I'm going to try to rank how close each character was to each other, from 1 being the closest, to 6, being the least close. I'll start with Gilligan.

Gilligan
1) Skipper
2) Mary Ann
3) Professor
4) Ginger
5) Mr. Howell
6) Mr. Howell

Skipper
1) Gilligan
2) Professor
3) Ginger
4) Mary Ann
5) Mr. Howell
6) Mrs. Howell

Professor
1) Skipper
2) Gilligan
3) Mary Ann
4) Ginger
5) Mr. Howell
6) Mrs. Howell

Ginger
1) Mary Ann
2) Skipper
3) Professor
4) Gilligan
5) Mrs. Howell
6) Mr. Howell

Mary Ann
1) Ginger
2) Gilligan
3) Professor
4) Skipper
5) Mrs. Howell
6) Mr. Howell

Mr. Howell
1) Mrs. Howell
2) Skipper
3) Professor
4) Gilligan
5) Ginger
6) Mary Ann

Mrs. Howell
1) Mr. Howell
2) Mary Ann
3) Gilligan
4) Ginger
5) Skipper
6) Professor

Totally subjective, interpretations, of course, and I'm interested in everyone's thoughts.

Gilligan:
1. Skipper
2. Mary Ann
3. Mr. Howell
4. Mrs. Howell
5. Professor
6. Ginger

Mary Ann
1. Ginger
2. Gilligan
3. Mrs. Howell
T-4. Professor
4. Skipper
6. Mr. Howell

Ginger
1. Mary Ann
2. Professor
3. Mrs. Howell
4. Gilligan
5. Skipper
6. Mr. Howell

Skipper
1. Gilligan
2. Ginger
3. Professor
4. Mary Ann
5. Mr. Howell
6. Mrs. Howell

Mr. Howell
1. Mrs. Howell
2. Gilligan
3. Ginger
4. Professor
5. Mary Ann
6. Skipper

Mrs. Howell
1. Mr. Howell
2. Mary Ann
3. Gilligan
4. Ginger
5. Professor
6. Skipper

Professor
1. Ginger
2. Gilligan
3. Skipper
4. Mary Ann
5. Mrs. Howell
6. Mr. Howell

I actually had a lot of trouble with the Professor. Beyond the first 2 in his list, I had trouble ranking them.