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The Best Episodes of Gilligan's Island

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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 hit stormy weather.

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    Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 3 - Pass the Vegetables, Please
    8.2/10(292 votes)

    #1 - Pass the Vegetables, Please

    S3:E3

    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:Unknown

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  2. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 4 - The Producer
    8.1/10(344 votes)

    #2 - The Producer

    S3:E4

    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
    Writers:Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso

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  3. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 1 - Up at Bat
    7.9/10(290 votes)

    #3 - Up at Bat

    S3:E1

    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:Unknown

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  4. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 13 - And Then There Were None
    7.8/10(242 votes)

    #4 - And Then There Were None

    S3:E13

    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:Unknown

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  5. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 11 - The Invasion
    7.7/10(235 votes)

    #5 - The Invasion

    S3:E11

    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

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  6. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 5 - Voodoo
    7.6/10(242 votes)

    #6 - Voodoo

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 6 - Where There's a Will
    7.6/10(230 votes)

    #7 - Where There's a Will

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 24 - The Second Ginger Grant
    7.5/10(261 votes)

    #8 - The Second Ginger Grant

    S3:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 8 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
    7.3/10(223 votes)

    #9 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    S3:E8

    Gilligan wakes up with white hair, and thinks he overhears the Professor say that he has a rare disease that has made him age quickly (the disease? ""follicular albinism""). When Mrs. Howell attempts to fix the problem by dyeing Gilligan's hair brown, the dye causes his hair to fall out. A classic line occurred as the other Castaways tried to act as though they don't notice Gilligan's baldness … Mrs. Howell's famous breakfast order: ""I think I'll have a hard-bald egg."" Later, the Skipper exhibits the same symptoms. The Professor determines the problems are caused by the crude bleach that Gilligan and the Skipper have been using while washing the castaways clothing.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 18 - The Hunter
    7.3/10(268 votes)

    #10 - The Hunter

    S3:E18

    Famous big-game hunter Jonathan Kincaid and his assistant, Ramoo land on the island in search of new game to hunt. Since they have hunted just about every kind of animal on earth, they then decide that the ultimate challenge would be to hunt a human. After much debate, they choose Gilligan as their target, and state that if Gilligan can stay alive for 24 hours, they will rescue the castaways. After Gilligan manages to outwit and outrun the armed hunters for 24 hours, Kincaid does not uphold his promise of rescue for fear they will report him to the authorities.

    Director:Leslie Goodwins
    Writer:Ben Gershman

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  11. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 23 - High Man on the Totem Pole
    7.3/10(235 votes)

    #11 - High Man on the Totem Pole

    S3:E23

    Gilligan and the Skipper find an ancient Kupaki totem pole which is topped with a head that looks just like Gilligan. When fierce Kupaki headhunters come to the island, Gilligan must convince them that he is their ""mashuka"" or sacred ancestor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 25 - The Secret of Gilligan's Island
    7.3/10(226 votes)

    #12 - The Secret of Gilligan's Island

    S3:E25

    Gilligan discovers some ancient stone tablets that the Professor thinks may contain the secret of getting them off the island. That night, Gilligan dreams that he is a caveman chiseling a story on a stone tablet three million years ago.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 29 - Bang! Bang! Bang!
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #13 - Bang! Bang! Bang!

    S3:E29

    A crate that washes ashore contains a top secret plastic explosive developed by the US Government. The Castaways make use of the plastic in a variety of objects, including nails for the Skipper, dishes for Mary Ann, jewelry for Ginger, golf balls for Mr. Howell, and even fillings for Gilligan's teeth, unaware that once hardened it becomes a dangerous explosive which will detonate on impact!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 2 - Gilligan vs. Gilligan
    7.2/10(236 votes)

    #14 - Gilligan vs. Gilligan

    S3:E2

    Gilligan meets his double, a foreign spy who has undergone plastic surgery in order to look like Gilligan (why, we're not sure!). Gilligan gets in lots of trouble as his double steals Mary Ann's pies, etc . . ..

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  15. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 10 - Topsy-Turvy
    7.2/10(229 votes)

    #15 - Topsy-Turvy

    S3:E10

    Gilligan bumps his head and suddenly sees everything upside down. The Professor tries to help by brewing an antidote made of keptibora berry extract, but the antidote causes Gilligan to see double. After consuming more juice, he sees four of everything. Meanwhile, the island is invaded by three headhunters who slowly capture all of the other castaways. Gilligan saves the day by serving the headhunters lots and lots of keptibora berry extract, which causes them to see ""hundreds"" of castaways running toward them!

