Season 1, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/26/1964
Two on a Raft
Five people board the SS Minnow for a 3 hour tour. The shipwrecked castaways awaken to find themseleves marooned on a uncharted island. So Gilligan and the Skipper set out on a flimsy raft to find civilization.
Season 1, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/3/1964
Home Sweet Hut
A hurricane is coming, so the castaways build a hut for all, but tensions mount and soon they all build their own huts.
Season 1, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/10/1964
Voodoo Something To Me
Skipper belives the Island is under the spell of Voodoo and that Gilligan has been turned into a chimp.
Season 1, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/17/1964
Goodnight Sweet Skipper
The castaways hear on the radio that a plane is going to be flying over their island. The Skipper turns the radio into a transmitter. Catch is, he can only do it when he sleepswalks.
Season 1, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/24/1964
Wrongway Feldman
When Gilligan finds an old airplane hidden in the jungle, the Castaways discover a long-forgotten aviator living on the island.
Season 1, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/31/1964
President Gilligan
The castaways decide that they need someone to be the leader on the island, and so they hold elections.
Season 1, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/7/1964
The Sound of Quacking
The Castaways are faced with running out of food.
Season 1, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/21/1964
Goodbye Island
Gilligan discovers a special tree sap that can be used to make a good tasting pancake syrup.
Season 1, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/28/1964
The Big Gold Strike
Mr. Howell discovers a gold mine on the island.
Season 1, Episode 10 – Aired: 12/5/1964
Waiting For Watubi
The Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God.
Season 1, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/12/1964
Angel on the Island
Mr. Howell decides to put on a play.
Season 1, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/19/1964
Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk
During Christmas, the Castaways get homesick and remember the first day they were shipwrecked.
Season 1, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/26/1964
Three Million Dollars More or Less
Mr. Howell loses $3 million to Gilligan in a golfing contest.
Season 1, Episode 14 – Aired: 1/2/1965
Water, Water Everywhere
The Castaways suddenly discover that their supply of fresh drinking water is running out.
Season 1, Episode 15 – Aired: 1/9/1965
So Sorry, My Island Now
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.
Season 1, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/16/1965
Plant You Now, Dig You Later
While working for Mr. Howell, Gilligan unearths a chest.
Season 1, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/23/1965
Little Island, Big Gun
A well known crook tries to evade police after a heist and is dropped off on the island.
Season 1, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/30/1965
X Marks the Spot
The Air Force chooses an "uninhabited island" to test a deadly new missile.
Season 1, Episode 19 – Aired: 2/6/1965
Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy
Gilligan discovers a jungle boy living on the island.
Season 1, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/13/1965
St. Gilligan and the Dragon
The women decide to move to the other side of the island in protest.
Season 1, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/20/1965
Big Man on Little Stick
Handsome surfer Duke Williams rides a giant tsunami to the island.
Season 1, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/27/1965
Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend
A gorilla kidnaps Mrs. Howell.
Season 1, Episode 23 – Aired: 3/6/1965
How To Be a Hero
The Castaways try to make Gilligan feel like a hero.
Season 1, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/13/1965
The Return of Wrongway Feldman
The castaways are revisited by 'Wrongway' Feldman.
Season 1, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/20/1965
The Matchmaker
Mrs. Howell decides to engineer a romance between Gilligan and Mary Ann.
Season 1, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/27/1965
Music Hath Charm
After hearing Gilligan drumming, Ms. Howell is inspired to form an island orchestra. Unfortunately, the drumming has also attracted the attention of a neighoring island's tribe, who are convinced that a war is about to start and decide to launch a pre-emptive strike on the castaways' island.
Season 1, Episode 27 – Aired: 4/3/1965
New Neighbor Sam
The Castaways overhear the voices of gangsters discussing buried treasure and threatening their lives.
Season 1, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/10/1965
They're Off and Running
Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races.
Season 1, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/17/1965
Three to Get Ready
The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown.
Season 1, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/24/1965
Forget Me Not
The Professor tries to cure the Skipper's amnesia by hypnotizing him and taking him through time.
Season 1, Episode 31 – Aired: 5/1/1965
Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?
The Castaways discover that Gilligan has been keeping a secret diary.
Season 1, Episode 32 – Aired: 5/8/1965
Physical Fatness
Gilligan and the Skipper plan to join the Navy when they are rescued.
Season 1, Episode 33 – Aired: 5/15/1965
It's Magic
The Castaways discover a trunk belonging to a magician. They use a magician's props to scare away unfriendly natives from nearby islands.
Season 1, Episode 34 – Aired: 5/22/1965
Goodbye, Old Paint
A famous painter who has renounced civilization visits the island.
Season 1, Episode 35 – Aired: 6/5/1965
My Fair Gilligan
After Gilligan saves Mrs. Howell's life, Mr. Howell decides to make him his son.
