Gilligan's Island
Gilligan, the Goddess
TV Flash files “Gilligan, the Goddess” as a desk essential hour — Gilligan's Island (1964–1967) on CBS, season 3, episode 30, aired 1967-04-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E30: listed hour 98 of 98 in the Gilligan's Island guide, last listed hour of season 3. It aired 1967-04-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bang! Bang! Bang!” (S03E29). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Gilligan, the Goddess”. Gilligan, the Goddess is the catalog closer — three seasons of comfort farce ending still on the island, as the contract promised.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Members of a nearby island tribe arrive on the island in search of a female to sacrifice to their volcano god, in hopes of a possible rescue, the castaways try to provide them with one.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gilligan, the Goddess sit in the Gilligan's Island guide?
S03E30 is listed hour 98 of 98 — last listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 30.
When did Gilligan's Island S03E30 air?
Gilligan, the Goddess aired 1967-04-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The premise is the first hour: shipwreck, seven types, island as trap. After that, any episode is a complete coconut farce. The theme song is the map.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A three-hour tour became television's eternal trap: seven castaways, one island, and a theme song that outbuilt half the scripts. Sherwood Schwartz's hierarchy — Gilligan, Skipper, Howells, Ginger, Professor, Mary Ann — is costume-clear comfort farce. Watch it for high-concept sitcom architecture and the fan argument that never left: why not just fix the boat?
A three-hour tour became television's most stubborn window. Sherwood Schwartz's *Gilligan's Island* (CBS, 1964–1967) ran **three seasons, 98 episodes**, and then refused to un-wreck. Seven types, one uncharted island, infinite coconuts and guest-star interruptions: high-concept sitcom architecture so costume-clear a child could cast the reunion. Rex will toast the theme song as folklore. The theme song was the bible. It outbuilt half the scripts.
Filed against
- Bob Denver as Gilligan
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- Alan Hale Jr. as Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby
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- Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III
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- Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
Tina Louise glamour-wrecked Gilligan's Island as Ginger Grant — a three-hour tour as television's eternal trap, seven castaways, costume-clear comfort farce, a movie star stranded in a theme song that outbuilt half the scripts. TV Flash…
- Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers
Dawn Wells’s Mary Ann Summers won Gilligan’s Island by looking like Kansas — a three-hour tour as television’s eternal trap, seven castaways, costume-clear comfort farce, Ginger as the other pole. Sherwood Schwartz hierarchy. TV Flash…