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 17 - Court-Martial
    7.2/10(223 votes)

    #16 - Court-Martial

    S3:E17

    The Castaways hear on the radio that the Maritime Board of Inquiry has blamed the Skipper for the Minnow crash. In an attempt to disprove the board's verdict, they reenact the shipwreck themselves, only to find out that the cause appears to be Gilligan's ineptness. Later, a radio update reports that the Board of Inquiry has cleared the Skipper of the charges, as the Weather Service mistakenly read the wrong forecast that morning causing the crew to be unaware of the impending storms.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 9 - Ring Around Gilligan
    7.1/10(239 votes)

    #17 - Ring Around Gilligan

    S3:E9

    A mad scientist lands on the island, and makes the castaways work for him through the use of rings that, when placed on their fingers, cause them to fall under a hypnotic trance. What are his evil plans? To use the hypnotized castaways to rob Fort Knox!

    Director:George Cahan
    Writer:John Fenton Murray

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  18. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 15 - Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
    7.1/10(221 votes)

    #18 - Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho

    S3:E15

    Gilligan is made a deputy sheriff, and begins to take his job too seriously. He ends up locking everyone up in a make-shift jail, including himself! Of course, while the castaways are locked up tight, another potential rescue plane flies over the island.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 21 - Gilligan's Personal Magnetism
    7.1/10(226 votes)

    #19 - Gilligan's Personal Magnetism

    S3:E21

    Lightning strikes Gilligan during Skipper and Gilligan's bowling tournament, and his stone bowling ball becomes molecularly attached to him. The Professor tries to help Gilligan, but ends up causing him to become invisible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 22 - Splashdown
    7.1/10(218 votes)

    #20 - Splashdown

    S3:E22

    The Professor determines that a manned space craft will pass over the island, and attempts to fashion a telegraph machine. When that fails, the Castaways try to spell out SOS using burning logs as a rescue signal, but Gilligan catches fire and runs into the logs, causing them to spell out SOL, the name of one of the astronauts! Blooper watch: as Gilligan is lighting the logs, you can see his pants smoking before he backs up into the flaming logs!

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 26 - Slave Girl
    7.1/10(246 votes)

    #21 - Slave Girl

    S3:E26

    After Gilligan saves a beautiful native girl from drowning, she vows to be his slave forever. Later, her ex-boyfriend comes to the island and challenges Gilligan to a duel to the death. The Professor concocts a drug to cause Gilligan to fall into a catatonic state, so that the natives will think he is dead, but they then insist on a native funeral . . . by burning the body!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Fessier

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  22. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 9 - The Big Gold Strike
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Big Gold Strike

    S1:E9

    Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island. He then hires Gilligan to work in the mine. When gold fever strikes the castaways and Mr. Howell is unwilling to share the gold, they begin to charge outlandish prices for the supplies and food that Mr. Howell needs. When the professor repairs the life raft from the Minnow, they all climb in hoping to reach civilization. However, the combined weight of the gold that everyone smuggles on-board the raft causes it to sink. Another rescue foiled!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 29 - Three to Get Ready
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Three to Get Ready

    S1:E29

    The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown. The professor, of course, insists it is just superstition. Two gallons of ice cream later, Gilligan has only one wish left.....and the sun is going down!

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 27 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane
    7.0/10(228 votes)

    #24 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane

    S3:E27

    A U.S. Air Force jetpack washes ashore in the lagoon. After close inspection of the jetpack, the Professor determines that the tanks contain just enough fuel to carry Gilligan to Hawaii. However, that determination was made before Gilligan wasted most of the fuel while proceeding to goof-up several attempts to be discovered and rescued. While flying the jetpack near where Navy search vessels are reported to be lurking, Gilligan is so scared by a radio report of an ""Unidentified Flying Object in the area"" that he blasts higher and hides in a cloud, not realizing that the UFO the Navy ships see is actually him with the jetpack!

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Sam Locke

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  25. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 28 - The Pigeon
    7.0/10(233 votes)

    #25 - The Pigeon

    S3:E28

    The Professor sees the arrival of a homing pigeon on the island as an opportunity to be rescued, and immediately begins to feed it a special diet designed to strengthen it so that it can fly again. In an attempt to speed the recovery time, the other Castaways also feed the pigeon, causing it to become too fat to fly. The pigeon is also trapped for a short while in a cave by a ""deadly six-foot black morning spider.""

    Director:Michael Kane
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pass the Vegetables, Please" is the best rated episode of "Gilligan's Island". It scored 8.2/10 based on 292 votes. Directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1966. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Producer".