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"Court-Martial"
Season 3, Episode 17
Gilligan pirate
The Skipper learns over the radio that he has been blamed for the shipwreck.
Basic Info
Air Date: January 9, 1967
Written By: Roland MacLane
Directed By: Gary Nelson
Guest Cast: ???
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Court-Martial is the 85th episode of Gilligan's Island and the 17th episode of the third season. It is notable for Gilligan's dream sequence involving pirates. It aired on January 9, 1967.

Synopsis

While relaxing on the beach, Gilligan and the Skipper hear on the radio that the Maritime Board investigating their disappearance has found the Skipper negligent for the loss and strip him of his command. The revelation upsets him so much that he retreats to his hut where Gilligan discovers him tying a noose from a vine. The Professor stops him by suggesting they re-enact the wreck with a mock-up of the S.S. Minnow. With Mary Ann and Ginger creating the weather conditions and the Professor using pulleys to rock the craft, the Skipper realizes that Gilligan threw the anchor overboard without attaching it to the ship which caused the boat to wreck itself on the beach. Realizing he is truly responsible for the crash, Gilligan retreats to the jungle in disgrace with the Skipper discovering him tying a noose from a vine. Disgraced for causing the shipwreck, they together decide to go in exile on the other side of the island. That night, Gilligan's imagination turns to pirates and he dreams he's an Admiral transporting Mrs. Howell and the girls through pirate-infested waters when Captain Hook, Long John Silver and Captain Kidd take over his ship. Gilligan fights valiantly against them before losing his sword and getting taken hostage. Waking just as he's sent to walk the plank, Gilligan is roused from his sleep by the Professor rushing to find them with updated news from the radio. It turns out the Maritime Board has reversed its decision based on news that the Skipper got the wrong weather forecast and had no warning of the approaching storm, releasing him from all blame of the shipwreck.

Credits

Main Cast

Guest Cast

  • None

Trivia

  • In the dream sequence: The Skipper is Long John Silver. Mr. Howell is Captain Hook. The Professor is Captain Kidd.
  • As usual, Gilligan can't do anything right. In the dream sequence, he toses his sword away by accident!

Quotes


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