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Flipper Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Oct 1, 199545 mins
Dr. Pam Blondel, a U.S. Navy officer, is hired to join Dr. Ricks' dolphin research team, but her son isn't happy to be living in remote Bal Harbor.
Episode 2
Treasure Hunt
Mon, Oct 9, 199544 mins
An attack by pirates starts a headlong treasure hunt.
Episode 3
The Green Freak
Mon, Oct 16, 199544 mins
Dr. Ricks, his friends and the Institute are threatened by an ecoterrorist.
Episode 4
True Believer
Mon, Oct 23, 199544 mins
A tuna fisherman is framed for cruelly battering dolphins by an unfaithful wife and her scheming boyfriend.
Episode 5
Kidnapped: Part 1
Mon, Oct 30, 199544 mins
Flipper is abducted by Keith Ricks' old fraternity brother to serve as the chief entertainment at a new Cuban resort hotel. Ricks and Pam Blondell attempt to sneak into the Caribbean country to rescue the dolphin, but are captured and imprisoned by the Cuban Coast Guard.
Episode 6
Kidnapped: Part 2
Mon, Nov 6, 199544 mins
Flipper refuses to perform for the grand opening of a Cuban hotel resort. With the help of a beautiful local woman, Ricks breaks out of jail and plots to rescue the dolphin before the vengeful resort owner can kill the reluctant dolphin.
Episode 7
With Brothers Like This
Mon, Nov 13, 199544 mins
Keith Ricks' brother Sandy helps the Institute's staff battle shark poachers.
Episode 8
Submersible
Mon, Nov 20, 199544 mins
Mike and Maya take the Institute's new submersible out to sea to try to photograph the mermaid the two youngsters think they saw. Mike's inexperience places them in deadly peril when they get trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean surface.
Episode 9
F. Scott
Mon, Nov 27, 199544 mins
Mike tries to bring his divorced parents back together with the help of Maya's magic charm.
Episode 10
That's a Moray!
Mon, Dec 4, 199544 mins
Allison Van Rijn, a beautiful underwater photographer with a pet moray eel, moves to Bal Harbor and corpses begin to accumulate immediately thereafter. Keith and Flipper don't trust the newcomer, but Pam stands up for Allison.
Episode 11
Fish out of Water
Mon, Jan 8, 199644 mins
Pam tries to help an amnesiac plane-crash victim using Flipper and Aphrodite for dolphin therapy.
Episode 12
Pearl Maker
Mon, Jan 15, 199644 mins
Flipper discovers some strange equipment on the floor of the ocean and convinces Keith and Pam to follow him to the location. The two scientists are mystified by the set-up; the more so when two thugs tie them up and dump them overboard far offshore. With the help of Flipper, they escape and discover a plot to produce genetically altered pearl oysters that are capable of reproducing at an astounding rate and threatening Florida's coral reefs.
Episode 13
Missile Crisis
Mon, Jan 22, 199644 mins
International criminals force Keith and Garcia to help them locate a Soviet nuclear missile submerged in Florida coastal waters.
Episode 14
Hurricane
Mon, Jan 29, 199644 mins
Keith and Pamela elect to remain at the institute with Aphrodite, a dolphin in the final stages of a difficult pregnancy, as a Category 4 hurricane bears down on their island.
Episode 15
Surf Gang
Mon, Feb 5, 199644 mins
While Keith and Pam try to convince a wealthy older woman to contribute to the Institute, Mike and Maya get involved in the local surfing scene and are soon mixed up with a gang of hip young hoodlums.
Episode 16
Monkey Island
Mon, Feb 12, 199644 mins
Mike is infected with a deadly virus when he accidentally visits a small island populated by diseased monkeys.
Episode 17
Menace to Seaciety
Mon, Feb 19, 199644 mins
Flipper is accused of attacking two humans and Dr. Ricks' satellite tracking device confirms that the dolphin was in the area.
Episode 18
The Girl Who Came to Dinner
Mon, Apr 15, 199644 mins
The lives of the Institute's staff are turned upside down when benefactor Sydney Brewster moves in and attempts to reorganize its operations. Meanwhile Maya moves in with Pam and Mike while her sister looks for work out of state.
Episode 19
Muddy Waters
Mon, Apr 22, 199644 mins
Flipper shepherds a sick dolphin to the Institute and the team members discover that animal's illness has been caused by contact with a toxic substance. While Keith and Pam desperately seek to locate the pollution's source, more and more dolphins wash up on the beach with the same symptoms.
Episode 20
Past Tense
Mon, Apr 29, 199644 mins
Bobby Grimes, the brother of a Carl Grimes, a man Keith Ricks sent to prison and who subsequently died while incarcerated, turns up in Bal Harbor to menace Keith, Pam and their young charges. Not content with avenging himself upon Dr. Ricks, the sociopath is determined to kill all his friends first.
Episode 21
Sharks
Mon, May 6, 199644 mins
When sharks attack swimmers off a Florida island slated for a new resort hotel, Keith investigates and discovers that endangered fish species have been introduced to the area by a rival hotel owner.
Episode 22
Flipper Speaks!
Mon, May 13, 199644 mins
Keith suffers nightmarish delusions from nitrogen narcosis he sustained because of a diving accident.
