Not Guilty

Not Guilty is the 16th episode of the Second season. It aired January 6, 1966.

Synopsis
The Castaways find a newspaper article mentioning one of the Castaways is a murder suspect in the death of Randolph Blake of Honolulu. Except for the Skipper and Gilligan, everyone has a motive to kill Randolph Blake:
 * He stole money from a store till owned by the Howells.
 * He stole the authorship of a scientific paper the Professor worked seven years prior.
 * He broke up dating with Ginger as he was engaged to be married.
 * He was responsible for bankrupting Mary Ann's father.

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
 * Al Schottelkotte as Radio Interviewer (voice)

Trivia

 * Gilligan and the Skipper's hut has a wood door instead of their regular door made of reeds.
 * It seems odd that the Castaways would ironically build their own spear gun replete with a hair trigger in order to pull off an exact creation of a murder.
 * During her recreation, Mary Ann ties up her pig tails. She's also the only potential suspect still wearing the same outfit from the earlier conversation about Randolph Blake.
 * Sherwood Schwartz hired actual Cincinnati broadcast reporter Al Schottelkotte to supply the voice of the reporter who updates the murder of Randolph Blake. Schottelkotte had became so popular that he had appeared as a bailiff in the "Gunsmoke" episode, "Old Man," which aired October 10, 1964.

Quotes

 * Gilligan - "Skipper, when I go, I want the flowers on the outside, not the inside."


 * Mary Ann - "Oh Ginger, I don't see why we have to make up the Howell's hut everyday." Ginger - "Oh, we don't have to, Mary Ann, but I like be helpful and thoughtful and considerate. I mean, after all when we get off the island, Mr. Howell owns a movie studio!"