Fantasy Island

The mysterious Mr. Roarke runs a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill any fantasy, but they rarely turn out as expected.

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Cast:Ricardo Montalban , HervÃ© Villechaize , Wendy Schaal , Christopher Hewett , Carol Lynley , Dennis Cole , Phyllis Davis , Barbi Benton , Mary Ann Mobley , Ken Berry , Michelle Phillips , Stuart Whitman , David Hedison , George Maharis , Maureen McCormick , John Saxon , Dack Rambo , John Myhers

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Fri, Jan 14, 1977

Wealthy businesswoman Eunice Hollander Baines attends her own funeral; jaded hunter Paul Henley becomes the prey; World War II veteran Arnold Greenwood relives his romance with a woman he met in England.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Return to Fantasy Island

Fri, Jan 20, 1978

Career woman Margo Dean's assistant Lowell Benson hopes to romance her; Brian and Lucy Faber want to see the daughter they gave up for adoption; Janet Fleming, who lost her memory on her honeymoon, wants to relive it to cure her amnesia.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Escape/Cinderella Girls

Sat, Jan 28, 1978

Magician Gregory Udall wants to perform the ultimate escape from a notorious prison on a nearby island. Best friends Ann Dowd and Maxine Bender want to be wealthy for a weekend.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible

Sat, Feb 4, 1978

Fred and Joan Wade gamble everything they own on their dream of building a grand resort hotel; and nondescript Chuck Huffman wants to be ultra-attractive to every woman who sees him.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Prince/The Sheriff

Sat, Feb 11, 1978

European Crown Prince Peter D'Anatoli becomes an average man to understand his subjects' problems. New York City cop John Burke tracks down his partner's killers - to obtain revenge.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Family Reunion/Voodoo

Sat, Feb 18, 1978

Two children trick their divorced parents into a family weekend together in the hope of reuniting Mom and Dad. Amnesiac Jane Howell turns to a voodoo practitioner to find out if she is a missing heiress.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Lady of the Evening/The Racer

Sat, Feb 25, 1978

Well-known call girl Renee Lansing wants to escape her old life and find true love; race-car driver Jack Kincaid wants to relive a crash to end his nightmares of it.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Treasure Hunt/Beauty Contest

Sat, Mar 11, 1978

Stu and Andrea Chambers and their partner Jim Defoe may be driven apart by their quest for a treasure. Sally Quinn hopes to win a beauty contest to follow in her late mother's footsteps and gain her neglectful father Neville's attention.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Funny Girl/Butch and Sundance

Sat, Mar 18, 1978

Famous comedienne Katherine Patrino seeks anonymity in a small town, like the one she came from. Bill Cummings and Alex Farrelli fulfill their dreams of being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Superstar/Salem

Sat, Mar 25, 1978

Working stiff Richard Delaney wants to become a baseball star; Walter and Martha Tate are fed up with the loose ways of today's young people, so they want to go back to a time when people were "better behaved".

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man

Sat, Apr 1, 1978

Overlooked process server Stanley Scheckter wants the action and excitement of being a private eye for a weekend; and perpetually browbeaten husband Fred Stouton wants the respect of his wife, son and mother-in-law.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Over-the-Hill Caper/Poof, You're a Movie Star

Sat, Apr 15, 1978

Blackmail victim Spencer Randolph and his aging buddies reunite their gang to defeat their blackmailer; and young Shirley Russell revels in her fantasy of being a movie star -- until director Arthur Gantman requests that she appear nude.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Reunion/Anniversary

Sat, Apr 29, 1978

Four high-school friends, each with a dark secret, gather for a ten-year reunion of their old group. Tom and Toni Elgin, who are drifting apart, relive their wedding day in hopes of patching things up.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ King for a Day/Instant Family

Sat, May 6, 1978

Plumber Ernie Miller's fantasy to be a king challenges him with diplomatic problems and a troubled Queen. Grad student and self-proclaimed child-rearing expert Gail Grayson is put to the test when she baby-sits her mentor's kids.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Fool for a Client/Double Your Pleasure

Sat, May 13, 1978

New lawyer Herb Costigan looks to try a criminal case and winds up defending himself; and Alaska oil-pipeline worker Larry Barbour wins a date with two gorgeous women - twin sisters.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Call Me Lucky/Torch Song

Sat, May 20, 1978

Career gambler Harry Beamus' dream of winning every game he plays has a monkey wrench thrown into it by the arrival of his son; and Edith Garvey wants to be a successful 1920's torch singer, like her grandmother.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Homecoming/The Sheikh

Sat, Sep 16, 1978

Less-than-hunky teacher Edgar Breen wants to have a harem, and replaces a real sheik who's marked for assassination; and presumed-dead Vietnam vet Alan Boardman wants his now-remarried wife and his son back.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Big Dipper/The Pirate

Sat, Sep 23, 1978

Pickpocket Pete Raymond and his daughter pose as farmers to hide from authorities, who want to put the girl in foster care; and painter Ted Cavanaugh becomes a pirate to win back his ex-wife Mary before she remarries.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Beachcomber/The Last Whodunnit

