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The Best Episodes of Gilligan's Island Season 1

Every episode of Gilligan's Island Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gilligan's Island Season 1!

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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 Fan Favorite
    Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 8 - Goodbye Island
    7.5/10(324 votes)

    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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  2. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 1 - Two on a Raft
    7.4/10(507 votes)

    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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  3. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 5 - Wrongway Feldman
    7.4/10(369 votes)

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown

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  4. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 9 - The Big Gold Strike
    7.3/10(314 votes)

    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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  5. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 15 - So Sorry, My Island Now
    7.3/10(358 votes)

    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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  6. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 21 - Big Man on Little Stick
    7.3/10(311 votes)

    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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  7. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 24 - The Return of Wrongway Feldman
    7.3/10(273 votes)

    S1:E24

    The castaways are revisited by 'Wrongway' Feldman.

    Directors:Ida Lupino, Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 26 - Music Hath Charm
    7.3/10(267 votes)

    S1:E26

    Mrs. Howell decides to form a symphony orchestra, to make up for the lack of culture on the island. Gilligan's drum beats, as they drift across the water, hold special meaning to angry natives on a nearby island.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Al Schwartz

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  9. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 2 - Home Sweet Hut
    7.2/10(392 votes)

    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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  10. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 10 - Waiting For Watubi
    7.2/10(309 votes)

    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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  11. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 13 - Three Million Dollars More or Less
    7.2/10(282 votes)

    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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  12. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 16 - Plant You Now, Dig You Later
    7.2/10(282 votes)

    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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  13. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 18 - X Marks the Spot
    7.2/10(295 votes)

    S1:E18

    In a test of a deadly new missile, called "Operation Powder Keg," the Air Force chooses an "uninhabited island" which just happens to be Gilligan's Island. When the rocket lands and does not explode, Gilligan is chosen to crawl inside to defuse it, because he is the only one that can fit inside.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 23 - How To Be a Hero
    7.2/10(263 votes)

    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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  15. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 29 - Three to Get Ready
    7.2/10(249 votes)

    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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  16. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 32 - Physical Fatness
    7.2/10(264 votes)

    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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  17. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 14 - Water, Water Everywhere
    7.1/10(268 votes)

    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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  18. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 19 - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy
    7.1/10(334 votes)

    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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  19. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 25 - The Matchmaker
    7.1/10(258 votes)

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  20. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 30 - Forget Me Not
    7.1/10(242 votes)

    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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  21. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 35 - My Fair Gilligan
    7.1/10(251 votes)

    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
    7.1/10(248 votes)

    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 1 Episode 3 - Voodoo Something To Me
    7.0/10(351 votes)

    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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  24. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 4 - Goodnight Sweet Skipper
    7.0/10(346 votes)

    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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  25. Gilligan's Island Season 1 Episode 17 - Little Island, Big Gun
    7.0/10(288 votes)

    S1:E17

    A well known crook tries to evade police after a heist and is dropped off on the island by his henchmen to be picked up later after the heat cools down. After being discovered by Gilligan he poses as a doctor but the truth is soon revealed. Now he must keep the castaways at bay and get off the island with his money. Of course with Gilligan on the island this is much easier said than done.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Goodbye Island" is the best rated episode of "Gilligan's Island" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 324 votes. Directed by John Rich and written by Burt Styler, it aired on 11/21/1964. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Two on a Raft".