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  • Oct 8, 1983
Fantasy Island (1978)

Summary Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular. Each week two guests came to Fantasy Island to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roar...

  • ABC
  • Oct 8, 1983
  • ABC
  • Oct 8, 1983
Fantasy Island (1978)
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7 Seasons
Season Premiere: Oct 8, 1983
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Summary Smiles everyone, Smiles! So began this long-running (7 season) series which was one of the ABC Network's anthology/guest-cast series (along with The Love Boat) that proved wildly popular. Each week two guests came to Fantasy Island to get their wish/fantasy fulfilled. Their mysterious host, the debonair and suave white-suited Mr. Roar...

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Episode 1 • Oct 8, 1983 • 1 h
Forbidden Love/The Other Man -- Mr. Roarke
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.
Episode 2 • Oct 15, 1983 • 1 h
The Big Switch/The Hooker's Holiday
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.
Episode 3 • Oct 22, 1983 • 1 h
Nurses Night Out
A man grateful for the TLC provided him by three nurses from his hometown hospital rewards them by having Roarke grant them their fantasies.
Episode 4 • Oct 29, 1983 • 1 h
God Child/Curtain Call
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.
Episode 5 • Nov 12, 1983 • 1 h
Roarke's Sacrifice/The Butler's Affair
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.
Episode 6 • Nov 19, 1983 • 1 h
Second Time Around/Three's a Crowd
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.
Episode 7 • Nov 26, 1983 • 1 h
The Wedding Picture/Castaways
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.
Episode 8 • Dec 3, 1983 • 1 h
Random Choices/My Mommy, the Swinger
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.
Episode 9 • Dec 10, 1983 • 1 h
The Fantasy Island Girl/Saturday's Child
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.
Episode 10 • Jan 7, 1984 • 1 h
Goin' on Home/Ambitious Lady
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.
Episode 11 • Jan 14, 1984 • 1 h
Games People Play/The Sweet Life
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.
Episode 12 • Jan 21, 1984 • 1 h
The High Cost of Loving/To Fly with Eagles
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.
Episode 13 • Jan 28, 1984 • 1 h
Ladies Choice/Skin Deep
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.
Episode 14 • Feb 25, 1984 • 1 h
Lady of the House/Mrs. Brandell's Favorites
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.
Episode 15 • Mar 3, 1984 • 1 h
Dark Secret/The Outrageous Mr. Smith
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.
Episode 16 • Mar 10, 1984 • 1 h
Baby on Demand/The Last Dogfight
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.
Episode 17 • Mar 17, 1984 • 1 h
Awakening of Love/The Imposter
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.
Episode 18 • Mar 24, 1984 • 1 h
Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man
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.
Episode 19 • Apr 7, 1984 • 1 h
Lost and Found/Dick Turpin's Last Ride
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.
Episode 20 • Apr 14, 1984 • 1 h
Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu
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.
Episode 21 • May 12, 1984 • 1 h
Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild
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.
Episode 22 • May 19, 1984 • 1 h
Surrogate Mother/The Ideal Woman
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.
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Ricardo Montalban

Mr. Roarke

Hervé Villechaize

Tattoo, Black Beard, Quasimodo

Wendy Schaal

Julie, Jennie Rowlands, Ruth Ann McAllister

Christopher Hewett

Lawrence

Carol Lynley

Catherine Harris, Dorothy Weller, Elizabeth 'Liz' Hollander

Dennis Cole

Captain Jeff Bailey, David Farley, Dr. Lloyd Hopper

Phyllis Davis

Christy Robbins, Elizabeth Leston, Helen Hendrix

Barbi Benton

Bunny Kelly, Courtney, Dee Dee Verona

Mary Ann Mobley

Amanda DeHaven, Bryana Spencer, Ellie Drake

Ken Berry

Eddie, Elliott Fielding, Harry Simpson

Michelle Phillips

Princess Nyah, The Mermaid, Andrea Barclay, Helen Sinclair, Shelia Godfrey, Valerie Larrabe

Stuart Whitman

Charles Wesley, Franklin Adams, Jesse Moreau, Joel Campbell, Rex Reinhardt, Tom Parnell, Walter Tate

David Hedison

Captain John Day, Carlyle Cranston, Claude Duncan, Daniel Garman, David Tabori, Karl Dixon, Phillip Camden

George Maharis

Dr. Hal Workman, Jack Becker, Joe Capos, Lowell Benson, Mario Ferrini, Professor Alan Blair

Maureen McCormick

Angela Brennan, Jennie Collins, Jennifer Griffin, Sally Quinn, Stephanie Wilson, Trudy Brown

John Saxon

Colin McArthur, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dr. Roger Sullivan, Evan Watkins, Michael Anderson, Monsieur Berandt Sabatier, Professor Harold DeHaven

Dack Rambo

Bud, Captain Rawlins, Captain Timothy Black, Carl Wagner, Mike O'Brien, Prince Peter d'Anatoli

John Myhers

Charlton Gould, Howard Callas, Lord Rupert Black, Mayor William Lacy, Phil Collins, Spencer

John Davis Chandler

Barker, Bellamy, Ed Larson, Eddie, Eddie Gunn, Tracer

Danielle Aubry

Buyer, Carrie, Diner, Madeline Eskorpos, The Stylist, The Woman in Tweed

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