Sat, Sep 30, 1978

Under tremendous pressure from his job and family, Charles Preston chucks it all to be a beachcomber; and devoted fan Mabel Jarvis of a mystery writer tries to find out who killed her, acting out the writer's final unfinished manuscript.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Best Seller/The Tomb

Sat, Oct 14, 1978

Book store clerk Barney Hunter wants to write a best-selling book, which turns out to be an obstacle to a new romance; and archaeologist Neville Marlowe is determined to uncover the secrets of a long-buried Egyptian tomb -- which is cursed.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ I Want to Get Married/The Jewel Thief

Sat, Oct 21, 1978

Pennsylvania librarian Cindy Barker is set to have her wedding on Fantasy Island - all she needs is the groom; and manufacturer Jordan Montgomery hopes to pull off one major heist as a cat burglar. Tattoo runs a greeting card business.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ War Games/Queen of the Boston Bruisers

Sat, Oct 28, 1978

Vietnam vet Ted Garmon finds that a reunion with his former Sergeant Joe Beck is actually a quest for revenge; and roller-derby skater Drusilla Roberts wants to become a refined lady so that her daughter's fiancé's family will accept her.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Let the Good Times Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger

Sat, Nov 4, 1978

Buddies Duke Manducci and Ernie Kowalski relive the good old days of the late 60s; Janine Sanford experiences a recurring nightmare to the end to find out what it means; and game hunter Victor Duncan tracks an elusive dangerous tiger.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Return/The Toughest Man Alive

Sat, Nov 11, 1978

Roarke falls in love with New Yorker Helena Marsh who is returning to the island after four years. Engineer and self-professed wimp Tony Emerson wants the strength to stand up for mild-mannered people like himself.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Appointment/Mr. Tattoo

Sat, Nov 18, 1978

San Francisco doctor John Carlson pursues a large monetary grant to build a hospital; Tattoo helps Las Vegas chorus girls Didi Verona and Evelyn Kastenbaum, who want to meet and marry millionaires.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird/The Island of Lost Women

Sat, Nov 25, 1978

Sailor Barney Shore wants to spend the weekend on a mythical island with nothing but beautiful women; and adventurer Eddie Malone searches for Sasquatch and hopes to finally prove the creature's existence to the world.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Carnival/The Vaudevillians

Sat, Dec 2, 1978

Secretary Dorothy Weller wants to know if her affair with Tom Parnell on vacation was real or just a dream; and old-timer Charlie Parks hopes to revive his vaudeville act with his partner Will Fields.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Charlie's Cherubs/Stalag 3

Sat, Dec 9, 1978

Three insurance secretaries want to solve a crime by emulating their idols on "Charlie's Angels" (1976)_; and a quartet of World War II veterans reunite in the hope of recovering a treasure stolen by the Nazis.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Lady and the Longhorn/Vampire

Sat, Dec 16, 1978

Method actor Leo Drake prepares for his next role by becoming said role - a vampire; and cosmetics queen Vera Templeton must marry for money in order to shore up her failing business.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Seance/The Treasure

Sat, Jan 13, 1979

Young Claire Conti takes part in seance's to find out how her twin brother died; and California fisherman Joe Capos dreams of finding a treasure that will solve his financial problems but neglects his wife Eva in the process.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Cowboy/Substitute Wife

Sat, Jan 20, 1979

Texan Brian Kehoe wants to keep his son from discovering that he's not the star of the rodeo, but a clown instead; and hypochondriac Nadine Winslow seeks a cure for her imaginary ailments.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Photographs/Royal Flush

Sat, Jan 27, 1979

Photographer Nancy Weston seeks an explanation for the appearance of the same little girl in all her pictures of a European trip; and poker player Johnny Court wants to win big against the best poker players of the time.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ The Stripper/The Boxer

Sat, Feb 10, 1979

Heiress Maureen Banning tries to escape an arranged marriage and finds herself the replacement for a stripper in a traveling vaudeville company; and boxer Billy Blake wants to win a match despite the fact that it will probably kill him.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Casting Director/Pentagram/A Little Ball

Sat, Feb 17, 1979

TV reporter Jane Garwood seeks help in finding out why her boyfriends keep dieing. Sister Mary Theresa suffers a crisis of faith after a fellow nun's premature death. Felix Birdsong becomes the casting director of a Hollywood film.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Spending Spree/The Hunted

Sat, Feb 24, 1979

Sally Glover and Esther Bolling are given half a million dollars but have trouble spending it. Thrill-seeking hunter Charles Wesley unexpectedly becomes the prey of General Lin Sun.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker

Sat, Mar 3, 1979

Carol Gates gave up her twins for adoption and now wants to be present for their birthday; and librarian Elliot Fielding can't get his ghost-busting guide published so he wants to exorcise a real ghost to prove his skills.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Yesterday's Love/Fountain of Youth

Sat, Mar 17, 1979

Siblings send their divorcing parents Charles and Peggy Atwood to the island hoping they'll rediscover love. Wealthy, dying J. D. Pettigrew pays one million dollars to Captain Jeff Bailey to lead a search for the fabled Fountain of Youth.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ The Comic/The Golden Hour

Sat, May 5, 1979

Gag writer Jerry Burton, about to be fired by his famous-comedian boss Danny Baker, wants to become a star comic himself; and invalid Sandy Larson meets her prison-bound pen pal Mike Banning face to face for the first time.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Cornelius and Alphonse/The Choice

Sun, May 6, 1979

Ne'er-do-well Cornelius Kelly and his accomplice Alphonse kidnap Tattoo in an attempt to get revenge on Roarke for firing him years earlier; and orphaned siblings Mark and Rebecca want the chance to choose their own adoptive parents.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Bowling/Command Performance

Sat, May 12, 1979

Mediocre bowler Lou Fielding of Minnesota wants to compete against professionals; and former circus owner Naomi Gittings reunites her performers to find out who's trying to kill her.

