8.2/10370 votesLoading...#1 - Don't Bug the Mosquitoes
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1965
A popular American singing group, the Mosquitoes (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving), land on the island hoping for some quiet and relaxation on a deserted island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10281 votesLoading...#2 - The Friendly Physician
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/7/1966
A mad scientist lands on the island and takes the Castaways to his castle . . . on a nearby island . . . to perform experiments on them.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
8.1/10267 votesLoading...#3 - Pass the Vegetables, Please
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1966
Gilligan finds a crate of radioactive vegetable seeds. The plants grow quickly and grossly misshapen, but the Castaways are so hungry for new items in their diet that they consume them quickly. The plants, when eaten, give the castaways super-human powers. Of course, after he realizes that the vegetables are radioactive, the Professor saves the day by making a homemade soup to absorb the radioactivity.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
8.1/10321 votesLoading...#4 - The Producer
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966
Famous Hollywood director Herald Hecuba lands on the island during his world-wide talent search. The castaways put on a musical version of Hamlet in order to impress the director, with hopes that he will take them back to Hollywood when he leaves.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.9/10263 votesLoading...#5 - Up at Bat
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
Gilligan is bitten by a bat, and then dreams that he has turned into a vampire. Fortunately the Professor knows about bats (what DOESN'T he know about?!), and is able to identify the bat that bit Gilligan as a common red fruit bat, rather than a vampire bat.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
7.8/10245 votesLoading...#6 - Seer Gilligan
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1966
Gilligan discovers an island bush that produces seeds which, when eaten, give a person the ability to read the minds of others. This leads to disaster when everyone insults each other through their honesty and thoughts.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
7.7/10243 votesLoading...#7 - Hi-Fi Gilligan
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1965
Gilligan's mouth becomes a radio after he is accidentally hit on the head. When their regular radio is broken, Gilligan becomes their sole source of information on the approaching typhoon.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Mary C. McCall, Jr.
7.7/10223 votesLoading...#8 - And Then There Were None
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1966
One by one, all of the Castaways mysteriously disappear. Gilligan then dreams that he is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the end, Gilligan rescues them from the hidden World War II munitions pit that they have all fallen into.
Director: Jerry Hopper
Writer: N/A
7.6/10239 votesLoading...#9 - Not Guilty
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1966
A crate containing coconuts is wrapped in an old Honolulu newspaper that read that one of the Castaways are being sought in a murder investigation. The castaways become suspicious of each other and decide to recreate the events of the night before they sailed, in order to solve the Randolph Blake murder case.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10218 votesLoading...#10 - Voodoo
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
A witch doctor makes voodoo dolls from the Castaways' personal objects, which he has stolen from their huts. Gilligan stumbles upon the hidden voodoo dolls and brings them back to the Castaways. He then fashions a voodoo doll in the likeness of the witch doctor, to fight fire with fire! Even though the Professor was turned into a motionless zombie for a short time, he refuses to acknowledge a scientific acceptance of voodoo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10215 votesLoading...#11 - The Invasion
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1966
While fishing, Gilligan and the Skipper reel in a briefcase, stamped with the words ""Property of the U.S. Government."" Everyone believes that the case contains top secret government material. Gilligan accidentally handcuffs the briefcase to his wrist, and has a wild dream about secret agents, evil enemy spies, and deadly spy games!
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: Sam Locke
7.5/10255 votesLoading...#12 - Ghost a Go-Go
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/1966
A ghost appears on the island and tries to scare the Castaways off. The castaways turn the tables by dressing in sheets and roaming around the island to scare the visitors off the island.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
7.5/10233 votesLoading...#13 - Meet the Meteor
Season 2 Episode 32 - Aired 4/28/1966
A huge meteor lands on the island, causing everything nearby to age very rapidly. The Professor determines the rapid aging is being caused by strong cosmic rays (he makes this determination by using his bamboo Geiger counter!).
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
7.5/10208 votesLoading...#14 - Where There's a Will
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1966
Mr. Howell revises his will, and leaves a large chunk of his estate to each castaway. They decide to throw him a party to show their appreciation, but when he overhears them talking about which one of them is going to have to ""cut the pigs throat"" he thinks they are planning to kill him in order to collect their inheritance. Later, he discovers that they have actually trapped a wild boar in an effort to serve him bar-b-que spareribs as a surprise.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10242 votesLoading...#15 - The Second Ginger Grant
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/6/1967
Mary Ann falls backwards while watching Ginger perform on stage, and, when she awakens, she thinks that she is Ginger. Meanwhile, Gilligan accidentally watches as the Professor attempts to hypnotize Mary Ann, and thus he begins to think that he is Mary Ann.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10286 votesLoading...#16 - Goodbye Island
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1964
Gilligan discovers a special tree sap that can be used to make a good tasting pancake syrup. Then the professor discovers that the same tree sap also makes a super glue, that may allow the castaways to repair the Minnow. Could it be that the Castaways may finally escape from the island?
Director: John Rich
Writer: Burt Styler
7.4/10253 votesLoading...#17 - Smile, You're on Mars Camera
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1965
A NASA satellite with a TV camera, accidentally lands on the island instead of the intended target: Mars. The castaways try to communicate their S.O.S. when the camera is operational. However, with the help of a Gilligan goof-up, the castaways are covered with glue and feathers, and the NASA scientists mistakenly believe they are seeing the first proof of life on Mars.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Al Schwartz
7.4/10221 votesLoading...#18 - Quick Before It Sinks
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1965
The Professor thinks that the island is sinking, which causes the Castaways to panic. As it turns out, Gilligan has mistakenly moved the Professor's measuring stick, so the panic was a false alarm.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10253 votesLoading...#19 - Castaways Pictures Presents
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1965
The Castaways make a silent movie in the hopes that it will be discovered by someone who will rescue them.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
7.4/10204 votesLoading...#20 - Operation: Steam Heat
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1966
Hot water spurting from beneath the island pleases the castaways as they can now have hot water piped to their huts. However, the hot water also concerns the professor since it means that increased volcanic activity may be imminent. The Professor saves the day by making a bomb from ingredients found on the island (of course!) to spike the volcano.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10325 votesLoading...#22 - Wrongway Feldman
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1964
When Gilligan finds an old airplane hidden in the jungle, the Castaways discover a long-forgotten aviator living on the island.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.3/10247 votesLoading...#23 - Beauty Is As Beauty Does
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1965
Gilligan suggests a beauty contest to decide which of the three women will become "Ms. Castaway." Mr. Howell attempts to sabotage the other contestants by spreading glue on the stage before Mary Ann's big dance scene, and by shooting spit-wads at Ginger while she performs. The Professor blows pepper at the stage when it is Mrs. Howell's turn. Then, when all the competitions are complete, the final decision rests with the judge.....Gilligan!
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: Joanna Lee
7.3/10214 votesLoading...#24 - Gilligan Gets Bugged
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1965
Gilligan's thinks he is doomed after being bitten by a yellow and green bug. Soon, the other castaways are also bitten by the same bug.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.3/10232 votesLoading...#25 - You've Been Disconnected
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1966
A storm washes up a Trans-continental telephone cable up into the lagoon. Once again the Castaways are given hope for a rescue, as the Professor manages to break into the cable and rig up a telephone so they can dial out for help.
Director: Jack Arnold
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Gilligan's Island
Every episode of Gilligan's Island ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Gilligan's Island!
The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Don't Bug the Mosquitoes" is the best rated episode of "Gilligan's Island". It scored 8.2/10 based on 370 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/9/1965. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Friendly Physician".