Season 1, Episode 36 – Aired: 6/12/1965
A Nose By Any Other Name
A fall from a coconut tree gives Gilligan an inflated nose and a deflated ego.
Season 2, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/16/1965
Gilligan's Mother-in-Law
Season 2, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/23/1965
Beauty Is As Beauty Does
Gilligan suggests a beauty contest to decide which of the three women will become "Ms. Castaway."
Season 2, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/30/1965
The Little Dictator
The exiled president of a revolution-torn country visits the island.
Season 2, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/7/1965
Smile, You're on Mars Camera
A NASA satellite with a TV camera, accidentally lands on the island instead of the intended target: Mars.
Season 2, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/14/1965
The Sweepstakes
Gilligan has the winning ticket for a South American sweepstakes.
Season 2, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/28/1965
Quick Before It Sinks
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.
Season 2, Episode 7 – Aired: 11/4/1965
Castaways Pictures Presents
The Castaways make a silent movie in the hopes that it will be discovered by someone who will rescue them.
Season 2, Episode 8 – Aired: 11/11/1965
Agonized Labor
Gilligan and the Skipper hear a radio broadcast telling of the collapse of the Howell financial empire.
Season 2, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/18/1965
Nyet, Nyet -- Not Yet
Two Russian Cosmonauts land on the island in their space capsule.
Season 2, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/25/1965
Hi-Fi Gilligan
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.
Season 2, Episode 11 – Aired: 12/2/1965
The Chain of Command
The Skipper worries that something is going to happen to him.
Season 2, Episode 12 – Aired: 12/9/1965
Don't Bug the Mosquitoes
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.
Season 2, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/16/1965
Gilligan Gets Bugged
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.
Season 2, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/23/1965
Mine Hero
While fishing, Gilligan pulls a WWII mine out of the lagoon. When the Professor is unable to deactivate the mine, Gilligan tows it back into the lagoon, where it harmlessly explodes.
Season 2, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/30/1965
Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue
Erika Tiffany Smith lands on the island looking for a place to start a new resort, and a new husband.
Season 2, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/6/1966
Not Guilty
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.
Season 2, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/13/1966
You've Been Disconnected
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.
Season 2, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/20/1966
The Postman Cometh
The Castaways hear on the radio that Mary Ann's boyfriend in Kansas is getting married..
Season 2, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/27/1966
Seer Gilligan
Gilligan discovers an island bush that produces seeds which, when eaten, give a person the ability to read the minds of others.
Season 2, Episode 20 – Aired: 2/3/1966
Love Me, Love My Skipper
The Howell's plan a party.
Season 2, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/10/1966
Gilligan's Living Doll
An experimental robot launched by the Air Force parachutes onto the island.
Season 2, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/17/1966
Forward March
The Castaways are frightened as the sounds of battle, including hand grenades and machine guns, rock the island. The culprit turns out to be a gorilla who has found in an old WWII arsenal cave.
Season 2, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/24/1966
Ship Ahoax
The Castaways begin to suffer from 'island madness' due to the isolation. The Professor attempts to come up with a plan to lift everyone's spirits.
Season 2, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/3/1966
Feed the Kitty
A cage containing a lion washes ashore in the lagoon.
Season 2, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/10/1966
Operation: Steam Heat
Hot water spurting from beneath the island pleases the castaways as they can now have hot water piped to their huts.
Season 2, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/17/1966
Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?
The radio reports that Mr. Howell has been rescued and is spending all of his money.
Season 2, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/24/1966
Ghost a Go-Go
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.
Season 2, Episode 28 – Aired: 3/31/1966
Allergy Time
The Skipper begins to itch and sneeze whenever he is around Gilligan.
Season 2, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/7/1966
The Friendly Physician
A mad scientist lands on the island and takes the castaways to his castle . . . on a nearby island . . . to perform strange experiments on them. Soon they are locked in a dungeon and trapped in the wrong bodies thanks to the Doctor's latest experiment, a mind-swapping machine!
Season 2, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/14/1966
'V' For Vitamins
The Professor determines that the lack of vitamin C on the island threatens the health of the castaways.
Season 2, Episode 31 – Aired: 4/21/1966
Mr. and Mrs.???
A radio bulletin states that the minister who married the Howell's was a fraud,
Season 2, Episode 32 – Aired: 4/28/1966
Meet the Meteor
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!).
Season 3, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/12/1966
Up at Bat
Gilligan is bitten by a bat.
Season 3, Episode 2 – Aired: 9/19/1966
Gilligan vs. Gilligan
Gilligan meets his double, a foreign spy.
Season 3, Episode 3 – Aired: 9/26/1966
Pass the Vegetables, Please
Gilligan finds a crate of radioactive vegetable seeds.
Season 3, Episode 4 – Aired: 10/3/1966
The Producer
A famous Hollywood producer crash-lands on the island. When he insults Ginger, the castaways stage a "Hamlet" musical play to restore her confidence.
