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The Best Episodes of Adventures in Paradise

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Network:ABC

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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  • Survival
    9.0/10(1)
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    #1 - Survival

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 12/31/1961

    No description available

    Director: David Orrick McDearmon

    Writer: Fred Freiberger, James A. Michener

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  • Judith
    8.8/10(25)
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    #2 - Judith

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/1/1960

    No description available

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

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  • Show Me a Hero
    8.6/10(10)
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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

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  • One Way Ticket
    8.6/10(8)
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    #4 - One Way Ticket

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 12/3/1961

    There's a ticket for entertainer Nita Graham for a trip aboard the Tiki. Adam delivers the ticket in person, but Nita doesn't know what he's talking about, and she isn't planning any trips.

    Director: James B. Clark

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mission to Manila
    7.8/10(10)
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    #5 - 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

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  • Daughter of Illusion
    7.6/10(7)
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    #6 - Daughter of Illusion

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/12/1960

    No description available

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Pit of Silence
    7.3/10(25)
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    #7 - 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

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  • A Bride for the Captain
    7.3/10(14)
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    #8 - A Bride for the Captain

    Season 3 Episode 23

    Aired 3/11/1962

    No description available

    Director: Jacques Tourneur

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lady from South Chicago
    7.1/10(11)
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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

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  • The Bamboo Curtain
    7.1/10(9)
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    #10 - 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

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  • Sink or Swim
    7.1/10(13)
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    #11 - Sink or Swim

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 12/19/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: William Froug

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  • Castaways
    7.0/10(8)
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    #12 - 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

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  • Nightmare on Napuka
    7.0/10(12)
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    #13 - Nightmare on Napuka

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/18/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Penny a Day
    7.0/10(9)
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    #14 - A Penny a Day

    Season 2 Episode 27

    Aired 4/24/1961

    No description available

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

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  • Vendetta
    7.0/10(11)
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    #15 - Vendetta

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/15/1961

    No description available

    Director: Jus Addiss

    Writer: N/A

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  • Please Believe Me
    7.0/10(9)
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    #16 - Please Believe Me

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 2/4/1962

    No description available

    Director: Don Medford

    Writer: N/A

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  • Somewhere South of Suva
    6.8/10(15)
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    #17 - 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

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  • The Archer's Ring
    6.8/10(10)
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    #18 - 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

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  • The Color of Venom
    6.8/10(7)
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    #19 - The Color of Venom

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/8/1960

    Adam agrees to transport a girl prisoner, Luana Monet, from Tahiti to police custody on the Island of Ralatea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: William Froug

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  • Once Around the Circuit
    6.8/10(15)
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    #20 - Once Around the Circuit

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/17/1960

    No description available

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: Fred Freiberger

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  • The Big Surf
    6.8/10(13)
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    #21 - The Big Surf

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/5/1960

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Man Eater
    6.7/10(9)
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    #22 - Man Eater

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 2/6/1961

    No description available

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: Michael Pertwee

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  • The Assassins
    6.7/10(10)
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    #23 - 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

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  • Policeman's Holiday
    6.7/10(9)
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    #24 - Policeman's Holiday

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 1/28/1962

    No description available

    Director: Robert Florey

    Writer: Carey Wilber

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  • The Raft
    6.6/10(13)
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    #25 - 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

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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".