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Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Return to Fantasy Island

Original Air Date—20 January 1978
A career woman's assistant hopes to break through his boss's all-business façade; a couple who gave up their daughter for adoption and can have no more children want to see the girl; and a woman who lost her memory on her honeymoon wants to experience it again to cure her amnesia.

Season 1, Episode 2: Escape/Cinderella Girls

Original Air Date—28 January 1978
A magician wants to perform the ultimate escape from a notorious prison on a nearby island; and a pair of best friends want to be filthy rich for a weekend.

Season 1, Episode 3: Episode #1.3

Original Air Date—????

Season 1, Episode 4: Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible

Original Air Date—4 February 1978
A man and his wife gamble everything they own on their dream of building a grand resort hotel; and a nondescript fellow wants to be ultra-attractive to every woman who sees him.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Prince/The Sheriff

Original Air Date—11 February 1978
The crown prince of a small European country wants the experience of being an average man to better understand what his people go through; and a New York City cop tracks down his partner's killers -- with the intent to obtain an eye for an eye.

Season 1, Episode 6: Family Reunion/Voodoo

Original Air Date—18 February 1978
Two children trick their divorced parents into a family weekend together, complete with future stepparents, in the hope of reuniting Mom and Dad; and a young woman with amnesia turns to a voodoo practitioner in the hope of finding out if she is a missing heiress.

Season 1, Episode 7: Lady of the Evening/The Racer

Original Air Date—25 February 1978
A well-known call girl wants to escape her old life and find someone to love her for herself; and a race-car driver injured in a crash wants to relive the accident to purge his nightmares of the fateful race.

Season 1, Episode 8: Treasure Hunt/Beauty Contest

Original Air Date—11 March 1978
A couple and their partner may be driven apart by their quest for a legendary treasure; and a young woman hopes to win a beauty contest to follow in her late mother's footsteps and gain the attention of her neglectful father.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Funny Girl/Butch and Sundance

Original Air Date—18 March 1978
A famous comedienne wants a weekend of anonymity in a small town like the one she came from; and two men fulfill their dreams of being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Season 1, Episode 10: Superstar/Salem

Original Air Date—25 March 1978
A working stiff wants to become a baseball star; and a couple fed up with the loose ways of today's young people want to go back to a time when people were "better behaved".

Season 1, Episode 11: Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man

Original Air Date—1 April 1978
An overlooked process server wants the action and excitement of being a private eye for a weekend; and a perpetually browbeaten husband wants the respect of his wife, son and mother-in-law.

Season 1, Episode 12: The Over the Hill Caper/Poof! You're a Movie Star

Original Air Date—15 April 1978
A blackmail victim and his three aging buddies put their gang back together one last time to defeat the blackmailer; and a young woman revels in her fantasy of being a movie star -- till the director requests that she appear nude.

Season 1, Episode 13: Reunion/Anniversary

Original Air Date—29 April 1978
Four high-school friends, each with a dark secret, gather for a ten-year reunion of their old group; and a couple drifting apart relive the day they were married in the hope of patching things up.

Season 1, Episode 14: King for a Day/Instant Family

Original Air Date—6 May 1978
A plumber's fantasy to be a king challenges him with diplomatic problems and a queen with a secret; and a graduate student who thinks she knows everything about raising kids learns otherwise when she's assigned to babysit her mentor's children for the weekend.

Season 1, Episode 15: Fool for a Client/Double Your Pleasure

Original Air Date—15 May 1978
A newly minted lawyer looking to try a criminal case winds up having to present his own defense when he's framed for murder; and an oil-pipeline laborer from Alaska wins a date with gorgeous identical twins, which turns out to be less than it was cracked up to be.

Season 1, Episode 16: Call Me Lucky/Torch Singer

Original Air Date—20 May 1978
A career gambler's dream of winning every game he plays has a monkey wrench thrown into it by the sudden arrival of his young son; and a woman wants to go back to the 1920s to be a successful torch singer, like her grandmother.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: The Sheikh/The Homecoming

Original Air Date—16 September 1978
A less-than-hunky man wants to have a harem, till he learns he's replaced a real sheik who's in trouble; and a Vietnam vet who was presumed dead wants his remarried wife and his son back.

Season 2, Episode 2: Big Dipper/The Pirate

Original Air Date—23 September 1978
A pickpocket and his daughter pose as vacationers to hide from the authorities, who want to put the girl in foster care; and a man desperate to win back his wife resorts to an outrageous scheme to prevent her remarriage to a stuffed shirt.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Beachcomber/The Last Whodunit

Original Air Date—30 September 1978
A man under tremendous pressure from his job and his family decides to chuck it all to become a beachcomber; and a devoted fan of a mystery writer tries to find out who killed her, acting out the writer's final unfinished manuscript.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Best Seller/Tomb

Original Air Date—14 October 1978
A struggling writer wants to have a best-selling book, which turns out to be an obstacle to a new romance; and an archaeologist is determined to uncover the secrets of a long-buried Egyptian tomb -- which is cursed.

