walter Black

The Skipper believes that Gilligan has found "The Eye of the Idol," which gives him three wishes before sundown. However, the Professor believes it is just a silly superstition and just an ordinary cat's eye.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, David P. Harmon

A blow to the head gives the Skipper amnesia. The Professor tries to cure him through hypnosis, but he winds up believing that the other castaways are Japanese soldiers.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Herb Margolis

Everyone becomes suspicious of Gilligan when they discover that he's been keeping a diary, and they respond by creating their own written accounts of how they saved Gilligan from the Japanese soldier.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Christian Nyby
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, David P. Harmon

The professor makes a dye marker to help get rescued. The Skipper plans to join the Navy when they get home, but he finds out he must lose weight to meet their requirements--and Gilligan finds out that he must gain weight too.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Gary Nelson
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Herbert Finn, Alan Dinehart

While fishing, Gilligan reels in a magician's chest from the lagoon. But eventually Gilligan overhears that everybody is fed up with his unsuccessful attempts at magic, and he decides to run away.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Al Schwartz, Bruce Howard

The castaways discover that a celebrated, eccentric artist is on the island, and they try to trick him into wanting to return to civilization so that they can use his transmitter.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Jack Arnold
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, David P. Harmon

After Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life, the Howells adopt him as their son. But Gilligan soon discovers that life as "Gilligan Thurston Howell IV" is not all it's cracked up to be.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Anton Leader
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Joanna Lee

Gilligan's nose is badly swollen after he falls from a coconut tree. The professor swears the swelling will go down in a few days, but Gilligan wants the professor to operate and give him a new nose.

Stars: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus
Director(s): Hal Cooper
Writer(s): Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz