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The Best Episodes of Adventures in Paradise

Every episode of Adventures in Paradise ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Adventures in Paradise!

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam...
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Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Survival" is the best rated episode of "Adventures in Paradise". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by David Orrick McDearmon and written by Fred Freiberger, James A. Michener, it aired on 12/31/1961. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Judith".

  • Survival
    9.0/101 votes
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    #1 - Survival

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1961

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    Director: David Orrick McDearmon

    Writer: Fred Freiberger, James A. Michener

  • Judith
    8.8/1025 votes
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    #2 - Judith

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1960

    No description available

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Show Me a Hero
    8.6/1010 votes
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    #3 - Show Me a Hero

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1961

    Adam runs into an old war buddy named Scotty Bell and hires him as a temporary deck hand.

    Director: Mitchell Leisen

    Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson, James Michener

  • Mission to Manila
    8.0/109 votes
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    #4 - Mission to Manila

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/1959

    Dan Lynch, a friend of Captain Troy's, receives a brief note from his sister-in-law stating that Dan's brother has died. Lynch asks Troy to find the girl and learn the circumstances of her husband's death.

    Director: Bernard Girard

    Writer: N/A

  • Daughter of Illusion
    7.6/107 votes
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    #5 - Daughter of Illusion

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1960

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    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pit of Silence
    7.3/1024 votes
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    #6 - The Pit of Silence

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1959

    Captain Troy has to pick up the Baron Andre, and soon discovers the Baron's body half eaten by a savage beast. Troy rules out accidental death and searchs for the murderer.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • A Bride for the Captain
    7.3/1013 votes
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    #7 - A Bride for the Captain

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1962

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    Director: Jacques Tourneur

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bamboo Curtain
    7.2/108 votes
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    #8 - The Bamboo Curtain

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1959

    In Hong Kong, Adam is approached by a pretty goverment agent who wants him to help her with an assignment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Gene Levitt

  • Lady from South Chicago
    7.1/1010 votes
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    #9 - Lady from South Chicago

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1959

    Mme. Victorine Reynard, a Frenchwoman, now lives in style in the South Seas. A friend who is actually an escaped convict from Australia, comes to see her.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Sink or Swim
    7.1/1012 votes
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    #10 - Sink or Swim

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1960

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: William Froug

  • Castaways
    7.0/108 votes
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    #11 - Castaways

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1960

    Troy is headed to the strife torn island of Mai Sai with a cargo of serum to fight a cholera epidemic. Troy and crew pick up three men stranded on a tiny atoll, who claim to be survivors of a shipwreck, but they're really gunrunners from a ship called the Punjab Trader, whose captain was murdered. The trio, led by the second mate, take over the Tiki, threatening to kill the nun who is transporting the serum, and go after the Punjab Trader.

    Director: Gerald Mayer

    Writer: N/A

  • Nightmare on Napuka
    7.0/1011 votes
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    #12 - Nightmare on Napuka

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Penny a Day
    7.0/108 votes
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    #13 - A Penny a Day

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 4/24/1961

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    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

  • Vendetta
    7.0/1010 votes
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    #14 - Vendetta

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1961

    No description available

    Director: Jus Addiss

    Writer: N/A

  • Please Believe Me
    7.0/108 votes
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    #15 - Please Believe Me

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1962

    No description available

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

  • Somewhere South of Suva
    6.8/1014 votes
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    #16 - Somewhere South of Suva

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/28/1959

    Adam Troy and his pal Oliver Kee are hired to search for an aviatrix who disappeared years ago. The flier was apparently carrying a large uncut diamond and it is now suspected that she crashed on an uncharted island south of Suva.

    Director: Gerald Mayer

    Writer: N/A

  • Once Around the Circuit
    6.8/1015 votes
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    #17 - Once Around the Circuit

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1960

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    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

  • The Big Surf
    6.8/1012 votes
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    #18 - The Big Surf

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Archer's Ring
    6.7/109 votes
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    #19 - The Archer's Ring

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1960

    A beautiful young chinese woman, Monique Le Febure asks Adam Troy to charter his schooner ""Tiki"" to look for his grand-father. She tells the story of a group of old chinese men who for their retirement returned to their island with their personal belongings. They were in a seaplane, which apparently disappeared and sunk.

    Director: Bernard Girard

    Writer: N/A

  • Man Eater
    6.7/108 votes
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    #20 - Man Eater

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1961

    No description available

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: Michael Pertwee

  • The Assassins
    6.7/109 votes
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    #21 - The Assassins

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1961

    Just before the Tiki sails, two men plant a time bomb in the hold. The bomb is discovered and thrown overboard, but a big question still remains: which of Troy's four passengers was the bomb meant for?

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

  • Policeman's Holiday
    6.7/109 votes
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    #22 - Policeman's Holiday

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1962

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    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Carey Wilber

  • The Raft
    6.6/1012 votes
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    #23 - The Raft

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1959

    One of Adam's girlfriends, is a passenger on a boat that has struck a mine.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Black Pearl
    6.5/1021 votes
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    #24 - The Black Pearl

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1959

    A native diver discovers a rare black pearl. The find causes a great deal of excitement among the passengers on Adam's schooner.

    Director: Robert Aldrich

    Writer: N/A

  • There Is An Island
    6.4/107 votes
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    #25 - There Is An Island

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1960

    The Tiki is chartered to search for poet Francois Villon's legendary island hideaway. But one passenger seems to have more than a historical interest in the place.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A