- The castaways discover that they are all wanted for questioning in a murder that took place right before they left Hawaii.
- In the Lagoon, Gilligan (Bob Denver) is fishing when he hooks on to a crate marked Coast Food Company, and the Skipper helps him reel it into shore. Excited at the prospect of getting food other than coconuts, they crack it open only to discover it's full of coconuts wrapped in newspapers. The Skipper (Alan Hale Jr) feels they at least have new reading material, but Gilligan notices an article that there is a search for any survivors of the S.S. Minnow for questioning in the murder of Randolph Blake. They go to the Professor (Russell Johnson) for advice but are shocked by his excitement over a guillotine to cut coconuts. They head to the girls but find them brewing wild oleander into poison. That night, the Skipper refers to the newspaper for more clues and learns that Blake was killed by a spear gun. They decide to head to the Howell's Hut to search for clues, accidentally waking Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) and accidentally leaving the newspaper behind. Overnight, both the Skipper and Gilligan begin to suspect each other. By morning, the Howells find the newspaper clipping and run to the Professor and his guillotine, only to disappear when he turns back to speak to them, oblivious to their discomfort with his invention. Eventually, Ginger (Tina Louise) and Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) discover the article as well and show up to him as well. Their shock at the guillotine and the newspaper clipping make him realize why everyone is so jumpy and he vows to destroy the guillotine, rather than allow it to hurt anyone. At that point, Gilligan, the Skipper and the Howells come out of hiding in the hut. That night, they all confess to having known Blake and reveal their possible motives. Mr. Howell confesses that Blake worked for one of his businesses and was embezzling money from it. The Professor reveals Blake stole authorship of a scientific paper that he had worked on seven years prior. Ginger reveals she was engaged to be married to Blake when she discovered he was cheating on her, while Mary Ann reveals Blake was responsible for bankrupting her father. With all the motives, Gilligan thinks they should recreate the murder to solve it, and Gilligan gets stuck playing Blake with the Boy's Hut made up as the store where he was murdered. One by one, each of the castaways recreate their conversations with Blake, and Gilligan's nerves are getting frazzled with each recreation. When the recreations reveal nothing, the Skipper thinks they should go through them again, but Gilligan won't go through them again. He slams the door to the hut, the vibration dropping the spear gun whose spear hits the wall. This reveals the murder was an accident, and everyone is exonerated. A few nights later, the radio reveals the same news, and as the Skipper has Gilligan close the door to the hut, the spear gun goes off again, hitting the lines on their hammocks and dropping the Skipper to the ground.
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