Fantasy Island (1977)

Adventure · Family · Fantasy

A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.

IMDb rating: 6.6 (10,224 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

6.56 avg 16 episodes 6.6 → 6.5 61 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	6.6	474
2	Return to Fantasy Island	6.1	288
3	Escape/Cinderella Girls	6.5	200
4	Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible	6.6	137
5	The Prince/The Sheriff	6.6	180
6	Family Reunion/Voodoo	6.2	176
7	Lady of the Evening/The Racer	6.5	156
8	Treasure Hunt/Beauty Contest	6.5	160
9	The Funny Girl/Butch and Sundance	6.8	160
10	Superstar/Salem	6.9	153
11	Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man	6.6	159
12	The Over-the-Hill Caper/Poof, You're a Movie Star	6.4	137
13	Reunion/Anniversary	6.6	179
14	King for a Day/Instant Family	7.0	138
15	Fool for a Client/Double Your Pleasure	6.6	124
16	Call Me Lucky/Torch Song	6.5	130

Season 2 (1978)

6.83 avg 25 episodes 6.5 → 7.0 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Homecoming/The Sheikh	6.5	127
2	The Big Dipper/The Pirate	6.6	120
3	The Beachcomber/The Last Whodunnit	7.0	113
4	Best Seller/The Tomb	6.8	119
5	I Want to Get Married/The Jewel Thief	6.5	112
6	War Games/Queen of the Boston Bruisers	6.8	122
7	Let the Good Times Roll/Nightmare/The Tiger	6.6	108
8	Return/The Toughest Man Alive	7.1	106
9	The Appointment/Mr. Tattoo	6.9	111
10	The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird/The Island of Lost Women	6.8	109
11	Carnival/The Vaudevillians	7.0	104
12	Charlie's Cherubs/Stalag 3	6.5	109
13	The Lady and the Longhorn/Vampire	6.5	114
14	Seance/The Treasure	6.8	103
15	Cowboy/Substitute Wife	7.0	91
16	Photographs/Royal Flush	7.1	97
17	The Stripper/The Boxer	6.4	99
18	Casting Director/Pentagram/A Little Ball	7.1	100
19	Spending Spree/The Hunted	6.7	99
20	Birthday Party/Ghostbreaker	7.1	104
21	Yesterday's Love/Fountain of Youth	6.8	95
22	The Comic/The Golden Hour	7.1	81
23	Cornelius and Alphonse/The Choice	6.8	102
24	Bowling/Command Performance	7.3	111
25	Amusement Park/Rock Stars	7.0	98

Season 3 (1979)

7.12 avg 23 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 59 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hit Man/The Swimmer	7.2	90
2	Goose for the Gander/Stuntman	7.2	85
3	Tattoo: the Love God/Magnolia Blossoms	6.8	86
4	Baby/Marathon: Battle of the Sexes	6.8	81
5	The Chain Gang/The Boss	7.0	88
6	The Red Baron/Young at Heart	6.9	88
7	The Wedding	7.6	103
8	The Handyman/Tattoo's Romance	7.3	90
9	The Dancer/Nobody's There	7.2	93
10	Class of '69/The Pug	7.0	91
11	The Mermaid/The Victim	7.4	120
12	The Cheerleaders/Marooned	7.1	81
13	The Inventor/On the Other Side	7.0	91
14	Lookalikes/The Winemaker	6.9	82
15	Unholy Wedlock/Elizabeth	7.0	86
16	Rogues and Riches/Stark Terror	6.9	90
17	PlayGirl/Smith's Valhalla	7.4	84
18	Aphrodite/Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde	7.3	85
19	The Swinger/Terrors of the Mind	7.4	90
20	Nona/One Million B.C.	7.0	98
21	Jungle Man/Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate	7.4	86
22	My Fair Pharaoh/The Power	7.1	90
23	Eagleman/Children of Mentu	6.8	78

Season 4 (1980)

7.13 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 6.6 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Devil and Mandy Breem/Instant Millionaire	7.9	96
2	Flying Aces/The Mermaid Returns	7.7	89
3	The Skater's Edge/Concerto of Death/The Last Great Race	7.3	84
4	Don Quixote/The Sex Symbol	6.3	79
5	The Love Doctor/The Pleasure Palace/Possessed	7.5	87
6	With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo	7.4	93
7	The Invisible Woman/The Snowbird	6.6	75
8	Crescendo/Three Feathers	7.4	81
9	My Late Lover/Sanctuary	7.2	82
10	High Off the Hog/Reprisal	7.6	83
11	The Artist and the Lady/Elizabeth's Baby	7.3	84
12	The Heroine/The Warrior	6.8	76
13	The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman	7.2	73
14	The Chateau/White Lightning	6.2	80
15	Loving Strangers/Something Borrowed, Something Blue	7.1	71
16	Chorus Girl/Surrogate Father	7.3	79
17	Also Rans/Portrait of Solange	7.0	71
18	The Searcher/The Way We Weren't	7.4	73
19	The Proxy Billionaire/The Experiment	7.3	75
20	Delphine/The Unkillable	7.2	78
21	Basin Street/The Devil's Triangle	7.3	71
22	Hard Knocks/Lady Godiva	7.3	70
23	Man-Beast/Ole Island Opry	6.3	77
24	Paquito's Birthday/Technical Advisor	6.6	74