25Season 2

S2.E25 ∙ Amusement Park/Rock Stars

Sun, May 13, 1979

Young Darius Scott's wish to run an amusement park hides his real hope of reuniting him with his father; and the four orphaned Collins siblings want to be rock stars to keep a social worker from splitting them up.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Hit Man/The Swimmer

Fri, Sep 7, 1979

Connecticut clothier Fred Forbush, whose business is failing, wants to be killed so that his family can collect on his life insurance; and former swimmer Terry Summers, who was paralyzed in a car wreck, seeks a cure for her condition.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Goose for the Gander/Stuntman

Fri, Sep 14, 1979

Diner owner Marjorie Gibbs enters a cooking contest to win money to relocate her business. Retired stuntman Peter Rawlings hopes to reconcile with his son Bill, also a stuntman, who is about to attempt a life-threatening stunt for a film.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Tattoo: the Love God/Magnolia Blossoms

Fri, Sep 21, 1979

Tattoo asks Roarke to grant his fantasy of being a "love god", which Roarke takes literally. Friends Myra Collinsky and Gladys Boylan want to experience the days of the Civil-War-era South.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Baby/Marathon: Battle of the Sexes

Fri, Oct 5, 1979

Tattoo decides to adopt the orphaned infant of a native islander; and Gretchen Wasserman and Bunny Kelly want to win the Fantasy Island Marathon to save the floundering barbell-manufacturing plant where they work.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Chain Gang/The Boss

Fri, Oct 19, 1979

Californian Mike Jenner joins a chain gang to get information that he hopes will clear his father's name; and switchboard operator Cindy Carter of Illinois wants to be a corporate CEO.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ The Red Baron/Young at Heart

Sat, Oct 27, 1979

Wisconsin locksmith Cornelius Wieselfarber wants to be a World War I flying ace; and 50-year-old Pennsylvania librarian Helen Philips wants to be half her age for a weekend.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Wedding

Sat, Nov 3, 1979

Roarke is set to marry the love of his life, but Tattoo overhears a conversation that suggests the man who grants others' fantasies may not be able to realize his own.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ The Handyman/Tattoo's Romance

Sat, Nov 10, 1979

Selfish and bitter Ellie Simpson takes advantage of Tattoo's attraction to her niece Donna May to try to make the girl a country-music star; and gangland killing witness Holly Ryan seeks refuge from his would-be killers in an orphanage.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The Dancer/Nobody's There

Sat, Nov 17, 1979

Klutzy private eye Betty Foster hopes to solve her first case; and wealthy Texan Big Jake Farley wants to meet Valeska DeMarco, the ballerina who inspired him to success.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Class of '69/The Pug

Sat, Nov 24, 1979

Young Mitch Lee wants to see his father Joey win a boxing championship; and plus-sized Brenda Richards seeks revenge on former classmate Lance Reynolds, who humiliated her in front of the entire school at their prom years earlier.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ The Mermaid/The Victim

Sat, Dec 1, 1979

Julie Brett disregards Roarke's warnings and dates her dream man Michael Duvall, only to wind up as a sex slave; and college professor Harold DeHaven, hoping to make a significant scientific discovery, meets up with a mermaid.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Cheerleaders/Marooned

Sat, Dec 8, 1979

Kentucky candy factory workers Cathy Wilton and Marg Atkins want to be cheerleaders for a professional football team; and Kansas truck driver Melvin Mews wants to be shipwrecked on a deserted island with his favorite movie star Liz Merrill.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Inventor/On the Other Side

Sat, Dec 15, 1979

Professor Dwayne Clebe of South Dakota hopes to perfect his preservation formula and receive acclaim for it; long-widowed Irma Gideon hopes to contact her dead husband after twenty-five years of fruitless attempts.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Lookalikes/The Winemaker

Sat, Dec 22, 1979

Idaho salesman Harry Simpson enters the world of gambling when he changes places with his double, while Tattoo promises Sister Veronica of California that she'll win a wine tasting content before he discovers her wine is undrinkable.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Unholy Wedlock/Elizabeth

Sat, Jan 12, 1980

Young bachelor Danny Collier gets into trouble in his quest to marry his fiancée; and thirty-year-old Lisa Corday needs Roarke's help to defeat a dangerous ghost and end a nightmare.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Rogues and Riches/Stark Terror

Sat, Jan 19, 1980

Lawyer Pete Gilbert is determined to lose himself in the eighteenth century, despite the entreaties of his partner Mark Hendricks; and young Amy Marson, rendered mute by her mother's death, wants to find out if she was responsible.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ PlayGirl/Smith's Valhalla