Season 3, Episode 5 – Aired: 10/10/1966
Voodoo
A witch doctor makes voodoo dolls from the Castaways' personal objects, which he has stolen from their huts.
Season 3, Episode 6 – Aired: 10/17/1966
Where There's a Will
When Mr. Howell changes his will to benefit his fellow castaways, they plan a surprise party for him. But mishaps during the preparations soon have him thinking they're out to kill him to get the inheritance.
Season 3, Episode 7 – Aired: 10/24/1966
Man With a Net
Lord Beasley Waterford, a famous butterfly collector, lands on the island searching for the world's rarest butterfly, the pussycat swallowtail.
Season 3, Episode 8 – Aired: 10/31/1966
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
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").
Season 3, Episode 9 – Aired: 11/7/1966
Ring Around Gilligan
Dr. Boris Balinkoff, from The Friendly Physician, returns, hoping to use the castaways in a robbery scheme involving hypnosis.
Season 3, Episode 10 – Aired: 11/14/1966
Topsy-Turvy
Gilligan bumps his head and suddenly sees everything upside down.
Season 3, Episode 11 – Aired: 11/21/1966
The Invasion
While fishing, Gilligan and the Skipper reel in a briefcase, stamped with the words "Property of the U.S. Government."
Season 3, Episode 12 – Aired: 11/28/1966
The Kidnapper
Someone kidnaps Mrs. Howell, Mary Ann, and Ginger, and then demands ransom money. The kidnaper turns out to be a compulsive gambler who fled civilization to avoid temptation. While the Castaways attempt to rehabilitate him, he ends up leaving the island, accompanied by Mrs. Howell's pearl necklace, Mr. Howell's wallet, and Ginger's earrings!
Season 3, Episode 13 – Aired: 12/5/1966
And Then There Were None
One by one, all of the Castaways mysteriously disappear.
Season 3, Episode 14 – Aired: 12/12/1966
All About Eva
A drab, plain-jane woman lands on the island seeking privacy. But when Ginger fixes her up, she turns out to be a perfect double of Ginger and takes Ginger's place.
Season 3, Episode 15 – Aired: 12/26/1966
Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho
Gilligan is made a deputy sheriff, and begins to take his job too seriously.
Season 3, Episode 16 – Aired: 1/2/1967
Take a Dare
A radio contestant must survive on the island for a week if he wants to collect the $10,000 prize. But since he must do it without any help, he resists the castaways' pleas to help get them rescued.
Season 3, Episode 17 – Aired: 1/9/1967
Court-Martial
The Castaways hear on the radio that the Maritime Board of Inquiry has blamed the Skipper for the Minnow crash.
Season 3, Episode 18 – Aired: 1/16/1967
The Hunter
A famous big-game hunter lands on the island in search of new game to hunt.
Season 3, Episode 19 – Aired: 1/23/1967
Lovey's Secret Admirer
Mrs. Howell starts receiving mysterious love notes.
Season 3, Episode 20 – Aired: 1/30/1967
Our Vines Have Tender Apes
An loin-cloth clad ape-man (Tongo) comes to the island, and makes off with their food and supplies.
Season 3, Episode 21 – Aired: 2/6/1967
Gilligan's Personal Magnetism
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.
Season 3, Episode 22 – Aired: 2/20/1967
Splashdown
A vacant, two-person space capsule lands in the lagoon, so pairs of castaways scheme to be on it when it lifts off again.
Season 3, Episode 23 – Aired: 2/27/1967
High Man on the Totem Pole
Gilligan and the Skipper find an ancient Kupaki totem pole.
Season 3, Episode 24 – Aired: 3/6/1967
The Second Ginger Grant
Mary Ann falls backwards while watching Ginger perform on stage, and, when she awakens, she thinks that she is Ginger.
Season 3, Episode 25 – Aired: 3/13/1967
The Secret of Gilligan's Island
When Gilligan finds a portion of a stone tablet that the Professor believes shows a way off the island, the castaways frantically search for the other parts of the tablet.
Season 3, Episode 26 – Aired: 3/20/1967
Slave Girl
After Gilligan saves a beautiful native girl from drowning, she vows to be his slave forever.
Season 3, Episode 27 – Aired: 3/27/1967
It's a Bird, It's a Plane
A U.S. Air Force jetpack washes ashore in the lagoon.
Season 3, Episode 28 – Aired: 4/3/1967
The Pigeon
The Professor sees the arrival of a homing pigeon on the island as an opportunity to be rescued.
Season 3, Episode 29 – Aired: 4/10/1967
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A crate that washes ashore contains a top secret plastic explosive developed by the US Government.
Season 3, Episode 30 – Aired: 4/17/1967
Gilligan, the Goddess
King Killiwani and two other natives come to the island looking for a 'White Goddess.'
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