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The Worst 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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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 15 - So Sorry, My Island Now
    3.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - So Sorry, My Island Now

    S1:E15

    The Castaways are captured by a Japanese sailor who thinks that WWII never ended. When the other castaways are captured, it is up to Gilligan to save them.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:David P. Harmon

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  2. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 15 - Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue

    S2:E15

    Erika Tiffany Smith lands on the island looking for a place to start a new resort, and a new husband.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 24 - The Second Ginger Grant
    3.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 21 - Big Man on Little Stick
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Big Man on Little Stick

    S1:E21

    Handsome surfer Duke Williams rides a giant tsunami to the island. At first, the castaways are excited as Duke thinks he will turn around and surf back to Hawaii (and send help). However, after seeing Mary Ann and Ginger, he decides he may want to stay for a while. The castaways must come up with a plan to make him want to leave for Hawaii.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Charles Tannen

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  5. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 25 - The Matchmaker
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Matchmaker

    S1:E25

    Mrs. Howell decides to engineer a romance between Gilligan and Mary Ann.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  6. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 27 - New Neighbor Sam
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - New Neighbor Sam

    S1:E27

    The Castaways overhear the voices of gangsters discussing buried treasure and threatening their lives. The voices turn out to belong to a parrot, who then leads the castaways to the "treasure" .... a box of crackers!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 1 - Gilligan's Mother-in-Law
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Gilligan's Mother-in-Law

    S2:E1

    A native family from another island comes seeking a husband for their lovely, large, robust daughter.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 2 - Beauty Is As Beauty Does
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Beauty Is As Beauty Does

    S2:E2

    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

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  9. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 7 - Castaways Pictures Presents
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Castaways Pictures Presents

    S2:E7

    The Castaways make a silent movie in the hopes that it will be discovered by someone who will rescue them.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Gilligan's Island Season 2 Episode 29 - The Friendly Physician
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Friendly Physician

    S2:E29

    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:Unknown

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  11. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 4 - The Producer
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 8 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 10 - Topsy-Turvy
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 11 - The Invasion
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 14 - All About Eva
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - All About Eva

    S3:E14

    A drab, plain-jane woman lands on the island seeking privacy. The girls give her a beauty make-over to lift her spirits, and she ends up looking like Ginger's twin. While the castaways were hoping to lift her spirits enough so that she would want to return to civilization (she has a boat, but has hidden the key), she ends up leaving them on the island and going back to Hollywood to attempt to assume Ginger Grant's movie career.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  16. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 16 - Take a Dare
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Take a Dare

    S3:E16

    George Barkley enters the ""Take a Dare Contest"". He will receive $10,000 if he can spend a week alone on an island, fending for himself. However, he is not alone on the island on which they drop him. Once again, however, rescue eludes the castaways as Mr. Barkley deduces that he can not tell anyone about the castaways without having to forfeit the $10,000 for not spending the week alone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 19 - Lovey's Secret Admirer
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Lovey's Secret Admirer

    S3:E19

    Mrs. Howell starts receiving mysterious love notes, and the source remains a mystery until Mr. Howell is caught in the act. Mrs. Howell dreams that she is Cinderella, and Gilligan is her fairy godfather. The Professor rigs up a lie detector using the ship's horn and batteries from the radio.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 20 - Our Vines Have Tender Apes
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Our Vines Have Tender Apes

    S3:E20

    An loin-cloth clad ape-man (Tongo) comes to the island, and makes off with their food and supplies. Actually, he is an out of work actor, who tries to convince the Castaways that he is a real uncivilized ape-man while studying for an upcoming role. After he cowers when confronted by a ""real"" gorilla, he leaves the island and the Castaways behind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 26 - Slave Girl
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 30 - Gilligan, the Goddess
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Gilligan, the Goddess

    S3:E30

    King Killiwani and two other natives come to the island looking for a 'White Goddess.' Ginger and Mary Ann are likely candidates, until the Castaways discover that the natives plan to take the ""White Goddess"" back to their island to marry a volcano and then be sacrificed into it. After seeing Gilligan in a wig and heels, the natives choose him as the ""White Goddess.""

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gilligan's Island Season 3 Episode 9 - Ring Around Gilligan
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 11 - Angel on the Island
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Angel on the Island

    S1:E11

    Mr. Howell decides to put on a play, starring Ginger, after she begins to suffer from home-sickness. But trouble begins when Mrs. Howell decides she wants to play the starring role.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 19 - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy

    S1:E19

    Gilligan discovers a jungle boy living on the island. He shows them a hole in the ground that causes objects to float, and the professor theorizes that it is expelling either helium or hydrogen. He immediately sets to work building a large balloon, with the hopes of carrying one of them back to civilization.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Al Schwartz

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  24. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 22 - Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend

    S1:E22

    A gorilla is enchanted by Mrs. Howell's perfume and kidnaps her. After Gilligan accidentally spills the perfume all over his shirt, the gorilla decides to release Mrs. Howell and exchange prisoners.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 30 - Forget Me Not
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Forget Me Not

    S1:E30

    The Professor tries to cure the Skipper's amnesia by hypnotizing him and taking him through time.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"So Sorry, My Island Now" is the worst rated episode of "Gilligan's Island". It scored 3/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Alan Crosland, Jr. and written by David P. Harmon, it aired on 1/9/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue".