It always disturbed me a little that the Professor left his icecream (unfinished?). Wow! His priniciples were more important than having some chocolate icecream. He must have really been mad!

Why is Maryann smiling when Gilligan wastes his second wish on vanilla icecream?

My son pointed out that if birds don't build their nests on weak branches, why was there that nest in the tree with the weak branch--which is why the Skipper supposedly fell?

Why is Gilligan agonizing so much about the second wish? He didn't seem to be so stressed about it at first when he thought of a motorcycle as a choice. It seems as if he would easily think of something else he would like. I know that almost everyone tries to influence his decision but he obviously is not listening to them. Even the "something for us all" idea seems unconsidered when he starts ruminating on a tricycle! So, what's the dilemma?

What I really don't get about this episode is what happened at the very end. Why did Gilligan pretend to throw the eye of the idol away and keep it instead for himself. Supposedly, he already had his three wishes. Here was another chance at rescue if someone else found it. Let's say he was too "stupid" to realize this--when he saw everyone scramble for it, he could have realized it. If he embarrassingly goofed here, he wouldn't have looked so happy when he was shown alone. What's up here? Does anyone have an inkling?

It's been so long since I've seen this episode I can barely remember it.

Was the island magical? Several episodes suggest it. This episode is especially clever in allowing the viewers to make up their own minds.

Possibly the birds had abandoned their nest when the branch had become too rotten to sustain them. This scene, like so many, supports what Gilligan says of himself: that he understands animals.

But the Professor does not, if his "think mole" act is any indication. Oh, that mug! Russell Johnson is hilarious.

I think Gilligan's hanging on to the eye at the end is rather like his telling the castaways about the cove full of pearls at the end of The Big Gold Strike. He's teasing them and testing them, in an indulgent way. Here, he learns that even the Professor has the human weakness of superstition and greed.

But the Professor does not, if his "think mole" act is any indication. Oh, that mug! Russell Johnson is hilarious.


"What's the matter with you?"-Gilligan
"I, am a bat." -Professor

:lol: One of my all time favorite scenes. And the lead up to the mole incident is rather amusing.


I will point out that I find it interesting that the Professor is willing to set his dignity aside to humor Ginger. :D