8.3/1030 votesLoading...#1 - Coral Fever
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1965
Ranger Ricks is knocked unconscious by an underwater explosion while tracking down a coral poacher.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: Orville H. Hampton
8.2/1022 votesLoading...#2 - Flipper's Island
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1966
Bud and Sandy run into gun smugglers while camping alone on an uncharted island.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: N/A
8.0/1025 votesLoading...#3 - Flipper and the Seal
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1967
A 20 year-old young man is accused of stealing mollusks from an area of the park that Porter Ricks has been doing experiments in.With the help of Flipper and Bud's picture,a seal is caught as the real thief.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1023 votesLoading...#4 - The Warning
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1966
After witnessing all the marine animals fleeing the area, Bud and Sandy alert the local folk of a hurricane headed their way, despite their father's instructions and a clear weather forecast. No such hurricane eventuates and believing they have wasted time and money in securing their boats, the towns people look to Porter for compensation. It is only after a tidal wave hits that everyone in the town is grateful to Flipper and the boys for the warning.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.8/1023 votesLoading...#5 - Cupid Flipper
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1966
After Sandy's girlfriend shows more interest in Porter than Sandy, Flipper works as cupid to bring the two teen lovebirds back together.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.7/1030 votesLoading...#6 - Dolphin in Pursuit (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1965
In the conclusion of a two-part adventure, Flipper tows Porter Ricks to his stolen launch, where he finds that the thief has imprisoned Ulla and stolen her submarine.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1026 votesLoading...#7 - A Job for Sandy
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1965
Flipper fights to save Sandy's life and the lives of a film crew when he discovers a power leak in an underwater electric cable.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1027 votesLoading...#8 - Flipper and the Puppy
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1966
Flipper and Bud come to the rescue of a puppy left stranded on an island after falling of his owner's boat.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.7/1023 votesLoading...#9 - The Firing Line (1)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1967
Porter leaves Sandy and Bud in charge while he goes to take care of some business for the day. He even tells them that they can open his mail when it comes. They do as instructed, only to find a check that says "termination pay" on it. Bud and Sandy are distressed about having to leave Coral Key, so they set out to find their father a job. You wouldn't think they could get into any trouble but...
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.6/1025 votesLoading...#10 - Shark Hunt
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1965
A school of killer sharks attack Flipper after he saves a swimmer and leads Porter Ricks and Sandy in a hunt for the deadly fish.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1024 votesLoading...#11 - Flipper and the Shark Cage
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/5/1966
A well meaning Bud skips his chores to go off in search of a way to earn some money for a birthday present for his Dad.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: Leonard B. Kaufman
7.6/1022 votesLoading...#12 - Deep Waters
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/2/1966
When Porter dives into the depths with Ulla in her submarine for a survey of the ocean floor, the tiny craft snaps its propeller on the rocky coral stranding them under 50 metres of water.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.6/1022 votesLoading...#13 - Executive Bud
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1966
Bud gets himself into trouble when he plays Executive, hiring his friends to do the jobs he's being paid for. He learns a valuable lesson in business when things go wrong and it takes a greater effort to organise others to do the work than it would have to do it himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1022 votesLoading...#14 - Aunt Martha
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/11/1967
Porter's Aunt Martha comes to lend a helping hand in raising the boys. Her presence puts a strain on the Ricks' when she takes over and rules everything from the boys wardrobe to Flipper's place as a member of the family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1029 votesLoading...#15 - Flipper's Hour of Peril
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1965
Flipper's natural curiosity gets him tangled up in a cable attached to a dangerous floating mine that could explode any minute.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1026 votesLoading...#16 - The Ditching (2)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1965
Flipper is the only hope of saving Sandy from drowning in a plane that crashed at sea, in the conclusion of this two part adventure.
Director: Andrew Marton, Ricou Browning
Writer: Lee Erwin
7.5/1021 votesLoading...#17 - Explosion
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1966
A friend of the Ricks' wants to earn some fast money to send his brother to school. He offers to help do some blasting by lying to the foreman, after the professional they hired is critically injured.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1019 votesLoading...#18 - Alligator Duel
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1966
Flipper's life is in danger when he becomes the unwitting star in a movie fight scene between himself and an alligator.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.5/1018 votesLoading...#19 - Flipper and the Fugitive (1)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1967
In the aftermath of a hurricane, Flipper discovers a man unconscious in his boat and tows the boat to a beach. Porter rescues the obvious bank robber and takes him back to his home, unaware of who the stranger really is.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1019 votesLoading...#20 - Flipper's New Friends (1)
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/1967
Flipper befriends a young brother and sister who have moved to Coral Quay with their widowed mother.
Director: Ricou Browning
Writer: N/A
7.4/1033 votesLoading...#21 - Dolphin in Pursuit (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1965
The Ricks', in need of some TLC, take off to a nearby island to go camping. On their way they get word that there is an escaped convict at large. Porter gets permission to continue on his vacation, but after his boat is stolen, he gets a feeling that this is no vacation. Flipper takes off in hot pursuit!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1022 votesLoading...#22 - The Ditching (1)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1965
Things take an ominous turn for Sandy and Flipper when the plane carrying them to the Bahamas crashes in the Ocean.
Director: Andrew Marton, Ricou Browning
Writer: Lee Erwin
7.4/1019 votesLoading...#23 - Flipper and the Fugitive (2)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1967
After returning home to find a fugitive holding Porter and Sandy hostage, Bud sends Flipper for help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1019 votesLoading...#24 - Dolphins Don't Sleep
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1967
The boys rush to find Flipper when he drifts to the bottom of the ocean after being hit by a tranquilizer dart.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1024 votesLoading...#25 - Flipper and the Mermaid
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1965
Flipper rescues a lady oceanographer from a barracuda and finds a permanent new friend as Ulla Norstrand joins the adventures of the Ricks family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Flipper
Every episode of Flipper ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Flipper!
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April...
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Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Coral Fever" is the best rated episode of "Flipper". It scored 8.3/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Ricou Browning and written by Orville H. Hampton, it aired on 10/16/1965. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Flipper's Island".