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The Best Episodes of Flipper Season 1

Every episode of Flipper Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Flipper Season 1!

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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 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Flipper Season 1 Episode 1 - 300 Feet Below
    6.9/10(81 votes)

    #1 - 300 Feet Below

    S1:E1

    Dr Phil Harmon is attacked by a shark. He radios to bring a rare blood type that can save his life.

    Directors:Leon Benson, Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Flipper Season 1 Episode 2 - The Red Hot Car
    6.7/10(57 votes)

    #2 - The Red Hot Car

    S1:E2

    The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Flipper Season 1 Episode 3 - SOS Dolphin
    6.4/10(52 votes)

    #3 - SOS Dolphin

    S1:E3

    Flipper comes to the rescue when a submarine gets caught on the bottom of the ocean, trapping its occupant who is fast running out of air.

    Directors:Hollingsworth Morse, Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Flipper Season 1 Episode 4 - The Gulf Between
    6.4/10(51 votes)

    #4 - The Gulf Between

    S1:E4

    Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Flipper Season 1 Episode 5 - City Boy
    6.8/10(51 votes)

    #5 - City Boy

    S1:E5

    City boy, Mike Beldon arrives in Corel Key with a huge chip on his shoulder about his mother's new husband. However, a near death accident helps him see his new step-father in a different light.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  6. Flipper Season 1 Episode 6 - Dolphin for Sale
    6.6/10(46 votes)

    #6 - Dolphin for Sale

    S1:E6

    Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Flipper Season 1 Episode 7 - Not Necessarily Gospel
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #7 - Not Necessarily Gospel

    S1:E7

    Porter is concerned that Bud is taking old Hap Gorman's stories too seriously and warns his son that not everything the old man tells him is true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Flipper Season 1 Episode 8 - Countdown for Flipper
    6.3/10(39 votes)

    #8 - Countdown for Flipper

    S1:E8

    Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Flipper Season 1 Episode 9 - Mr. Marvello
    6.0/10(47 votes)

    #9 - Mr. Marvello

    S1:E9

    Bud and Sandy hear Flipper say in plain English he wants to leave for London with Professor Marvello, and the professor's circus colleagues bring nets to take Flipper away.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Flipper Season 1 Episode 10 - My Brother Flipper
    6.2/10(43 votes)

    #10 - My Brother Flipper

    S1:E10

    Flipper saves the life of an old Greek sponge poacher in the preserve, but Bud and Sandy tell Po of his illegal activities.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Flipper Season 1 Episode 11 - The Second Time Around
    6.8/10(47 votes)

    #11 - The Second Time Around

    S1:E11

    Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Orville H. Hampton

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  12. Flipper Season 1 Episode 12 - Lady and the Dolphin (1)
    6.7/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Lady and the Dolphin (1)

    S1:E12

    Despite their best attempts to impress a visiting Congress woman, Porter and the boys are devastated to learn that she plans to close the park.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Orville H. Hampton

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  13. Flipper Season 1 Episode 13 - Lady and the Dolphin (2)
    6.7/10(43 votes)

    #13 - Lady and the Dolphin (2)

    S1:E13

    In a last ditch attempt to convince Congress woman Helen Browning that she should use government funding to keep the Park open, Sandy and Bud take her skin-diving.

    Director:Ricou Browning
    Writer:Orville H. Hampton

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  14. Flipper Season 1 Episode 14 - Danger
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #14 - Danger

    S1:E14

    Bud and Sandy, on a trip with Hap Gorman to his secret fishing grounds, board an abandoned boat, not knowing that a hidden charge of dynamite is about to blow it to pieces.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Flipper Season 1 Episode 15 - The Misanthrope
    6.5/10(40 votes)

    #15 - The Misanthrope

    S1:E15

    Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writers:Lee Erwin, Alan Caillou

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  16. Flipper Season 1 Episode 16 - Flipper's Bank Account
    6.6/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Flipper's Bank Account

    S1:E16

    When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumours about Spanish Treausures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Flipper Season 1 Episode 17 - The Lifeguard
    6.1/10(40 votes)

    #17 - The Lifeguard

    S1:E17

    Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea.

    Directors:Frank McDonald, Ricou Browning, Ivan Tors
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Flipper Season 1 Episode 18 - The Day of the Shark
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #18 - The Day of the Shark

    S1:E18

    Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.

    Director:Ricou Browning
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Flipper Season 1 Episode 19 - Love and Sandy
    6.2/10(42 votes)

    #19 - Love and Sandy

    S1:E19

    Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo.

    Director:Ricou Browning
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Flipper Season 1 Episode 20 - Money to Blow
    6.0/10(41 votes)

    #20 - Money to Blow

    S1:E20

    Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck.

    Director:Ricou Browning
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Flipper Season 1 Episode 21 - Flipper's Treasure
    6.1/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Flipper's Treasure

    S1:E21

    Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship hidden on a nearby island.

    Director:Marshall Thompson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Flipper Season 1 Episode 22 - The White Dolphin
    6.6/10(39 votes)

    #22 - The White Dolphin

    S1:E22

    Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.

    Director:Marshall Thompson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Flipper Season 1 Episode 23 - Teamwork
    6.2/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Teamwork

    S1:E23

    While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying out an underwater investigation.

    Director:Marshall Thompson
    Writer:Orville H. Hampton

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  24. Flipper Season 1 Episode 24 - Flipper and the Elephant (1)
    6.0/10(36 votes)

    #24 - Flipper and the Elephant (1)

    S1:E24

    Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.

    Director:Andrew Marton
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Flipper Season 1 Episode 25 - Flipper and the Elephant (2)
    6.3/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Flipper and the Elephant (2)

    S1:E25

    In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee.

    Director:Andrew Marton
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"300 Feet Below" is the best rated episode of "Flipper" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by Leon Benson, Hollingsworth Morse and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1964. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Red Hot Car".