Gilligan's Island Ending Explained: Did They Get Rescued?

That very last clip was from an episode of Roseanne, in which Roseanne had a dream I believe, that they were all actual castaways on the island, at the very end, in a surprising twist, The castaways themselves, came back and play Roseanne and the others characters in the last scene.

Don't forget that Alan Hale Jr was also in Wild Wild West and they did a cute tie in at the end of the episode to Gilligan's Island

I’m in my late 50’s. Until watching this video, I literally thought the Harlem Globetrotters playing against a team of robots on Gilligan’s Island was just a false memory from my childhood imagination. Unfortunately, I used to think the same about “The Star Wars Holiday Special”. Turns out that was also real.

Thanks for a guide to all of the Gilligan' Island shows.

Then there was "Dusty's Trail" starring Bob Denver and Forrest Tucker doing Gilligan's Island on a wagon train lost in the old west. It lasted 1 season (26 episodes back then) but recycled too many jokes/scripts from Gilligan for it to last any longer.

you missed, Back to the beach movie

There's a fan theory that Gilligan is an evil genius who deliberately sabotages their rescue efforts. He only acts stupid.

I think one of the last Gilligan related thing Dawn Wells did was a commercial where she plays Mary Anne suggesting that she married the Professor.

You missed back to the beach, where Gilligan was featured on there for brief time

The Professor could repair a WW2 era plane with, what, seashells and coconuts... but couldn't fix a hole in a boat.. whatever ❤❤❤

I’d pop Maryanne and Ginger.

You need to do the seven deadly sins of Gillian’s island. Gilligan is the devil.

Never understood how the girls never ran out of makeup.

I think Tina Louise , survived. The rest of the cast drowned in nonsense.

Reminds me of California

The spinoff did happen. Fantasy Island.

They all die of exposure in the last episode. Then sand crabs carry their bodies away into the sea.

Ginger or Mary Ann?

Gillian’s island is now being used as a “home base” for researchers trying to create a type is coral that is heat resistant. (Fun fact: it only takes about 20 minutes to get there by boat. It is in the north side of Oahu.

Ginger or Mary Ann?

It drove me nuts watching this show because of the extreme stupidity of Gilligan. Even worse was how the others could be so stupid as to trust Gilligan to do anything correctly. If only they had tied him up to a tree or locked him in a bamboo cage, they could have been rescued a long time ago.

If I'm a guy on an island with Mary Ann and Ginger, my desire to be "rescued" would be extremely limited. 😎

i would like to be stranded with mary ann.

There's a theory that each of the characters are one of the seven deadly sins. Skipper is gluttony, Ginger is lust, Thurston is greed, etc...

Too bad they didnt have any of Billy Mays duct tape to fix that hole in the boat

The show ended by Giligan revealing himself as the smoke monster

even if they never got rescued. there are worst way to go.

Ah, so it was canceled due to wokism.

I'm a mary ann guy not ginger

Gilligan AND the Skipper had a cameo in a movie with Anette Funicelo & Frankie Avalon.

Rescued? There were 5 TV movie followups.

Mary Ann tho... 🥰😍❤

Ginger or Mary Ann???

The Truth of Gilligan’s Island is they all died at sea and the entire series was just the Skipper’s fleeting imagination of their survival due to his guilt for killing them all as he drowned. Later remade as Lost. 😎

Without the excessive makeup, Ginger was...meh. Without makeup, Dawn Wells was still gorgeous.

Correction: Thirston Howell III not 4th.

With Ginger and Mary Ann. Get rescued from what?

Professor gained weight, lol.

I've never seen "MEGO" What? When did MEGO air lol?

The series had no official ending: it was canceled after the third season, apparently unbeknownst to the cast. There was a "rescue" TV movie in 1978, which ended with them returning to the island because they couldn't handle the way the world had changed in the meantime.

I know the meme is every episode revolves around Gillian screwing up their attempt to get off the island, but when you actually look at each episode’s plot, only 30ish percent of the episodes are about getting off the island.

Are you a true Gilligan's Island fan, or do you just like asking stupid questions?

The Flag at Half-Staff
In the opening sequence of Season 1, the American flag is at half-staff in the background as the Minnow leaves port, filmed shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963.

They did in fact get rescued, but then they got lost again and ended up on the same island.

Who's your favorite Gilligan's Island character?