Fantasy Island
Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman
TV Flash files “Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman” as a desk essential hour — Fantasy Island (1977–1984) on ABC, season 7, episode 22, aired 1984-05-19, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E22: listed hour 154 of 154 in the Fantasy Island guide, last listed hour of season 7. It aired 1984-05-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bojangles and the Dancer / Deuces Are Wild” (S07E21). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman”. Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman is the 1984 closer. Seven seasons of wish-and-consequence, then a title about the ideal: Tattoo's plane, Roarke's suit, guests still paying the fare.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In "Surrogate Mother" a mother wishes to find out how she will feel when she gives up the baby. And in "The Ideal Woman" a man's fantasy is to be reunited with the love of his life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman sit in the Fantasy Island guide?
S07E22 is listed hour 154 of 154 — last listed hour of season 7, season 7 episode 22.
When did Fantasy Island S07E22 air?
Surrogate Mother / The Ideal Woman aired 1984-05-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch in order?
No. Anthology wish-fulfillment: Roarke hosts, guests arrive, lessons land. Sample any plane. Tattoo's announcement is the ritual.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ricardo Montalbán's Mr. Roarke grants wishes that teach lessons, sometimes with teeth, while Hervé Villechaize's Tattoo spots the plane. Aaron Spelling anthology as Love Boat's mystical sibling: guest-star morality plays in a white suit. Smiles, everyone — consequences included.
Flash: a white suit on a tropical landing strip, a little man spotting the plane, and Ricardo Montalbán already granting a wish that will bill you in irony. Smiles, everyone. ABC's Fantasy Island (1977–1984) ran seven seasons, 154 episodes, Gene Levitt's series in the Aaron Spelling orbit: Love Boat's more mystical sibling, weekly guest stars, moral traps in vacation lighting. Hervé Villechaize's Tattoo is the arrival system. Wendy Schaal's Julie later joined the staff. The plane! The plane! is still a national…
Filed against
- Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke
Ricardo Montalbán granted wishes as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island — white-suit morality plays with teeth, Hervé Villechaize spotting the plane, Aaron Spelling anthology as Love Boat's mystical sibling. Guest-star lessons, consequences…
- Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo
Hervé Villechaize's Tattoo spotted the plane on Fantasy Island — Ricardo Montalbán's Mr. Roarke granting wishes that taught lessons, sometimes with teeth, Aaron Spelling anthology as Love Boat's mystical sibling. Guest-star morality plays…
- Wendy Schaal as Julie
Wendy Schaal’s Julie worked Fantasy Island as later-run island weather — Ricardo Montalbán’s Mr. Roarke granting wishes that taught lessons, sometimes with teeth, Aaron Spelling anthology as Love Boat’s mystical sibling. Guest-star…