Sat, Jan 26, 1980

Sick of male chauvinism, Erica Clarke wants to turn the tables and treat men as sex objects; and Oregon rancher Jason Smith asks for a chance to lead a commando raid.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Aphrodite/Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde

Sat, Feb 2, 1980

Picky Alan Blair seeks the perfect woman and meets Aphrodite; and stern psychologist Melanie Griffin wants to understand what attracts women to bad men, in hopes of rescuing her younger sister Jennifer from the clutches of a creep.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ The Swinger/Terrors of the Mind

Sat, Feb 9, 1980

Middle-aged divorced Herman Dodge wants to be the swinging single that he didn't get to be before he married. Sharon Sanders gains the power to see into her future.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Nona/One Million B.C.

Sat, Mar 1, 1980

Blind detective Ned Scott wants his sight back so he can search for a missing actress. Mindy Harris and Caroline Taylor return to a time of old-fashioned chivalry in men and daintiness in women.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate

Sat, Mar 8, 1980

Unemployed actor David Farley gets to reprise his signature role of Jungle Man. Acclaimed ventriloquist Mary Ann Carlin is afraid that her marionette Valerie has taken over some of her personality traits.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ My Fair Pharaoh/The Power

Sat, May 10, 1980

Lucy Atwell yearns to immerse herself in the ancient Egyptian world of Queen Cleopatra and Marc Anthony. Fred Webster asks Roarke to give him the power of telekinesis.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ Eagleman/Children of Mentu

Sat, May 17, 1980

Widowed businessman Morris Binstock wants to become his estranged son Barney's favorite comic-book superhero Eagle Man to get the boy's attention. Journalism student Rochelle Mackenzie seeks out the story that will make her career.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Devil and Mandy Breem/Instant Millionaire

Sat, Oct 25, 1980

Mandy Breem sold her soul to the Devil to save her husband Phillip's life and now needs Roarke's help in saving her own; and Tattoo makes Fred Catlett a millionaire for the weekend, only to put the man's life in danger.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Flying Aces/The Mermaid Returns

Sat, Nov 1, 1980

Tony Chilton returns to World War II in order to meet David, the father he never knew; and Princess Nyah the mermaid asks Roarke to help her learn about human love.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Skater's Edge/Concerto of Death/The Last Great Race

Sat, Nov 8, 1980

Minnesota farm girl Charlotte Johnson wants to be a champion figure skater; Jeremy Hale suspects that his brother, a concert pianist, was murdered and wants to find out how and by whom; and divorcing Mr. and Mrs. Burnstein agree to a race to decide the final settlement of their joint property.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Don Quixote/The Sex Symbol

Sat, Nov 15, 1980

Eccentric banker Donald Quick fulfills his ambitions to be a modern-day Don Quixote; and plain-looking Helen Hendricks wants to be a sex goddess until three men take advantage of her newfound beauty.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Love Doctor/The Pleasure Palace/Possessed

Sat, Nov 22, 1980

Film star Kim Holland wants a weekend of anonymity; stuffy lawyer Gordon Hughes traces his roots and is disillusioned; and Lorna Hendricks needs help in finding out why her daughter Stephanie is acting so oddly.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo

Sat, Nov 29, 1980

Lorraine Peters, who's writing a book about the Whitechapel murders, visits 1888 London to get the proof she needs, only to place dozens of people in danger; Stanley Hocker, who has no self-confidence around women, asks to become a gigolo.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Invisible Woman/The Snowbird

Sat, Dec 6, 1980

Harriet Winkler wants the power to become invisible to be sure her fiancé Denny Palumbo is being faithful; and circus popcorn vendor Ned Pringle joins a trapeze-artist troupe to get closer to Velda Ferini, the girl he loves.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Crescendo/Three Feathers

Sat, Dec 20, 1980

Singer Susan Lohman wants to meet Edmund Dumont, the composer whose songs made her famous; and Alan Colshaw needs to convince three former friends that he didn't abandon them after a plane crash the previous year.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ My Late Lover/Sanctuary

Sat, Jan 3, 1981

Widow Anastasia Dexter trying to decide among three men to marry is constantly interrupted by her dead husband Dex's ghost; and poisoning victim Thomas Henshaw wants to find his attacker before he dies.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ High Off the Hog/Reprisal

Sat, Jan 10, 1981

Hadley Boggs, whose family sacrificed heavily to send him to college, rewards them by making them rich for a weekend; and orphaned gymnast Trudy Brown, mistreated by her Aunt Mabel and Cousin Janet, seeks the power to make things happen.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ The Artist and the Lady/Elizabeth's Baby

Sat, Jan 17, 1981

Dying Elizabeth Blake looks into her unborn child's future. Untalented artist Kermit Dobbs wishes to paint a great masterpiece.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ The Heroine/The Warrior

Sat, Jan 24, 1981

Florence Richmond, the prim and proper author of steamy romance novels, steps into the shoes of one of her own heroines; and Bob Graham tries to impress his wife Linda by fighting for her honor against martial arts master Kwong Soo Luke..