Season 2, Episode 5: I Want to Get Married/The Jewel Thief

Original Air Date—21 October 1978
A Pennsylvania librarian is all set to have her wedding on Fantasy Island...now all she needs is the groom; and a tool-and-die manufacturer hopes to pull off just one major heist as a cat burglar.

Season 2, Episode 6: The War Games/Queen of the Boston Bruisers

Original Air Date—28 October 1978
A Vietnam vet discovers that a reunion with his old sergeant is actually a quest for revenge; and a roller-derby skater wants to pass herself off as a refined lady so that her daughter's fiancé's family will accept her.

Season 2, Episode 7: Let the Goodtimes Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger

Original Air Date—4 November 1978
Two buddies want to relive the good old days of the late 60s; a young woman wants to experience a recurring nightmare to the end, to find out what it might mean; and a game hunter wants to track down and kill an elusive and very dangerous tiger.

Season 2, Episode 8: Return/The Toughest Man Alive

Original Air Date—11 November 1978
Roarke and a woman who's been to the island before fall in love, but she must choose between staying with him and saving her late husband's hospital school in India; and a self-professed wimp wants the strength to stand up for himself and others who are weak like him.

Season 2, Episode 9: The Appointment/Mr. Tattoo

Original Air Date—18 November 1978
A doctor pursues a large monetary grant in order to build a hospital; and Tattoo attempts to grant the joint fantasy of two young women who want to meet and marry millionaires.

Season 2, Episode 10: The Island of Lost Women/The Flight of Great Yellow Bird

Original Air Date—25 November 1978
A sailor wants to spend the weekend on a mythical island where there are nothing but beautiful women; and a man in search of Sasquatch hopes to finally prove the creature's existence to the world.

Season 2, Episode 11: Carnival/The Vaudevillians

Original Air Date—2 December 1978
A secretary wants to know if the three-day affair she had while on vacation was the real thing or just a dream; and an old-timer whose kids want to put him in a nursing home hopes to revive his old vaudeville act with his partner.

Season 2, Episode 12: Charlie's Cherubs/Stalag 3

Original Air Date—9 December 1978
Three friends want to solve a crime by emulating their idols on [i]Charlie's Angels[/i]; and a group of World War II veterans reunite in the hope of recovering a treasure stolen by the Nazis.

Season 2, Episode 13: Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn

Original Air Date—16 December 1978
A method actor prepares for his next role by actually becoming said role -- a vampire; and a cosmetics queen must marry for money in order to shore up her failing business.

Season 2, Episode 14: Seance/Treasure

Original Air Date—13 January 1979
A young woman insists on conducting a series of séances to find out what caused the death of her twin brother; and a fisherman dreams of finding a great treasure that will solve all his financial problems.

Season 2, Episode 15: Cowboy/Substitute Wife

Original Air Date—20 January 1979
A man wants to keep the son he hasn't seen for nine years from discovering that he's not the star of the rodeo, but a clown instead; and a hypochondriac comes to Roarke seeking a cure for her imaginary ailments.

Season 2, Episode 16: Photographs/Royal Flush

Original Air Date—27 January 1979
A photographer seeks an explanation for the appearance of the same little girl in all her pictures of an extensive European trip; and a professional poker player wants to win big against the best poker players of the time.

Season 2, Episode 17: The Stripper/The Boxer

Original Air Date—10 February 1979
A wealthy heiress trying to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her finds herself the replacement for a stripper in a traveling vaudeville company; and a young boxer wants to win one big match despite the fact that it will probably kill him.

Season 2, Episode 18: Pentagram/A Little Ball/The Casting Director

Original Air Date—17 February 1979
"Pentagram": Jane Garwood, a TV reporter who feels that she might be cursed when her relationships start dying one by one, visits Mr Roarke for help in finding out why this is happening to her and in the process putting Roarke's life in danger. "A Little Ball": Sister Mary Theresa visits the Island after the premature death of a fellow nun tests her faith, but when she meets up with an old friend finds herself having to decide between the church and marriage. "Casting Couch": Felix Birdsong arrives on the Island to fulfill a fantasy to be in show business by being the casting director of a new film called "The Most Beautiful Woman In The World" being produced by one of his idols. In the process finds himself in over his head and learning some home truths about the business and his idol, while also finding romance.

Season 2, Episode 19: Spending Spree/The Hunted

Original Air Date—24 February 1979
In "Spending Spree" two friends are given half a million dollars. In "The Hunted" a thrill seeking hunter unexpected becomes the prey.

Season 2, Episode 20: Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker

Original Air Date—3 March 1979
A woman who gave up her twins for adoption and hasn't seen or heard of them since then wants to be present for their 30th birthday; and a man who can't get his ghost-busting guide published wants to exorcise a real ghost to prove he knows what he's talking about.

