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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!

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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 1 Episode 9 - The Big Gold Strike
    7.0/10(2 votes)

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

    #2 - 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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  3. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 5 - Voodoo
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 1 - Two on a Raft
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Two on a Raft

    S1:E1

    The shipwrecked castaways awaken to find themselves marooned on an uncharted island, so Gilligan and Skipper set out on a flimsy raft to find civilization.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 2 - Home Sweet Hut
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Home Sweet Hut

    S1:E2

    A hurricane is coming, so the Castaways must quickly build one large community hut in which to weather the storm. However, they soon get on each-others nerves, so they later decide to branch out and build individual huts.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 3 - Voodoo Something To Me
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Voodoo Something To Me

    S1:E3

    The Skipper fears that the island is full of 'voodoo' when he thinks that Gilligan has been turned into a monkey.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 4 - Goodnight Sweet Skipper
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Goodnight Sweet Skipper

    S1:E4

    The castaways hear on the radio that a plane is going to be flying over their island, but they will be unable to contact them because their transmitter is broken. Gilligan overhears the Skipper dreaming about repairing a transmitter as he sleeps. The Skipper is unable to remember how he fixed the transmitter from his Navy days, so he attempts to have the dream again, but is unable to fall asleep. Each castaway attempts to help by sneaking two tranquilizers into Skippers mango juice. When Gilligan hits the transmitter out of frustration, it suddenly works! However, when he hits it again in an effort to show the other castaways how he fixed it, it falls completely apart just as the plane flies overhead.

    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 6 - President Gilligan
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - President Gilligan

    S1:E6

    The castaways decide that they need someone to be the leader on the island, and so they hold elections. As you might imagine, both Mr. Howell and the Skipper imagine themselves to be the natural choice to lead the Castaways in their island society. However, when the votes are counted Gilligan is elected president of the island! Just as we recently learned in Florida, every vote counts!

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 7 - The Sound of Quacking
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Sound of Quacking

    S1:E7

    The Castaways are faced with running out of food, when a blight threatens to destroy many of their plants. When Gilligan finds a duck in the lagoon, a difficult decision must be made. Should they eat the duck, or tie a rescue note to it and let it fly away?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 8 - Goodbye Island
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Goodbye Island

    S1:E8

    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

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  11. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 10 - Waiting For Watubi
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Waiting For Watubi

    S1:E10

    While digging, the Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God. He then believes a curse has fallen on him for disturbing the resting-place of Watubi, and that his days are numbered. Gilligan dresses up as Watubi, and performs a special ritual dance that the Skipper believes will lift the curse. It is an earth-shaking experience!

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 12 - Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk

    S1:E12

    During Christmas, the Castaways get homesick and remember the first day they were shipwrecked. When Santa Claus "appears" on the island, many suspect he is the Skipper in costume. However, just as Santa departs while wishing the Castaways a Merry Christmas, the Skipper appears from the other direction.

    Director:Rod Amateau
    Writers:Sherwood Schwartz, Austin Kalish, Elroy Schwartz

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  13. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 13 - Three Million Dollars More or Less
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Three Million Dollars More or Less

    S1:E13

    Mr. Howell loses $3 million to Gilligan in a golfing contest. Mr. Howell then tricks Gilligan into trading for a worthless oil well that he owns. When the radio announces that the oil well is a gusher, Mr. Howell sets his sights on winning it back. However, just as he succeeds in winning it back, the radio announces that the gusher was a mistake!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 14 - Water, Water Everywhere
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Water, Water Everywhere

    S1:E14

    Talk about a painful irony: though surrounded by water, the Castaways suddenly discover that their supply of fresh drinking water is running out. When they pool all available drinking water together and decide to ration it, they discover that they will each receive only a few drops per day. Of course, most of the castaways sneak water from the community supply when Gilligan is standing watch, but return it when the Skipper catches them. Just when all seems lost, Gilligan saves the day!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 16 - Plant You Now, Dig You Later
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Plant You Now, Dig You Later

    S1:E16

    While working for Mr. Howell, Gilligan unearths a chest. The castaways think it must contain a pirate's treasure. When ownership of the chest is disputed, the case goes to court, with the Professor presiding as judge.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Oliver Crawford

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  16. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 20 - St. Gilligan and the Dragon
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - St. Gilligan and the Dragon

    S1:E20

    Angry because the men haven't kept their promise to build them private houses, the women decide to move to the other side of the island in protest. Gilligan and the Skipper dress as a monster, in an attempt to frighten the girls and cause them to come running back.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 23 - How To Be a Hero
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - How To Be a Hero

    S1:E23

    After Gilligan is unable to save Mary Ann from drowning in the lagoon, the Skipper must jump in and rescue both of them. The Castaways then devise schemes to boost Gilligan's ego, and help him feel like a hero.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 28 - They're Off and Running
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - They're Off and Running

    S1:E28

    Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races. Even when he feels bad and switches the turtles so that Skipper will finally win, he still wins!

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 31 - Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?

    S1:E31

    The Castaways discover that Gilligan has been keeping a secret diary. When they read it, they all seem to disagree with how certain events unfolded and tell their side of the story.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 32 - Physical Fatness
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Physical Fatness

    S1:E32

    Gilligan and the Skipper plan to join the Navy when they are rescued. However, when weighing themselves, they discover that Gilligan must gain weight, while the Skipper must diet.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 35 - My Fair Gilligan
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - My Fair Gilligan

    S1:E35

    After Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life, Mr. Howell decides to make him his son. He immediately puts Gilligan through basic training to be a millionaire's socialite son (dream sequence), changing the way he walks, talks and dresses. However, Gilligan and the rest of the castaways miss the "old Gilligan."

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  22. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 36 - A Nose By Any Other Name
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - A Nose By Any Other Name

    S1:E36

    A fall from a coconut tree gives Gilligan an inflated nose and a deflated ego. When Gilligan decides he wants the Professor to perform plastic surgery on his nose, the Professor pretends to perform the surgery, and instead, relies on the recuperation time behind the bandages to allow the swelling to go down. When the bandages are finally removed, Gilligan decides he is happy with his old nose!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 6 - Quick Before It Sinks
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Quick Before It Sinks

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 8 - Agonized Labor
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Agonized Labor

    S2:E8

    Gilligan and the Skipper hear a radio broadcast telling of the collapse of the Howell financial empire. The castaways attempt to help them develop skills in order to compete in the working world.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 10 - Hi-Fi Gilligan
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Hi-Fi Gilligan

    S2:E10

    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
    Writers:Mary C. McCall, Jr.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Big Gold Strike" is the best rated episode of "Gilligan's Island". It scored 7/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/28/1964. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Three to Get Ready".