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman

Sat, Jan 31, 1981

Photojournalist Bill Keating has a hidden agenda for meeting reclusive island resident Calvin Doyle. Marsha Garnett regains her youth to get back at her husband Hal, whom she's about to divorce.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Chateau/White Lightning

Sat, Feb 7, 1981

Vicki Lee, granddaughter of silent-film Becky Lee, visits a chateau to learn more about her grandmother's life. The feuding Scoggins and McAllister families compete for a special moonshine recipe.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Sat, Feb 14, 1981

Long-married Tom and Margaret Chase want to find out if they would fall in love again if they were meeting for the first time. Bride-to-be Pamela Archer's wedding plans with Jack Foster may be ruined when her past comes back to haunt her.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Chorus Girl/Surrogate Father

Sat, Feb 21, 1981

Dance teacher Franklin Adams asks Roarke to give his deaf student Sheila Richards the gift of hearing; and Evan Watkins must control his compulsive gambling or lose custody of his daughter.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Also Rans/Portrait of Solange

Sat, Feb 28, 1981

Department-store shoe salesman Jerome Pepper wants the boss's daughter Delia Latham to notice him. Granted a birthday fantasy to paint like Toulouse-Lautrec, Tattoo unexpectedly finds romance.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ The Searcher/The Way We Weren't

Sat, Mar 7, 1981

Young Karen Saunders-Holmes wants the truth about her absent father John; and long-married Fred and Dottie Cooper discover that you really can't go home again.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Proxy Billionaire/The Experiment

Sat, Mar 21, 1981

Wall Street analyst Frank Miller's wish to be rich brings him trouble; and widowed doctor Lucas Bergmann and his daughter Lisa, still grief-stricken over his late wife, want to bring her back from the dead.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Delphine/The Unkillable

Sat, Apr 11, 1981

Roarke's goddaughter Delphine, about to marry her unsuspecting beau Greg Randolph, wants to lose her magical powers. Scientist Paul Todd hopes to uncover the missing link but faces something he never imagined.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Basin Street/The Devil's Triangle

Sat, May 2, 1981

Mediocre jazz trumpeter Charlie Raines wants to play in the early New Orleans style and goes back in the actual era; and Kerry Dawson and her two suitors Tom and Clay tackle a mysterious dangerous section of the ocean.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Hard Knocks/Lady Godiva

Sat, May 9, 1981

Aspiring private investigator Steve Pryor gets advice from Bogart himself; and young Sheila Godfrey wants to be a champion equestrian, so Roarke sends her to medieval Coventry and turns her into Lady Godiva.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Man-Beast/Ole Island Opry

Sat, May 16, 1981

David Tabori learns that his recurring nightmares have been telling him that he's a werewolf; and Jennie Rowlands, whose father Charlie wants her to be a country music star, would rather be a photographer.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Paquito's Birthday/Technical Advisor

Sat, May 23, 1981

Poor Mexican couple Manuel and Consuelo Lopez want the best for their son Paquito, but may lose him altogether. Nancy Harvester has no experience in being in love, but gets advice from Helen of Troy.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk

Sat, Oct 10, 1981

Texan Helen Ross wants closure with her old boyfriend John Day so she can get on with her life with her current boyfriend Ted Kingman; and sports analyst Matt Kane tries to impress Ginger Donovan by joining her father Red's basketball team.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ The Devil and Mr. Roarke/Ziegfeld Girls/Kid Corey Rides Again

Sat, Oct 17, 1981

Mephistopheles uses Julie to force Roarke into another confrontation; elderly Joan Michaels and Ruby Rogers relive their Ziegfeld Follies days; and Brooklyn shoe salesman Ned Plummer travels to the Old West to meet outlaw Kid Corey.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Cyrano/The Magician

Sat, Oct 24, 1981

Philadelphian Marjorie Denton seeks the most chivalrous romantic man of all time and meets Cyrano de Bergerac; Cleveland magician Timothy Potter trying to perfect his craft faces a huge problem after he makes his assistant Suva vanish.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ The Last Cowboy/The Lady and the Monster

Sat, Oct 31, 1981

Scientist Carla Frankenstein meets her ancestor's monster; middle-aged New York City insurance executive Joel Campbell with a hankering for the "real" West is annoyed to find himself still stuck in the present day.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Mr. Nobody/La Liberatora

Sat, Nov 7, 1981

Charlie Atkins wants inner strength but Julie accidentally gives him physical prowess instead; and classical guitarist Dolores DeMercia hopes to trace her roots to the legendary El Lobo Rojo in the days of Spanish California.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Druids/A Night in a Harem

Sat, Nov 14, 1981

Unprepossessing Herbert Snyder gets more than he asked for when he requests a night with a harem; young Lauren Fandell wants to be the center of all attention but learns that being a queen can be perilous.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ The Perfect Husband/Volcano

Sat, Nov 21, 1981

Dorothy Nicholson hopes to find and marry her dream man but finds that even perfection has flaws. Seismologist Hal Workman, who places science over humanity, has his values tested by an active volcano.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Lillian Russell/The Lagoon

