Gilligan's Island/Wrongway Feldman

Wrongway Feldman
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	October 24, 1964
Written by	Fred Freeman and Lawrence J. Cohen
Directed by	Ida Lupino
Produced by	Sherwood Schwartz
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Gilligan's Island — Season One

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Wrongway Feldman is the fifth episode of the first season of Gilligan's Island.

Starring: Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale (Skipper)

Also Starring: Jim Backus (Thurston J. Howell III), Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Howell)

and Also Starring: Tina Louise (Ginger Grant)

Co-Starring: Russell Johnson (The Professor)

and Dawn Wells (Mary Ann)

Special Guest Star: Hans Conried (Wrongway Feldman)

Plot Overview

While walking through the Jungle one day,Gillian discovers an Airplne.Thinking he must be seeing things,Gilligan takes another look.He goes near the Airplane,touches it,and is convinced that it is real.He goes get the Skipper,and the Professor.They look the Airplane over,and discover it to be the famed "Spirit of the Bronx",a Plane which had been flown by Wrongway Feldman,a famous but very always going the wrongway Aviator.Thus is why he was known as Wrongway.The Howell come along to see the the once famous Airplane.They recall the famous aviator from memories of Newsreels.They would soon discover Wrongway to be alive,and on their Island.After introducing themselves Wrongway explains that his Airplane had conked out,and that he had been living on the Island for years,eating what he had brought in his provisions.He had attempted to repair his Airplane,but after afew years he had given up.The Professor,and Skipper offer to try to repair his Plane if he would allow them to.After afew days,Wrongways Plane to repaired,and he is ready to take off for Home.Unfortunately,the propeller comes off.They will have to try again.Later that night,a mysterious figure shadowly walks towards the Airplane,and begins to saw the strut halfway in two.After a final check,Wrongway is ready to take off.Gilligan spins the propeller,moves away so Wrongway can take off.Before he takes of,Wrongway spots the strue coming apart.He jumps out of the Airplane just as the strut comes loose.After shutting off the motor,the castaways notice the strut had come loose because it was deliberatly cut.Had Wrongway gotten into the air,he would have had no control in the sky.The castaway suspect that there is a stranger on the Island who is there to see that Wrongway not leave the Island.Taking no chances,The Skipper,Gilligan,and The Professor will set up a 24-hour guard to prevent anymore sabatage.Gilligan will take the first watch.The Skipper will replace him,and then The Professor.Gilligan looks for Wrongway discovers that he is gone.In his Hut he discovered the Hut in a mess as if Wrongway had been attacked,and kidnapped.They search for Wrongway,but to no avail.Gilligan finds Wrongway.He learns that Wrongway was not kidnapped,and there were kidnappers,or intruder on the Island.Wrongway confesses to Gilligan that it was he(Wrongway)who had sabataged the Plane,and made like he was kidnapped.Why?Because he lost his nerves,and the urge to fly again.He(Wrongway) feels that he is better off away from civilization.Feeling as he does about,Gilligan asks Wrongway to teach him to fly,even though Wrongway has a penchant for going the wrong way,Gilligan fly the opposite direction.Wrongway is willing to teach Gilligan,but only on the condition that Gilligan tells none of the other Castaways.He wants Gilligan to receive the glory of saving his fellow Castaways.Gilligan is so touched by this.Wrongway teaches Gilligan all he knows about flying,but it is a tedious task.By,the morning Gilligan seems ready,and is preparing to to fly the Plane in the air.However,Wrongway gets a change of heart.Though he tried to stop him,Gilligan is knocked unconscience.The Castaways hearing the Plane take off goes to the clearing when Giligan regains conscienceness.Wrongway in his usual style of flying gives a thumbs up signal to the Castaway.Gilligan expresses that he is the bravest Man that he ever met...next to The Skipper.Later the Castaways are listening to the News about Wrongways return to Civilization.The news honors him for his return to Civilization.They had hoped that he would tell somebody their being shipwrecked.But Wrongway says nothing about them.The only thing of Wrongways that was left was his Medal shaped like an Eagle to which he left to Gilligan.

Trivia

This is Hans Conreid's first appearance as Wrongway Feldman. He would return to the island in a later episode.