Season 5 (1981)

7.11 avg 22 episodes 6.9 → 7.0 60 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk	6.9	74
2	The Devil and Mr. Roarke/Ziegfeld Girls/Kid Corey Rides Again	7.5	89
3	Cyrano/The Magician	7.1	80
4	The Last Cowboy/The Lady and the Monster	7.4	69
5	Mr. Nobody/La Liberatora	6.8	70
6	Druids/A Night in a Harem	6.8	73
7	The Perfect Husband/Volcano	7.1	78
8	Lillian Russell/The Lagoon	7.2	64
9	Romance Times Three/Night of the Tormented Soul	7.1	74
10	A Very Strange Affair/The Sailor	7.0	77
11	House of Dolls/Wuthering Heights	7.8	81
12	The Magic Camera/Mata Hari/Valerie	7.7	77
13	King Arthur in Mr. Roarke's Court/Shadow Games	6.3	74
14	Daddy's Little Girl/The Whistle	6.8	82
15	The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes	7.7	73
16	The Challenge/A Genie Named Joe	7.6	71
17	Funny Man/Tattoo, the Matchmaker	7.1	67
18	Sitting Duck/Sweet Suzi Swann	7.3	67
19	Face of Love/Image of Celeste	6.8	69
20	Forget-Me-Not/The Quiz Masters	6.8	72
21	The Big Bet/Nancy and the Thunderbirds	6.7	61
22	The Ghost's Story/The Spoilers	7.0	82

Season 6 (1982)

7.29 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 6.1 60 min avg

Bad finale

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday	7.4	67
2	Dancing Lady/The Final Round	7.2	81
3	The Perfect Gentleman/Legend	6.8	65
4	The Angel's Triangle/Natchez Bound	7.1	67
5	Everybody Goes to Gilley's/Face of Fire	7.5	51
6	The Beautiful Skeptic/The Lost Platoon	7.5	71
7	Roller Derby Dolls/Thanks a Million	7.0	63
8	The Kleptomaniac/Thank God, I'm a Country Girl	7.2	65
9	Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket	7.2	60
10	Operation Breakout/Candy Kisses	7.4	60
11	The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps	7.8	80
12	The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard	7.5	61
13	Midnight Waltz/Let Them Eat Cake	7.9	71
14	Revenge of the Forgotten/Charo	7.1	54
15	Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends	7.3	59
16	Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt	7.6	62
17	King of Burlesque/Death Games	7.2	57
18	The Devil Stick/Touch and Go	7.3	52
19	Edward/Extraordinary Miss Jones	7.5	55
20	What's the Matter with Kids?/Island of Horrors	7.7	65
21	Remember When...	7.0	49
22	Love Island/The Sisters	6.1	60

Season 7 (1983)

6.64 avg 22 episodes 6.4 → 6.3 60 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Forbidden Love/The Other Man -- Mr. Roarke	6.4	68
2	The Big Switch/The Hooker's Holiday	7.5	63
3	Nurses Night Out	6.4	64
4	God Child/Curtain Call	6.7	52
5	Roarke's Sacrifice/The Butler's Affair	6.3	61
6	Second Time Around/Three's a Crowd	6.0	51
7	The Wedding Picture/Castaways	6.1	55
8	Random Choices/My Mommy, the Swinger	6.3	58
9	The Fantasy Island Girl/Saturday's Child	6.2	58
10	Goin' on Home/Ambitious Lady	5.3	52
11	Games People Play/The Sweet Life	7.0	59
12	The High Cost of Loving/To Fly with Eagles	6.3	56
13	Ladies Choice/Skin Deep	6.7	53
14	Lady of the House/Mrs. Brandell's Favorites	6.6	60
15	Dark Secret/The Outrageous Mr. Smith	7.7	63
16	Baby on Demand/The Last Dogfight	6.9	51
17	Awakening of Love/The Imposter	6.9	53
18	Mermaid and the Matchmaker/The Obsolete Man	7.6	56
19	Lost and Found/Dick Turpin's Last Ride	7.5	60
20	Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu	6.0	55
21	Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces Are Wild	7.3	53
22	Surrogate Mother/The Ideal Woman	6.3	53

Fantasy Island (1977)

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