Sat, Nov 28, 1981

Lillian Martin time-travels to gather information for her biography on Lillian Russell and actually becomes the singer; and Calvin Pearson, who wants nothing more than tranquil solitude, is forced to face events from his past.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Romance Times Three/Night of the Tormented Soul

Sat, Dec 5, 1981

Answering-service operator Sally Harris meets the three men she's known up to now as voices over the phone; and siblings Jason and Beth Martinique face a weekend of horror while trying to find out how their father died when they were young.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ A Very Strange Affair/The Sailor

Sat, Jan 2, 1982

Ron Price solicits operating funds for an orphanage and receives assistance from a truly odd source; and Laura Myles falls in love with sea Captain Hendrik Von Horten but must exchange her life for their happiness.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ House of Dolls/Wuthering Heights

Sat, Jan 9, 1982

Window dresser Francis Elkins is in love with his mannequin Courtney and asks Roarke to bring her to life. Clarissa Bevis enters the world of her favorite classical novel in order to meet Heathcliff.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Magic Camera/Mata Hari/Valerie

Sat, Jan 16, 1982

Mediocre photographer Don Winters gets to take unique pictures. Martha Harris time-travels to 1915 France to learn more about Mata Hari. William Lowell searches for Valerie Larabee, with whom he fell in love before she vanished.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ King Arthur in Mr. Roarke's Court/Shadow Games

Sat, Jan 23, 1982

Ralph Rodgers' quest to meet his legendary hero goes awry when King Arthur is somehow transported to the present; and country singer Sarah Jean Rawlins wants to make one last record with her boyfriend -- who is believed to be dead.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Daddy's Little Girl/The Whistle

Sat, Jan 30, 1982

Christa Ackland wants to meet her real father so he can give her away at her wedding; and scientist Adrian Brilles, desperate to make a great discovery, pays for his determination with a weekend of sheer terror.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes

Sat, Feb 6, 1982

Fran Warner presents Roarke with her daughter Nancy, claiming he's her father; and security guard Kevin Lansing assists a fictional detective of Roarke's choice in solving a case.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ The Challenge/A Genie Named Joe

Sat, Feb 13, 1982

Wealthy businessman Douglas Picard is out to take Fantasy Island away from Roarke; and florist Rebecca Walters enlists the assistance of a genie to find her perfect husband.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ Funny Man/Tattoo, the Matchmaker

Sat, Feb 20, 1982

Stand-up comic Beau Gillette's imaginary family is brought to life and clashes with his fiancée Jenny Casey; and Tattoo's computer-dating service matches all female clients with the same man.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Sitting Duck/Sweet Suzi Swann

Sat, Mar 6, 1982

Big-game hunter Frank Barton is bored with tracking animals and chooses a human target; and fashion designer Jack Becker's assistant Suzi Swann, fed up with him taking her for granted, wants to fall out of love with him.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Face of Love/Image of Celeste

Sat, Mar 20, 1982

Bitter young Laura Jensen has a long criminal record and gets to turn her life around; and curator Celeste Vellon, having seen an 1896 Gauguin painting of a woman who looks like her, wants to find out the identity of the painting's subject.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Forget-Me-Not/The Quiz Masters

Sat, Apr 10, 1982

Amnesiac Ellen Layton hopes to find out who she is and where she comes from; and legendary game-show hosts Ron Ellison and Bob Barclay compete against each other to win the ultimate game.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ The Big Bet/Nancy and the Thunderbirds

Sat, May 1, 1982

Oil driller Corky Daniels bet his buddies that he'll bed pretty Judy Moreau and regrets his impulse when he meets her; and pilot Nancy Carsons, raised by a Native American tribe, must fulfill the tribal leader's prophecy for her.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ The Ghost's Story/The Spoilers

Sat, May 8, 1982

Baltimore secretary Amanda Parsons must stay a full night in a haunted house in order to prove her knowledge of the occult; and bounty hunter Harry Bodine sets out to catch wily and elusive bank robber Nick Tanner.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday

Sat, Oct 16, 1982

Jesse and Kathy Moreau try to end a family curse that dates back several decades; and cosmetics secretary Linda Whitney wants to be the vice-president of an ad agency.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Dancing Lady/The Final Round

Sat, Oct 23, 1982

Young Ohio receptionist Kristy Lee hopes to become the dancing star of a major musical; and boxing manager Max Grant, wanting to manage a champion, reluctantly takes as a client stubborn fighter Tommy Rudolph with a serious head injury.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ The Perfect Gentleman/Legend

Sat, Oct 30, 1982

Singer Andrea Barclay wants to overcome debilitating stage fright by performing for the toughest audience that Roarke can find; and rock star Jimmy Jordan, who witnessed a murder, disguises himself as a butler to elude his pursuers.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ The Angel's Triangle/Natchez Bound

Sat, Nov 6, 1982

An angel faces a huge problem when he falls in love with Catherine Harris, who is on her second honeymoon; and Las Vegas card dealer Jenny Ryan wants to ply her craft on a nineteenth-century Mississippi riverboat.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Everybody Goes to Gilley's/Face of Fire

Sat, Nov 20, 1982

Country singer Mickey Gilley plays himself, seeking the fame and fortune that have eluded him; and reclusive philanthropist Philip Camden promises a million dollars to Nevada nurse Jean Harrigan if she survives a weekend at his island home.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ The Beautiful Skeptic/The Lost Platoon