Season 2, Episode 21: Yesterday's Love/Fountain of Youth

Original Air Date—17 March 1979
A set of siblings send their parents, on the brink of divorce, to the island hoping they'll rediscover their love; and a wealthy, dying old man embarks on a search for the legendary Fountain of Youth.

Season 2, Episode 22: The Comic/The Golden Hour

Original Air Date—5 May 1979
A gag writer, about to be fired by his famous-comedian boss, wants the chance to become a star comedian himself; and a woman in a wheelchair meets her prison-bound pen pal for the first time.

Season 2, Episode 23: Cornelius and Alphonse/The Choice

Original Air Date—6 May 1979
A pair of ne'er-do-wells kidnap Tattoo in an attempt to get revenge on Roarke; and an orphaned brother and sister want the chance to choose their own adoptive parents.

Season 2, Episode 24: Bowling/Command Performances

Original Air Date—12 May 1979
A mediocre bowler wants to compete against professionals; and a former circus owner reunites her performers to find out who's trying to kill her.

Season 2, Episode 25: Amusement Park/Rock Stars

Original Air Date—13 May 1979
A boy's fantasy to operate an amusement park hides his real hope of reuniting him with his father; and four orphaned siblings want to make it as a successful pop group to keep a social worker from splitting them among different foster homes.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Hit Man/The Swimmer

Original Air Date—7 September 1979
A man whose underwear business is failing wants to be killed so that his family can collect on his life insurance; and a former swimmer who was paralyzed in a car wreck searches for a cure for her condition.

Season 3, Episode 2: Goose for the Gander/The Stuntman

Original Air Date—14 September 1979
A diner owner whose restaurant is to be razed for a new highway wants to win a cooking contest to raise the money to relocate her business; and a retired stuntman hopes to reconcile with his estranged son, also a stuntman, who is about to attempt a life-threatening stunt for a movie.

Season 3, Episode 3: Tattoo: the Love God/Magnolia Blossoms

Original Air Date—21 September 1979
Tattoo asks Roarke to grant his fantasy of being a "love god", which Roarke takes literally; and two women want to experience the days of the Civil-War-era South.

Season 3, Episode 4: Baby/Marathon: Battle of the Sexes

Original Air Date—5 October 1979
Tattoo decides to adopt the orphaned infant son of a native islander he knew well; and two women want to win the Fantasy Island Marathon so they can use the publicity and prize money to save the floundering barbell-manufacturing plant they work at.

Season 3, Episode 5: The Chain Gang/The Boss

Original Air Date—19 October 1979
A man joins a chain gang to get information that he hopes will clear his father's name; and a woman wants to be The Big Boss of a corporation.

Season 3, Episode 6: The Red Baron/Young at Heart

Original Air Date—27 October 1979
A Wisconsin locksmith wants to take part in World War I; and a 50-year-old librarian wants to be half her age for a weekend.

Season 3, Episode 7: The Wedding

Original Air Date—3 November 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.

Season 3, Episode 8: Tattoo's Romance/Handy Man

Original Air Date—10 November 1979
A selfish and bitter woman takes advantage of Tattoo's attraction to her niece to try to make the girl a country-music star; and a witness to a gangland killing seeks refuge from his would-be killers in an orphanage.

Season 3, Episode 9: Nobody's There/The Dancer

Original Air Date—17 November 1979
A klutzy private eye hopes for the opportunity to solve her very first case; and a wealthy Texan wants to meet the ballerina who inspired him to success.

Season 3, Episode 10: The Pug/Class of '69

Original Air Date—24 November 1979
A boy wants to see his father win the heavyweight boxing championship; and a woman seeks revenge on a former classmate who humiliated her in front of the entire school.

Season 3, Episode 11: The Victim/The Mermaid

Original Air Date—1 December 1979
A woman disregards Roarke's severe warnings and dates her dream man, only to wind up one of his stable of sex slaves; and a college professor, hoping to make a significant scientific discovery, saves the life of a mermaid who tries to tempt him away from his crumbling marriage.

Season 3, Episode 12: The Cheerleaders/Marooned

Original Air Date—8 December 1979
Two best friends want to be cheerleaders for a professional football team; and a truck driver wants to be shipwrecked on a deserted island with his favorite movie star.

Season 3, Episode 13: The Inventor/On the Other Side

Original Air Date—15 December 1979
A professor hopes to unleash a revolutionary preservation formula and receive acclaim for it; and a widow hopes to finally contact her dead husband after twenty-five years of fruitless attempts.

Season 3, Episode 14: The Look Alikes/Winemaker

Original Air Date—22 December 1979
A man finds himself in the dangerous world of gambling when he changes places with his double, and Tatto promises a nun that she'll win the wine tasting content before he discovers her wine is undrinkable.

