A freak accident hurls you into an alternate universe that is nearly identical to our own. You're browsing through the DVD collections in a store and finding many shows you've never heard of......then one collection catches your eye....

You can't believe it! The fourth season of Gilligan's Island?! :eek:

What are some of the episodes you find??

Great thread!

In the first place, I'd wish that Ginger stayed and there was no "Miss Krissy and Miss Sally." (Why were they both "Miss," by the way? Were they southern belles or something?)

Secondly, bring on more natives! They were always fun. As for other guest stars, keep them to a minimum. Too many started showing up in the second and third seasons.

I don't know what the episodes in season 4 would be but I know how each one would end. They all end with Gilligan thwarting yet another attempt by the castaways to be rescued!! :lol: I'm with callensensei, bring on the headhunters!!

Awhile back, I posted some ideas concerning a fourth season in the event that Tina Louise did not want to return. It allowed her to leave the island without re-casting the part or having it look as though Ginger had shafted her fellow castaways. It also didn't use the worn out "amnesia" plot so prolific in shows in those days.

Here are a couple of ideas:

The first episode of the fourth season, deals with the return of Wrongway Feldman. It seems that Wrongway's paradise didn't last too long after he ran afoul of some of the male natives on the island where he landed. He managed to leave just in time and was able to find his way back to the island.

However, before taking off, one of the native girls had been curious about the plane and had crawled into the tail section out of curiosity. Wrongway and the other castaways discover her after Wrongway arrives.

Wrongway now feels obligated to take her back and then to look for another island paradise. Mr. Howell convinces Wrongway that if he reports to the authorities about the castaways and gets them off the island, he'll buy the island and turn it over to Wrongway for his very own, and he can live out his life in peaceful solitude. Wrongway agrees and all the castaways pitch in to help get the plane ready for the trip. As take-off time approaches, Ginger, who is anxious to return to her career, decides to not take any chances this time. She has a talk with the native girl and convinces her to switch places at the last minute. So Ginger, disguised as the native girl, manages to take off with Wrongway.

So now, both Ginger and Wrongway are gone and a new face is on the island.

The season would then deal with the native girl and the rest of the castaways learning each other's customs and behavior and becoming friends. There will be times when her knowledge of survival and other tribes, comes in handy.


Now, if the fouth season had been planned as the last season, a final 90 minute series conclusion would have dealt with the volcano coming out of it's dormancy and getting ready for a major eruption, which the Professor has determined will destroy the entire island.

The castaways scramble to complete a giant raft to hopefully flee the island. Although it's completed in time, Gilligan staying true to form, manages to launch it before anyone climbs aboard. Before the volcano is about to erupt, the US Navy arrives and rescues the castaways. Once on board the navy battleship, the Skipper asks how they found them. At that moment, Ginger appears and explains that although they intially got lost, and wound up on another island, it was an island that was in the shipping lanes. Then it was simply a matter of waiting for a ship to arrive and then alert the Navy about the castaways from the Minnow. As a final scene the volcano erupts with a violent explosion and all seven of the castaways watch their island sink into the ocean.