Where There's a Will

Where There's A Will is the 74th episode of Gilligan's Island and the sixth episode of the third season. It aired October 17, 1966.

Synopsis
After waking up sick in bed one morning, Mr. Howell is visited by each of the Castaways on the island wishing him well. To show his gratitude to their concern, he writes everyone into his will and grants everyone their own copies. When he's feeling better after his illness, he's walking in the jungle with Mrs. Howell when an arrow just barely misses him after talking to the Skipper and Gilligan. He starts to suspect they're trying to kill him, especially after falling into a pit covered in palm fronds while chasing after the girls. When he goes searching for the Professor for advice, he narrowly misses getting crushed under a boulder after the Professor disappears on him. It turns out everyone is actually putting together a party to honor him with spare ribs after catching a wild boar, and when Mr. Howell tries to confront them, he overhears them talking about killing the "old boar" and thinking they're talking about him. Packing his things into a suitcase, he flees for the other side of the island, but by now, Mrs. Howell has learned the truth. When she reveals that Mr. Howell has fled to the other side of the island, everyone goes looking for him to bring him back. By now, Mr. Howell has found a quicksand pit and uses it to fake his death, leaving his hat behind. Believing him lost forever, the Skipper has a funeral for Mr. Howell where everyone eulogizes him fondly and rip up the copies of his will. Eavesdropping on them, Mr. Howell realizes how much they all loved him before revealing his location by falling out of the tree. Proven alive, he gets his party after all with Mrs. Howell popping out of the cake.

Credits
Main Cast
 * Bob Denver as Gilligan
 * Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
 * Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
 * Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
 * Tina Louise as Ginger
 * Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
 * Russell Johnson as The Professor

Guest Cast
 * None

Trivia

 * This episode shows off the Professor's cleverness in inventing - he has made a stethoscope which he uses to diagnose Mr. Howell.