The Hunter

The Hunter is the 18th Episode of the Third Season. It aired January 16, 1967.

Synopsis
A hunter named Johnathan Kincaid arrives on The Island with his manservant Ramoo, portrayed by Harold Sakata. Kincaid is looking for game to hunt when he finds Gilligan. Hearing that there's nothing to hunt on the island, he decides to hunt one of the castaways. Looking over them, he decides that Ginger, Mary Ann and the Howells wouldn't give him much of a challenge and that the Skipper and Professor would be too easy. Gilligan is the only worthy choice. Removing the tubes from the radio in his helicopter to stop the Castaways from calling out, he gives Gilligan 24 hours to elude him, promising to rescue the crew and passengers afterward. Gilligan eludes him all over the island; his fellow Castaways escaping the cave Ramoo has imprisoned them in to help him hide in a hollow tree. By time Kincaid realizes Gilligan is in the tree, the 24 hours is up, and Gilligan is safe, but Kincaid departs confessing he has no intentions of rescuing the Castaways for fear they will go to the police and report him. The Skipper and Professor don't care as long as Gilligan is safe. A few weeks later, the Skipper and the Professor hear on the radio that after shooting 100% at a trap shoot, Kincaid has had a mental breakdown and has to be taken away in a straitjacket to a mental hospital... all the while muttering "Gilligan... Gilligan..."

Trivia

 * This was based on the infamous short story "The Most Dangerous Game"
 * Harold Sakata was the villainous henchmen Odd-job on James Bond movie "Goldfinger."
 * The helicopter is apparently a Bell 47 - the same one used in the The Ape Man and Don't Bug the Mosquitoes episodes. The report of Gilligan's Island being in helicopter range is plausible because in It's a Bird, It's A Plane, the Island is said to be 250 miles south of Hawaii and the range of the Bell 47 is 245 miles!

Quotes

 * Gilligan - "You think you get to know someone, and she turns out to be a Beatrice Arnold."