Season 3, Episode 15: Unholy Wedlock/Elizabeth

Original Air Date—12 January 1980
A young man gets into trouble in his quest to marry his fiancée; and a woman needs Roarke's help to defeat a dangerous ghost.

Season 3, Episode 16: Rogues to Riches/Stark Terror

Original Air Date—19 January 1980
A man is determined to lose himself in the eighteenth century, despite the entreaties of his lawyer partner who tries to entice him back with the promise of a lucrative business deal; and a young woman, rendered mute by her mother's death, wants to find out whether she was responsible.

Season 3, Episode 17: PlayGirl/Smith's Valhalla

Original Air Date—26 January 1980
Sick of male chauvinism, a woman wants to turn the tables and treat men as the objects; and a man asks for a chance to perform a truly heroic rescue.

Season 3, Episode 18: Aphrodite/Dr. Jeckyll and Miss Hyde

Original Air Date—2 February 1980
A very picky man is looking for the perfect woman; and a shy, restricted woman wants to be able to lose her inhibitions.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Swinger/Terrors of the Mind

Original Air Date—9 February 1980
A middle-aged divorced man wants to be the swinging single he didn't get to be in his younger days; and a young woman requests the power to see into her future.

Season 3, Episode 20: Nona/One Million B.C.

Original Air Date—1 March 1980
A blind detective wants his sight back so he can complete his search for a missing actress; and two women want to return to a time of old-fashioned chivalry in men and daintiness in women.

Season 3, Episode 21: Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate

Original Air Date—8 March 1980
An unemployed actor wants a last chance to play the role that made him famous; and an acclaimed ventriloquist is afraid her marionette has been taking over some of her personality traits.

Season 3, Episode 22: My Fair Pharaoh/The Power

Original Air Date—10 May 1980
A woman yearns to immerse herself in the world of Egyptian queen Cleopatra; and a man asks Roarke for the power of telekinesis.

Season 3, Episode 23: Eagleman/Children of Mentu

Original Air Date—17 May 1980
A widowed businessman wants to become his estranged son's favorite comic-book superhero to get the boy's attention; and a journalism student seeks out the story that will make her career.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: The Devil and Mandy Breem/The Millionaire

Original Air Date—25 October 1980
Mandy sold her soul to Satan in order to save her husband, and Tattoo takes on Fred Catlett's fantasy to become an instant millionaire which could end up getting him killed.

Season 4, Episode 2: Flying Aces/The Mermaid Returns

Original Air Date—1 November 1980
A man wants to return to World War II in order to meet the father he never knew; and a mermaid asks Roarke to help her learn about human love.

Season 4, Episode 3: Skater's Edge/Concerto of Death/The Last Great Race

Original Air Date—8 November 1980
A Minnesota farm girl wants to be a champion figure skater; a man suspects that his brother, a classical concert pianist, was murdered and wants to find out how and by whom; and a divorcing couple agree to a race to decide the final settlement of their joint property.

Season 4, Episode 4: Don Quixote/The Sex Symbol

Original Air Date—15 November 1980
An eccentric banker fulfills his ambitions to be a modern-day Don Quixote; and a plain Jane wants to be a sex goddess until three men take advantage of her newfound beauty.

Season 4, Episode 5: The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed

Original Air Date—22 November 1980
A very hot movie actress wants a weekend of complete anonymity; a lawyer from an old-money family traces his roots, only to find himself disillusioned; and a mother begs Roarke for help in finding out why her daughter is acting so oddly.

Season 4, Episode 6: With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo

Original Air Date—29 November 1980
A woman writing a book about the Whitechapel murders goes back to 1888 London to get the final proof she needs, only to place dozens of people in great danger; and a man with no self-confidence around women asks to become a gigolo.

Season 4, Episode 7: The Invisible Woman/The Snow Bird

Original Air Date—6 December 1980
A woman wants the power to become invisible to be sure her fiancé is being faithful; and a circus popcorn vendor joins a trapeze-artist troupe to get closer to the girl he loves.

Season 4, Episode 8: Crescendo/Three Feathers

Original Air Date—20 December 1980
A singer wants to meet the composer whose songs made her famous; and a man needs to convince three former friends that he didn't abandon them after a plane crash the previous year.

Season 4, Episode 9: My Late Lover/Sanctuary

Original Air Date—3 January 1981
A widow trying to decide between three men to marry is constantly interrupted by the ghost of her dead husband; and a man who has been poisoned wants to find his killer before he dies.

Season 4, Episode 10: High Off the Hog/Reprisal

Original Air Date—10 January 1981
A young man whose family sacrificed heavily to send him to college rewards them by making them rich for a weekend; and an orphaned gymnast, mistreated by her aunt and cousin, seeks the power to make things happen.

Season 4, Episode 11: Elizabeth's Baby/The Artist and the Lady

Original Air Date—17 January 1981
"Elizabeth's Baby" Elizabeth Blake wishes to look ahead into her unborn child's future. In "The Artist and the Lady" an untalented artist wishes to possess the talent to paint a great masterpiece.

