8.0/101 votes#1 - The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1975
Ellery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom he'd clashed over how he was portrayed in the publisher's comics. It seems as though the man left a dying clue which apparently points to him. Ellery is forced to investigate in order to clear his name. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too trying to steal some of the glory.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#2 - The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1975
News mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include Manners' sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and (yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take things one day at a time in this case.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.0/101 votes#3 - Three to Get Ready
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/17/1965
The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown. The professor, of course, insists it is just superstition. Two gallons of ice cream later, Gilligan has only one wish left.....and the sun is going down!
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#4 - The Guardians
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/1981
Buck finds himself entrusted with a bizarre glowing green box when he and Hawk find an old man near death on a remote planet. Back on the Searcher, the box creates a series of bizarre images in the minds of the crew members. In reality, the box has taken control of the Searcher and sent it at fantastic speeds toward an unknown destination.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Paul Schneider
7.0/101 votes#5 - The Japanese Connection
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/1981
Colt is sent after the Rio Brothers who are much worse than he knows.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#6 - Waiting For Watubi
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1964
While digging, the Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God. He then believes a curse has fallen on him for disturbing the resting-place of Watubi, and that his days are numbered. Gilligan dresses up as Watubi, and performs a special ritual dance that the Skipper believes will lift the curse. It is an earth-shaking experience!
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#7 - X Marks the Spot
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1965
In a test of a deadly new missile, called "Operation Powder Keg," the Air Force chooses an "uninhabited island" which just happens to be Gilligan's Island. When the rocket lands and does not explode, Gilligan is chosen to crawl inside to defuse it, because he is the only one that can fit inside.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/102 votes#8 - They're Off and Running
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/10/1965
Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races. Even when he feels bad and switches the turtles so that Skipper will finally win, he still wins!
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#9 - Gilligan's Mother-in-Law
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1965
A native family from another island comes seeking a husband for their lovely, large, robust daughter.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#10 - Agonized Labor
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1965
Gilligan and the Skipper hear a radio broadcast telling of the collapse of the Howell financial empire. The castaways attempt to help them develop skills in order to compete in the working world.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#11 - Hi-Fi Gilligan
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1965
Gilligan's mouth becomes a radio after he is accidentally hit on the head. When their regular radio is broken, Gilligan becomes their sole source of information on the approaching typhoon.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Mary C. McCall, Jr.
6.0/101 votes#12 - You've Been Disconnected
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1966
A storm washes up a Trans-continental telephone cable up into the lagoon. Once again the Castaways are given hope for a rescue, as the Professor manages to break into the cable and rig up a telephone so they can dial out for help.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#13 - Allergy Time
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 3/31/1966
The Skipper begins to itch and sneeze whenever he is around Gilligan. Soon all of the Castaways appear to be allergic to him. The Professor develops a vaccine, but it doesn't seem to work. It turns out that everyone is allergic to the papaya oil used in Gilligan's hair tonic.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#14 - V for Vitamins
Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/14/1966
The Professor determines that the lack of vitamin C on the island threatens the health of the castaways. While watching the last of their orange seeds to protect them from the cold night air, Gilligan falls asleep and dreams that he is Jack from ""Jack in the Beanstalk.""
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#15 - Pass the Tabu
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1972
During a surfing competition, Greg wears Bobby's taboo idol and "wipes out". Soon after, Greg, Peter and Bobby learn of the ancient superstition from a construction worker, Mr. Hanalei. This leads the boys to search for an ancient burial ground to return the idol to break the curse. However, when they arrive at the burial ground, they are unaware of a shadowy figure trailing them.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Tam Spiva
6.0/101 votes#16 - The Queen and the Thief
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1977
Wonder Woman saves a tiny country of Malakan by catching the thief who stole the royal jewels, then returning the jewels to the queen.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Bruce Shelly
6.0/101 votes#17 - The Dorian Secret
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/16/1981
Buck and Hawk are sent to pick up the survivors of a planetary disaster and transport them to a new home. Before departing, Buck rescues a young woman from a group of Dorian thugs. Later, while enroute to the planet, the Searcher is attacked by a Dorian craft, which demands that the woman be returned for the murder of a warlord's son. As the Dorians persist and subject the Searcher to a severe pounding, the refugees begin to rebel, insisting that the woman be turned over. Eventually, Buck discovers that truth about the woman and the startling reason why the Dorians always wear what at first appear to be merely ceremonial face masks.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Stephen McPherson
5.5/102 votes#18 - Music Hath Charm
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/27/1965
Mrs. Howell decides to form a symphony orchestra, to make up for the lack of culture on the island. Gilligan's drum beats, as they drift across the water, hold special meaning to angry natives on a nearby island.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Al Schwartz
5.0/101 votes#19 - Angel on the Island
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1964
Mr. Howell decides to put on a play, starring Ginger, after she begins to suffer from home-sickness. But trouble begins when Mrs. Howell decides she wants to play the starring role.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#20 - Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1965
A gorilla is enchanted by Mrs. Howell's perfume and kidnaps her. After Gilligan accidentally spills the perfume all over his shirt, the gorilla decides to release Mrs. Howell and exchange prisoners.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#21 - Forget Me Not
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1965
The Professor tries to cure the Skipper's amnesia by hypnotizing him and taking him through time.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#22 - It's Magic
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/15/1965
The Castaways discover a trunk belonging to a magician. They use a magician's props to scare away unfriendly natives from nearby islands.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Al Schwartz
5.0/101 votes#23 - Goodbye, Old Paint
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/22/1965
A famous painter who has renounced civilization, Dubov, visits the island (with a short-wave radio, of course). The castaways are hopeful that Dubov will give them his transmitter, but soon discover he does not wish to go back to civilization. They must come up with a scheme to make him change his mind, and attempt to make him jealous by pretending Gilligan is an artistic genius.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#24 - The Little Dictator
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965
The exiled president of a revolution-torn country visits the island.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
5.0/101 votes#25 - Smile, You're on Mars Camera
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965
A NASA satellite with a TV camera, accidentally lands on the island instead of the intended target: Mars. The castaways try to communicate their S.O.S. when the camera is operational. However, with the help of a Gilligan goof-up, the castaways are covered with glue and feathers, and the NASA scientists mistakenly believe they are seeing the first proof of life on Mars.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Al Schwartz
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"The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader" is the best rated episode directed by Jack Arnold. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/2/1975 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express".