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The Best Episodes of Fantasy Island

Every episode of Fantasy Island ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fantasy Island!

Best episode
S4E1 The Devil and Mandy Breem / Instant Millionaire
8.099 votes
Worst episode
S7E10 Goin' on Home / Ambitious Lady
5.453 votes
Top season
Season 6
7.3avg
Binge time
4d 18h
152 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Fantasy Island Season 4 Episode 1 - The Devil and Mandy Breem / Instant Millionaire
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    S4:E1

    In ""The Devil and Mandy Breem"" Amanda Breem who sold her soul to Satan in order to save the life of her husband, seeks Mr. Roarke's help in saving her from the devil's grasp. And in ""Instant Millionaire"" Tattoo takes on a Fred Catlett's fantasy to become an instant millionaire which could end up getting him killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Fantasy Island Season 5 Episode 11 - House of Dolls / Wuthering Heights
    7.8/10(82 votes)

    S5:E11

    In ""House of Dolls"" window dresser Francis Elkins becomes infatuated with a mannequin and has her brought to life with some surprising results. And in ""Wuthering Heights"" social worker Clarissa Bevis in love with the character from the classic Emily Bronte novel, risks her life to actually meet her literary lover in person.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 11 - The Songwriter / Queen of the Soaps
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    S6:E11

    In ""The Songwriter"" a man travels back in time to find the unpublished songs of his famous ""songwriter"" grandfather. And in ""Queen of the Soaps"" a soap opera star hopes Mr. Roarke can help her from becoming possessed by Andrea, her evil character she plays on TV.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 13 - Midnight Waltz / Let Them Eat Cake
    7.8/10(72 votes)

    S6:E13

    In ""Midnight Waltz"" A Man wants to have one more dance with his wife who's been dead for six months. And in ""Let Them Eat Cake"" A waitress from Des Moines wants a weekend as a pampered Queen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fantasy Island Season 4 Episode 2 - Flying Aces / The Mermaid Returns
    7.7/10(90 votes)

    S4:E2

    In ""Flying Aces"" airline pilot Tony Chilton goes back to World War II to experience the thrill of combat flying with his father who died in that war. And in ""The Mermaid Returns"" Princess Nyah desires to learn what human love is like and becomes enamored with Mr. Roarke.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fantasy Island Season 4 Episode 10 - High Off the Hog / Reprisal
    7.7/10(84 votes)

    S4:E10

    In ""High Off the Hog"" the Boggs a hillbilly family from the Ozarks become millionaires for the weekend and they fall prey to unscrupulous con men. And in ""Reprisals"" Trudy Brown abuses the power Mr. Roarke grants her to gain confidence and self esteem when her jealousy over her cousins' success in the Fantasy Island Athletic Competition nearly destroy her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fantasy Island Season 5 Episode 12 - The Magic Camera / Mata Hari / Valerie
    7.7/10(77 votes)

    S5:E12

    In ""The Magic Camera"" a man who wishes to take pictures no other photographer ever has is shocked when his pictures begin telling the future. In ""Mata Hari"" a woman who wants to know what Mata Hari's life was really like finds her life in grave danger when she actually becomes the famous spy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fantasy Island Season 5 Episode 15 - The Case Against Mr. Roarke / Save Sherlock Holmes
    7.7/10(74 votes)

    S5:E15

    In ""The Case Against Mr. Roarke"" Fran Warner brings her little girl to the Island along with the announcement that Mr. Roarke is the child's father. And in ""Save Sherlock Holmes"" Kevin Lansing wishes to become a private eye is given the toughest assignment any novice ever had -- to find the kidnapped Sherlock Holmes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fantasy Island Season 7 Episode 15 - Dark Secret / The Outrageous Mr. Smith
    7.7/10(64 votes)

    S7:E15

    In ""Dark Secret"" Amy Marshall is afraid to tell her husband that she was raped before they were married, confronts her fear. And in ""The Outrageous Mr. Smith"" Robert Smith a professional singer whose shyness has hampered his chance of success wishes to unleash his suppressed alter-ego.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fantasy Island Season 3 Episode 7 - The Wedding
    7.6/10(105 votes)

    S3:E7

    Mr. Roarke marries his longtime love Helena Marsh, knowing that their time together will be very short. Helena has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and her last wish is to become Mrs. Roarke.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writers:Michael Fisher, Arthur Rowe

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  11. Fantasy Island Season 5 Episode 16 - The Challenge / A Genie Named Joe
    7.6/10(71 votes)

    S5:E16

    In ""The Challenge"" Douglas Picard, the richest man in the world comes to the Island with specific intentions of claiming it for his own. And in ""A Genie Named Joe"" Rebecca Walters a florist wishes to meet and marry the man of her dreams and ends up encountering a two-thousand-year-old genie instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 20 - What's the Matter with Kids? / Island of Horrors
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    S6:E20

    In ""What's the Matter with Kids?"" a famous writer of children's books wishes to spend the day with the perfect child. And in ""Island of Horrors"" a woman goes to the ""Island of Horrors"" to find her missing fiancee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Sevareid

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  13. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 16 - Eternal Flame / A Date with Burt
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    S6:E16