Season 4, Episode 12: The Heroine/The Warrior

Original Air Date—24 January 1981
The prim and proper author of steamy romance novels wants to step into the shoes of one of her own heroines; and a man tries to impress his wife by fighting for her honor.

Season 4, Episode 13: The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman

Original Air Date—31 January 1981
A photojournalist has ulterior motives in mind for meeting a reclusive man who's been living on the island; and a woman temporarily regains her youth to get back at the husband she's about to divorce.

Season 4, Episode 14: The Chateau/White Lightning

Original Air Date—7 February 1981
The granddaughter of a silent-movie star wants to learn more about her grandmother's life; and two feuding families compete to become the owners of a special moonshine recipe.

Season 4, Episode 15: Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue...

Original Air Date—14 February 1981
A couple who have been happily married for the last 25 years want to find out if they would fall in love all over again if they were just meeting for the first time. Also a bride's wedding plans may be ruined when her past comes back to haunt her.

Season 4, Episode 16: Chorus Girl/Surrogate Father

Original Air Date—21 February 1981
A dance teacher asks Roarke to give his deaf student the gift of hearing, only to watch her discovering a world that may exclude him; and a father must control his compulsive gambling habit or lose custody of his beloved little girl.

Season 4, Episode 17: Also Rans/Portrait of Solange

Original Air Date—28 February 1981
A department-store shoe salesman just wants the boss's daughter to notice him; and Tattoo, granted a birthday fantasy to paint like Toulouse-Lautrec, unexpectedly finds romance.

Season 4, Episode 18: The Searcher/The Way We Weren't

Original Air Date—7 March 1981
A young woman wants the truth about her absent father; and a long-married couple discover that you really can't go home again.

Season 4, Episode 19: The Proxy Billionaire/The Experiment

Original Air Date—21 March 1981
A Wall Street analyst's wish to be ultra-rich brings him nothing but trouble; and a widowed doctor and his daughter, still grief-stricken over his late wife, want to bring her back from the dead.

Season 4, Episode 20: Delphine/The Unkillable

Original Air Date—11 April 1981
Roarke's goddaughter, about to marry her unsuspecting fiancé, wants him to rid her of her magical powers; and a scientist hoping to uncover the proverbial missing link winds up facing something he never imagined.

Season 4, Episode 21: Basin Street/The Devil's Triangle

Original Air Date—2 May 1981
A mediocre jazz trumpeter wants to play in the early New Orleans style, and finds himself back in the actual era; and a woman and her two suitors team up to tackle a mysterious and dangerous section of the ocean.

Season 4, Episode 22: Hard Knocks/Lady Godiva

Original Air Date—9 May 1981
An aspiring private investigator receives advice from none other than Bogart himself; and a young woman wants to go back to the days of Lady Godiva.

Season 4, Episode 23: Man-Beast/Ole Island Oprey

Original Air Date—16 May 1981
A man plagued by terrifying nightmares learns that the dreams have been telling him that he's a werewolf; and a young woman whose father wants her to be a country star would far rather be a photographer.

Season 4, Episode 24: Paquito's Birthday/Technical Advisor

Original Air Date—23 May 1981
A poor couple from Mexico want the best for their son, only to be faced with the prospect of losing him altogether; and a woman with no experience in being in love gets advice from Helen of Troy.

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk

Original Air Date—10 October 1981
A woman insists on closure with her old boyfriend before she can get on with her life with the current one; and a man tries to impress the girl he has a crush on by joining the basketball team her father coaches.

Season 5, Episode 2: Devil and Mr. Roarke/Ziegfeld Girls/Kid Corey Rides Again

Original Air Date—17 October 1981
Mephistopheles uses Julie to force Roarke into another confrontation; two elderly women want to relive their days as members of the Ziegfeld Follies; and a Brooklyn shoe salesman travels back to the Old West to meet his favorite outlaw.

Season 5, Episode 3: Cyrano/The Magician

Original Air Date—24 October 1981
A woman in search of the most chivalrous and romantic man of all time winds up meeting Cyrano de Bergerac; and a magician trying to perfect his craft faces a huge problem after he makes his assistant vanish.

Season 5, Episode 4: The Lady and the Monster/The Last Cowboy

Original Air Date—31 October 1981
A scientist discovers that Dr. Frankenstein really did exist -- by meeting his monster; and a middle-aged man with a hankering for the Old West is annoyed to find himself still stuck in the present day.

Season 5, Episode 5: Mr. Nobody/La Liberatora

Original Air Date—7 November 1981
Julie accidentally provides a man looking for inner strength with physical prowess instead; and a flamboyant classical guitarist hopes to trace her roots back to the legendary El Lobo Rojo in the days of Spanish California.