Sat, Nov 27, 1982

TV tabloid reporter Christine Connelly sets out to expose Roarke as a fraud; Denver businessman Jack Oberstar travels to World War II Italy in search of proof that his brother Lieutenant Ken Oberstar was not a coward or a racketeer.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million

Sat, Dec 4, 1982

Armchair quarterback Norman Hackett wants to manage a professional sports team and is chagrined when he ends up managing roller derby, and three people compete for a million dollars by seeing who can perform the most selfless deeds.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ The Kleptomaniac/Thank God, I'm a Country Girl

Sat, Dec 11, 1982

Kleptomaniac Fred Simpson wants Roarke to cure him of his habit of compulsive stealing; and waitress Loretta Wentworth wants Lorraine, the daughter she gave up for adoption, to see her as rich and successful.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket

Sat, Jan 8, 1983

Pushy Beatrice Soames wants her daughter Alison to become an actress, regardless of Alison's wishes; a recently deceased islander has left his Irish Sweepstakes winnings to his best friend, whom Tattoo is assigned to locate.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Operation Breakout/Candy Kisses

Sat, Jan 15, 1983

Wheelchair-bound Kentucky racehorse breeder Rowena Haversham wants one last chance to win a race; and self-professed failure Danny Clements of Boston wants to turn his life around by breaking an American agent out of a tough foreign prison.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps

Sat, Jan 22, 1983

New Mexico pianist Dan O'Dwyer travels back to Tin Pan Alley to find and recover his grandfather Jeremy Todd's never-published songs; soap-opera actress Gina Edwards wants to stop her evil character Angela from using her to come to life.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard

Sat, Jan 29, 1983

A young man wants to meet the woman whose image he saw in a century-old magazine; and an aspiring Shakespearean actress gets help from no less than the Bard himself.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Midnight Waltz/Let Them Eat Cake

Sat, Feb 12, 1983

Elderly Minnesota physical therapist John Cook wants a last dance with his wife Carol, who passed away six months before; Iowa waitress Adele Anthony, who wants to be treated like a queen, finds herself in the body of Marie Antoinette.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo

Sat, Feb 19, 1983

Unjustly imprisoned Allen Daly wants to hunt for and find a long-lost treasure and get revenge on Loren Robertson, who set him up; and diplomat Charles Woodruff learns he has a daughter, Maria Diaz, who now wants to live with him.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends

Sat, Feb 26, 1983

Charles Whelan wants to make it big at the Cotton Club but meets Linda Bell, another struggling performer. Doreen Murphy wants to impress her female college friends with material wealth but learns a lesson about human relations.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt

Sat, Mar 5, 1983

Alex and Diane Weston are obsessed with finding the Fountain of Youth so that they can be together forever; and Oregon file clerk Margaret Winslow dreams of having a date with her favorite movie star Burt Hunter.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ King of Burlesque/Death Games

Sat, Mar 12, 1983

Wall Street broker Tom Vail becomes a comic headliner in an old-fashioned burlesque show; amateur athlete Vanessa Walgren, whose husband was killed during his fantasy, intends to exact a price from Roarke for his death.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ The Devil Stick/Touch and Go

Sat, Mar 19, 1983

Philadelphia travel agent Carl Peters pursues his dream woman Ally Miller, who is protected by superstitious relatives; and Tattoo helps Susan Henderson get access to pianist Carter Ransome, whom she loves.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ Edward/Extraordinary Miss Jones

Sat, Apr 9, 1983

Bigwig publisher Edward Ross of Detroit seeks to reconcile with his estranged family; and terminally ill Melanie Jones wants to make a lasting contribution to society.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors

Sat, Apr 16, 1983

Famous children's-book author Stuart Wharton and his wife Margaret, who are childless, want to adopt the perfect offspring; Erica Nelson searches for her missing fiancé Dr. Richard Yates and faces terror from mad doctor Lewis Christophe.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Remember When...

Sat, May 7, 1983

When Tattoo has a car accident that results in a serious head injury, Roarke cancels all fantasies till he has recovered. Hoping to keep his morale up, they relive past fantasies through flashbacks.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ Love Island/The Sisters

Sat, May 14, 1983

A couple of self-professed ladies' men have their egos deflated when Roarke sends them off to a remote island to find new conquests; and a young woman is in search of the older sister she has not seen since she was a child.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ Forbidden Love/The Other Man -- Mr. Roarke

Sat, Oct 8, 1983

Deborah Barnes wants to make her boyfriend jealous but "the other man" gets hurt and she needs a replacement. Widow Margaret Smith finds that the man of her dreams is her daughter Ginny's boyfriend.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ The Big Switch/The Hooker's Holiday

Sat, Oct 15, 1983

Fed up with her male-chauvinist husband George, Laura Walters asks Roarke to turn him into a woman to show him what it's like; and call girl Shelley James wants a normal life with true love.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Nurses Night Out

Sat, Oct 22, 1983

A man grateful for the TLC provided him by three nurses from his hometown hospital rewards them by having Roarke grant them their fantasies.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ God Child/Curtain Call

