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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!

The Best Episodes of Flipper Season 1

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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  1. Background image for 300 Feet Below
    6.9/10(69 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.

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  2. Background image for The Red Hot Car
    6.6/10(51 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.

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    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for SOS Dolphin
    6.2/10(47 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.

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  4. Background image for The Gulf Between
    6.5/10(46 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.

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  5. Background image for City Boy
    6.6/10(46 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin
  6. Background image for Dolphin for Sale
    6.5/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Dolphin for Sale

    S1:E6

    Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.

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    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Not Necessarily Gospel
    6.6/10(41 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Countdown for Flipper
    6.2/10(36 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Mr. Marvello
    6.0/10(44 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for My Brother Flipper
    6.1/10(41 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.

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    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Second Time Around
    6.7/10(43 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.

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  13. Background image for Lady and the Dolphin (1)
    6.7/10(40 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.

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    6.7/10(41 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.

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  15. Background image for Danger
    6.4/10(40 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.

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  16. Background image for The Misanthrope
    6.5/10(38 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.

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  17. Background image for Flipper's Bank Account
    6.5/10(38 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.

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  18. Background image for The Lifeguard
    6.0/10(37 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.

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  19. Background image for The Day of the Shark
    6.3/10(39 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Love and Sandy
    6.3/10(40 votes)

    #19 - Love and Sandy

    S1:E19

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Money to Blow
    5.8/10(37 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Flipper's Treasure
    6.0/10(35 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The White Dolphin
    6.6/10(36 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Teamwork
    6.2/10(36 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.

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  25. Background image for Flipper and the Elephant (1)
    6.2/10(33 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.

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    Director:Andrew Marton
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Flipper and the Elephant (2)
    6.5/10(34 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.

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    Director:Andrew Marton
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"300 Feet Below" is the best rated episode of "Flipper" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Leon Benson, Hollingsworth Morse and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1964. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Red Hot Car".