Season 5, Episode 6: Night in the Harem/Druids

Original Air Date—14 November 1981
An unprepossessing fellow gets more than he asked for when he requests one night with a harem; and a young woman who wants to be the center of all attention learns that being a queen can be perilous.

Season 5, Episode 7: Perfect Husband, The/Volcano

Original Air Date—21 November 1981
A woman hoping to find and marry her dream man but learns that perfection isn't all it's cracked up to be. A seismologist, who places science above humanity, has his values tested when he and a group of others are threatened by an erupting volcano.

Season 5, Episode 8: Lillian Russell/The Lagoon

Original Air Date—28 November 1981
A woman time-travels to gather information for her biography on Lillian Russell, and actually becomes the singer; and a man who wants nothing more than tranquil solitude is unwillingly forced to face up to events in his past.

Season 5, Episode 9: Romance Times Three/Night of the Tormented Soul

Original Air Date—5 December 1981
An answering-service operator wants to meet the three men she's known up to now only as voices over the phone; and a brother and sister face a weekend of horror while trying to find out how their mother died.

Season 5, Episode 10: A Very Strange Affair/The Sailor

Original Air Date—2 January 1982
A man trying to solicit operating funds for an orphanage receives assistance from a truly odd source; and a woman falls in love with a sailor, but must exchange her life for their happiness.

Season 5, Episode 11: House of Dolls/Wuthering Heights

Original Air Date—9 January 1982
A window dresser in love with one of his mannequins asks Roarke to bring her to life; and a woman enters the world of her favorite classical novel in order to meet Heathcliff.

Season 5, Episode 12: The Magic Camera/Mata Hari/Valerie

Original Air Date—16 January 1982
A photographer, who wants to take unique pictures, finds his request granted in a way he didn't anticipate. A woman looking to learn more about Mata Hari finds herself in the legendary spy's shoes. Also a young man is in search of a woman he fell in love with, who then disappeared.

Season 5, Episode 13: King Arthur in Mr. Roarke's Court/Shadow Games

Original Air Date—23 January 1982
A man's quest to meet his legendary hero goes awry when King Arthur is somehow transported to the present; and a country singer wants to make one last record with her boyfriend -- who is believed to be dead.

Season 5, Episode 14: Daddy's Little Girl/The Whistle

Original Air Date—30 January 1982
A woman who's never met her real father wants to find him so he can give her away at her wedding; and a scientist desperate to make a great discovery pays for his determination with a weekend of sheer terror.

Season 5, Episode 15: The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes

Original Air Date—6 February 1982
A woman presents Roarke with her daughter, claiming he's her father; and a security guard wants to work with a fictional detective of Roarke's choice.

Season 5, Episode 16: Challenge, The/A Genie Named Joe

Original Air Date—13 February 1982
A wealthy business tycoon is out to take Fantasy Island away from Roarke; and a florist enlists the help of a genie to find her perfect husband.

Season 5, Episode 17: Funny Man/Tattoo, the Matchmaker

Original Air Date—20 February 1982
A stand-up comic is ashamed to tell his fiancée that he's alone in the world, so he has his imaginary family brought to life to introduce to her; and Tattoo starts a computer-dating service which matches all its female clients with the same man - Roarke.

Season 5, Episode 18: Sitting Duck/Sweet Suzi Swann

Original Air Date—6 March 1982
A big-game hunter, bored with tracking animals, moves up to humans, and chooses Roarke as his target; and a fashion designer's assistant, fed up with her boss' taking her for granted, wants to fall out of love with him.

Season 5, Episode 19: Face of Love/Image of Celeste

Original Air Date—20 March 1982
A bitter young woman with a long criminal record gets a chance to turn her life around; and a woman, having seen a painting by Gauguin of a woman who looks exactly like her, wants to find out the identity of the painting's subject.

Season 5, Episode 20: Forget Me Not/The Quiz Masters

Original Air Date—10 April 1982
A completely amnesic woman hopes to find out who she is and where she comes from; and two legendary game-show hosts compete against each other to win the ultimate game.

Season 5, Episode 21: The Big Bet/Nancy and the Thunderbirds

Original Air Date—1 May 1982
A man who's bet his buddies that he'll bed a pretty woman comes to regret his impulse when he meets her; and a woman raised by a Native American tribe faces the necessity of fulfilling the tribal leader's prophecy for her.

Season 5, Episode 22: The Ghost's Story/The Spoilers

Original Air Date—8 May 1982
A woman has to stay a full night in a haunted house in order to prove her knowledge of the occult; and a bounty hunter sets out to catch a wily and elusive bank robber.

Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1: The Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday

Original Air Date—16 October 1982
A man comes with his wife to the island to rid himself of a family curse; and a woman wants to be the vice-president of an ad agency.

Season 6, Episode 2: Dancing Lady/The Final Round

Original Air Date—23 October 1982
A young woman hopes to become the dancing star of a major musical; and a boxing manager reluctantly takes as a client a stubborn fighter with a serious head injury.