Sat, Oct 29, 1983

Young orphaned Lori Shannon wants to ask God why He took her parents away from her; and comedian Mickey Masterson hopes to revive his act with his two former partners -- who want nothing to do with him.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Roarke's Sacrifice/The Butler's Affair

Sat, Nov 12, 1983

Physically disabled former dancer Julie Mars in love with Roarke wants to dance again, but must sacrifice her love for him to make it permanent. Rich widow Leslie Darnell in love with her butler Marshall Baldwin finds numerous objections.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ Second Time Around/Three's a Crowd

Sat, Nov 19, 1983

Kate Tucker hopes to save her marriage to adulterous Gary, whose mistress Helen follows him to the island; Richard Mallory gets angry when he sees his widowed mother Joan falling in love with suitable Alan Reynolds of her own age.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ The Wedding Picture/Castaways

Sat, Nov 26, 1983

Dr. Jack Gorman's neglected wife Lucy returns to her wedding day to change her choice. Fred Connors wants supermodel Celina Morgan to himself for a weekend, but a threesome develops with rival model Christy Robbins.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ Random Choices/My Mommy, the Swinger

Sat, Dec 3, 1983

Dying millionaire Nikolos Karavatos is in search of a deserving recipient of his bequest so he can help worthy people improve their lives. Divorced mother Elaine Ashley upsets her children while indulging her fantasy of being a swinger.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ The Fantasy Island Girl/Saturday's Child

Sat, Dec 10, 1983

Actress Marion Sommers, who gave up her children for adoption, now wants to meet them; and beauty-contest mogul Nick Gleason, notorious for rigging past competitions, wants to clear his name with an honest and successful show.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ Goin' on Home/Ambitious Lady

Sat, Jan 7, 1984

Successful country singer Billy Jo Prine wants to reunite with his estranged family. Fred and Bryana Spencer have separate fantasies: Fred wants success while Bryana wants to rediscover their love.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Games People Play/The Sweet Life

Sat, Jan 14, 1984

Daniel Koster wants to give his family the material things he has never been able to. Three women look to further their careers with a toy company while competitor Steve Curry plots to steal their prototype for a new video game.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ The High Cost of Loving/To Fly with Eagles

Sat, Jan 21, 1984

Amateur sportsman Craig Bradshaw wants to win a flying competition; Chicago executive Kristen Robbins was fired for refusing her boss' sexual advances and now wants to find a husband.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Ladies Choice/Skin Deep

Sat, Jan 28, 1984

Fancy Summerfield hopes to find her dream man but meets dangerous John McDowell. Shy mechanic Joe Manning wants to be seen with a beautiful woman and meets Paula Sabatino, whom his shallow friend Vince Baker badmouths.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Lady of the House/Mrs. Brandell's Favorites

Sat, Feb 25, 1984

Former brothel madam Esther Brandell is about to marry and wants to turn over her investment profits to her three favorite former employees, who have fantasies all their own but are reticent to see her again.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ Dark Secret/The Outrageous Mr. Smith

Sat, Mar 3, 1984

Rape victim Amy Marshall can't tell her husband Chris for fear of rejection, and her attacker is loose on the island. Shy singer Robert Smith wants to gain self-confidence and cure his stage fright, so Roarke awakens his aggressive side.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Baby on Demand/The Last Dogfight

Sat, Mar 10, 1984

Former rock singer Joanna Jones now wants a baby, but not a husband. World War II vet Lieutenant Paul Spenser wants one more shot at winning an air battle against the Nazis.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Awakening of Love/The Imposter

Sat, Mar 17, 1984

Frigid high-fashion model Wendy Collins wants a true everlasting love but doesn't trust men. Joanne Field hopes Roarke can cure her fiance Arthur Crane of his impulsive assumption of other identities.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man

Sat, Mar 24, 1984

Nyah the mermaid wants to shed her immortality, and promises revenge on Roarke when he refuses her, and meets deep sea diver Duke McCall. Banker Mitch Robinson is faced with being replaced by Charlene Hunt's computer.

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ Lost and Found/Dick Turpin's Last Ride

Sat, Apr 7, 1984

Interior designer Sheila McKenna is ready to move on after she learns of her husband Frank's affair with her best friend Margot. Accountant Jack Palmer's wife Roxanne takes part in his fantasy of becoming highwayman Dick Turpin.

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu

Sat, Apr 14, 1984

Alan Curtis is in love with his unsuspecting best friend Pat Grayson and seeks romantic advice from the legendary Don Juan; and fashion buyer Whitney Clark wants to end her affair with her married boss Daniel Garman once and for all.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild

Sat, May 12, 1984

Joe Wilson's wife Doris wants to prevent him from performing with Mr. Bojangles. Sisters Audrey and Judy Jennings want to be taken seriously and meet hotelier Rex Reinhardt, his security chief Hawkins, and novelist Charles Childress.

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Surrogate Mother/The Ideal Woman

Sat, May 19, 1984

Yolanda Morales fears giving up her baby to Michael and Andrea Anderson, for whom she is bearing the child. Ben Saunders wants to reunite with the love of his life Sally Marshall but a cash problem and a beauty contest complicate matters.