Mrs. Howell, pining for the days of being socially involved with her old friends, spots Gilligan carrying Mary Ann and conceives the idea of setting them up for matrimony. Mr. Howell is reluctantly brought into the scheme to work on Gilligan while Mrs. Howell focuses on Mary Ann.
Inviting them both to dinner, the Howells wish to impress upon the youngsters how glorious it is to be married. But instead wind up arguing and leaving each other. The rest of the castaways band together and recreate the night Mr. Howell proposed to Lovey at the Tour Dargent on West 47th Street...or is it West 52nd Street?
This is one of those "necessary" episodes that was obviously in response to the question "Why does no one ever "hook up" on Gilligan's Island?" Still, it is actually well executed with a superb bit of timing that keeps the possibilities open for Gilligan and Mary Ann without spoiling it one way or another.
Highlights include Mr. Howell's initial reluctance to get involved in his wife's scheme, his subsequent action of nearly throttling Gilligan when he's reminded of the solid gold camera he destroyed, the Professor and the Skipper commenting on Gilligan's upcoming dinner at the Howells (arguably the best and funniest scene in the episode), the recreation of the place where Mr. Howell proposed to his wife and the epilogue scene where Mr. Howell nearly loses it all as Lovey spots another potential couple in the making.
All of these elements come together quite well, although arguably the set up for the final "soup" joke with Gilligan is somewhat lame. Still, a funny, well executed episode that is fun to watch and with a great epilogue scene as well.
Inviting them both to dinner, the Howells wish to impress upon the youngsters how glorious it is to be married. But instead wind up arguing and leaving each other. The rest of the castaways band together and recreate the night Mr. Howell proposed to Lovey at the Tour Dargent on West 47th Street...or is it West 52nd Street?
This is one of those "necessary" episodes that was obviously in response to the question "Why does no one ever "hook up" on Gilligan's Island?" Still, it is actually well executed with a superb bit of timing that keeps the possibilities open for Gilligan and Mary Ann without spoiling it one way or another.
Highlights include Mr. Howell's initial reluctance to get involved in his wife's scheme, his subsequent action of nearly throttling Gilligan when he's reminded of the solid gold camera he destroyed, the Professor and the Skipper commenting on Gilligan's upcoming dinner at the Howells (arguably the best and funniest scene in the episode), the recreation of the place where Mr. Howell proposed to his wife and the epilogue scene where Mr. Howell nearly loses it all as Lovey spots another potential couple in the making.
All of these elements come together quite well, although arguably the set up for the final "soup" joke with Gilligan is somewhat lame. Still, a funny, well executed episode that is fun to watch and with a great epilogue scene as well.
- The timing of the Howell's re-entry into their hut to help Mary Ann and Gilligan was simply perfect as we actually see these two progress through their feelings a bit...enough to entice thoughts of what might be, but not enough to really confirm anything.
- The set-up of the Tour Dargent is actually well crafted with the "kitchen" being on the outside of the hut. I suppose that's the Skipper's record player, which is probably powered off of a spring and it's a good thing his record collection included music that Ginger could sing and dance with. :)
- Funny, the Skipper's ability to cook has now returned after being absent for "St. Gilligan and the Dragon"
- Although it was a little hard to see (for me at least), Gilligan sports a somewhat new hairstyle and penciled-in mustache as the waiter.