Season 6, Episode 3: Legends/The Perfect Gentleman

Original Air Date—30 October 1982
A singer wants to overcome debilitating stage fright, prompting Roarke to facilitate this in a very unusual way; and a rock star who witnessed a murder disguises himself as a butler in order to elude his pursuers.

Season 6, Episode 4: The Angel's Triangle/Natchez Bound

Original Air Date—6 November 1982
An angel faces a huge problem when he falls in love with a newlywed vacationing on the island; and a card dealer wants to ply her craft on a nineteenth-century Mississippi riverboat.

Season 6, Episode 5: Everybody Goes to Gilley's/Face of Fire

Original Air Date—20 November 1982
Country singer Mickey Gilley portrays himself, searching for the fame and fortune that have eluded him; and a philanthropist promises a million dollars to a woman if she makes it out alive from a weekend at his home.

Season 6, Episode 6: The Beautiful Skeptic/The Lost Platoon

Original Air Date—27 November 1982
A TV tabloid reporter sets out to expose Roarke as a fraud; a man returns to World War II Italy in search of proof that his brother was not a coward or a racketeer.

Season 6, Episode 7: Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million

Original Air Date—4 December 1982
An armchair quarterback wants to manage a real professional sports team; and three people compete for a million dollars by seeing who can perform the most selfless deeds.

Season 6, Episode 8: The Kleptomaniac/Thank God, I'm a Country Girl

Original Air Date—11 December 1982
A man wants Roarke to cure him of his habit of compulsive stealing; and a waitress wants the daughter she gave up for adoption to see her as rich and successful.

Season 6, Episode 9: Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket

Original Air Date—8 January 1983
A pushy mother wants her daughter to become an actress, regardless of the daughter's wishes; a recently deceased islander has left his Irish Sweepstakes winnings to his best friend, whom Tattoo is assigned to locate.

Season 6, Episode 10: Candy Kisses/Operation Breakout

Original Air Date—15 January 1983
A wheelchair-bound racehorse breeder wants one last chance to win a race; and a self-professed failure wants to break an American agent out of a tough foreign prison.

Season 6, Episode 11: The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps

Original Air Date—22 January 1983
A man travels back to Tin Pan Alley to find and recover his grandfather's never-published songs; a soap-opera actress wants to stop her evil character from using her to come to life.

Season 6, Episode 12: The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard

Original Air Date—29 January 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.

Season 6, Episode 13: Midnight Waltz/Let Them Eat Cake

Original Air Date—12 February 1983
An elderly man wants a last dance with his wife, who passed away six months before; and a woman who wants to be treated like a queen finds herself in the body of Marie Antoinette.

Season 6, Episode 14: Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo

Original Air Date—19 February 1983
A prisoner wants to hunt for and find a long-lost treasure; and a diplomat learns he has a daughter who now wants to live with him.

Season 6, Episode 15: Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends

Original Air Date—26 February 1983
An aspiring singer wants to make it big, but finds himself getting involved with another performer trying to make it; and a woman attempts to impress her former college buddies with riches and material things, only to discover that other things matter much more.

Season 6, Episode 16: Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt

Original Air Date—5 March 1983
A couple are obsessed with finding the Fountain of Youth; and an Oregon file clerk dreams of having a date with her favorite movie star.

Season 6, Episode 17: King of Burlesque/Death Games

Original Air Date—12 March 1983
A Wall Street broker gets his fantasy to be part of an old-fashioned burlesque show; and a woman whose husband was killed during his fantasy intends to exact a price from Roarke for his death.

Season 6, Episode 18: The Devil Stick/Touch and Go

Original Air Date—19 March 1983
A man pursues his dream woman, who is protected by superstitious relatives; and Tattoo grants the fantasy of a woman who saved his life many years ago by helping her get access to a man she loves.

Season 6, Episode 19: Edward/The Extraordinary Miss Jones

Original Air Date—9 April 1983
A bigwig publisher comes to the island seeking to reconcile with his estranged family; and a young woman with a terminal illness wants to make a lasting contribution to society.

Season 6, Episode 20: What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors

Original Air Date—16 April 1983
A famous children's-book author and his wife, who are childless, want to adopt the perfect offspring; and a woman searching for her missing fiancé winds up facing far more than she bargained for.

Season 6, Episode 21: Remember... When?

Original Air Date—7 May 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.

Season 6, Episode 22: Love Island/The Sisters

Original Air Date—14 May 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.

Season 7

Season 7, Episode 1: The Other Man - Mr. Roarke/Forbidden Love

Original Air Date—8 October 1983
A woman wants to make her boyfriend jealous, but when the fellow playing "the other man" gets hurt, Roarke is forced to step in, causing the woman to really fall for him; and a woman hopes to get her longtime boyfriend to finally propose to her.