    In ""Eternal Flame"" a couple search for the fountain of youth. And in ""A Date with Burt"" a file clerk from Salem, Oregon wishes to have a date with a movie star.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fantasy Island Season 7 Episode 18 - Mermaid and the Matchmaker / The Obsolete Man
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    S7:E18

    In ""Mermaid and the Matchmaker"" the mermaid, Nyah asks Mr. Roarke to end her immortality, but upon Mr. Roarke's refusal to do so she threatens to seek revenge on him and Fantasy Island. And in ""The Obsolete Man"" young man who may be replaced at his job by a computer, wants to feel like his life has a purpose once again.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writers:Don Ingalls, Joanne Pagliaro

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  15. Fantasy Island Season 3 Episode 11 - The Mermaid / The Victim
    7.5/10(122 votes)

    S3:E11

    In "The Mermaid" a marine biologist Professor DeHaven must chose between his infatuation with a mermaid and the love for his wife. And in "The Victim" a Julie Brett fails to heed Mr. Roarke's warning and finds herself kidnapped by a man who forces women to be his prostitutes.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writers:Ron Friedman, Jon Sevorg

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  16. Fantasy Island Season 5 Episode 2 - The Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    S5:E2

    In ""The Devil and Mr. Roarke"" Mephistopheles, the devil himself has come with a very specific purpose in mind -- to capture the immortal soul of Mr. Roarke. In ""Ziegfeld Girls"" two ex-showgirls wish to return to their youth when they were Ziegfeld Girls. And in ""Kid Corey Rides Again"" Ned Plummer who is enamored with the outlaws of the old west wishes to go back in time to ride with one of the legendary and deadly lawbreakers of that era.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fantasy Island Season 4 Episode 5 - The Love Doctor / The Pleasure Palace / Possessed
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    S4:E5

    In ""The Love Doctor"" movie actress Kim Holland seeks to become anonymous for the weekend and finds the Love Doctor instead. In ""The Pleasure Palace"" Gordon Hughes' attitude about his life is dramatically altered when he travels back to find his ""roots"" circa San Francisco 1906. And in ""Possessed"" a very worried mother brings her suddenly cold and very changed little girl to Mr. Roarke for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Fantasy Island Season 3 Episode 21 - Jungle Man / Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate
    7.5/10(87 votes)

    S3:E21

    In ""Jungle Man"" David Farley an actor who's life has been centered on the television character ""Jungle Man"" he created wishes to have one last adventure in that role before it's taken from him. In ""Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate"" Mary Ann Karlen a ventriloquist wishes to rid herself of the tormenting split personality she shares with her puppet, Miss Sophisticate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fantasy Island Season 3 Episode 17 - Playgirl / Smith's Valhalla
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    S3:E17

    In ""Playgirl"" beautiful former centerfold model Erica Clark wishes to turn the tables and treat men as sexual objects. And in ""Smith's Valhalla"" Jason Smith wishes to become a war hero and lead a team of soldiers on a daring commando raid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fantasy Island Season 4 Episode 8 - Crescendo / Three Feathers
    7.5/10(82 votes)

    S4:E8

    In ""Crescendo"" singing star Susan Lohman hopes for romance with the brilliant composer of her songs. Not knowing that the mysterious and elusive composer is cursed her hopes are shockingly dashed when they meet. And in ""Three Feathers"" Alan Colshaw is unjustly accused of cowardice, having abandoned his three flight mates in the crash and disappearing. Not knowing what happened to him, he is in desperate need to exonerate himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 6 - The Beautiful Skeptic / The Lost Platoon
    7.5/10(72 votes)

    S6:E6

    In ""The Beautiful Skeptic"" a female reporter comes to the Island to prove it's a fraud. And in ""The Lost Platoon"" a man goes back to World War II to prove his brother was not a coward and was never engaged in black marketeering.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fantasy Island Season 7 Episode 2 - The Big Switch / The Hooker's Holiday
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    S7:E2

    In ""The Big Switch"" a wife wishes for her husband to experience what it is like to be a woman. And in ""The Hooker's Holiday"" a woman of the evening wishes for a normal life with love and romance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 12 - The Tallowed Image / Room and Bard
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    S6:E12

    In ""The Tallowed Image"" a track coach from Vermont wishes to overcome his emotional fears by pursuing a beautiful older woman. And in ""Room and Bard"" an actress comes to the Island to appear in an original Shakespearean play.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fantasy Island Season 7 Episode 19 - Lost and Found / Dick Turpin's Last Ride
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    S7:E19

    In ""Lost and Found"" a woman's fantasy is to start a new life with a new man, since she has just found out her man is unfaithful. And in ""Dick Turpin's Last Ride"" a CPA's fantasy is to become famous outlaw, Dick Turpin. When he gets his wish, he gets far more then he expected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fantasy Island Season 6 Episode 19 - Edward / Extraordinary Miss Jones
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    S6:E19

    In ""Edward"" a successful man comes to the Island to restore his acquaintance with his ex-wife and son. And in ""Extraordinary Miss Jones"" Melanie Jones has a terminal blood disorder and she wishes to make a scientific contribution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Devil and Mandy Breem / Instant Millionaire" is the best rated episode of Fantasy Island. It scored 8.0/10 from 99 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 25, 1980. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "House of Dolls / Wuthering Heights".

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