Season 7, Episode 2: The Big Switch/Hooker's Holiday

Original Air Date—15 October 1983
A woman fed up with her male-chauvinist-pig husband asks Roarke to turn him into a woman to show him what it's like; and a call girl wants a normal life with true love.

Season 7, Episode 3: Nurses Night Out

Original Air Date—22 October 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.

Season 7, Episode 4: God Child/Curtain Call

Original Air Date—29 October 1983
A little girl whose parents were killed wants to ask God why he took them away from her; and a comedian hopes to revive his act with his two former partners -- who want nothing to do with him.

Season 7, Episode 5: The Butler's Affair/Roarke's Sacrifice

Original Air Date—12 November 1983
A physically disabled former dancer in love with Roarke wants to be able to dance again, but the ability comes with a price. Also, a rich widow in love with her butler finds objections from her friends, his friends, and the man himself.

Season 7, Episode 6: Three's a Crowd/Second Time Around

Original Air Date—19 November 1983
A woman arrives on the island in the hope of saving her failing marriage; and a young man gets angry when he sees his widowed mother falling in love again.

Season 7, Episode 7: The Wedding Picture/Castaways

Original Air Date—26 November 1983
A woman in an unhappy marriage wants to go back to her wedding day to change the choice she made; and a man infatuated with a supermodel wants her all to himself for a weekend.

Season 7, Episode 8: Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger

Original Air Date—3 December 1983
A dying millionaire is in search of a deserving recipient of his bequest; and a single mother indulges her fantasy of being a swinger.

Season 7, Episode 9: Saturday's Child/The Fantasy Island Girl

Original Air Date—10 December 1983
An actress who gave up her children for adoption now wants to meet them; and a beauty-contest mogul wants to clear his name.

Season 7, Episode 10: Goin' on Home/Ambitious Lady

Original Air Date—7 January 1984
A successful country singer wants to reunite with his estranged family; and a couple have two separate fantasies: he wants success, she wants to rediscover their love.

Season 7, Episode 11: Sweet Life/Games People Play

Original Air Date—14 January 1984
A man wants to give his family all the material things he has never been able to; and three women are looking to further their careers with a toy company.

Season 7, Episode 12: To Fly with Eagles/The High Cost of Living

Original Air Date—21 January 1984
An amateur sportsman wants to win a flying competition; and an executive who's been concentrating on her career now wants to find a husband.

Season 7, Episode 13: Lady's Choice/Skin Deep

Original Air Date—28 January 1984
A woman hopes to find the perfect man she's always dreamed of; and a shy fellow wants the chance to be seen with a beautiful woman.

Season 7, Episode 14: Lady of the House/Mrs. Bartlett's Favorites

Original Air Date—25 February 1984
Two intertwined stories: a former brothel madam, about to be married, wants to turn over the profits of her investments to her three favorite former employees, who have fantasies all their own.

Season 7, Episode 15: Dark Secret/The Outrageous Mr. Smith

Original Air Date—3 March 1984
A young woman who was raped can't bring herself to tell her husband for fear of rejection; and a shy singer wants to gain self-confidence and cure his stage fright.

Season 7, Episode 16: Sing Melancholy Baby/The Last Dogfight

Original Air Date—10 March 1984
A former rock singer now wants a baby, but not a husband; and a World War II vet wants one more shot at winning an air battle against the Nazis.

Season 7, Episode 17: The Awakening of Love/The Impostor

Original Air Date—17 March 1984
A high-fashion model wants a true and everlasting love, but doesn't trust men; and a woman brings her husband to the island hoping Roarke can cure him of his impulsive assumption of other identities.

Season 7, Episode 18: Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man

Original Air Date—24 March 1984
Nyah the mermaid wants to shed her immortality, and promises revenge on Roarke when he refuses her; and a banker is faced with being replaced by a computer.

Season 7, Episode 19: Lost and Found/Dick Turpin's Last Ride

Original Air Date—7 April 1984
A woman is all too ready to move on after she learns of her husband's extramarital affair; and a CPA with a fantasy of being Dick Turpin gets into more trouble than he was prepared for.

Season 7, Episode 20: Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu

Original Air Date—14 April 1984
A man in love with his unsuspecting best friend seeks advice from the legendary Don Juan; and a woman wants to end her affair with her married boss once and for all.

Season 7, Episode 21: Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild

Original Air Date—12 May 1984
A man's wife wants to prevent him from realizing his fantasy of performing with the legendary Mr. Bojangles; and two sisters want nothing more than to be taken seriously.

Season 7, Episode 22: Surrogate Mother/Ideal Woman

Original Air Date—19 May 1984
A pregnant young woman fears the day she will have to give up her baby to the couple for whom she is bearing the child; and a man wants to be reunited with the one true love of his life.

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The Boss/Chain Gang

Original Air Date—20 October 1979

Unholy Wedlock

Original Air Date—12 January 1980

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